A leak of more than 13 million documents pertaining to wealth stored in offshore tax havens has revealed information on tens of thousands of the world’s wealthiest companies and people, including high-profile figures from U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, to the Queen of England.
Time: What to know about the ‘Paradise Papers’ leak
A shadow falls on a sign outside the offices of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Royal department that provides Britain's ruling monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, with an income and handles her investments, in central London on Nov. 6. US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has business ties to a shipping firm linked to Vladimir Putin's inner circle, according to a vast leak of financial documents that also revealed Britain's Queen Elizabeth II's investments in tax havens. The investments emerged as part of a new mass leak -- dubbed the Paradise Papers -- by the US-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which was behind the 2016 Panama Papers release. There is no suggestion that Ross, Bronfman or the Queen's private estate acted illegally.
