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| The Latest: Serb celebrities named in offshore reports | |
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| BERLIN — The Latest on the publication by a coalition of media outlets of an investigation into offshore financial dealings by the rich and famous (all times local): | BERLIN — The Latest on the publication by a coalition of media outlets of an investigation into offshore financial dealings by the rich and famous (all times local): |
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| A known soccer player, a fashion designer whose dresses are worn by first lady Michelle Obama and 16 other mostly business figures are on a list of prominent Serbs who used the services of law firm Mossack Fonseca to create offshore companies in various tax havens. | |
| The Belgrade-based KRIK network investigating crime and corruption, which issued the list on Tuesday after going through documents leaked from the Panama-based law firm, says Darko Kovacevic had officially earned about $2,000 a month while playing for Spanish club Real Sociedad during the 2006-2007 season. | |
| The leaked documents, however, show the club had paid Kovacevic $1.4 million that season to his offshore account. That means that both the club and Kovacevic had avoided paying full taxes in Spain, KRIK says. | |
| Fashion designer Roksanda Ilincic had a firm in British Virgin Islands, KRIK says, adding that the ownership of a shell company is not a crime, but that it can be used for money laundering or evading taxes. | |
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| 1:15 p.m. | 1:15 p.m. |
| Iceland Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson is defying calls for his resignation as opponents plan a second day of mass protests outside the island nation’s parliament building. | Iceland Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson is defying calls for his resignation as opponents plan a second day of mass protests outside the island nation’s parliament building. |
| The prime minister and his wife have been linked to an offshore company that may represent a severe conflict of interest with his official role. | The prime minister and his wife have been linked to an offshore company that may represent a severe conflict of interest with his official role. |
| A wide array of opposition groups are planning protests Tuesday evening seeking new elections. | A wide array of opposition groups are planning protests Tuesday evening seeking new elections. |
| Parliament was not in session but deliberations on the crisis are expected to resume later this week. | Parliament was not in session but deliberations on the crisis are expected to resume later this week. |
| News reports have alleged that Gunnlaugsson and his wife set up a company in the British Virgin Islands with the help of a Panamanian law firm at the center of a massive tax evasion leak. He denies doing anything illegal and says all taxes were paid. | News reports have alleged that Gunnlaugsson and his wife set up a company in the British Virgin Islands with the help of a Panamanian law firm at the center of a massive tax evasion leak. He denies doing anything illegal and says all taxes were paid. |
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| 11:50 a.m. | 11:50 a.m. |
| Germany’s justice minister is proposing setting up a national “transparency register” that would list the real beneficiaries of letter-box companies — but only those set up in the country itself. | Germany’s justice minister is proposing setting up a national “transparency register” that would list the real beneficiaries of letter-box companies — but only those set up in the country itself. |
| Heiko Maas’ proposal Tuesday to expand national money-laundering legislation followed a massive leak of documents from a Panama-based law firm. German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported Tuesday that 28 German banks used the company’s services to set up or administer over 1,200 shell companies. | Heiko Maas’ proposal Tuesday to expand national money-laundering legislation followed a massive leak of documents from a Panama-based law firm. German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported Tuesday that 28 German banks used the company’s services to set up or administer over 1,200 shell companies. |
| Maas conceded that German legislation could only apply to companies set up in Germany, which has pushed for tax havens to open up. He said: “Those who are pushing for this at the international level have to have corresponding national rules themselves.” | Maas conceded that German legislation could only apply to companies set up in Germany, which has pushed for tax havens to open up. He said: “Those who are pushing for this at the international level have to have corresponding national rules themselves.” |
| Maas added: “I can imagine many countries considering this.” | Maas added: “I can imagine many countries considering this.” |
| Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. | Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |