Well, as long as they sign a declaration for Manuel Mallia saying that (unlike his clients) they have not made their money through criminal activity…
The Digital Journal carries a report by AFP (Agence France Presse) headed China leaders’ kin ‘stash riches in offshore tax havens’.
The report begins:
Relatives of top Chinese leaders including President Xi Jinping and former premier Wen Jiabao have used offshore tax havens to hide their wealth, according to a mammoth investigation released on Wednesday.
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), citing information culled from 2.5 million leaked documents, said that Xi’s brother-in-law and Wen’s son and son-in-law were among those with offshore holdings.
It is the latest revelation to shine a light on the hidden wealth of family members of China’s top officials, a topic considered off-limits by Communist Party leaders.
Offshore entities can be legal and there was no evidence that the politicians were aware of their relatives’ actions.
The release came on the same day that China put leading activist Xu Zhiyong on trial for his part in protests calling for officials to disclose their assets.
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Interesting. Little Joey goes to China as leader of the opposition, cuddles up to this bunch, signs an undisclosed deal, and, wonder of wonders, a yellow horde is about to arrive.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2014/jan/21/china-british-virgin-islands-wealth-offshore-havens
The hypocrisy of socialism.
“Well, as long as they sign a declaration for Manuel Mallia saying that (unlike his clients) they have not made their money through criminal activity…”
For ‘some’ money, the billionaires can even afford to obtain a clean conduct certificate from the relevant authorities in their countries. The authorities are their relatives, after all.