Robert Palmer: The Panama Papers exposed a huge global problem. What's next?
Robert Palmer: I Panama Papers hanno messo in luce un enorme problema globale. E adesso?
Robert Palmer investigates how the financial system facilitates corruption and other crimes. Full bio
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the largest data leak in history.]
più grande fuga di notizie della storia]
rich and powerful people]
persone ricche e potenti]
in offshore accounts.]
in conti offshore]
of Global Witness to explain.]
di Global Witness]
a whole slew and deluge of stories
vera e propria valanga di storie
of 11 million documents
di 11 milioni di documenti
called Mossack Fonseca.
di nome Mossack Fonseca.
lifts the veil on a tiny piece
svela solo un piccolo pezzo
and banks and lawyers
banche e avvocati
an anonymous company,
una società anonima,
of how this works,
to have pretty immediate repercussions.
quasi immediate.
of Iceland has resigned.
ha dato le dimissioni.
Syrian dictator Bashar Al-Assad
siriano Bashar Al-Assad
of a $2 billion money trail
da due miliardi
Vladimir Putin of Russia
Vladimir Putin
of rich individuals out there
ricchi individui
about the next set of stories
pensando alla prossima serie di storie
of a spy thriller
thriller di spionaggio
from you, me, ordinary people.
come voi e come me.
and powerful individuals
ricchi e potenti
all'estero,
for vital public services
per i servizi pubblici di base
la manutenzione delle strade.
Global Witness,
and political leaders
i leader politici
can use offshore secrecy
usare la riservatezza dei conti offshore
and exposing for a decade.
che mostriamo da dieci anni.
this entire world baffling and confusing,
considerino questo mondo sconcertante
this sort of offshore world works.
questa sorta di mondo offshore.
like a Russian doll.
una specie di matrioska.
stacked inside another company,
chiusa dentro a un'altra società
to really understand
impossibile capire
for law enforcement
per la magistratura,
journalists, civil society
la società civile
of this issue in the United States.
negli Stati Uniti.
some prominent US people
molte personalità americane
in this exposé, in this scandal.
there are no rich Americans
ricchi americani
all'estero.
in which offshore works,
funzionamento del sistema offshore,
American clients.
americani.
from the Cayman Islands
dalle Isole Cayman,
or Wyoming or Nevada,
o dal Nevada,
and examples linking back to Americans.
legati ad americani.
you need less information,
si richiedono meno informazioni,
information to get a company
per fondare una società
has allowed employees of school districts
ha permesso a impiegati di scuola
to rip off vulnerable investors.
di derubare investitori vulnerabili.
that affects all of us.
colpisce tutti noi.
actually looked like in practice.
accade nella realtà
to 13 Manhattan law firms.
da 13 studi legali di Manhattan.
as an African minister
un ministro africano
into the United States
negli Stati Uniti
was that all but one of those lawyers
è che tutti quegli avvocati tranne uno
al nostro investigatore
took us on as a client
di quegli avvocati
giro di soldi,
with the system.
di questo sistema.
as individual cases.
an individual lawyer
investigator and provided suggestions.
dandogli suggerimenti.
a particular senior politician
in particolare
tax evasion, poverty and instability.
fiscale, la povertà, l'instabilità.
senza speranza
and powerful individuals.
ricchi e potenti.
to get some change.
qualche cambiamento.
greater transparency
una maggiore trasparenza
all'agenda politica
in Northern Ireland in 2013.
in Irlanda del Nord nel 2013.
is going to be creating
ha deciso di creare
companies across Europe.
società in Europa.
actually, the US is lagging behind.
sono rimasti indietro.
that had been introduced
che era stata introdotta
as we'd like to see.
che speravamo.
the Panama leaks,
i Panama Papers,
al mondo offshore,
in the US and around the world.
negli Stati Uniti e in tutto il mondo.
this is a moment for change.
questo è il momento del cambiamento.
si arrabbino
can hide their identity
nascondere la propria identità
to stand up and say,
si alzino e dicano,
good for business."
agli affari."
to recognize the problem,
riconoscano il problema,
to open up this sort of secrecy.
per rompere questa riservatezza.
di prosperare.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Robert Palmer - Campaign leader, Global WitnessRobert Palmer investigates how the financial system facilitates corruption and other crimes.
Why you should listen
Robert Palmer is the Banks and Corruption Campaign Leader for Global Witness, whose founder Charmian Gooch won the TED Prize in 2014. The Nobel-prize nominated organization is dedicated to breaking the links between natural resources, conflict and corruption.
Palmer has led a number of high profile investigations. These include exposing how corrupt Nigerian politicians used British high street banks to move bribe money; uncovering which global banks held $65 billion of Libyan government funds; and organizing an undercover sting to show how corrupt officials can move suspect funds into the U.S. with the help of New York lawyers.
Palmer is an expert in the global anti-money laundering framework and helps to develop practical policy solutions to improve its effectiveness. He helps to lead a global coalition of civil society groups campaigning for an end to the abuse of the financial system by corrupt officials. This has led to new transparency laws in the UK and EU to tackle anonymously owned companies.
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