Robert Palmer: The Panama Papers exposed a huge global problem. What's next?
Robert Palmer: Los Papeles de Panamá han sacado a la luz un enorme problema global. ¿Qué seguirá?
Robert Palmer investigates how the financial system facilitates corruption and other crimes. Full bio
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the largest data leak in history.]
filtración de datos de la historia.
rich and powerful people]
a gente rica y poderosa
en paraísos fiscales.
in offshore accounts.]
of Global Witness to explain.]
nos lo explica].
a whole slew and deluge of stories
una avalancha de historias
of 11 million documents
de 11 millones de documentos
called Mossack Fonseca.
en Panamá llamado Mossack Fonseca.
lifts the veil on a tiny piece
deja al descubierto una pequeña parte
los paraísos fiscales.
and banks and lawyers
bancos y abogados
an anonymous company,
of how this works,
to have pretty immediate repercussions.
bastante inmediatas.
of Iceland has resigned.
ha dimitido.
Syrian dictator Bashar Al-Assad
sirio Bashar Al-Assad
en paraísos fiscales.
of a $2 billion money trail
de 2 mil millones de dólares
Vladimir Putin of Russia
Vladimir Putin,
amigo de la infancia,
of rich individuals out there
about the next set of stories
por las próximas historias
of a spy thriller
de una película de espías
from you, me, ordinary people.
a mí, a la gente común.
and powerful individuals
si las personas ricas y con poder
en paraísos fiscales
deberían pagar,
for vital public services
los servicios públicos fundamentales
Global Witness,
ha sido espectacular.
and political leaders
medios de comunicación mundiales
can use offshore secrecy
los paraísos fiscales
and exposing for a decade.
divulgando desde hace una década.
this entire world baffling and confusing,
como algo desconcertante y confuso
this sort of offshore world works.
este tipo de paraísos fiscales.
like a Russian doll.
las muñecas rusas.
stacked inside another company,
dentro de otra,
to really understand
entender quién está
for law enforcement
los cuerpos policiales
journalists, civil society
y la sociedad civil
of this issue in the United States.
sobre este tema en EE. UU.
some prominent US people
gente importante de EE. UU.
in this exposé, in this scandal.
este escándalo.
there are no rich Americans
no haya americanos ricos
en paraísos fiscales.
in which offshore works,
funcionan estos paraísos,
American clients.
clientes estadounidenses.
from the Cayman Islands
de las Islas Caimán
or Wyoming or Nevada,
and examples linking back to Americans.
conectados a los estadounidenses.
you need less information,
se necesita menos información,
information to get a company
para hacer una empresa
de una biblioteca.
has allowed employees of school districts
distritos escolares estafar a los alumnos
to rip off vulnerable investors.
a inversores vulnerables.
that affects all of us.
que nos afecta a todos.
actually looked like in practice.
en la práctica.
to 13 Manhattan law firms.
a 13 bufetes de abogados en Manhattan.
as an African minister
por un ministro africano
into the United States
en los EE. UU.
was that all but one of those lawyers
todos, excepto uno de los abogados,
took us on as a client
como clientes
de por medio,
with the system.
el problema del sistema.
as individual cases.
no son casos individuales.
an individual lawyer
investigator and provided suggestions.
para darle soluciones.
a particular senior politician
un político en particular
tax evasion, poverty and instability.
impuestos, pobreza e inestabilidad.
hacer nada,
and powerful individuals.
individuos ricos y poderosos.
to get some change.
a ver un cambio.
greater transparency
por conseguir mayor transparencia
a la propiedad de empresas
David Cameron
in Northern Ireland in 2013.
de Irlanda del Norte en 2013.
is going to be creating
va a comenzar a crear
companies across Europe.
las empresas de toda Europa.
actually, the US is lagging behind.
EE. UU. se está quedando rezagado.
that had been introduced
legislación bipartidista
as we'd like to see.
como nos gustaría.
the Panama leaks,
las filtraciones de estos documentos,
paraísos fiscales,
in the US and around the world.
destapar a EE. UU y al resto del mundo.
this is a moment for change.
este es un momento de cambio.
can hide their identity
ocultar su identidad
to stand up and say,
de empresa se levanten y digan:
good for business."
para los negocios".
to recognize the problem,
reconozcan este problema,
to open up this sort of secrecy.
para destapar este tipo de actuaciones.
con este secretismo,
el blanqueo de capitales.
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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