What are the Paradise Papers?

[@theGuardian]

Find out more about the Paradise Papers www.theguardian.com/news/series/paradise-papers

[@darkdoescosplays]

To the Guardian: I found this quite difficult to watch because of the bizarre use of a stop-motion style frame-rate. It made some sense for the animation... But using it throughout the entire video, including the live-video footage, was really offputting for me. I hope you can use a more practical design for you next informative video, rather than sacrifice accessibility for style.

[@ZimoNitrome]

nice framerate

[@user-hx1nr9ru1p]

w e d n e s d a y

[@_Yolandi]

this is how it feels when you play on xbox or playstation

[@Baby_boodle]

Okay good it wasn't just me.

[@SlippyMcDervish]

lol got to upgrade your GPU for 60fps youtube

[@GegoXaren]

Dina animationer är fan bättre än detta...

[@glovesflared]

Capitalism isn't failing, its working as intended.

[@unabellapalomablanka]

Once the profiteers will be punished.... by one or the other way!

[@danemma3610]

Nothing to stop you pay more tax.

[@tednorton5150]

sadly very true. very very true.

[@Tedsville]

That frame rate tho. I had to go check another video to make sure my PC wasn't being shitty.

[@cormano64]

Thanks for this comment, not I know it wasn't only me.

[@eclecticmethod]

i was going to watch TV but this is more exciting

[@Jeesh]

Fancy seeing you here ;)

[@eclecticmethod]

hello fellow Guardian reader

[@aidanrogers4438]

Eclectic Method I love your videos! The Wonder Woman vid you did recently so soooo good.

[@khanman6874]

the world is too corrupt

[@SomethingSeemsOff]

Welcome to the real world my friend.

[@unabellapalomablanka]

DO something against this!

[@goadventures3562]

Iqbal Khan *Too

[@danemma3610]

Everyone has a price.

[@PHlophe]

Whenever a Gori is going to tell me that the 3rd world is corrupt. I'll name dropthe Panama Papers then the Paradise papers and other financial scandals of the past 12 months lone.

[@gulparviz]

Keep up the good work. expose all the corrupt people. No wonder why a small group of people are getting richer and richer

[@MayurPanghaal]

Why leave out drug dealing, theft, illegal business, corruption money, cheating, etc ?

[@KManAbout]

Because this about tax evasion

[@ResortDog]

so is all that. Its who is paying the enablers. Names give us power.

[@SomPrince]

Sadly this will be forgotten in about couple of days

[@Dadniel1st]

Good job guys!

[@computer_user]

aaaaah this framerate hurts my visual nerves

[@TheKensterLive]

This is why the entire global economy is off kilter.

[@TheKensterLive]

This may be legal, but it creates the conditions for illegality (e.g., money laundering). It may not necessarily be unethical to avoid paying taxes legally. However, it is unpatriotic, especially for the Queen of England to avoid taxes paid to her own country. While extremely wealthy individuals and families may benefit, at a macro level it removes money from a national economy, thereby producing a depressive effect on growth. I'd be very curious to know the investment portfolios of these offshore tax havens and compare their rates of return with less shady financial institutions (if there is such a thing these days).

[@SlippyMcDervish]

Do I need to upgrade my PC to get a better FPS?

[@freebow.goosecreature3547]

No mention of Finchely road. WHY IS THAT?

[@CitizenBeep]

Old news, the world's rich have been doing this for years!

[@TheShpmusic]

after watching this I will never ever work hard in life 👈👀

[@shakwar]

Great! If you have the resources, you should pay as little tax as possible. Governments are for the most part extremely inefficient bureaucracies and they waste taxpayers money.

[@nicksofialakis1448]

The Queen E is mentioned only to confuse the ignorant masses. She's playing the game well...

[@miaa7097]

This is so harmful for our society.

[@smb2265]

great reporting guys..well done..i hope many are fined and go to jail..don't let this get tucked under the rug..please keep on this until it goes to court and people go to jail

[@figarofigaritz889]

People who are lucky enough to have extra money should be expected to take the responsibility of knowing what & where there money is & what it's invested in.

[@23beverly23]

Has anything ever come of this?

[@asli3399]

good edite and nice sound

[@sebastianelytron8450]

Stay tuned for the next revelation, from prehistoric alien civilization that roamed the earth "The Parchment Papers"

[@larkefedifero]

Oh "The Guardian" will do it, I assure you... :-O

[@MayurPanghaal]

This problem can be ended in a day....by imposing economic blockade and sanctions unless the beneficiary of the compnay or trust is disclosed by these 'islands'. Until then freeze all their financial routes.

[@tednorton5150]

it needs to be solved by a unified taxation standard that sets a minimum global expectation. ALL nations are fucked by this practice and runaway capitalism in general. the WORLD needs to pick up pitchforks and go up the hills and drag out people to swing from lampposts. the vampires in the castle overlooking everyone.

[@PHlophe]

Mayur it can't tho. about 4 latin american nations were created for tha purporse alone.

[@tdawg4510]

David Cameron has 30 million stashed overseas, jail the criminal

[@nicksofialakis1448]

What about the Lord trillionaires, Roth Rockefeller and their mates, those are the real juicy p-papers, the F/R's $9+trillions discrepancy and more? Do any of the Elite Banksters need P Paradises when every p/p is owned by them. Only JFK knew how to unlock the Pandoras Box but it was very well protected by the notorious z... piranhas.

[@johnh173]

Now you are getting to the heart of the matter - a few at the top, as you mention, have the whole planet in a debt vice to the tune of 50 to 70 trillion.

[@larkefedifero]

Too bad "The Guardian" is always reporting false, sensational articles to act as "clickbait" on the web... :-/

[@MayurPanghaal]

You forget and omit the first step in all this.....Getting the slush funds out of the generating country...which itself is the first illegal activity and theft.

[@LaserLuther]

So if it is legal even if just barely ITS LEGAL! An accountant that is NOT figuring out every possible legal way to save you millions is a shitty accountant.

[@a.s.5262]

That doesn't make it any less morally corrupted.

[@CarFreeSegnitz]

Yes, it's legal. The rules stink. It is morally bankrupt to benefit from the orderly running of a nation but skip out of paying ones fair share to make it so.

[@abdoumerhzaoui1981]

Home Theater Junky M2M2

[@unabellapalomablanka]

All those profiteers of captalism should be sent into prison... with only bread and water!

[@unabellapalomablanka]

No, Gary, I am not....

[@suneelkumar8187]

Good job....

[@desp8161]

Whats the more corrupt? The Paradise Paper for this videos frame rate

[@GegoXaren]

Only *Manfred Macx* can save us now.

[@majortomphotogallery451]

The riches stolen our money! The money of the workers! 1% every day more riches and us (workers) more poors!

[@sriradharadharadha]

Pleasure and Pain of Indecent Investments : Economic Brothels of Modern World - Paradise.

[@MayurPanghaal]

Asymmetric Cryptography and Blockchain can end this forever.And that technology exists now.

[@anneshaw9681]

What sucks is that the middle class has to pay to make up for the tax that Nike and the like doesn't pay.

[@wamblecropt7506]

Anne Shaw Both the working class and middle class do. Nonetheless, it's all of us who are voting in those who are implicit in this kind of stuff. Is there little wonder why nothing ever changes? Turkeys voting for Christmas.

[@anneshaw9681]

Agree. Just watched a program in Australia last night on the paradise papers. Nike pays 87Cents per pair of shoes tax . Joke. Don't know what the answer is.

[@alicesrabbit7126]

SUPPORT JOURNALISTS.

[@cs292]

Very sad....why teachers and schools suffer....here you go.

[@randybrown9706]

Nothing will ever change. Our political system is too corrupt

[@public.public]

What are the Paradise Papers? They are something the guardian will 'accidentally' hand over to the 'authorities'.

[@jc.connor5882]

While we are on it...can something be done to make Buckingham palace pay a proper amount of council tax. The queen pays the same as me. I'm in a 2 up 2 down terrace. Go figure...

[@arslongavitabrebis]

😱 at last! Hopefully with this stealing or making illegal money will be harder.

[@arthurlewis9193]

Will the Guardian be exposing the European and EU policiticians and bureaucrats who also use these schemes? Or just the Tories? I say this as the EU is likely to demand they be discretely "covered up" this week.

[@semajisme2965]

Why should poor people have to pay taxes but the rich dont and have all the say ?

[@paulhendrix8599]

Brilliant marketing.

[@marccawood]

Keen to find out what "global royalty" means. Oh wait, it's Leo: I'm king of the world!

[@intpineedtherapyplease5792]

Is anyone really surprised?

[@farihamohamedhilmy4700]

Very sneaky

[@dmrc43]

Rip the guardian...

[@youjpntube]

Entre ellos el Fiscal General de la Repúbica

[@ianmuir3640]

Everybody pays except us right

[@tenderthoughts]

Type in: No law to pay taxes. enjoy

[@jc.connor5882]

Excellent journalism. Great bust. Now what we going to do about it?

[@arkinyte13]

Well, hopefully global warming will take out these damn islands.

[@PHlophe]

naw its brown people living in those. why would you want that

[@wbell539]

This week's horror. Let's wait a short while and see if Justin Trudeau doesn't pretend that he can't remember what 'Paradise Papers' means.

[@josepruth3770]

my oh son

[@chrisjordan7592]

JAIL THEM ALL!!!!!

[@omarks]

...are the Guardian gatekeepers for the oligarchs or investigative journalists? Seems like they are jumping to the front of the parade here....

[@TheRaptorPope]

Eat the rich.

[@johnh173]

Don't comply. Live off the grid. Provide for yourself. Use cash. Support small and local businesses. Barter. etc.

[@CatsAreRubbish]

Tax avoiders are rubbish.

[@electricshoes]

Are you vox?

[@brankavranicful]

Shame an yo, all😢...

[@bobbybobby3232]

Hope we see putin and trump's bank account.

[@Nice1EvenBetter]

As long as they're paying some tax at least equal to what we all pay then I don't see anything wrong with them hiding the rest of their money. Why should someone pay more because they earn more after all the services we receive from our taxes does not improve because one pays more than another.

[@mmk7432]

FSOCIETY!!

[@martinedevor5100]

If I have that money I will do the same. As you too ! Don't be selfish ...world is going communist !

[@spiron64]

Who cares again??

[@proxel96]

People who care about the regular people of their country and having a fair tax burden??