{"id":139730,"date":"2021-10-10T17:32:07","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T15:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=139730"},"modified":"2021-10-10T17:32:11","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T15:32:11","slug":"the-pandora-papers-how-the-world-of-offshore-finance-is-still-flourishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=139730","title":{"rendered":"The Pandora Papers: How the world of offshore finance is still flourishing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4kPLpZN3I3A?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a major international investigation, Four Corners reveals the secrets of the Pandora Papers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a major international investigation, Four Corners reveals the secrets of the Pandora Papers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":139734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[193],"tags":[1449,717,3851,3850,755],"class_list":["post-139730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videos","tag-documentary","tag-economy","tag-offshore","tag-pandora-papers","tag-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-pandora-papers-how-the-world.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":148603,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=148603","url_meta":{"origin":139730,"position":0},"title":"The Rule of a Hundred: How the World\u2019s Dynasties Quietly Captured Democracy","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"25\/09\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/_k9GETSa5uU?si=378G142YxDrNTLCD A century ago, royal families held crowns. 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