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Two boats off the coast of Mauritius, including the replica of a pirate galleon.

ACCOUNTING CONTORTIONS

The Mauritius Leaks show the West profiting from poor nations while depriving them of tax revenue

A view of Alexandra Township, an informal settlement in Johannesburg's suburbs for thousands of South Africans without a proper home

A US multinational avoided South African taxes worth twice Johannesburg’s social housing budget

Mauritius has been called an African "miracle."

NOT SO MIRACULOUS

How an idyllic African island became a tax haven for some of the world’s biggest corporations

Two boats off the coast of Mauritius, including the replica of a pirate galleon.

CYBORG REPORTING

How Quartz used AI to help reporters search the Mauritius Leaks

KNOCKIN' ON HAVEN'S DOOR

How Bob Geldof’s African investment fund avoids paying taxes to some of the continent’s poorest countries

How Sequoia Capital is trying to avoid taxes on over a billion dollars in Indian investments

People look at the sunset from a beach in Mauritius

STAIRWAY TO HAVEN

A giant US government contractor went offshore to avoid a pittance in African taxes

A digital projector's light shines

Here’s a PowerPoint presentation on how to avoid paying tax to poor countries, made by the experts