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The Pandora Papers: why does South Dakota feature so heavily?

  • Written by Beverly Moran, Professor Emerita of Law, Vanderbilt University
imageWhy the super-rich are targeting the Mount Rushmore state.Dean Alberga/Handout/World Archery Federation via Getty Images

A trove of confidential documents outlining how global elites squirrel away their wealth to avoid tax has been laid bare in the “Pandora Papers.”

Consisting of around 12 million documents, the data was obtained by the I...

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