The investigation is based on a cache of 2.5 million secret records about the offshore assets of people from 170 countries and territories, obtained by ICIJ's director, Gerard Ryle.
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Peer Steinbrück has called for harsh penalties for the banks involved in the scandal, up to the revoking of banking licenses.
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In April 2013, as part of the Offshore leaks tax evasion scandal, financial records were released that showed that Denise Rich in April 2006 had USD 144 million protected from scrutiny by the Cook Islands in the South Pacific in the form of a trust including a Learjet 60 and a a 157-foot yacht called the "Lady Joy".