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This morning at 12 noon, the Fundaci\u00f3n Alternativas<\/strong> presents the colloquium Tax havens: the great evasion of the 21st century,<\/em><\/strong> with the participation of Diego L\u00f3pez Garrido,<\/strong> executive vice-president of the Fundaci\u00f3n Alternativas; Susana Ruiz,<\/em> head of Tax Justice for Oxfam International; Carmen C\u00e1mara,<\/strong> professor of Tax Law at the UDIMA, and Emilia Delfino,<\/strong> journalist for elDiarioAR.com and member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). Ignacio Escolar,<\/strong> director of elDiario.es, will moderate the event.<\/p>\n The ‘Pandora Papers’ have once again revealed one of the greatest economic scourges of the 21st century: tax havens. The leak of some 12 million documents on the fortunes of powerful people and politicians around the world has revealed the networks that are built in the business world to move money fraudulently. According to the investigations carried out by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which includes, among others, La Sexta, El Pa\u00eds and eldiarioAR, the Pandora Papers reveal the creation of more than 27,000 offshore companies between 1971 and 2018, with some 30,000 beneficiaries. In Spain, 751 opaque companies appear. The emeritus king, Juan Carlos I, is another well-known figure linked to tax havens. After years of investigation, the monarch’s name has come to light in shady dealings such as the construction of the AVE to Mecca or the sale of Banco Zaragozano, operations for which he allegedly collected commissions that he hid in tax shelters.\u00a0 The investigation into the former head of the Spanish state also focuses on money laundering, bribery and influence peddling.<\/p>\n