ukraine's general prosecutor says there's no evidence that president petro poroshenko committed any crime. head of the populace radical party call him to be impeached. and a folks woman for the british prime minister refused to.comment, describing it as a private matter. >>> argentina's president mauricio macri was also named. teresa vo has his reaction. >> reporter: mauricio macri appears in the panama papers. also the secretary of the form he president nestor kirsh. nestor cristina kirchner. nestor kirchner. the owner company was dissolved 2009, exactly two years after macri was elected as mayor ever buenos aires. there is a public outcry because the public is saying macri should give an explanation why this company wasn't disclosed. macri wasn't oshareholder from this company they declare, and that's why this company was not declared. macri is the son of a very wealthy businessman in argentina. the public has always seen him as a man who will resume to benefit the rich. during this campaign he promised he was going to fight against corruption, he was going to allow the justice system t

take this post by a supporter of ukrainian president petro poroshenko, saying not all the dutch are againsthe treaty. holland -- in the fourth-largest city 53% voted yes, so the educated dutch are for ukraine. a ukrainian journalist says his country should take the initiative. the situation with holland is simple. he suggests we should stop whining, and it is time to take matters into our own hands. on the other hand, the far right wing dutch politician tweeted, it looks like the dutch people said no to the european elite and the treaty with ukraine. this is the beginning of the end of the eu. nigel farage, a supporter of britain leaving the eu, celebrated the result, tweeting that the dutch exit polls seem to indicate a big no to the eu vote. well, the dutch referendum was considered by many to be a litmus test for britain's eu membership referendum in june. it seems there are many who unlike nigel farage are keen for the u.k. to stay in. a group of pro-eu expats formed a group, launching a campaign called "#hugabrit," asking european act that's to show -- expats to show pictures of themse

among these are petro poroshenko, the president of the uae, and the king of saudi arabia. genie: there's also big sports figures. >> yes. is accused ofni being the real owner of a company created in panama the day after he was named head of european football's governing body. active and is still supposedly holds an account in a bank in geneva. le monde asks, what is the purpose of this company set up on the initiative of the bank and overseen by five directors who are clearly figureheads standing in for michelle platinum? -- michelle platini? they also report that a member ifa's ethics community is accused of playing a role in helping argentinians pay bribes -- fifa tot unusual for fe be mired in scandal, but now its ethics committee has to investigate one of its own members. genie: some of these shell companies have been linked to current international leaders. >> that's right. 140 figures are named. some are directly implicated. others by association. one of those is vladimir putin. there is a network of secret offshore deals and fast loans -- vast loans leading to russi

prime minister after the fall of the pro-russian government in 2014 as a supporter of president petro poroshenko. recent polls indicate that the approval rating for his party has fallen below 1%. he survived a no-confidence vote in february, but some members of the ruling coalition voted against him. two parties left the coalition to protest the failure to oust him. >>> more on the "panama papers" revelation. british prime minister david cameron released a summary of his tax records following crcriticism that he benefited fm an offshore fund set up by his lalate faer. cacameron posted a report containing six years of income and tax records on the website of the prime minister's office. he said on thursday that he sold his shares in the fund at a profit of about $27,000 before becoming prime minister in may 2010. the records show that cameron has received no stock dividends since april 2011. an accounting firm notes on the website that cameron has no other taxable income or gains. from either the u.k. or overseas aside from what's listed in the report. cameron n also announced that h receceived a

in ukraine, while his country was at war, the leaked documents indicate that president petro poroshenko moved his business fortune to the british virgin islands to avoid paying taxes. and british prime minister david cameron is facing questions about his father's off-shore investments. michael hudson is among the reporters who have been studying the documents for months. >> and the paperwork makes it clear they wanted it structured in a way that the profits from these investments would not be taxed in the u.k. >> reporter: mossack fonseca specializes in off-shore finances. and while that's not generally illegal, journalists who have seen the documents say the leak reveals money laundering schemes, sanctions-busting and other crimes. former treasury officer chip poncy. >> every one of these devastating types of harms relies on financial support, infrastructure, and it's often serviced by what you see in the panama papers. >> reporter: the documents also show how close associates of vladimir putin allegedly ran a multibillion dollar money laundering ring through bank rossiya while it was

three months later, ukraine elected a new president, petro poroshenko. he was regarded as an oligarch but ran as a reformer. in the parliamentary elections that followed, the euro- optimists came into office. >> it was about the identity-- identity of what country you would like to build for the next generation. and we decided that we want a democratic country. to have justice in the court, to have to have police, not as a repressive machine but rather as an institution who protects your rights and freedoms." >> reporter: but even before the new ukrainian government took office, russia, angered by the ouster of the pro-russian president, sent troops into ukraine's southern province of crimea, and annexed it. the arrival of russian troops emboldened pro-russian separatists in the east of the country, who wanted to secede from ukraine. more than 9,000 people have died and fighting continues to flare, despite a ceasefire. thousands of ukrainian citizens volunteered to fight the separatists in the east. now ukraine grapples with re- integrating those veteran

the reports implicate, petro poroshenko, who could face impeachment proceedings.r the leaked documents show how the u.s.-backed leader, registered an offshore company on the same day scores of ukrainiance fors were killed during a pro-russian offensive in 2014. the law firm at the center of the leak, mossack fanseca, specializes in offshore. examining four decades worth of files. the documents show while russia was subject to u.s. sanctions after it annexed crimea, associates of vladamir putin, ran a multibillion dollar money laundering ring. >> when it comes to governmental leaders there will be lots and lots of questions about the source of the fund. i think we scratched the of the beginning of the scandal. >> right now, no americans have been named in the investigation. but the department of justice is reviewing the reports. saying it takes very seriously all kred cal allegations of high level, foreign corruption that might have a link to the united states or the u.s. financial system. former treasury officer, chip ponsey. >> with the level of detail and specif

in ukraine, while his country was at war, the leaked documents indicate, president petro poroshenko moved his business fortune to the british virgin island to avoid paying taxes. and british prime minister david cameron facing question as but his father's offshore investments. michael hudson among the recorders studying the documents for months. >> and the paperwork makes it clear that they wanted it structured in a way that the profits from these investments would not be taxed in the uk. a specialist, the leak reveals money laundering schemes, sanctions busting and other crimes. former treasury officer, chip poncy. >> every one of these devastating types of harms relies on financial support infrastructure that is often serviced by what you see in the panama papers. >> reporter: the documents show how close associates of vladamir putin allegedly ran a multibillion dollar money laundering ring through bank rossiya subject to u.s. sanctions after russia annexed crimea. and syria's government circumvented sanctions using shell companies in the seychelles. in an interview with panamanian tv s

on petro focuses poroshenko. the link has weekend the ukrainian president. he was already drawn criticism for failing to fight corruption. the prime minister said this is a private matter, so you can see david cameron saying this is a private matter, but there is a major skeleton in the closet behind him. a look at the daily, it focuses has beenvid cameron dragged into the tax havens storm. .here is a harsh comment piece no wonder we little people who pay tax are sick and tired of our elite. >> in france, papers are of theg on the entourage far right national front. >> there was a national party involved in the panama papers. this is the latest article. it is talking about how several thele have appeared in panama papers. they were involved in sophisticated offshore systems to hide it financial gains. for years, she has been lashing harmfulhe shameful, world of the global finance that goes against the general interest. question a lot of people have been happening since the story broke is who is at the origin of this league? >> that is the origin of this ques

. >> the president of argentina, mauricio macri, and ukraine's president, petro poroshenko. also linked vladimir putin, some of his close circle including a mafn said tman said to be his b. and friends of malaysia's prime minister, al jazeera spoke with trn head othe head of the mcclay papers. >> it is six times larger than the be wikileakthe wikileaks le. many politician he all over the world have offshore corporations and for one reason or another are trying to hide where they put their money, to put great distance between themselves and these offshore corporations. this is the infrastructure by which politicians and other tycoons and people of influence and power and sometimes criminal organizations, channel and funnel their money to places where it cannot be accounted for. what we have been able to do with this leak is see the nesting of corporations that the methods by which people who want to hide their money, wealthy people, often, would set up daisy chains of trusts, foundations, limited liability companies all over the world, so some people may have 10, 20, maybe ev

other leaders implicated, vladimir putin, and ukrainian president petro poroshenko. any developments on this, we will bring them to you. >>> is the $160 billion pfizer-allergan deal on ice or life support? new tax rules announced by the treasury department today may pull the plug on the $150 billion pfizer-allergan deal. it will make it much more difficult for companies to flee to other nations legally to avoid paying corporate taxes which are too high. shares of allergan down 15.25%. pfizer trading higher, first up 1%, now up nearly 3%. sources close to the deal say pfizer is leaning to abandoning the deal altogether. what is pfizer going to do now? two years ago, pfizer tried to do $100 billion deal with another pharma giant astrazeneca. pfizer had to walk away from the deal because of concerns raised in jobs and corporate tax maneuvers. shares of astrazeneca moving lower by half a percent. >>> to politics. tonight may be the night for underdogs to shine. team fox business coverage. jeff flock live in milwaukee at bernie sanders headquarters and connell mcshane wit

poroshenko petro will take charge amid a volatile environment. key administration officials have quit and the imf has halted a $17.5 billion bailout. in south korea, the ruling party in yesterday's parliamentary election. it derail the economic reform plan. pre-election polls showed it extending its hold. censors removed and anonymous posting on the chinese news board for defending president xi jingping, as having offshore holding. xi said he had nothing to fear from the revelation. severalublished on online news portals and circulated on social media before disappearing hours later. u.k. opposition leader jeremy corbyn and the labour party are overwhelmingly in favor of staying in the european union. a detailed make intervention ahead of the june referendum on britain's membership. thesis staying put will let britain be better placed to deal with things like climate change of the refugee crisis. and on the subject of brexit, one analyst says a 24% chance .s same pollster who correctly predicted -- day,l news, 24 hours a powered by our 2400 journ

and in tokyo, ukraine's president petro poroshenko said that his offshore holdings were a blind trusteated, once he took office. >> the only purpose of that was a transparent, separation of business of the ukrainian president from any political influence. this is absolutely normal procedure and i think this is the main difference from the naming all the political figures in this panama list. >> woodruff: also today, the documents leak led police in switzerland to raid the headquarters of european soccer's governing body. they are focused on a tv contract that could be linked to a bribery scandal. governments around the world carried out more executions last year than any time since 1990. "amnesty international" reports more than 1,600 people were put to death in 2015. almost 90% of the executions came in three countries: iran, saudi arabia and pakistan. there were 28 executions in the u.s., the lowest number since 1991. amnesty says it's believed that china executes thousands of people every year, but won't confirm any figures. back in this country, investment brokers are going to hav

. >> one of the people named in the leak, ukraine's president, petro poroshenko is defending his financeshe says he will introduce reforms to curb offshore accounts in the country. >> the purpose of that was a transparent separation business of the ukrainian president from any political influence. this is absolutely normal procedure. i think this is the main difference from the blaming of the. >>> iceland's prime minister stepped down after documents showed he and his wife set aup shell company in the virgin islan islands. >> france is taking action. it has added panama to a list of uncooperative tax jurisdictions. officials in panama say that's not fair and they are threatening to retaliate. adam rainey reports from panama city. case of france, the national government will have to analyze the situation and take a series of measures which, of course, could include resip rip rick cal measures on a country that includes us on the gray list. regardsless of the steps panama takes, regarding the french threat, only left panama with one choice. >> they had to respond because there was a politic

several putin allies like rottenburg, childhood friend of putin's and the ukrainian president petro poroshenko. this is interesting, no american billionaires or american clients have been named in any of this leak. but u.s. assets, well, they have become a favorite destination for some of the money. the miami herald reporting that 19 foreign nationals created offshore entities that purchased miami real estate and eight of those foreign nationals have been linked to corruption or tax evasion in their home states, include ing several from brazil. half of all real estate purchases in miami are all cash and overseas buyers bought $6 billion worth of homes in sound florida last year, that's about a third of local spending. offshoring is perfectly legal in many cases, but it has helped support the art market. reports say russian billionaire dmitri rebelev created trusts to purchase more than $2 billion worth of art including a famous madiani, sold by steve cohen, by the way. the trusts were disclosed last year and created for estate planning purchases but this could add a chill to the art market, di