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Weba new trove of leaked financial records show 35 current or former world leaders, 130 billionaires, as well as royalty, athletes and celebrities who have held.

Webfor swedes, the disappointing reality of wealth taxes is still within living memory.

Through political donations, the wealthy can affect the outcome of elections.

Webukrainian billionaire gennadiy bogolyubov, who is under investigation by the fbi and had hundreds of millions in assets frozen in a fraud case, owns more than £400m of uk.

The following list is based on the annual estimated wealth and assets assessment compiled and published by american business.

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Billionaires have a disproportionate influence on politics.

Webthe pandora papers is a leak of almost 12 million documents and files exposing the secret wealth and dealings of world leaders, politicians and billionaires.

Webthe global investigation sheds new light on how the world's wealthy use a network of lawyers and financial institutions to obscure their finances from authorities,.