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<div><font>Hi James,</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font>That is an important clarification - simply because someone appears to own a shell company in Panama or elsewhere does not necessarily mean they have broken the law. Though if their activities are so kosher, I do not understand why politically-sensitive persons in particular have not previously declared that they hold interests in these companies. I find it hard to believe that the majority of shell companies have been established for legitimate purposes (especially when we have certain law firms going out and actively encouraging high net worth individuals to break a country's tax laws, among other things). If the stories which had emerged from the Panama Papers were about people stashing assets in Panama to avoid, say, their home government illegally seizing them, that would be one thing, but those aren't the stories that I have been reading… I suppose this is a topic for another listserv though. But your point is taken - people should be innocent until proven guilty, and there are legitimate reasons for shell companies.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font>Best wishes,</font></div><div><font><br>Ayden</font></div><img align="left" width="0" height="0" style="border:0; width:0px; height:0px;" src="https://app.mixmax.com/api/track/v2/ZyizEywsHdP8PBe99/i02bj5SZulGblRmclZGQu5WYjlmI/IyZy9mLjV3Yu5yc0NXasB0czV3YzlGZtMWdj5mI/IyczV3YzlGZtMUVD5kI?sc=false" alt="">
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On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 6:00 PM, James Gannon <span dir="ltr"> <a href="mailto:james@cyberinvasion.net" target="_blank">james@cyberinvasion.net</a></span>
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<div>Hmm I don’t know if I agree with this as it seems to make the assumption that forming a shell company in Panama can only be for nefarious or corrupt reasons which is just not the facts of the matter. And its very unforuntate that the two classes of companies
or uses are bunched togher in any debate that I’ve seen around the Panama Papers releases.</div>
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<div>Plenty of genuine reasons for doing so that are not for illegal reasons or reasons to undermine public goods.</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Ncuc-discuss <<a href="mailto:ncuc-discuss-bounces@lists.ncuc.org">ncuc-discuss-bounces@lists.ncuc.org</a>> on behalf of Ayden Férdeline <<a href="mailto:icann@ferdeline.com">icann@ferdeline.com</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Sunday 10 April 2016 at 5:48 p.m.<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>Renata Aquino Ribeiro <<a href="mailto:raquino@gmail.com">raquino@gmail.com</a>><br>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Panama Papers - privacy, data and media manipulation - Re: Information Internet<br>
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<div><font>Hi,</font></div>
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<div><font>Re: debate on privacy (though I prefer the term 'secrecy')</font></div>
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<div><font>The fundamental<span> </span><i>human</i><span> </span>right to privacy is not the same as the 'right' to keep your crimes secret. I would also argue that 1) shell companies aren't humans
(though they might be persons in some territories), and 2) corruption thrives on secrecy. And because even a broken clock is right twice day, I will quote Michael Moore... “Openness, transparency — these are among the few weapons the citizenry has to protect
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