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Paradise Papers leak included 13.4 million documents, exceeding the Panama Papers

Gerard Ryle · a16z Podcast | When Journalism Goes Global · Jan 2, 2019 · at 9:36

Gerard Ryle, Director of the ICIJ, discusses the scale and document volume of the Paradise Papers investigation compared to the Panama Papers.

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“It was actually more documents than the Panama Papers. We had about 13.4 million documents on the end of the Paradise Papers.”

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The Paradise Papers leak contained approximately 13.4 million documents, exceeding the document volume of the Panama Papers.

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Assessment

Official documentation and public reports from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) confirm that the Paradise Papers contained approximately 13.4 million leaked documents/records, which exceeds the 11.5 million documents contained in the Panama Papers leak.

ICIJ documentation states the Paradise Papers contained approximately 13.4 million records.
ICIJ documentation states the Panama Papers contained 11.5 million documents, confirming the Paradise Papers exceeded it in document volume.

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"Paradise Papers" "13.5 million" site:icij.org "Paradise Papers" "13.4 million" "Panama Papers" site:icij.org ICIJ Paradise Papers document count 13 4 million Panama Papers "a16z Podcast" "Gerard Ryle" "Paradise Papers" "Paradise Papers" "13.4 million" site:theguardian.com ICIJ Paradise Papers 13 4 million files Panama Papers 11 5 million

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Paradise Papers leak included 13.4 million documents, exceeding the Panama Papers

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