Holy Spirit Entreprises was managed by Mossack Fonseca since 2007. Information was omitted from the commission of inquiry to BES
the most mysterious company of Espírito Santo Group (GES), suspected to be “a giant blue bag” was kept secret for over 21 years, reports the Express and TVI under the scandal of Panama papers.
in today’s edition, the Express , part of the International Consortium of Journalists, along with TVI advances that the Holy Spirit Enterprises was established in 1993 and that “Ricardo Salgado and José Manuel Holy Spirit did not tell the truth to the parliamentary committee of inquiry BES “.
the weekly explains that the documents in question have been under consideration by the Express and the TVI, in joint research with the International Consortium Investigative journalists (ICIJ), responsible for coordinating global research from a leak in one of the largest operators of ‘offshore’ [tax havens] the world, Mossack Fonseca.
the Express details that the company will have spent “more than 300 million euros” and details that it served “to deliver cash and heritage disguised form to recipients not yet identified,” using “complex external circuits outside Portugal.”
Furthermore, it shows how the company was created by all members of the High council of GES, namely the core of the Holy Spirit family, and from the beginning as President Ricardo Salgado and vice president José Manuel Espírito Santo Silva .
the Panama papers reveal how “Ricardo Salgado and Jose Manuel Holy Spirit did not tell the truth to the parliamentary committee of inquiry BES,” reads the Express, recalling that in December 2014 during the commission parliamentary José Manuel Espírito Santo Silva “came to tell the deputies who had been aware of ES Enterprises recently.”
“Now the Express and TVI, says he does not recall ‘have had some position ‘in ES Enterprises and maintains that it has’ no knowledge of the activity’ which was dedicated to the company, “announces the Express.
with regard to Ricardo Salgado, the files also show contradictions with the banker said BES commission of inquiry, “when he said that it was a company that had the duty ‘to regularize the shared services group’ and, later, the provision of ‘services to the financial sector’, admitting as ‘a failure’ that never have been included in the group’s organizational chart. “
the Express also says that contacted by the newspaper and by TVI, Ricardo Salgado declined to comment, justifying it with the fact that” not review judicial secrecy in processes. “
the paper said that” in the collection of 11.5 million files “of Panama papers, there are almost 100 documents directly related eat ES Enterprises,” some of them with dozens pages, including exchange of ‘email’ and minutes of meetings that allow to reconstruct not only the history of the blue bag GES as some of their activities and important decisions were being taken. “
This company GES, he adds, was initially created through the Trident Trust Company, an operator of ‘offshore’ the British Virgin Islands, but when in 2007 changed its name for the second time, ES Enterprises for Enterprises Managment Services, its trust management became made by Mossack Fonseca.
the Express also reveals that, according to the Panama Papers, ES Enterprises “was far beyond the role of service provider, contrary to what said Ricardo Salgado in Parliament” and was holding in other companies, “a labyrinthine scheme.”
According to the International Consortium of Investigative journalists (ICIJ, in English acronym), based in Washington, which brought together for this work 370 journalists more than 70 countries, more than 214,000 offshore entities are involved in financial operations in more than 200 countries and territories around the world.
the weekly Expresso news even in today’s edition that there are more than 240 Portuguese in ‘offshore’ of Panama, including the best-known names are Luis Portela, Manuel Vilarinho and Ilídio Pinho.
the research results from a leak and added about 11.5 million documents linked to nearly four decades of activity of the Panamanian company Mossack Fonseca, specializing in capital management and capital with information on over 214,000 “offshore” companies in over 200 countries and territories.
from of Panama Papers (Panama Papers in English) as they are known, research indicates that thousands of businesses have been created in “offshore” and tax havens for hundreds of people to manage their assets, including the king of Saudi Arabia, next elements Russian President Vladimir Putin, the President of UEFA, Michel Platini, and the sister of king Juan Carlos and aunt of king Philip IV of Spain, Pilar de Borbón.
the information is made available on a world map, on the site of this newspaper.
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