The operation was centred in the Americas — the houses, the banks, the universities and the prosecutors were all American, and the U.S. Virgin Islands provided the corporate vehicle and the tax exemption. These five files cover the region, and the United States page reads them together.
Section 01
The Files
Seven American institutions that could have stopped it — the prosecutors, the courts, the banks, the universities, the tax system, the press and the prison. Three officials have been charged worldwide. None here.
The islands, three governors across sixteen years, Cecile de Jongh, the tax machine, and the $105m settlement that ended it.
The Brazil investigation, the modelling contest, São Paulo, and the visa machine that made the pipeline work.
Barred from entry, Peter Nygård, Vancouver Island, and the survivor accounts — plus the coverage gap.
The mailing list, the presidents, the border and the ranch — and a careful account of what is absent from the record.