From the U.K.'s ambassador to Ukraine:
Excerpt:
A number of high-ranking Ukrainian officials used a complex web of offshore companies and bank accounts to conduct property deals in multiple countries, according to a cache of leaked documents obtained by OCCRP.
The officials in Kyiv used what is known locally as a “ploshchadka” or a “conversion center,” meaning a turnkey solution for money laundering, tax evasion and hiding assets that includes companies in offshore havens, secret bank accounts and “proxies” who act as front men for the people behind the scenes who really benefit.
Among those who benefited are former members of Parliament, top members of law enforcement and sons of top officials in both the defense sector and a leading anti-corruption organization.