It's one of the world's biggest data leaks.

And it's helping unravel the secrets of the rich and famous — and how they stash their money.

RN's Background Briefing has this week brought Australians the Pandora Papers, in conjunction with Four Corners and 600 journalists around the world.

This extraordinary data leak, supplied by an anonymous whistleblower, reveals how the wealthy elite evade tax and regulation.

Read Background Briefing's unravelling of an Australian accountant's role to understand how this plays out on a global scale.

Then: how a "human shield" hostage became friends with his captor.

And, sustainability — is it even possible? These experts say it's a "dangerous concept".

Finally, we're over the moon that our RN Presents series, Patient Zero, won the Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Science Journalism. You can catch up on the series here.
 

Until next time,
Annika Blau, digital editor
 

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They're called the Pandora Papers. A leak of 11.9 million files reveals how the rich and powerful disguise and move their money offshore. 

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