Panama Papers: Secret accounts of the rich and powerful

World leaders, stars of the pitch and screen and dozens of billionaires were among those named and shamed in what looks to be the biggest ever leak of inside information in history.

Covering 40 years of emails, financial records and passport details, an investigation by more than 100 media groups shows how some of the world's most powerful people have secreted away their money in offshore jurisdictions    

Below are some of the main allegations made in Sunday's release based on documents from Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca:       

-- Banks, companies and aides close to Russian President Vladimir Putin secretly shuffled as much as $2 billion using offshore companies, gaining hidden influence in the country's media and automotive industries. The Kremlin has accused the ICIJ of launching a misleading "information attack".
 
-- Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson and his wife used an offshore company, Wintris Inc., to hide millions of dollars of investments in three major banks during the financial crisis. He has denied any wrongdoing but faces a vote of no confidence this week.     

-- Two leaders who have staked their reputations on pushing for transparency

-- Chinese President Xi Jinping and British Prime Minister David Cameron -- have at some point had family links to offshore companies.
 
-- Several other world leaders, including the king of Saudi Arabia, as well as the children of the president of Azerbaijan and of the prime minister of Pakistan, also control offshore companies.
 
-- Mossack Fonseca worked with at least 33 people and companies blacklisted by Washington because of business links to Mexican drug lords, terrorist organisations or rogue nations,...