In Pics | A look at 8 major financial papers leak since 2010

The Pandora Papers leak is the latest -- and biggest -- to shine a light on tax evasion of the rich and powerful from the whistleblowing International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). Here's a list of eight such leaks that took place since 2010 which helped in revealing the offshore tax activities of prominent figures in the world:

The Wikileaks’ ‘cablegate’ of 2010 was just 1.7 GB. It contained a diplomatic analysis from world leaders and diplomats’ assessment of the host countries and officials, between 1966 to 2010. Credit: Pixabay Photo

The 260 GB offshore leaks of 2013 exposed close to 2.5 million files which revealed more than 120,000 companies and trusts in the hideaways. Credit: iStock Photo

The Luxembourg leak in 2014 was just 4.4 GB but it revealed big names like Pepsi, IKEA, AIG, and Deutsche Bank. Credit: Pixabay Photo

The 2015 Swiss Leaks was an ICIJ investigation that involved hundreds of journalists from 45 countries. The data leaked in this was just 3.3 GB. Credit: iStock Photo

Until the recent Pandora leak took place, the Panama leak contained the most number of files. In 2016, the Panana leak revealed 2.26 TB data. Credit: Pixabay Photo

The Bahamas leak took place in 2016 which leaked 1.3 million with names of directors and owners from 175,000 Bahamian companies, trusts, and foundations (registered between 1990-2016). Credit: iStock Photo

Similar to the size of the Panama leak, the Paradise leak revealed 2.04 TB data in 2017. Almost 100 media organisations from across 67 countries were a part of the search. Credit: iStock Photo

The biggest leak of all time, the Pandora Leak, took place in 2021. It contained 2.94 TB files which leaked 11.9 million documents from 14 financial services companies around the world. Credit: AFP Photo