ASAHI SHIMBUN - June 21 - The latest analysis of thousands of documents of the Panama Papers revealed that more than 10 companies set up in Anguilla were used as operators of online dating services in Japan. With their headquarters in Anguilla, the operators of the dating sites could more easily conceal their identities if customers in Japan demanded refunds from the dating services. The headquarters were set up under the names of several Japanese men and women, who said they had no idea they were company heads or exactly how their passport information was leaked. The operators of the online dating services with overseas headquarters use a shady method to turn a profit. Before customers can exchange messages with potential date partners, they must purchase points through the use of their credit cards over the Internet. Such sites will shut down if complaints and negative reviews start circulating about them. But the operator will simply open another site under a different name.
by Sho Okano & Ei Takada
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Summarized by the IDEA team
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