University of Rijeka. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Department of Cultural Studies.
Abstract
Dokumenti, nazvani Rajski dokumenti, datiraju u razdoblju od 1950. do 2016. i naziv su za 13.4 milijuna dokumenata koji dokazuju navodnu umiješanost brojnih osoba iz javnog života, uključujući mnogobrojne poduzetnike i političare, ali i sportaše, pjevače i međunarodne korporacije, u financijske nepravilnosti, pranje novca i utaje poreza putem offshore tvrtki sa sjedištima u poreznim oazama. Dokumenti potječu iz odvjetničke tvrtke Appleby osnovane na Bermudama i tvrtke Asiaciti Trust iz Singapura. Njemački list Süddeutsche Zeitung došao je do navedenih dokumenata i podijelio ih s javnošću početkom studenoga 2017.
U radu, Rajskim dokumentima pristupit ću kao ekonomsko-političkom i društvenom problemu enormnih razmjera s elementima medijsko-spektakularnog uprizorenja. Rajske dokumente i njegove pojedinačne slučajeve proučavat ću na temelju podataka i članaka objavljenih na internetskom portalu Süddeutsche Zeitunga - Süddeutsche.de. Pojedinačnim slučajevima Rajskih dokumenata pristupit ću metodom kvalitativne analize. S obzirom na opsežan broj imena uključenih u aferu Rajskih dokumenata, analizu ću usmjeriti na one slučajeve koji imaju veliki značaj i utjecaj na javnost. Pri tome, analizirat ću poslovanje švicarske korporacije Glencore kongoanskim rudama; offshore poslovanje kraljice Elizabete II.; poslovanje SAD-ova ministra trgovine Wilbura Rossa s ruskom energetskom tvrtkom Sibur; posljedice aneksije Krima ruskog predsjednika Vladimira Putina, te offshore poslovanje međunarodnih korporacija Apple i Nike. Cilj je rada ukazati na istovremeno postojanje dva paralelna svijeta: jednog koji pripada nekolicini svjetskih moćnika, za koje zakoni ne vrijede i onog drugog, svijeta običnih smrtnika koji se svakodnevno bore za vlastitu egzistenciju i čiji su postupci podvrgnuti daleko strožem režimu.The documents, named Paradise Papers, which date from 1950 to 2016 and represent 13.4 million documents that prove the presumed involvement of many persons from public life, including many entrepreneurs and politicians, but also athletes, singers and international corporations in financial irregularities, money laundring and tax evasion through offshore companies with headquarters in tax havens. The documents originate from the Appleby attorney company established in Bermuda and from Asiaciti Trust in Singapore. The german newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung came in possession of the mentioned documents and shared them with public at the beginning of November 2017. In my work I will approach the Paradise papers documents as an economical, political and social issue of enormous proportions with elements of media and spectacular appearance. I will study the documents and their individual cases based on the dates and articles published on the website of Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper. The individual cases of Paradise Papers I will approach with the method of qualitative analysis. Given the extensive number of names involved in the Paradise Papers scandal I will focus my analysis on those cases that have great significance and impact on public life. During my work I will pay my attention on the business of the swiss corporation Glencore with congolese ores; offshore business of Queen Elizabeth II; business between U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and russian energy company Sibur; the consequences of the annexation of Crimea by Russian President Vladimir Putin; offshore business of international corporations Apple and Nike. The aim of my work is to point out the simultaneous existence of two parallel worlds: one belonging to a few powerful world leaders, who do not have to respect the law nor the law applies to them, and to the other, the world of ordinary mortals, who are struggling for their own existence on a daily basis and who are subjected to far more rigid regimes
