[lepton]

Offshore banks, however, are a repository for all sorts of illicit income to government and policy.

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Could you please restate that sentence. It is not clear to me what you intended to convey - which could obviously be my fault, but nonetheless, I do not understand it.

[Ulmius]

No problem:

Offshore accounts are a way for drug cartels, terrorists, etc. to launder their money into legitimate political and economic functions. Here’s the documentary which brought this to my attention and showed me what the Panama Papers are:

https://youtu.be/np_ylvc8Zj8