Luxembourg Fund Industry Is a $5.4 Trillion ‘Black Box,’ Investigation Says

Luxembourg Fund Industry Is a $5.4 Trillion ‘Black Box,’ Investigation Says
A man holds a placard reading “Stop tax avoidance” during a protest outside the courthouse ahead of the LuxLeaks trial before an appeal court in Luxembourg on Dec. 12, 2016. Yves Herman/Reuters
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LONDON—Luxembourg’s investment fund industry is a financial “black box” that helps people launder illicit money and avoid tax, according to an investigation published on Monday whose findings were rejected by the EU nation.

The OpenLux investigation by journalists from a group of media organizations, including Le Monde, Le Soir, the Miami Herald, and Sueddeutsche Zeitung, sifted through four million documents and records on 260,000 companies linked to Luxembourg’s 4.5 trillion euro ($5.4 trillion) investment funds sector between 1955 and 2020.