A new report shows how world leaders, powerful politicians, billionaires and others have used secret accounts to hide property worth trillions of dollars. The report by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) brought promises of tax reform and demands for resignations and investigations. Explanations and denials from those targeted followed. The investigation, named the Pandora Papers, was published Sunday night. It involved 600 journalists from 150 media groups in 117 countries. The reporters examined accounts based in traditional island havens like the British Virgin Islands, Seychelles, Hong Kong and Belize. But, the investigation also found such accounts hidden in less expected places, including the U.S. states of South Dakota and Florida. Tax advisers helped the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people hide their ownership of the properties to avoid tax requirements. While many of the accounts are legal, they are ethically questionable. Critics say the property owners should have paid taxes on their sales and purchases. Sven Giegold is a member of the European parliament. He said: ”Global tax evasion fuels global inequality.” Oxfam International is a British aid group. In a statement, it said the missing tax dollars result in fewer public projects, like hospitals and schools. “This is where the pay-packets sit of all the extra teachers and firefighters and public servants we need,” Oxfam wrote. Some of the owners published in the report include former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and King Abdullah II of Jordan. Other names were Czech prime minister Andrej Babis, Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta, Ecuador’s president Guillermo Lasso and close contacts of Russian president Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan.