A massive cache of leaked documents has revealed wide-scale corruption and the very questionable ethics of figures in the business, political, and even sports industries. These names allegedly used fake companies as a means of evading trillions in owed tax money.

Mossack Fonseca is the Panama-based company that stands accused of creating “a business in creating fake businesses,” as Reddit user turcois succinctly explains. “Companies could ‘invest’ millions of dollars [in these fake companies] … then … wouldn’t be taxed.”

Why?

“… Because according to legal documents,” turcois continues, “it isn’t profit—it’s an ‘investment,’ which is untaxable, and then they would get their money back from the fake business.”

The leak is huge: spanning approximately 11.5 million documents—or 2.6 terabytes’ worth of data—on 214,000 shell companies. And as the video below shows, the Panama Papers are about more than just some stowed away cash—it’s also given way to pedophilia, sex trafficking, and more.

In the meantime, the Explain Like I’m Five Reddit community has concisely summed up the entire mess—check out that post here.

A Reddit Live Thread has also been established for the latest updates and headlines on the Panama Papers: