Panama Papers: Law Firm Mossack Fonseca Linked to Crime, Corruption Scandals

A massive leak from Mossack Fonseca of 11.5 million tax documents exposes the secret offsh
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The Daily Mail writes that Mossack Fonseca “has been the law firm of choice for some of history’s most notorious politicians, bank robbers and drug lords.”

From the Daily Mail:

From Putin’s inner circle to Iceland’s prime minster, FIFA players to Bollywood stars, the Panama Papers reveal a single law firm has orchestrated an elaborate web of offshore tax havens and shell companies for the world’s one percent.

But a further look at the biggest-ever financial data leak shows Mossack Fonseca has lurked in the background of some of the most significant historical events in the last 50 years, with ties to the Watergate scandal and a bank heist dubbed the ‘Crime of the Century’.

Mossack Fonseca, which boasts a global network of 600 people in 42 countries, has been the law firm of choice for some of history’s most notorious politicians, bank robbers and drug lords.

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