As Mossack Fonseca representatives like to say, just about every time the subject is raised, the only person or entity in the “Panama Papers” story who is unquestionably guilty of a crime is the anonymous individual who stole their data.
The anonymous source for the “Panama Papers” leak – described by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists as a “whistleblower,” although the Mossack Fonseca law firm of Panama would say “thief” is a better word – has written a lengthy manifesto, reprinted in full by the ICIJ.
The UK Independent reports that “at least three dozen Americans with legal entanglements in their personal histories did business” with Mossack Fonseca, according to the second batch of “Panama Papers” files out this week.
After raids and investigations by the governments of El Salvador, Peru, and Panama itself, the U.S. government is looking into the tax-avoidance schemes exposed by the “Panama Papers.”
The now-infamous “Panama Papers” law firm Mossack Fonseca was raided by Panama itself. According to Reuters, the raid went down on Tuesday, with the national police force stating that it sought documentation that “would establish the possible use of the firm for illicit activities.”
The “Panama Papers,” a trove of documents taken from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, have triggered raids by the government of El Salvador against the local Mossack Fonseca office, while Peruvian authorities raided the home of an executive of the firm.
Former President of Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner may be indicted in a sprawling money laundering case should the judge presiding accept federal prosecutor Guillermo Marijuan’s request to bring her into the investigation. Kirchner will be testifying regarding a separate case on Wednesday.
Sueddeutsche Zeitung, the German newspaper that was initially given the immense trove of stolen “Panama Papers” data from the Mossack Fonseca law firm by an unidentified source, has announced it will not present all 11.5 million documents to the public or law enforcement agencies.
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday released his tax details in a bid to head off a row over his father’s offshore business, and announced a new taskforce to scrutinise the so-called Panama Papers. Hundreds of demonstrators rallied outside
One of the more curious Panama Papers stories comes from North Korea, which suffered a massive Internet outage for three hours on Wednesday, two days after the North Korea’s Daedong Credit Bank was revealed as a client of Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.
The co-founder of Mossack Fonseca, the Panamanian law firm at the center of the “Panama Papers” data leak, has a simple explanation for why few Americans have been among the clients exposed by the scandal: the firm preferred to seek customers in other parts of the world.
Iran, with its puppet terrorist organization Hezbollah, is among the many nations implicated in the Panama Papers scandal, in which leaked documents from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca revealed world leaders were stashing millions of dollars in offshore corporations.
Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, John Podesta, has ties to Russia’s Sberbank, which has been implicated in the “Panama Papers” tax-avoidance scandal.
China is dealing with the “Panama Papers” scandal in a predictable fashion: by censoring online discussion of the revelations that top Chinese officials have been salting away huge fortunes through overseas shell companies.
The massive legal firm data leak known as the Panama Papers have exposed business dealings that allowed the government of Venezuela under Hugo Chávez to use Cuban money to purchase advanced passport technology from Germany. Venezuela would later be accused of falsifying passports for Hezbollah terrorists.
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.”
The Russian government has issued a number of aggressive statements defending President Vladimir Putin and accusing those releasing the “Panama papers,” a series of detailed banking documents exposing the wealth of many world leaders, of attempting to smear Russia directly.
The Times of Israel reports: Israel has launched a probe into companies and individuals exposed by the “Panama Papers” data leak to have holdings in offshore accounts. The Israel Tax Authority announced Monday that it had opened an investigation after
The Jerusalem Post reports: Hundreds of Israeli companies and some 850 Israeli shareholders are listed as having offshore accounts in a dump of leaked documents known as the “Panama Papers.” The 11.5 million documents was published on Sunday, following a