Panama Papers
The Panama Papers are 11.5 million leaked documents that talked about financial and attorney–client information for more than 214,488 offshore tax accounts.[1][2] The documents, some traced back to the 1970s, were created by, and taken from, Panamanian law firm and corporate service provider Mossack Fonseca,[3] and were leaked in 2015 by an anonymous source to German journalist Bastian Obermayer.[4][5]
The documents contain personal financial information about wealthy individuals and public officials that had been kept private.[6] While offshore business tax activities are legal, reporters found that some of the Mossack Fonseca shell corporations were used for illegal purposes, including fraud, tax evasion, and evading international sanctions.[7]
Panama Papers Media
Poster issued by the British tax authorities to counter offshore tax evasion
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References
- ↑ Giant leak of offshore financial records exposes global array of crime and corruption. OCCRP (April 3, 2016)The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
- ↑ Schmidt, Michael S.; Myers, Steven Lee (2016-04-03). "Panama Law Firm’s Leaked Files Detail Offshore Accounts Tied to World Leaders". The New York Times. . https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/04/us/politics/leaked-documents-offshore-accounts-putin.html. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
- ↑ Vasilyeva, Natalya; Anderson, Mae (April 3, 2016). News Group Claims Huge Trove of Data on Offshore Accounts. https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/04/03/world/europe/ap-panama-papers.html. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- ↑ Clark, Nicola (2016-04-05). How a Cryptic Message, ‘Interested in Data?,’ Led to the Panama Papers. . https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/06/business/media/how-a-cryptic-message-interested-in-data-led-to-the-panama-papers.html. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
- ↑ How two German newspaper reporters broke the story behind the Panama Papers (in en). Retrieved 2016-08-12.
- ↑ International Consortium of Investigative journalists (April 3, 2016). A new ICIJ investigation exposes a rogue offshore industry. https://panamapapers.icij.org/blog/20160403-new-icij-investigation-exposes-rogue-offshore-industry.html. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
- ↑ "Giant Leak of Offshore Financial Records Exposes Global Array of Crime and Corruption". The Panama Papers. 3 April 2016. https://panamapapers.icij.org/20160403-panama-papers-global-overview.html. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
