The Panama Papers leak is being referred to as the biggest leak of financial data ever. Our Firm has started this NEWS PAGE to track the latest news related to the leak. |
April 25, 2017 - Law partners in Odebrecht, Panama Papers scandals get bail
The court ordered their release after bail was paid, but that does not prevent the legal case against them from moving forward.
April 25, 2017 - Panama Papers scandal law firm partners get bail
Panama Papers scandal lawyers Both Juergen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca were freed on bail of half a million dollars each. Last year's Panama Papers scandal was set off by the leak of thousands of documents related to offshore accounts.
April 18, 2017 - Germany sets out plan to tackle tax evasion
Germany’s finance ministry has set out a 10-point plan to combat tax evasion in response to the Panama Papers leak last year.
April 5, 2017 - Global tax system still defective a year after Panama Papers
The revelations prompted over 150 official inquiries, audits or investigations in over 79 countries around the world, while an estimated $135 billion was wiped off the total value of nearly 400 companies after the Panama Papers.
April 3, 2017 - Where Are They Now? A Year Later, Mixed Fortunes For Panama Papers Line-Up
Governments in more than 70 countries have launched over 150 investigations, inquiries, audits and probes into the affairs of thousands of people and corporations linked to Panama Papers. Just last month, Malta’s tax office announced it had recovered more than $10 million as a result of investigations sparked by the Panama Papers and another ICIJ project, Swiss Leaks.
March 13, 2017 - RBC shutters 40 accounts linked to the Panama Papers leaks
RBC bore the brunt of the early public pressure last spring when the Panama Papers revealed the bank had registered at least 429 offshore companies with Mossack Fonseca.
March 6, 2017 - Four law firms disciplined for failing to comply with Panama Papers’ instructions
Deputy tax commissioner Sotiris Markides told the committee that his department had identified 2,400 individuals and companies. It is asking 700 for information on revenues and property they had abroad from 2005 onwards and to submit tax returns.
March 6, 2017 - How Pakistan's Panama Paper's probe unfolded
Plot twists, accusations and 25,000 pages of evidence — a snapshot of the case that will determine Nawaz Sharif's fate.
March 6, 2017 - Mossack Fonseca founders still under arrest as Panama Papers firm quits New Zealand
Mossack Fonseca, the controversial law firm at the heart of the Panama Papers, has quit New Zealand, apparently as a result of dwindling business following the bombshell revelations.
March 2, 2017 - Panama Papers: Miami named in leaked documents
The Panama Papers probe raises questions in Miami, where a property boom has been fuelled by criminals laundering their cash.
Feb 15, 2017 - Panama Papers Firm Founders Face Money Laundering Charges
Despite a dearth of American clients in the “Panama Papers” leak at Mossack Fonseca, the hack of the firm’s files laying bare its ties to oligarchs, dictators and other rebarbative individuals led many U.S. firms to express concerns about their own cybersecurity.
Feb 15, 2017 - Mossack Fonseca closes Luxembourg office days before bosses arrested
Mossack Fonseca had 44 offices worldwide. The company was founded in 1977 by Jürgen Mossack as "Jürgen Mossack Lawfirm". In 1986 Mossack joined forces with Ramon Fonseca Mora.
Feb 15, 2017 - Panama Papers Law Firm Mossack Fonseca Raided, Partners Arrested
Ramon Fonseca Mora and Jurgen Mossack are partners at the Mossack-Fonseca firm. Officials pulled them in for questioning on Thursday and formally detained them following two days of interrogations.
Feb 15, 2017 - They built an empire on shell companies. Now these #PanamaPapers execs may face prison time.
On Thursday, police in Panama arrested firm founders Ramon Fonseca and Jürgen Mossack after the company’s Panama City headquarters were raided. Panama Attorney General Kenia Porcell issued a statement describing the firm as allegedly acting as a criminal organization dedicated to creating corporate and financial structures that hid assets of “suspicious origins.”
Feb 15, 2017 - Panama Papers law firm partners arrested
In a statement on the arrests, Panama Attorney General Kenia Porcell said certain information “allegedly identifies the Panamanian firm as a criminal organization that is dedicated to hiding assets or money from suspicious origins.”