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A conversation with Panama’s suddenly notorious lawyers
Days before the shock of the #PanamaPapers, Jurgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca discussed their eponymous firm with Blake Schmidt. ||| Sao Paulo – For decades now, Jurgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca have been the go-to guys in Panama for international investors looking to put their money in far-flung places. But even before the world learned...
Panama Papers Update: US Justice Dept reviewing law firm reports
The department is determining whether the findings point to evidence of corruption and other violations of U.S. law. The U.S. Justice Department is reviewing reports about the offshore financial arrangements of global politicians and public figures based on 11.5 million leaked files from a Panamanian law firm, a department spokesman said on...
Governments Vow to Find Tax Evaders Hiding Offshore Assets
The full extent and implications from a leak of records about offshore bank accounts from a Panamanian firm are not yet clear, and more stories about them are expected in the coming days, but already governments across the world are pledging investigations or denouncing the reports as unfounded attacks. Panama’s President Juan Carlos Varela...
Panama Papers Update: Credit Suisse, HSBC dismiss tax avoidance allegations
HSBC and Credit Suisse we.re named among the banks that helped set up complex structures that make it hard for tax collectors and investigators to track the flow of money from one place to another Credit Suisse and HSBC, two of the world’s largest wealth managers, dismissed on Tuesday suggestions they were actively using offshore structures...
Panama Papers Update: Probes opened, China limits access to news on leaks
Following the reports, China has moved to limit local access to coverage of the matter with state media denouncing Western reporting on the leak as biased against non-Western leaders. Authorities across the globe have opened investigations into the activities of the world’s rich and powerful after a cache of leaked documents from a...
#PanamaPapers: World figures deny wrongdoing
Revelations in the “Panama Papers” have prompted governments to probe possible financial wrongdoing by the rich and powerful. ||| London/Panama City – Governments across the world began investigating possible financial wrongdoing by the rich and powerful on Monday after a leak of four decades of documents from a Panamanian law firm that...
Everything You Need to Know About the Panama Papers
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); What are the Panama Papers? Rabat – The Panama Papers are a leaked set of 11.5 million documents from the database of the fourth largest offshore law firm in the world, Mossack Fonseca. German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung has reported that it received the source anonymously over a year ago, and...
US Justice Dept reviewing #PanamaPapers
The US Justice Department is reviewing the leaked documents from a Panamanian law firm for evidence of corruption or other violations of US law. ||| Washington – The US Justice Department is reviewing the leaked documents from a Panamanian law firm that reveal the offshore financial arrangements of global politicians and public figures, a...
#PanamaPapers: Call for probe into Poroshenko
Ukrainian lawmakers said parliament should investigate allegations that President Petro Poroshenko used an offshore firm to avoid tax. ||| Kiev – Ukrainian lawmakers said on Monday parliament should investigate allegations that President Petro Poroshenko used an offshore firm to avoid tax, following a global leak of documents from a...
Panama to assist in #PanamaPapers ‘probe’
The Government of Panama is ready to cooperate with investigation in any money laundering probe linked to Mossack Fonseca. ||| Mexico City – The government of Panama is ready to cooperate with investigation in any money laundering probe linked to Mossack Fonseca, a Panama firm selling offshore companies, according to a statement issued by...
