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The Panama Papers (also known as the Mossack Fonseca papers) are a set of 11.5 million leaked documents detailing attorney–client information for more than 214,000 offshore companies associated with the Panamanian law firm and corporate service provider, Mossack Fonseca. The leaked documents contain the identities of the companies' shareholders and directors, as well as some financial transactions. Among other things, they illustrate how wealthy individuals, including public officials, can keep personal financial information private. At the time of publication, the papers identified five then-heads of state or government leaders from Argentina, Iceland, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, and the United Arab Emirates as well as government officials, close relatives, and close associates of various heads of government of more than forty other countries. The British Virgin Islands was home to half of the companies listed and Hong Kong contained the most affiliated banks, law firms, and middlemen.
The Panama Papers (also known as the Mossack Fonseca papers) are a set of 11.5 million leaked documents detailing attorney–client information for more than 214,000 offshore companies associated with the Panamanian law firm and corporate service provider, Mossack Fonseca. The leaked documents contain the identities of the companies' shareholders and directors, as well as some financial transactions. Among other things, they illustrate how wealthy individuals, including public officials, can keep personal financial information private. At the time of publication, the papers identified five then-heads of state or government leaders from Argentina, Iceland, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, and the United Arab Emirates as well as government officials, close relatives, and close associates of various heads of government of more than forty other countries. The British Virgin Islands was home to half of the companies listed and Hong Kong contained the most affiliated banks, law firms, and middlemen.
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| Countries with politicians, public officials or close associates implicated in the leak on April 15, 2016 |
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