Panama Papers: Millions of leaked documents expose how world’s rich and powerful hid money
Millions of confidential documents have been leaked from one of the world’s most secretive law firms, exposing how the rich and powerful have hidden their money.
Dictators and other heads of state have been accused of laundering money, avoiding sanctions and evading tax, according to the unprecedented cache of papers that show the inner workings of the law firm Mossack Fonseca, which is based in Panama.
The documents, dubbed “The Panama Papers”, reveal links to 72 current or former heads of state and accuse some of them of having vested interests in their own banks and looting their own countries.
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