Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Panama Papers: The Inside Story


The ‘Panama Papers’ refer to more than 11.5 million documents belonging to Mossack Fonseca, a law firm based in the tax haven of Panama, that were leaked on Sunday (April 3), revealing the secret accounts of hundreds of thousands of clients.

The papers cover a period of almost 40 years, from 1977 to December 2015.

The documents are at the heart of a huge investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and more than 100 news organizations around the globe.

Euronews journalist Stefan Grobe spoke to Marina Walker Guevara, ICIJ deputy director. She led the team of more than 370 journalists from nearly 80 countries who delved into the data and wrote the news stories now shaking the world’s elite

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Source: Euronews

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