The Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Home Secretary have published an update on the work of the Panama Papers Taskforce. The cross-agency task force was created in April 2016 to analyse all the information that had been made available from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists’ (ICIJ) Panama Papers data leak. In a written […]

The Maltese Police Force will not be carrying out further individual investigation related to the Panama Papers as it feels that, on the basis of the information obtained by the local authorities, there isn’t the necessary reasonable suspicion to the level required by law that a crime has been committed. After six weeks of not […]

The anonymous source behind the leak of the Panama Papers has spoken for the first time, offering to help law authorities make prosecutions in return for immunity. In a 1,800-word statement, “John Doe” reveals he has never worked for a spy agency or a government. http://bit.ly/1XctLfl He starts the statement by citing “income equality” as […]

The anonymous whistleblower behind the Panama Papers has conditionally offered to make the documents available to government authorities. In a statement issued to the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, the so-called “John Doe” behind the biggest information leak in history cites the need for better whistleblower protection and has […]

Searchable database displays more than 300,000 entities from the Panama Papers and Offshore Leaks investigations. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists publishes today a searchable database that strips away the secrecy of nearly 214,000 offshore entities created in 21 jurisdictions, from Nevada to Hong Kong and the British Virgin Islands. The data, part of the […]

Mossack Fonseca are threatening to sue the news organizations that worked on the Panama Papers Project as shown here https://panamapapers.icij.org/ – this follows Mossack Fonseca responses to questions from the Miami Herald and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with the following statement, which did not address any of the specific due-diligence failings uncovered by […]

An investigation published today by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists [https://panamapapers.icij.org/] and its media partners reveals the hidden workings of a secretive industry that banks and lawyers use to hide the financial holdings and dealings of powerful clients, including prime ministers, parliamentarians, plutocrats and criminals, according to a trove of leaked documents. The files, […]

The identities of thousands of wealthy offshore clients of a major Channel Isles private bank have been leaked to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. The individuals include donors to the British government, which has been outspoken against tax havens, and some of the most prominent people in British life. The ICIJ has exclusively allowed […]