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The Panama Papers investigation has produced an almost daily drumbeat of regulatory moves, follow-up stories and calls for more action to combat offshore financial secrecy - including at least 150 investigations in 79 countries and $110 million recouped by governments so far.
A giant leak of more than 11.5 million financial and legal records exposes a system that enables crime, corruption and wrongdoing, hidden by secretive offshore companies.
Politicians, business executives and thousands of their supporters have responded with vitriol, threats, cyberattacks and lawsuits against reporters who continue to unveil the hidden economic holdings of a global elite.
Behind the email chains, invoices and documents that make up the Panama Papers are often unseen victims of wrongdoing enabled by the shadowy offshore industry.
Explore the offshore connections of world leaders, politicians and their relatives and associates.
Find out who’s behind almost 320,000 offshore companies and trusts from our leaked files.
Discover a world of shell companies and wealth managers, and learn how to hide your cash.
The $440,000 penalty followed a six-month investigation which included on-site compliance inspections and the appointment of an officer to monitor Mossack Fonseca's operations.
Report's authors say that the U.S. and EU have the power to force other nations to embrace transparency reforms by threatening to cut off access to their financial systems.
Nawaz Sharif defended himself before the nation’s highest court, as opposition supporters celebrated in Islamabad.
A PR firm is being paid $50,000 a month to help the Panama government, while arrests, protests and more continue around the world.
Confidential emails revealed in the Panama Papers have opened a new front in a bitter court battle in Nevada involving a hedge fund led by an American billionaire, new court filings show.
The committee was established in the wake of the Panama Papers to probe Panama's financial services industry, but now two out of three international members have resigned.
Africa receives $50 billion of foreign aid money annually, but then loses roughly the same amount through illicit outflows. Can you uncover Africa's offshore empires? Play now!
The Panama Papers show how politicians and mining, oil and gas interests benefit from secrecy and dubious multimillion dollar transfers.
A dealmaker’s backstage maneuverings are revealed in the Panama Papers as he hung with celebrities while criminal investigators closed in.
The Panama Papers reveal a network of shell companies linked to a mining operation that has been accused of environmental harms and unpaid taxes.
As visitors come to see what’s in Africa, some safari operators’ profits head offshore.
Mossack Fonseca targeted clients in Africa for business, but now some of those clients have become targets themselves as authorities launch investigations into the Panama Papers revelations.
The European Commission has announced it will tighten the European Union’s anti-money laundering rules and increase transparency requirements for companies and trusts.
The joint investigation will be the "first of its kind," and Venezuela's attorney general has hinted at a long list of suspects.
A special 65-member Panama Papers committee of inquiry has been created by the European parliament to investigate potential wrongdoing exposed by ICIJ's investigation.
Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca’s local affiliate in Nevada has resigned from more than 1,000 companies and paid a penalty to the state amid investigations on multiple fronts.
Nevada, Wyoming and Delaware are facing growing pressure over their lack of corporate transparency, as the United States and the international community continue to respond to fallout from the Panama Papers.
Meet The Dutchman, the Queen of the South, the Boss of Bosses and other convicted felons and alleged wrongdoers who have benefited from services provided by the law firm.
Mossack Fonseca's files include offshore companies linked to at least 36 Americans accused of serious financial wrongdoing, including fraud and racketeering.
The 21 jurisdictions covered by the Panama Papers data vary from the rolling hills of Wyoming to tropical getaways like the British Virgin Islands. But all have at least one thing in common - secrecy is the rule.
The anonymous whistleblower behind the Panama Papers has conditionally offered to make the documents available to government authorities.
The Obama administration has proposed a national registry documenting the real owners of shell companies and other measures aimed at fighting offshore chicanery.
Records in the Panama Papers and the Swiss Leaks leaked files tie the wife of Iceland President Ólafur Grímsson to offshore companies and accounts.
Uruguayan prosecutors are seeking to bring to trial at least five individuals detained on suspicion of laundering money for a powerful Mexican drug cartel.
ICIJ welcomes the interest from the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's office, but has made it clear it won't be turning over its data or taking part in any investigation.
More than a dozen banks identified in the Panama Papers investigation have been asked to hand over details of their communications with Mossack Fonseca.
Nawaz Sharif faces growing pressure and calls for his resignation, a Spanish minister has stepped aside, and more governments are pledging reform as fallout from the Panama Papers revelations continues.
The search of Mossack Fonseca's Panama headquarters comes after a number of raids and official action taken in response to the Panama Papers revelations.
Tax officials from 28 nations met in Paris to develop a strategy for collaborative action based on Panama Papers revelations.
David Cameron appeared before parliament on Monday to address concerns about his own links to offshore holdings revealed in the Panama Papers, as well as announce reform aimed at boosting transparency.
Locked in the files of a Panama law firm are the answers to mysteries involving Van Goghs, Picassos, Rembrandts and other masterworks.
Swiss police searched the office of Europe's top soccer association and a member of FIFA's ethics panel resigned following Panama Papers revelations.
Eight current and former members of the Politburo Standing Committee, the country's top decision makers, have relatives with secret offshore companies.
Firm helps CIA operatives and other characters — real or fanciful — from the world of espionage set up offshore companies to obscure their dealings.
The prime minister of Iceland said he would resign following mass protests triggered by reports from ICIJ and partners that he had owned an offshore company in the British Virgin Islands with his wife.
Global law firm’s customers include suspected financiers of terrorism, nuclear weapons proliferators and gunrunners.
Documents peel away three layers of secret ownership in a conglomerate and lead to gold mines and overseas real estate.
Leaked records show that hundreds of banks and their subsidiaries and branches registered nearly 15,600 shell companies.
Complex offshore financial deals channel money and power towards a network of people and companies linked to President Vladimir Putin.
Files show client roster that includes drug dealers, Mafia members, corrupt politicians and tax evaders — and wrongdoing galore.
Secret documents show how deeply the world of soccer has become enmeshed in the world of offshore havens.
He came to power after the country’s financial collapse while hiding his offshore holdings of millions in bonds from Icelandic banks.
Firm that practices no matrimonial law nonetheless plays big role when the superrich around the globe decide to split.
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