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Ghost ship: Panama tanker goes off grid, washes up with no crew
A crewless ship washed ashore in Liberia last week, according to NBC News. The oil tanker, Tamaya 1, reported it's last known coordinates April 22 heading toward the Dakar port in Senegal, according to World Maritime News. It was found about 47 miles west of Monrovia May 4. It's unclear what happened to the ship, which...
Closer look at Americans named in Panama Papers
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which produced the Panama Papers, said Monday that at least 36 Americans have been accused of fraudulently using off-shore accounts. We could not reach the Americans listed in the Panama Papers for comment. The consortium also tried to reach them but did not get any...
Panama papers: Mossack Fonseca headquarters raided
Police in Panama have raided the headquarters of the law firm at the centre of a massive data leak. Prosecutors said the operation had been carried out at the offices of Mossack Fonseca in Panama City "without incident or interference". The leaked "Panama Papers" have shown how some wealthy people use...
Panama Papers leak: Mossack Fonseca law firm offices raided
AUTHORITIES in El Salvador have raided the local offices of Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, seizing documents and equipment, the country’s attorney general’s office says. The Panama-based law firm is at the centre of an international data leak scandal that has embarrassed several world leaders and shone a...
Panama Papers: 10 things we’ve learned
The leak of 11.5 million documents from one of the world's most secret companies, Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, has grabbed headlines around the world. So what have we actually learned from the Panama Papers? 1. It does what it says on the tin A tax haven is a tax haven. This may sound simple but, although there were...
Panama Papers: Government announces creation of ‘panel of experts’
Panama is creating an international panel to help improve transparency in its offshore financial industry. The move follows the leak of millions of documents from law firm Mossack Fonseca, showing it helped some clients evade tax and avoid sanctions. Several countries are probing possible financial crimes by the rich and...
Putin Makes First Public Appearance Since Panama Papers Leak
Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first public appearance Wednesday, since the "Panama Papers" leak, alleging insiders, officials funneled billions of dollars to offshore accounts...
Panama Papers Hit Great Firewall of China
China has moved quickly to silence any discussion about the Panama Papers and information about the use of tax havens by the families of at least eight current and former top leaders, including the brother-in-law of President Xi Jinping. Massive wealth accumulated by the families of China’s ruling party members has long...
Russia says Putin is main target of Panama Papers
MOSCOW — Russia said Monday that President Vladimir Putin was the main target of an unprecedented media leak into the financial activity of wealthy individuals who hold accounts offshore. Dmitry Peskov, Putin's spokesman, told the Russian news agency Interfax that it was "obvious" the aim of the anonymous...
Panama Papers: Mossack Fonseca ‘helped firms subject to sanctions’
The Panama legal firm at the heart of a massive data leak kept clients who were subject to international sanctions, documents show. Mossack Fonseca worked with 33 individuals or companies who have been placed under sanctions by the US Treasury, including companies based in Iran, Zimbabwe and North Korea. One had links to North...