Panama Papers: What happened next?
This article is a summary of reporting by BBC News. Originally published December 26, 2016.
In the wake of the 2016 Panama Papers revelations, governments and law enforcement agencies worldwide faced major political and legal fallout. The unprecedented release of millions of documents originating from Panama City-based Mossack Fonseca exposed how powerful political figures and wealthy elites utilized opaque offshore shell companies. Among early political casualties was Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson, who resigned shortly after his undeclared offshore holdings were exposed. The investigation brought worldwide scrutiny to the Panamanian offshore sector and prompted inquiries across multiple continents into financial opacity and crime.
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An analysis of the global fallout following the leak of 11.5 million financial documents from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.
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