April 13, 2016, 03:50 | Mossack Fonseca | leaked documents | investigation | Panama
The Panamanian headquarters of law firm Mossack Fonseca in the capital are raided, reports La Prensa.
In the office, offshore operator, who became known through the publication of “Panamanian documents” works recently created division Panamanian prosecutor’s office to fight organized crime, money laundering and financial terrorism.
At the same time, law enforcement agencies are working with the phone company that provided computer services Mossack Fonseca.
The prosecutor’s office said in a press statement that carries out investigations after media publications established evidence linking the firm to possible illegal activities.
Previous searches were held at the company’s offices in Peru and El Salvador.
The Sunday, April 3, OCCRP published an extensive investigation of the involvement of world leaders, politicians, athletes and cultural figures to offshore transactions. The list included Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, mentioned the names of the press secretary of the president of Russia, Dmitry Peskov, Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukayev, the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, as well as British Prime Minister David Cameron, Prime Minister of Iceland Sigmyundyura Gyunnleygssona, Jackie Chan, Lionel Messi and others.
Work OCCRP, ICIJ and journalists from more than 100 editions around the world has led to large-scale consequences: Prime Minister of Iceland on background ‘offshore scandal’ has resigned, UK, Netherlands, USA, Austria, Germany, India, China, and Ukraine carried out check the published facts.
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