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What We Know About The Panama Papers So Far

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The Panama Papers are a 2,6 TB data leak from one of the worlds biggest offshore bankaccount facilitators, located in, you guessed it, Panama. 11.5 million documents have been evaluated by journalists from over 100 organizations from 78 countries. Their findings will be released continuously.

What do we know so far?

Multiple heads of government or close friends and family, and other famous or wealthy people have been involved. These include Vladimir Putin, Bashar Al-Assad, Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson and Lionel Messi. The Guardian provides a nice quick summary of what you need to know.

Here is an overview of people involved, provided by the ICIJ.

Other useful resources

Süddeutsche Zeitung Panama Papers Segment

The Guardian Panama Papers Reports

LeMonde Panama Papers

Official ICIJ Website

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