Search Results for: Mossack Fonseca
Founders of Panama Law Firm Mossack Fonseca arrested
February 13th, 2017
Police in Panama arrested the founders of Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the center of the Panama Papers scandal, on money laundering charges after authorities raided the firm’s headquarters as part of investigations into Brazil’s largest-ever bribery scandal. ...
CySec reports that 63 regulated entities connected with Mossack Fonseca Panama Papers
June 3rd, 2016
CySec has issued today a report to inform regarding the results of its evaluation of 413 regulated entities (CIFs, ASPs, MC UCITS, AIFMs, AIFLNP) for possible relation with Mossack Fonseca and Panama Papers. CySec wishes to inform that: Following ...
Panama Papers: Mossack Fonseca office raided
April 13th, 2016
The offices of Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca were raided late Tuesday by crime prosecutors, who searched for evidence of money laundering and illegal activities, reports said. The law firm has been at the centre of a global controversy, ...
Leaked Mossack Fonseca document leaves London law firm exposed
April 11th, 2016
A prominent London law firm has been left exposed after leaked Mossack Fonseca documents revealed how it had helped set up a secret offshore company for the daughters of the Azerbaijan president. Child & Child — a long-established private ...
Law firm data security in spotlight after Mossack Fonseca leak
April 7th, 2016
Experts have warned that law firms need to ‘up their game’ on data security after millions of documents were leaked from Panama offshore firm Mossack Fonseca. With some 11.5 million documents leaked, the ‘Panama Papers’ scandal is reportedly the ...
Cyprus, Ghana and Kenya join growing list of countries to create beneficial ownership registries
April 15th, 2021
An infamous tax haven in the heart of Europe and two of Africa’s largest economies will force companies to declare their owners, joining a growing list of countries responding to public pressure over crime and tax avoidance enabled by ...
Panama Papers law firm partners get bail
April 25th, 2017
The partners of the law firm at the heart of the Panama Papers scandal were given bail Friday pending further legal action over allegations they helped launder money related to a huge Brazilian bribery case. Juergen Mossack and Ramon ...
European banks stashing billions in tax havens
March 27th, 2017
Europe’s largest banks are draining public coffers by stashing billions of profits offshore. A 52-page report, by international aid agency Oxfam out on Monday (27 March), estimates €25 billion of banker money ended up in tax havens in 2015. ...
European Parliament Begins Panama Papers Inquiry
September 29th, 2016
The European Parliament has begun its inquiry into the Panama Papers with a hearing with the investigative journalists behind the leak. The European Parliament’s Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance, and Tax Evasion (PANA) held its first ...
Taiwan to toughen anti-money laundering law after US fine
August 25th, 2016
Taiwan moved Thursday (Aug 25) to toughen its anti-money laundering law after US authorities fined a local bank linked to the so-called Panama Papers scandal. Last week, American regulators fined Taiwan’s Mega International Commercial Bank US$180 million for showing ...
