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3rd April 2017

Panama Papers boost tax evasion battle, but no silver bullet

The Panama Papers have given ammunition to the fight against tax evasion, but much still needs to happen before the world’s tax dodgers run out of places to hide money, experts say. The papers, published a year ago, linked some of the world’s most powerful leaders, including Russian President Vladimir… Read More

3rd April 2017

Where are they now? Mixed fortunes a year on from Panama Papers

When the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and more than 100 media partners began publishing the Panama Papers investigation on April 3, 2016, almost no country was untouched by its revelations. Governments in more than 70 countries have launched over 150 investigations, inquiries, audits and probes into the affairs of… Read More

23rd March 2017

Brexit will only mean more money laundering scandals like ‘Global Laundromat’

As part of the EU, the UK has to adhere to the Anti-Money Laundering Directive which is looking at transparency of trusts – but not for much longer. Read More

13th February 2017

Panama charges two Mossack Fonseca partners over Brazil link

Prosecutors in Panama have arrested the partners of a law firm involved in last year's Panama Papers scandal in which thousands of documents related to offshore accounts were leaked. Read More

12th January 2017

Panama MEPs should focus on money laundering rules breach

A preparatory document for MEPs of the Panama Papers committee of inquiry has suggested that the committee’s focus should be on the alleged failure to enforce anti-money laundering rules, and taxation and auditing directives. Read More

21st December 2016

From Panama Papers to impeachments: 2016 rocked by corruption scandals

From the Panama Papers to the impeachments of the presidents of Brazil and South Korea, 2016 was a year marked by corruption scandals, and by rising public outrage over graft. Read More

30th November 2016

World’s largest anti-corruption conference to be held in Panama City, 1-4 December

The 17th International Anti-Corruption Conference will take place from 1-4 December in Panama City. Read More

17th November 2016

Panama Papers law firm fined $440,000 by BVI regulator

The British Virgin Islands independent regulator, the Financial Services Commission (FSC), has fined the local arm of the Panama Papers law firm, Mossack Fonseca, $440,000 for its contravention of numerous sections of the Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Code of Practice and BVI Regulatory Code. Read More

16th November 2016

EU: Zero tolerance needed against tax secrecy, says former Panamanian advisor Joseph Stiglitz

There needs to be a “comprehensive global approach” against secret tax structures, says the Nobel Prize-winning economist, Joseph Stiglitz, who called for “zero tolerance”. Speaking to Parliament’s Panama Committee on Wednesday, the former advisor to the Panamanian government suggested that secrecy in tax affairs should be treated like a disease which needs to be isolated. Read More

14th November 2016

Transparency International announces short-listed candidates for Anti-Corruption Award

Transparency International today announced the candidates short-listed for the Anti-Corruption Award. Read More

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