12 Facts About Panama Papers

1.

Panama Papers lived in that manor for the rest of his life, filming scenes from The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, and Eyes Wide Shut there as well.

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2.

Panama Papers bought three houses in Vancouver and Surrey, British Columbia together valued at CA$7.

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3.

Panama Papers said the leak was not an "inside job"—the company had been hacked by servers based abroad.

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4.

Panama Papers said the firm was the victim of a hack and that he had no responsibility for what clients did with the offshore companies that they purchased from Mossack Fonseca, which were legal under Panamanian law.

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5.

Panama Papers said that he had always "assumed" that the final report would be transparent.

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6.

Minister of the Presidency Alvaro Aleman categorically denied that Panama Papers is a tax haven, and said the country would not be a scapegoat.

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7.

Panama Papers appeared to suggest that the publication of the papers was an attack on Panama because of the high level of economic growth that the country had shown.

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8.

The Panama Papers affect the image of Panama in an unfair manner and have come to light not as the result of an investigation, but of a hack, said Adolfo Linares, president of the Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture of Panama .

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9.

Economist Rolando Gordon said the affair hurts Panama Papers, which has just emerged from the greylist of the FATF, and added that each country, especially Panama Papers, must conduct investigations and determine whether illegal or improper acts were committed.

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10.

Panama Papers said the project name damaged the integrity, dignity and sovereignty of the country and that the consortium would have to assume legal responsibility for all damage caused to the Panamanian nation.

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11.

Many individuals mentioned in the Panama Papers are connected with the world governing body of association football, FIFA, including the former president of CONMEBOL Eugenio Figueredo; former President of UEFA Michel Platini; former secretary general of FIFA Jerome Valcke; Argentine player for Barcelona Lionel Messi; and, from Italy, the head manager of Metro, Antonio Guglielmi.

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12.

Panama Papers had signed a television deal while he was at UEFA with a company called Cross Trading, which the FBI has since accused of bribery.

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