How to download this database icij offshore leaks database. Germany wants to create a transparency register after the panama papers leaks. Panama papers are documents obtained from a panamabased offshore services provider called mossack fonseca. The nominee company appeared again in icijs swiss leaks, panama papers and paradise papers investigations. Leaked docs fair game at panama papers trial law360. Germany s federal investigators have paid up to 5 million euros for the trove of documents at the center of the socalled panama papers leak. Bob woodward, the washington post bob woodward, the washington post bringing such a major story to book form in such a short time and then translating it from the original german is a challenge, but this text serves as an excellent explanation. And thats with many hundreds of other evasion cases. Tax raids across germany sparked by panama papers, offshore. You can now search the panama papers database online. Legal restrictions switzerland rejects german panama papers offer this content was published on january 27, 2019 4.
The international consortium of investigative journalists icij released the full list of companies and individuals in the panama papers on 10 may 2016. Jan 28, 2019 german national and former investment manager dirk brauer was extradited from france to germany on 24 january in connection with a money laundering investigation stemming from the panama papers data leak. The panama papers, or as they are commonly called the panama leaks, are around 12 million documents that contain vastly discrete financial and attorneyclient information, dating back to early. About two years ago, a whistleblower had already sold internal mossack fonseca data to the german authorities, but the dataset was much older and smaller in scope. Details are emerging from a giant leak of confidential documents. Breaking the story of how the rich and powerful hide their money kindle edition by obermaier, frederik, obermayer, bastian. How the icij used neo4j to unravel the panama papers. Panama papers disclosures have generated an extra 140 million in tax revenues for germany, according to research by three media outlets. List of people named in the panama papers wikipedia. Army intelligence files gathered by the international consortium of.
The people and tech behind the panama papers features. This icij database contains information on more than 785,000 offshore entities that are part of the panama papers, the offshore leaks, the bahamas leaks and the paradise papers investigations. German police searched the deutsche bank offices on suspicion that employees helped clients launder money, in a probe prompted by the panama papers leaks. The raid is part of an investigation into revelations in the panama papers that the bank may have been involved with money laundering via a subsidiary in the british virgin islands. The banks office in germany was raided as part of an investigation into the 2015 leak of the panama papers. The federal financial supervisory authority bafin is looking into the matter, reported the huffington post. The panama papers investigation bites deutsche bank. Icij has several other projects where theyve made queryable databases with visualizations available, but those apparently arent the panama papers documents. The panama papers show that progovernment business leaders in turkey use shell companies.
Moreover, the journalists crosschecked a large number of documents, including passport copies. With precision and purpose, the panama papers is what follow the money means. Panama papers and the dilemma of global financial transparency. Jun 21, 2018 the new documents reveal that mossack fonseca couldnt identify tens of thousands of owners of companies it had registered in opaque, lowtax jurisdictions. While controversial, the purchase of stolen bank data. The paper shared the information with the icij, which is. The federal criminal police office bka is in possession of data known to the public as the socalled panama papers. Where can i download the panama papers documents and. These data items are being examined and evaluated together with the hessian financial administration in order to investigate criminal and tax matters, the press release read. The leaked data was commonly referred to as the panama papers. Jul 04, 2017 germany s federal crime officebka said on tuesday it had obtained a copy of the leaked data known as the panama papers that last year revealed how offshore firms are used to stash the wealth of. The vote of the tax3 committee draft report took place yesterday morning. 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 cciap. Prosecutors bring their first charges over the panama.
Prosecutors, police and tax inspectors in germany have raided the offices of dozens of banks. Thanks to the negotiations by its shadow rapporteur, miguel urban crespo podemos, spain, guengl got 114 of the 167 amendments it had originally presented into the text andor amendments voted in committee. Breaking the story of how the rich and powerful hide their money. Deutsche bank raided in connection to panama papers. A world tour of the politicians named in the panama papers.
Switzerland rejects german panama papers offer swi swissinfo. A t least 200 american passports were part of the massive leak of confidential documents that has been dubbed the panama papers. Countries of people implicated countries without people implicated excludes businesspeople and celebrities. A probe into deutsche bank ag prompted by the panama papers brought a wave of raids by frankfurt prosecutors targeting eight wealthy individuals who may. German federal criminal police office obtains panama papers. The massive panama papers data leak explained the email hack includes 2. The panama papers the biggest data leak in the history of. The putin attack was funded by the us agency for international development usaid and american hedge fund billionaire george soros, wikileaks. The documents, some dating back to the 1970s, were created by, and taken from, panamanian law firm and corporate service provider mossack fonseca. Prosecutors, police and tax inspectors in germany have raided the offices of dozens of banks, financial advisers and wealthy individuals as part. German federal criminal police office obtains panama.
United kingdom british tax authorities have requested access to the panama papers, said the bbc. On wednesday, the international whistleblowing organization said on twitter that the panama papers data leak was produced by the organized crime and corruption reporting project occrp, which targets russia and the former ussr. Partial panama papers database now available for public search and download. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the panama papers. Germany wants a transparency register after panama papers.
Germany has paid millions of euros for the socalled panama papers revealing offshore tax evasion, reports say. German police raid deutsche bank headquarters over alleged money laundering deutsche bank helped customers maintain hundreds of offshore entities prosecutors stated that the trigger for the investigation were findings from offshore leaks, a 20 investigation called secrecy for sale by the international consortium of. The data the icij is now making public represents a fraction of the panama papers, a trove of more than 11. These are the countries, where country leaders, politicians, public officials, or their close familyassociates are implicated in the panama papers. Since the raids related to the investigation in germany, icij has reexamined files about regula. John doe, the whistleblower who leaked the documents to german journalist bastian obermayer from the newspaper suddeutsche zeitung sz. It proves how a global industry led by major banks, legal firms, and asset management companies secretly manages the estates of the worlds rich and famous. In the book the truth about the panama papers, he strives to reveal the complete backdrop on panama in order to bring balance and context to the. Confidential board minutes show that dan gertler, a notorious middleman in congo, personally negotiated mining licences in favour of katanga mining a company glencore was in the.
The panama papers expose the internal operations of one of the worlds leading firms in incorporation of offshore entities, panama headquartered mossack fonseca. The documents were received by the german newspaper suddeutsche zeitung and shared by the international consortium of. At this juncture, the raw panama papers records are not available to the public. The data covers nearly 80 years up to 2016 and links to people and companies in more than 200 countries and territories. Find out whos behind almost 500,000 offshore companies, foundations and trusts from the panama papers, the offshore leaks and the bahamas leaks investigations, and explore the offshore financial data from some politicians featured in the paradise papers investigation. In this blog post from last year, the icijs mar cabra talks about the similar investigation into the panama papers and how neo4j was used in that effort. German police raid deutsche bank in panama papers graft probe. The first leak led to the panama papers investigation and the firms undoing. Investigation is linked to panama papers and part of ongoing money laundering allegations published. The panama papers leak began, according to icij director ryle, in late 2014, when an unknown source reached out to the german newspaper suddeutsche zeitung, which had reported previously on a. You can now search the panama papers the secret accounts of.
The documents contain personal financial information about wealthy. The data in the socalled panama papers, provides rare insights into a world that can only exist in the shadows. The comparative size of the panama papers data leak. Recently, the biggest leak in the journalism world in the history took place. Nov 29, 2018 german prosecutors raided several deutsche bank offices in the frankfurt area thursday over suspicions of money laundering based on revelations from the 2016 panama papers data leak. Accountant to admit to tax evasion in panama papers case law360.
Some of the information from the panama papers, a vast trove of more than 11 million. Panama papers lead to fines and tax clawbacks in germany. A probe into deutsche bank ag prompted by the panama papers brought a wave of raids by frankfurt prosecutors targeting eight wealthy individuals. Deutsche bank offices raided in money laundering probe. Our finance minister just introduced a new panama law requiring citizens to declare if they are using a shell company and panama itself is. Apr 04, 2016 the panama papers allegedly show law firm mossack fonseca helped set up shell companies and offshore accounts for global leaders. Switzerland rejects german panama papers offer swi. Associated press germany transparency panama papers. In the past 12 months, around 400 journalists from more than 100 media organizations in over 80 countries have taken part in researching the documents. Icij published the following disclaimer with regard to the data provided. Germanys federal crime office says it has panama papers.
Germany a finance ministry spokesman said monday that authorities would pick up the ball in the case. Impact of the panama papers on offshore funds ct corporation. But all have at least one thing in common secrecy is the rule. Usa today with a leak this big and this global, there are a lot of legal and political implications to be worked out, but id like to doubleclick on one aspect in particular.
The panama papers are a very serious issue for panama because it affects in an unfair manner the countrys image and is not the result of an investigation, but is a hack. This account of mossack fonsecas final months is the result of a second major leak from the firm. The documents revealed the existence of 214,488 secret offshore. Deutsche bank panama papers probe leads to more german. The debate over its sudden acceleration has raged for years, with politicians, academics and activists alike helpless to stop its steady growth despite countless speeches, statistical analyses, a few meagre protests, and the occasional documentary. Bastian obermayer was the first contact of the anonymous source behind the leak of the panama papers. German authorities searched the offices of deutsche bank ag over a moneylaundering probe related to the panama papers leak.
Partial panama papers database now available for public search. The dummy company at the heart of deutsche bank money. The panama papers millions of confidential documents from the mossack fonseca law firm were first revealed in april 2016 through a collaboration between the german. Where can i download the panama papers documents and datasets. The paradise papers reveal damning details of glencores business deals in the democratic republic of congo, where it owns two huge copper and cobalt mines. This is a partial list of people named in the panama papers as shareholders, directors and. Apr 03, 2016 the papers also allege a billiondollar money laundering ring run by a russian bank tied to associates of russian president vladimir putin. Guengls analysis of the result of the tax3 committee vote.
The panama papers, by bastian obermayer and frederik. Income inequality is one of the defining issues of our time. Pdf the panama papers, or as they are commonly called the panama leaks, are around. Journalists working on the project at suddeutsche zeitung talk about the panama papers. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Apr 04, 2016 panama papers firm under scrutiny once again.
When confronted with the accusations, one of them apparently threatened turkish journalists. May 28, 2019 it included details on how deutsche bank helped clients maintain hundreds of offshore companies. In germany, sz journalists have cooperated with their colleagues from two. Jan 27, 2019 legal restrictions switzerland rejects german panama papers offer this content was published on january 27, 2019 4. Us government, soros funded panama papers to attack putin. An anonymous source gave the documents to german newspaper sueddeustche. This was stated on april 5, by adolfo linares, president of the chamber of commerce, industries and agriculture of panama cciap. German newspaper suddeutsche zeitung and more than 100 other media partners, spent a year sifting through 11. Deutsche bank headquarters raided in case connected to. The 21 jurisdictions covered by the panama papers data vary from the rolling hills of wyoming to tropical getaways like the british virgin islands. Last sunday, april 3, the first stories emerging from the leaked dataset known as the panama papers were published by a global partnership of news organizations working in coordination with the international consortium of investigative journalists, or icij. Browse by country germany icij offshore leaks database.
Type in a name of a company, then see who actually owns it. Corinna zu saynwittgenstein, a german philanthropist and businesswoman who had a loving relationship. They argued the panama papers leak was on par with former cia programmer joshua schultes alleged disclosures to wikileaks, which are the subject of an ongoing criminal trial. The records were obtained from an anonymous source. Deutsche bank headquarters raided over possible money. Our finance minister just introduced a new panama law requiring citizens to declare if they are using a shell company and panama itself is more open for change now. Pdf panama papers and the dilemma of global financial. Or plug in a persons name, and see what shell company they have. The international consortium of investigative journalists has. Bob woodward, the washington post bringing such a major story to book form in such a short time and then translating it from the original german is a challenge, but this text serves as an excellent explanation of the investigative work and the findings. This is a partial list of people named in the panama papers as shareholders, directors and beneficiaries of offshore companies. Having lived the past 10 years in panama, ej is very familiar with the story and issues behind the panama papers.
As of monday, you can now search the panama papers. Full coverage how tax evasion works germany, france and the uk are all believed to have paid for data on bank customers in the past in an attempt to crack down on tax evasion. We are cooperating with the authorities, the bank said. I work for the international consortium of investigative journalists icij and even though im a journalist i work with developers, and we use tech like neo4j to tell great stories. Bastian obermayer journalist with the german newspaper suddeutsche zeitung. Over 11 million documents held by the panama based law firm mossack fonseca had been leaked to the german newspaper suddeutsche zeitung.
Germany beats us in extradition request connected to panama. The massive panama papers data leak explained computerworld. How two german newspaper reporters broke the story behind the. Nov 10, 2017 as with 2016s panama papers, german newspaper suddeutsche zeitung obtained the original material and was the stepping off point for this investigation. Given the current political turmoil in many countries over the issue of income inequality, these inquiries are expected to result in possible new laws and. Apr 03, 2016 the source of the panama papers speaks. The organized crime and corruption reporting project occrp is a global network of investigative journalists.