[Greyson]

This story is a series of investigative journalism done by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalist (ICIJ), a project of The Center for Public Integrity. I am going to follow this series. When I read stuff like this it makes me rethink much of what I think I know.

The documents include nearly 40 years of data from inside Mossack Fonseca, a little known but powerful law firm based in Panama with branches in Hong Kong, Miami, Zurich and 35 other cities worldwide. In the first of six articles posted today, ICIJ and its partners detail the the inner workings of the Mossack Fonseca firm, which is one of the world’s top creators of shell companies — corporate structures that can be used to hide ownership of assets.

Another article reveals a clandestine money network with ties to Putin that has shuffled at least $2 billion through banks and offshore companies linked to some of Putin’s closest allies. A third article details how the law firm of a FIFA ethics watchdog had created offshore accounts for three men indicted in the world soccer association’s corruption scandal. One of the men, a former FIFA vice president, has been charged by U.S. authorities with wire fraud and money laundering for his role in the alleged bribery conspiracy.


http://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-wo...e69729112.html

https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016...-world-leaders