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ICIJ uncovered $20 billion in offshore wealth linked to Vladimir Putin's associate
“Yeah, arguably the biggest story that came out of the Panama Papers was that we found about twenty billion dollars that was being funneled through offshore companies, That was linked to a guy in Russia who was the godfather of Vladimir Putin's child. And here …”
Panama Papers law firm Mossack Fonseca closed and its principals were jailed
“Mossack Fonseca itself, which was a sprawling empire of companies around the world, has now closed. The principals ended up in jail.”
Panama Papers leaks led to $500 million in global tax recoveries
“At the moment we've got about a 150 inquiries in something like 80 countries around the world. Governments have recovered about half a billion dollars in taxes”