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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 data contained information relevant to the FBI's FIFA corruption probe
“While we were researching the stories, the FBI began to indict officials at FIFA, and of course we were seeing in the Panama Papers all of this information that would have been relevant to the FBI investigation”
ICIJ maintained Panama Papers secrecy by building a private online newsroom
“How we kept a secret was we basically built an online newsroom where all the journalists would go every day. And in this online newsroom, they were able to gather around the topics of interest. But that also allowed them a kind of a venting where if they found…”
The Sydney Morning Herald slashed its newsroom staff from 450 to 50
“I worked for the Sydney Morning Herald at the time when they had 450 journalists. They've been looking to have 50 now.”
Panama Papers leak included 11.5 million Mossack Fonseca records dating to 1977
“And John Doe had copied every file from this firm, every client sheet, every record since 1977 to the present day. They've represented about 11 and a half million documents, and he gave them to the German newspaper.”