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La France lance 560 contrôles fiscaux sur la base des « Panama papers »

Fiscal investigations on 500 people in France, as a consequence of the Panama Papers scandal: the budget office of the Finance Ministry said Thursday its experts have studied the leaked information and are now digging deeper into 560 specific cases.

Panama Papers leak: How you can finally read the documents from the tax dodging scandal

Documents showing how thousands of individuals and companies are linked to the Panama Papers tax dodging scandal are about to be published online, meaning members of the public will be able to search through the data.

Panama Papers: Journalists publish leaked data online despite legal threats

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) made data on 200,000 entities available on its website on Monday evening. They contain basic corporate information about companies, trusts and foundations set up in 21 jurisdictions including Hong Kong and the US state of Nevada. The data was obtained from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, which said it was hacked.

Panama Papers: Whistleblower breaks silence to explain why they leaked the 11.5m files

The Whistleblower behind the massive Panama Papers data leak has broken their silence to explain how injustice drove them to release the information. The leaker - whose identity remains a secret - wrote a column for German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung explaining their reasoning and insisting they were not a spy.
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Tax-News.com: Panama Takes Further Action On Fiscal Transparency

Panama's Cabinet On September 6, 2016, endorsed legislation to ensure the nation complies with the latest international tax transparency initiatives. The legislation would improve fiscal transparency in both the private and public sector and ensure that information is made available by the territory's financial institutions. Among other things, the legislation would empower the Ministry of Economy and Finance to better collect information required to be exchanged with other countries and compel it to improve its oversight of company reporting.
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Panama Papers reveal secret offshore deals deprive Africa of billions in natural resource dollars

New evidence shows oil, gas; mining firms use loopholes and avoid tax depriving communities of much-needed resource income

Tax-News.com: Panama To Join Automatic Tax Info Exchange Deal

Panama announced on July 15, 2016, that it intends to sign the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters.

Tax-News.com: EC Begins Panama Papers Inquiry

The European Parliament's Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance, and Tax Evasion (PANA) has announced the appointment of its chair and four vice chairs. The constitutive meeting of PANA took place on July 12, 2016.

Panama Papers: Pieth says officials are in denial as he quits

Mark Pieth stood down as an advisor to Panama's government The Swiss anti-Corruption expert, Mark Pieth, has told The BBC he resigned from the Panama Papers commission because of government interference.

Panama Papers: Pieth says officials are in denial as he quits

The Swiss anti-Corruption expert, Mark Pieth, has told The BBC he resigned from the Panama Papers commission because of government interference. Mr Pieth said officials told him that they would have final say on whether to publish the panel's findings on the offshore Tax evasion scandal.

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