Mossack Fonseca
Giant Leak of Offshore Financial Records Exposes Global Array of Crime and Corruption
Millions of documents show heads of state, criminals and celebrities using secret hideaways in tax havens.
The Panama Papers
Exposing the Rogue Offshore Finance Industry
A giant leak of more than 11.5 million financial and legal records exposes a system that enables crime, corruption and wrongdoing, hidden by secretive offshore companies.
In this investigation
Mossack Fonseca
Panamanian Law Firm Is Gatekeeper To Vast Flow of Murky Offshore Secrets
Files show client roster that includes drug dealers, Mafia members, corrupt politicians and tax evaders — and wrongdoing galore.
By Martha M. Hamilton | April 3, 2016
IMPACT
Ten years after the Panama Papers, enablers and tax cheats are still being brought to justice
A look back at a decade of changes after the Pulitzer-Prize winning investigation sent a shock through the offshore world.
By Carmen Molina Acosta | April 2, 2026
About The Panama Papers
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Ten years after the Panama Papers, enablers and tax cheats are still being brought to justice
A look back at a decade of changes after the Pulitzer-Prize winning investigation sent a shock through the offshore world.
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How the Panama Papers rocked pop culture
Band names, dozens of song titles, a racehorse and even cigarette rolling papers. Seven years on, the ICIJ-led reporting collaboration that sparked a global political earthquake continues to show up in surprising ways.
THE FALL OF MOSSACK FONSECA
New Panama Papers Leak Reveals Firm’s Chaotic Scramble to Identify Clients, Save Business Amid Global Fallout
The latest leak of internal documents reveals the panic that marked the beginning of the end for Mossack Fonseca.
Art
The Art of Secrecy
Locked in the files of a Panama law firm are the answers to mysteries involving Van Goghs, Picassos, Rembrandts and other masterworks.
Panama Papers
Law Firm’s Files Include Dozens of Companies and People Blacklisted by U.S. Authorities
Global law firm’s customers include suspected financiers of terrorism, nuclear weapons proliferators and gunrunners.
Panama Papers
Global Banks Team with Law Firms To Help the Wealthy Hide Assets
Leaked records show that hundreds of banks and their subsidiaries and branches registered nearly 15,600 shell companies.
PANAMA PAPERS
All Putin’s Men: Secret Records Reveal Money Network Tied to Russian Leader
Complex offshore financial deals channel money and power towards a network of people and companies linked to President Vladimir Putin.
Mossack Fonseca
Giant Leak of Offshore Financial Records Exposes Global Array of Crime and Corruption
Millions of documents show heads of state, criminals and celebrities using secret hideaways in tax havens.
By ICIJ |
Mossack Fonseca
Panamanian Law Firm Is Gatekeeper To Vast Flow of Murky Offshore Secrets
Files show client roster that includes drug dealers, Mafia members, corrupt politicians and tax evaders — and wrongdoing galore.
Europe
Iceland’s Prime Minister Ducks Question But the Answer Catches Up with Him
He came to power after the country’s financial collapse while hiding his offshore holdings of millions in bonds from Icelandic banks.
Offshore secrecy
How the One Percenters Divorce: Offshore Intrigue Plays Hide and Seek with Millions
Firm that practices no matrimonial law nonetheless plays big role when the superrich around the globe decide to split.
VIDEO
Victims of Offshore: A Video Introduction to the Panama Papers
Behind the email chains, invoices and documents that make up the Panama Papers are often unseen victims of wrongdoing. This is their story.
By ICIJ |
Key findings
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Files reveal the offshore holdings of 140 politicians and public officials from around the world
2
Current and former world leaders in the data include the prime minister of Iceland, the president of Ukraine, and the king of Saudi Arabia
3
More than 214,000 offshore entities appear in the leak, connected to people in more than 200 countries and territories
4
Major banks have driven the creation of hard-to-trace companies in offshore havens
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