ICIJ to release Panama Papers offshore companies data

Taiwan News
Date: 2016-04-28
By: Taiwan News, Staff Writer

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) announced Tuesday that it will launch a searchable database on May 9 with information on more than 200,000 offshore entities. The database will likely be the largest ever release of secret offshore companies and the people behind them.

The data comes from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, one of the top players in the offshore world, and includes information about companies, trusts, foundations and funds incorporated in 21 tax havens, from Hong Kong to Nevada in the United States. It links to people in more than 200 countries and territories.

According to the ICIJ, when the data is released, users will be able to search through the data and visualize the networks around thousands of offshore entities, including, when possible, Mossack Fonseca’s internal records of the company’s true owners. The interactive database will also include information about more than 100,000 additional companies that were part of the 2013 ICIJ Offshore Leaks investigation.     [FULL  STORY]