Journalist Group Expands Access to Panama Papers

Last month’s initial wave of Panama Papers stories, revealing how global elites exploit offshore tax havens to hide wealth, brought down high-level officials in Iceland and Spain, embarrassed British Prime Minister David Cameron and alleged a money-laundering scheme by associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Monday's release of a public database has the potential for even greater impact, says the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which holds the trove of...

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