(German journalists Frederik Obermaier (L) and Bastian Obermayer (R) co-authors of the socalled “Panama Papers” investigation pose on April 7, 2016 in Munich, at the office of the German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung – AFP Photo/Christof Stache) One of the knotty areas for the Government in dealing with malpractices is how to cope with names and […]
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Full List: Sri Lanka Domiciled Individuals Revealed in Panama Papers
ECONOMYNEXT – The names of several Sri Lanka domiciled individuals, including Nissanka Senadhipathi of Avant Garde, have been disclosed in the Panama Papers released on the Internet on Monday. According to documents leaked from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, Senadhipathi incorporated an offshore company in the British Virgin Islands with three others. The four shareholders […]
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Sri Lanka Sets Up Panel To Investigate ‘Panama Papers’
COLOMBO: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka announced on Sunday (May 1) it was setting up a special panel to chase after nationals likely to figure in the “Panama Papers,” a trove of leaked documents on global tax evasion. The government, which came to power in January last year on a promise to clean up corruption, has accused […]
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Panama Papers And The Lankan connection
By Dilrukshi Handunnetti. In the biggest information leak in history – the ‘Panama Papers’ – an investigative journalistic effort by the US- based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has made disclosures on offshore companies and tax evasion records of some of the most rich and famous people in the world, as well as companies. […]
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The Panama Papers and the Question of Privacy
By Claire Lauterbach We do agree with Ramon Fonseca about one thing: that “Each person has a right to privacy, whether they are a king or a beggar.” But that’s where our commonality with co-founder of disgraced Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca ends. Last year, a whistleblower leaked 11.5 million documents about the firm’s business […]
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The Panama Papers Could Hand Bernie Sanders the Keys to the White House
For some Americans, Hillary Clinton is the embodiment of a global elite which benefits from tax avoidance schemes. Bernie Sanders, her opponent, is its antithesis by Matthew Turner The revelation that the rich and wealthy are shovelling money in overseas tax havens is not a particularly surprising one. Nevertheless, the sheer scale of the 11.5 million document leak […]
