Five Years Later, Panama Papers Still Having a Big Impact

Posted Monday, April 5, 2021 12:20 pm

Will Fitzgibbon and Michael Hudson | ICIJ

Five years ago today, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and more than 100 media partners around the globe began publishing an investigation that would become a byword for exposing financial chicanery and political corruption: The Panama Papers.

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Five Years Later, Panama Papers Still Having a Big Impact

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