Panama Papers Database is made available to general public on Monday by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).
The world’s all-time biggest sting joint operation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and NBC News has been publicised. Only a few of the details are made available to the general public rather than providing the complete details present in the Panama Papers Database. ICIJ is not disclosing raw documents or personal information of the victims such as bank accounts, email details and their financial transactions.
The Panama Papers database contains info about information about company owners, proxies and intermediaries in secrecy jurisdictions.
Mr. Marina Walker Guevara, the deputy director of ICIJ has stated that the information is being published in the public interest. The information will also be helpful not only to the interested and curious general public but also for criminal and civil investigators, Panama Papers victims, and business colleagues.
The Panama Papers database is the largest ever release of the data of so-called “beneficial owners”. It consists of details of funds invested in the secret offshore companies and the people behind them. The identities were hidden from public till the sting operation took place.
The display of information includes information about nearly 214,000 offshore entities, companies, trusts, foundations and funds incorporated in 21 tax havens. Apart from the new investigation about more than 1,00,000 additional offshore entities had been included which ICIJ already disclosed in its 2013 “Offshore Leaks” investigation. Nearly 11.5 million leaked files of companies, trusts and foundations have been included in the .
The Database can be downloaded using the below Link:
offshoreleaks.icij.org/pages/database