Commentaries, Analysis, And Reaction To The Panama Papers (Updated)

Mathew Ingram, Fortune: Behind the Panama Papers: How the Massive Document Leak Came to Be

The huge international project involved 100 media partners, but few major U.S. outlets.

A quiet spring weekend was suddenly shattered on Sunday when news of the “Panama Papers” investigation broke. The massive international project involved approximately 400 journalists across 75 countries, plowing through roughly 11.5 million documents from a secretive Panamanian law firm specializing in creating offshore holding companies.

The investigation took more than a year, commencing after Bastian Obermayer, a reporter for the German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung, was contacted by a still-unknown figure. The source asked whether the paper wanted access to 40 years worth of information from the Panama firm, including the details of holding companies and accounts related to dozens of prominent European politicians.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Reaction To The Panama Papers

What are the Panama Papers? A guide to the biggest data leak in history -- The Guardian
Explore the Panama Papers Key Figures -- ICIJ
Panama Papers can only clean up so much -- Robert Cyran, Reuters
Panama Papers took over a year of collaboration in about 80 countries -- Roger Yu, USA TODAY
The Names in the Panama Papers -- Krishnadev Calamur, The Atlantic
Panama Papers: Why should we care? -- C J Polychroniou, Al Jazeera
Panama Papers leak an opportunity to fix a broken system -- Daniel Hough, CSM
Panama Papers: Who Was Behind The Investigation Into Elite's Tax Havens? -- Newsweek
What to Know About the ‘Panama Papers’ Leak -- Rishi Iyengar, Time
The Panama Papers: Massive Leak Reveals the Global Elite's Secret Cash Havens -- Vice
Here are the famous politicos in ‘the Wikileaks of the mega-rich’ -- Fusion
Panama Papers: The Mossack Fonseca leak and the international media blame-game -- Elsa Buchanan, IBTimes
Panama Papers a very big deal -- Frida Ghitis, CNN
The Panama Papers: 7 things to know -- Jethro Mullen, CNN
A global spotlight in Panama Papers -- CSM Editorial
Tax havens don’t need to be reformed. They should be outlawed -- Richard Brooks, The Guardian
The Panama Papers Show Us That Every Political System in the World Might Be Rigged -- Charles Piefce, Esquire
What are the Panama Papers, and who have been implicated? -- Asia One
Panama Papers: The Most Explosive Revelations from the Biggest Document Leak in History -- Emily Jane Fox, Vanity Fair
ICIJ Senior Editor Discusses Panama Papers With VOA -- VOA
Worldwide, jaws drop to 'Panama Papers' leak -- USA Today
Largest leak ever: Whistleblower reveals global elite crime network -- Inforwars
A world of hidden wealth: why we are shining a light offshore -- The Guardian
Panama law firm safeguards murky offshore secrets -- News & Observer
Panama Papers and Mossack Fonseca explained -- Lisa Main and Elise Worthington, ABC Nes Online
Panama Papers Q&A: How assets are hidden and taxes dodged -- BBC
The Panama Papers: what you need to know -- Luke Harding, The Guardian
The largest leak of secret documents in history was just released — here are its key findings -- Business Insider
Analysis: The Panama Papers are the tip of a very dirty African iceberg -- Simon Allison, Daily Maverack
Panama Papers: Jurgen Mossack and Ramón Fonseca - the lawyers whose firm is at the centre of global controversy -- The Independent
How Reporters Pulled Off the Panama Papers, the Biggest Leak in Whistleblower History -- The Wired
Six things to know about the Panama Papers -- DW
Panama Papers summary: the financial secrets of the global elite -- Euronews
Panama Papers Q&A: What is the scandal about? -- BBC
Panama Papers: what we know so far -- Financial Times
Why the offshore tax haven crisis won't get fixed, despite Panama Papers -- Bruce Livesey, National Observer