Did Intelligence Agencies Use Mossack Fonseca To 'Conceal' Their Activities?

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DW: Panama Papers indicate spies used Mossack Fonseca to 'conceal' activities

Secret agents from several countries, including intermediaries of the CIA, reportedly used the services of Mossack Fonseca law firm to hide their schemes. The claims are the latest in the Panama Papers leak.

German newspaper "Süddeutsche Zeitung" reported on Tuesday that "secret agents and their informants have made wide use of the company's services" and opened shell companies to conceal their activities wrote the newspaper. "Among them are close intermediaries of the CIA," the newspaper reported.

Data breach

The Munich-based newspaper obtained a huge stash of 11.5 million documents from the Panamanian firm Mossack Fonseca and shared them with more than 100 media groups through the International Consortium.
The massive data breach implicated tax dodgers from Reykjavik to Riyadh. On Tuesday, the "Süddeutsche" reported that Mossack Fonseca clients also included "several players" in the 1980s Iran-Contra scandal, which saw senior US officials facilitate secret arms sales to Iran in a bid to secure the release of American hostages and fund Nicaragua's Contra rebels.

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WNU Editor: A lot of information has not been disclosed .... but the discussion on how intelligence agencies used these shell companies to finance covert operations is just beginning.

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Peru raids offices of Panama Papers firm -- USA Today
Swiss banker whistleblower: CIA behind Panama Papers -- CNBC
‘Who’s funding this?’ CIA & MI5 whistleblowers question credibility of Panama Papers coverage -- RT
Panama Papers: Spy agencies widely used Mossack Fonseca to hide activities -- RT
IMF chief talks Panama Papers fallout: time to 'think outside box' on global tax -- The Guardian
The Covert Roots of the Panama Papers -- Steven Cohen, New Republic
Panama Papers: So Just Where Are All the Well-Heeled Clients Going? -- Newsweek