By William Stroupe
Investigations
of the vast
trove of leaked documents from
Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca have revealed widespread assistance in
clients’ efforts to evade sanctions. The firm registers
offshore corporations under
its own name, keeping owners’ names out of publicly reported information. After the imposition of sanctions, the firm continued to work for
entities and individuals with ties to some of the world’s most oppressive
regimes. In addition to sanctioned
entities in Zimbabwe and Iran, this includes a corporation owned by North Korean
officials under U.S. sanctions for activities related to nuclear proliferation,
six owned by embattled Syrian dictator Bashar Al-Assad’s billionaire cousin,
and another owned by a close friend of Vladimir Putin and thought
to be operated on the Russian autocrat’s behalf. Investigation into
the cache of over 11.5 million documents is ongoing.
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