Mossack Fonseca
Giant Leak of Offshore Financial Records Exposes Global Array of Crime and Corruption
Millions of documents show heads of state, criminals and celebrities using secret hideaways in tax havens.
The Panama Papers
Exposing the Rogue Offshore Finance Industry
A giant leak of more than 11.5 million financial and legal records exposes a system that enables crime, corruption and wrongdoing, hidden by secretive offshore companies.
In this investigation
Mossack Fonseca
Panamanian Law Firm Is Gatekeeper To Vast Flow of Murky Offshore Secrets
Files show client roster that includes drug dealers, Mafia members, corrupt politicians and tax evaders — and wrongdoing galore.
By Martha M. Hamilton | April 3, 2016
IMPACT
Hundreds of millions more dollars recouped by governments after ICIJ investigations
Nine years after the Panama Papers helped turbocharge authorities’ pursuit of hidden wealth, the global impacts of ICIJ’s offshore investigations are still being felt.
By Jesús Escudero | April 3, 2025
MONEY LAUNDERING
Panama Papers trial concludes with all defendants acquitted of money laundering
INEQUALITY
Top economist pitches global billionaire tax to G20 finance leaders
PANAMA
Panama Papers law firm co-founder Ramón Fonseca Mora dies in hospital
IMPACT
Panama Papers trial begins with denials eight years after historic tax evasion exposé
ELECTIONS
Pakistan in political limbo after voters deliver rebuke of military
PRESS FREEDOM
‘It is still dangerous to be a journalist’: Daphne Caruana Galizia’s son reflects on her life and legacy
IMPACT
Canada poised to create public company registry to curb financial secrecy
PARTNER STORIES
Panama Papers law firm outsourced offshore deals to accountant in India, new reporting shows
IMPACT
Actress Isabelle Adjani, who was named in the Panama Papers, to be tried for tax evasion
WHISTLEBLOWERS
Plaintiff seeks to anonymously sue Germany for alleged breach of contract to share revenue raised due to Panama Papers’ tax fraud investigations
OFFSHORE INDUSTRY
Seven years after the Panama Papers, the country sees a dramatic decrease in corporate registrations
ACCOUNTABILITY
U.S. Treasury faces a wave of criticism over faltering push to unmask anonymous companies and track dirty money
VIDEO
Watch: Panama Papers inspires music, film and more
IMPACT
How the Panama Papers rocked pop culture
BEHIND THE SCENES
Ten years of exposing the financial secrets of some of the world’s most powerful people
IMPACT
Where are the key Panama Papers figures, seven years later?
Accountability
Confronting the nexus of power and money, Pandora Papers inspires crime thriller
RUSSIA ARCHIVE
Analysis of ICIJ data shows how to stop Russian oligarchs in their tracks
IMPACT
Swiss bank employees indicted in connection to Russia president’s vast fortunes
FINANCIAL SECRECY
Key plaintiff in landmark European corporate transparency case owned companies in notorious tax havens
Europe
Switzerland aims to track corporate ownership in attempt to curb money-laundering
WHISTLEBLOWERS
Panama Papers source says ‘Russia wants me dead’ in first-ever media interview
IMPACT
Putin allies Mordashov and Roldugin targeted in latest round of US sanctions
Europe
Europol links Kinahan drug cartel to murders in four countries
MONEY LAUNDERING
As US pledges renewed fight against dirty money, head of financial crime agency says funding shortfalls have caused delays
RUSSIA
An oligarch’s nephew, a tattoo artist and $700 million in secret transfers traced to a Putin ally
PANDORA PAPERS
The oligarch’s accountants: How PwC helped a Russian steel baron grow his offshore empire
FINANCIAL SECRECY
Are oligarchs hiding money in US real estate? Ownership information is a missing link, research says
RUSSIA ARCHIVE
List of oligarchs and Russian elites featured in ICIJ investigations
FINANCIAL SECRECY
ICIJ announces the Russia Archive, an inside look at the hidden wealth of oligarchs and elites close to Putin
RUSSIA
As the West takes aim with Russian sanctions, here’s what we know about oligarchs’ secret finances
PANAMA PAPERS
Mass prosecution forces Mossack Fonseca back into the spotlight in Panama
AWARDS
Panama Papers wins UK’s Investigation of the Decade award
PANDORA PAPERS
Panama says it doesn’t deserve to be considered an offshore tax haven. Here’s what experts say.
IMPACT
Germany seeks arrest of senior Panama Papers lawyer
PRESS FREEDOM
Malta responsible for assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, inquiry finds
Key findings
1
Files reveal the offshore holdings of 140 politicians and public officials from around the world
2
Current and former world leaders in the data include the prime minister of Iceland, the president of Ukraine, and the king of Saudi Arabia
3
More than 214,000 offshore entities appear in the leak, connected to people in more than 200 countries and territories
4
Major banks have driven the creation of hard-to-trace companies in offshore havens
