Mossack Fonseca founders detained in Panama amid corruption scandal

[inanna]

Source: Reuters

Posted: Feb 11, 2017 8:18 PM ET

The two founders of Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca were arrested on Saturday, the attorney general's office said, after both were indicted on charges of money-laundering in a case allegedly tied to a wide-ranging corruption scandal in Brazil.

Firm founders Juergen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca were detained because of the risk they might try to flee the country.

Attorney General Kenia Porcell told reporters on Saturday that the information collected so far "allegedly identifies the Panamanian firm as a criminal organization that is dedicated to hiding assets or money from suspicious origins."

Porcell said the one-year investigation that led to the arrests has been aided by prosecutors in Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Switzerland and the United States.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/mossack-fonseca-panama-brazil-arrests-1.3978916?cmp=rss

[tenorly]

1. Aided by prosecutors in several countries - but not by Trump's old pal Macri in Argentina.

Ironic, given the 50 offshore accounts linked to the Macris - mostly through Mossack-Fonseca.

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[tenorly]

4. Wrong link?

What did you mean to point out, Allabear? I'm intrigued.

[AllaN01Bear]

3. !!!!

[AllaN01Bear]

5. re: !!!! wrong link

had the wrong url hi ligtes. i removed that other post .