The Panama Papers: The Hidden Money Network That Keeps Power Out of Sight
In early 2015, a German reporter received a call from a person who used only the name “John”. He would not meet, would not speak on an ordinary phone line, and would communicate only through encrypted data. He said he had more material than the newsroom had ever seen. Months later, Bastian Obermayer of Süddeutsche Zeitung received more than 11.5 million files—about 2.6 terabytes—from the servers of the Panamanian law
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In early 2015, a German reporter received a call from a person who used only the name “John”. He would not meet, would not speak on an ordinary phone line, and would communicate only through encrypted data. He said he had more material than the newsroom had ever seen. Months later, Bastian Obermayer of Süddeutsche Zeitung received more than 11.5 million files—about 2.6 terabytes—from the servers of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.
In early 2015, a German reporter received a call from a person who used only the name “John”. He would not meet, would not speak on an ordinary phone line, and would communicate only through encrypted data. He said he had more material than the newsroom had ever seen. Months later, Bastian Obermayer of Süddeutsche Zeitung received more than 11.5 million files—about 2.6 terabytes—from the servers of the Panamanian law
In early 2015, a German reporter received a call from a person who used only the name “John”. He would not meet, would not speak on an ordinary phone line, and would communicate only through encrypted data. He said he had more material than the newsroom had ever seen. Months later, Bastian Obermayer of Süddeutsche Zeitung received more than 11.5 million files—about 2.6 terabytes—from the servers of the Panamanian law
In early 2015, a German reporter received a call from a person who used only the name “John”. He would not meet, would not speak on an ordinary phone line, and would communicate only through encrypted data. He said he had more material than the newsroom had ever seen. Months later, Bastian Obermayer of Süddeutsche Zeitung received more than 11.5 million files—about 2.6 terabytes—from the servers of the Panamanian law
In early 2015, a German reporter received a call from a person who used only the name “John”. He would not meet, would not speak on an ordinary phone line, and would communicate only through encrypted data. He said he had more material than the newsroom had ever seen. Months later, Bastian Obermayer of Süddeutsche Zeitung received more than 11.5 million files—about 2.6 terabytes—from the servers of the Panamanian law