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Judi Lynn

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Mon Apr 11, 2016, 11:16 PM Apr 2016

Panama Papers indicate spies used Mossak Fonseca to 'conceal' activities

Panama Papers indicate spies used Mossak 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.

12.04.2016

German newspaper "Sueddeutsche 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 "Sueddeutsche" 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.

German newspaper "Sueddeutsche 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.

More:
http://www.dw.com/en/panama-papers-indicate-spies-used-mossak-fonseca-to-conceal-activities/a-19179779

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141411397

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