Peru seizes documents in Mossack Fonseca office raid
Peru seizes documents in Mossack Fonseca office raid
Apr 12 2016 at 11:51 AM
Updated 1 hr ago
by Marco Aquino
Authorities in Peru raided the local office of Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca on Monday, seizing accounting documents in an investigation into possible tax evasion and fraud, the country's tax agency said.
A team of 20 tax officials sought evidence on whether companies that Mossack Fonseca helped establish in tax havens were used to commit crimes in Peru, tax agency SUNAT said.
TV images showed police standing by with riot shields in front of a house in Lima's financial district, San Isidro.
Mossack Fonseca is at the centre of an international data leak scandal that has embarrassed several world leaders and shone a spotlight on the shadowy world of offshore companies.
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