Panama Papers

A Panamanian court on Friday acquitted 28 people charged with money laundering at the center of the "Panama Papers" scandal, the court said.

Twenty-seven people are set to go on trial on Monday for money laundering in connection with the "Panama Papers" tax evasion scandal, which revealed how many of the world's wealthy stashed assets in offshore companies.

Nawaz Sharif was disqualified in 2017 by the Supreme Court. In 2018, he became ineligible to hold public office for life after a Supreme Court verdict in the Panama Papers case.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday said it has seized Rs 2.74 crore worth assets of a Kolkata-based business family which allegedly held a Swiss bank account and whose name figured in the Panama Papers leak.

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday blamed former Army chief, Gen (retired) Qamar Javed Bajwa, for getting PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif disqualified in the Panama Papers case.

The whistleblower behind the "Panama Papers" which revealed major tax evasion and fraud worldwide said he feared Russian retribution, in an interview published Saturday by Germany's Der Spiegel.

The ED has seized Rs 88.30 lakh in cash after it raided the premises of a man, whose name figured in the Panama Paper leaks, in Madhya Pradesh and Goa as part of money laundering investigation against him.

Actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan returned to Mumbai on Monday night after appearing before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Delhi in connection with the Panama Papers leak case.

Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a case linked to the 2016 Panama Papers global expose.

Actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan left the Enforcement Directorate's Delhi offices Monday night after being questioned for over five hours in connection with alleged forex violations related to the 'Panama Papers'.

The government on Tuesday said undisclosed credits amounting to Rs 20,353 crore have been detected with respect to 930 India-linked entities in the Panama and Paradise Paper Leaks.

Panama fears the publication Sunday of a new expose about financial secrecy in global tax havens could again taint its reputation, which was seriously damaged by the "Panama Papers" scandal, according to a government letter released by local media.

Mossack Fonseca, a Panamanian law firm at the centre of the "Panama Papers" scandal, has filed a lawsuit against Netflix over its new movie based on the case.

The names of alleged tax evaders appearing in the Panama Papers leak can be withheld by the Enforcement Directorate from disclosure, the Central Information Commission has held.

Netflix has released a trailer for The Laundromat, Ocean’s trilogy director Steven Soderbergh’s next movie which follows a widow (Meryl Streep) who investigates an insurance fraud and ends up encountering a pair Panama City law partners (Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas).

A Panamanian court on Friday acquitted 28 people charged with money laundering at the center of the "Panama Papers" scandal, the court said.

Twenty-seven people are set to go on trial on Monday for money laundering in connection with the "Panama Papers" tax evasion scandal, which revealed how many of the world's wealthy stashed assets in offshore companies.

Nawaz Sharif was disqualified in 2017 by the Supreme Court. In 2018, he became ineligible to hold public office for life after a Supreme Court verdict in the Panama Papers case.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday said it has seized Rs 2.74 crore worth assets of a Kolkata-based business family which allegedly held a Swiss bank account and whose name figured in the Panama Papers leak.

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday blamed former Army chief, Gen (retired) Qamar Javed Bajwa, for getting PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif disqualified in the Panama Papers case.

The whistleblower behind the "Panama Papers" which revealed major tax evasion and fraud worldwide said he feared Russian retribution, in an interview published Saturday by Germany's Der Spiegel.

The ED has seized Rs 88.30 lakh in cash after it raided the premises of a man, whose name figured in the Panama Paper leaks, in Madhya Pradesh and Goa as part of money laundering investigation against him.

Actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan returned to Mumbai on Monday night after appearing before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Delhi in connection with the Panama Papers leak case.

Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a case linked to the 2016 Panama Papers global expose.

Actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan left the Enforcement Directorate's Delhi offices Monday night after being questioned for over five hours in connection with alleged forex violations related to the 'Panama Papers'.

The government on Tuesday said undisclosed credits amounting to Rs 20,353 crore have been detected with respect to 930 India-linked entities in the Panama and Paradise Paper Leaks.

Panama fears the publication Sunday of a new expose about financial secrecy in global tax havens could again taint its reputation, which was seriously damaged by the "Panama Papers" scandal, according to a government letter released by local media.

Mossack Fonseca, a Panamanian law firm at the centre of the "Panama Papers" scandal, has filed a lawsuit against Netflix over its new movie based on the case.

The names of alleged tax evaders appearing in the Panama Papers leak can be withheld by the Enforcement Directorate from disclosure, the Central Information Commission has held.

Netflix has released a trailer for The Laundromat, Ocean’s trilogy director Steven Soderbergh’s next movie which follows a widow (Meryl Streep) who investigates an insurance fraud and ends up encountering a pair Panama City law partners (Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas).