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Please do remind me how many persons named in the Panama Papers have been arrested, or had their assets seized.

pjc50 4y ago
You could do your own research? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Papers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Papers I see at least https://www.icij.org/investigations/panama-papers/20160425-cartel-arrests-uruguay/ https://www.icij.org/investigations/panama-papers/20160425-c... and https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/four-defendants-charged-panama-papers-investigation https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/four-defendants-charged... ; the originators of the scheme, Mossack Fonseca, are wanted by multiple countries https://apnews.com/article/arrests-tax-evasion-panama-city-panama-jurgen-mossack-c20c5fac6ef5f73aca8d43324288d223 https://apnews.com/article/arrests-tax-evasion-panama-city-p... Jurisdiction is something of a problem, as we can see with the Panamanians being non-extraditable. That's why it was the Panama papers in the first place! But if you're going to facilitate money laundering, at least have the common sense to not do it under your own name in a jurisdiction where that is illegal or that will extradite you to the US.
JohnHaugeland 4y ago
So far about 1200, including 400 celebrities, three heads of state, nine former heads of state, and 150 sitting politicians worldwide. It's the third largest successful corruption sting in history. Also, edgelords online who don't know what's happening in the real world like to pretend there was no fallout, so that they can feel wise about corruption, and like to demand that other people look things up for them so they can feel like they made a point. In reality, it was about half of the names in the document base so far, and that's despite it being international prosecution with an unwilling nation. Things in the Panama Papers are going quite well for law and order, albeit slowly. Would you be kind enough to tell us what result you were expecting, and what point you were trying to make? In the future, would you please consider knowing the answers to your sarcastic questions before asking them, please?

You could do your own research? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Papers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Papers I see at least https://www.icij.org/investigations/panama-papers/20160425-cartel-arrests-uruguay/ https://www.icij.org/investigations/panama-papers/20160425-c... and https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/four-defendants-charged-panama-papers-investigation https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/four-defendants-charged... ; the originators of the scheme, Mossack Fonseca, are wanted by multiple countries https://apnews.com/article/arrests-tax-evasion-panama-city-panama-jurgen-mossack-c20c5fac6ef5f73aca8d43324288d223 https://apnews.com/article/arrests-tax-evasion-panama-city-p... Jurisdiction is something of a problem, as we can see with the Panamanians being non-extraditable. That's why it was the Panama papers in the first place! But if you're going to facilitate money laundering, at least have the common sense to not do it under your own name in a jurisdiction where that is illegal or that will extradite you to the US.

JohnHaugeland 4y ago

So far about 1200, including 400 celebrities, three heads of state, nine former heads of state, and 150 sitting politicians worldwide. It's the third largest successful corruption sting in history. Also, edgelords online who don't know what's happening in the real world like to pretend there was no fallout, so that they can feel wise about corruption, and like to demand that other people look things up for them so they can feel like they made a point. In reality, it was about half of the names in the document base so far, and that's despite it being international prosecution with an unwilling nation. Things in the Panama Papers are going quite well for law and order, albeit slowly. Would you be kind enough to tell us what result you were expecting, and what point you were trying to make? In the future, would you please consider knowing the answers to your sarcastic questions before asking them, please?