THE trial of 27 people charged in connection with the worldwide “Panama Papers” money-laundering operation started on Monday in a Panamanian criminal court.

Those on trial include the owners of Mossack-Fonseca, a law firm at the heart of the massive document leak in 2016.

The Panama Papers include a collection of 11 million secret financial documents that illustrate how some of the world’s richest people hide their money.