Panama Papers case opens with 27 accused of money laundering
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.
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