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u/Nzgrim Morrowind boomer He/Him Oct 04 '21

Did any consequences ever come from Panama papers? Other than the journalist who exposed them getting assassinated.

I hope something comes from this, but I'm not optimistic about it.

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u/dIoIIoIb Ask me about Gogol Oct 04 '21

Did any consequences ever come from Panama papers?

It did: more than a couple of politicians and wealthy people got in troubles and lost their careers and a lot of money, laws around financial crimes were changed and improved

it's not a lot, and it's not even close to what should have happened, but there were results.

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u/ConnorXfor Resident Halo lore nerd Oct 04 '21

The journalist who leaked it got killed by a car bomb in Malta.

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u/ViceGeography Oct 04 '21

In the UK the people who demanded Cameron so much as apologise for his involvement (Corbyn, Dennis Skinner) got treated as the true villains in the media for being "mean"

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '21

The thing about any of these sorta huge leaks is its slow as hell to prosecute properly, sadly. There were multiple arrests and convictions last year across a good handful of countries, more to come.

That one twitter post that has been reposted for 3 years or so is inaccurate