Nearly $2B in dodged taxes recovered by governments due to Panama Papers

Nearly $2B in dodged taxes recovered by governments due to Panama Papers

Almost exactly nine years after the Panama Papers were revealed, two dozen countries' tax agencies say they've recovered nearly $2 billion combined in tax arrears thanks to information in the leak about hidden bank accounts and offshore shell companies.

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The Panama Papers was published in April 2016 as a global collaboration led by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) along with 100 media partners from five continents.

Today marks exactly nine years since the Panama Papers data leak. Investigative journalist Minna Knus-Galán reveals what has changed since then.

Panama Papers leak has led to nearly $2B in recouped taxes for governments

It started 10 years ago, when a German journalist received a message from an anonymous sender: “Hello. This is John Doe. Interested in data?” What followed in the days and months after was a leak of more than 11 million files from a Panamanian law firm — the leak that came to be known as the Panama Papers when it was revealed to the world in April 2016. The confidential documents exposed hidden bank accounts, billions of dollars in shady money f…

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Thursday, April 3, 2025 - 16:03 Scandale des Panama Papers: nine years later, Belgium recovers a beautiful pactole By RTL info with BELGA Nine years after the Panama Papers, the Belgian state has already recovered 39.6 million euros via 264 tax files. Zen reading Nine years after the Panama Papers case was published through the world press, the cases opened in Belgium brought back 39.6 million euros to the state, according to figures obtained by…