The Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca is at the center of an international scandal money laundering and tax evasion after filtration of millions of documents.
11 million documents show alleged links with 72 heads of current and past state, including accused of looting their own countries.
in addition, many internationally known personalities ranging from the political arena to the sports are dotted in this disclosure document the law firm.
But who are Jürgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca Mora, the two men behind the firm is in the eye of the storm?
Jürgen Mossack
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Jürgen Mossack born in Germany in 1948, but emigrated to Panama in 60.
the father of Mossack sought with his family a new life in Panama after serving German in World War II, according to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ, for its acronym in English).
But among revealed documents and intelligence files indicate that the father of Mossack offered his services as a spy for the US government to communicate communist activities on the nearby island of Cuba.
beyond the story of his father, Jürgen Mossack graduated from law school in 1973 and worked in London for a while before returning to Panama and open your own buffet.
later, in 1977, his studio firm merged with Ramón Fonseca Mora and both created the Mossack Fonseca Group (MF Group), “global leader in comprehensive legal and fiduciary” as describes itself on its website.
the firm has over 40 offices worldwide and specializes in commercial law, trust services, investment consulting and international structures.
what is now at the center of the scandal are services offshore (offshore). the leaked documents show that the Group has allegedly helped clients hide their wealth in bank accounts, money laundering and establish schemes of tax evasion
Ramon Fonseca Mora
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Ramón Fonseca Mora is the other lawyer and founder of the GM group, although with slightly higher to that of your partner profile.
Unlike Mossack Fonseca Mora himself was born in Panama (1952) yestudió law and political science at the University of Panama and the London School of Economics ( LSE).
in addition, Fonseca Mora first tried to be a priest and then worked for five years for the United Nations.
“I did not save anybody or made any changes, I decided then, having more maturity, will pursue my profession, raise a family, get married and lead a normal life … as you get older, it becomes more materialistic, “he confessed in a television interview in 2008, according reproduced the ICIJ.
in addition to being a lawyer, Fonseca Mora takes a very active social life and is known for publishing fiction books. stories, novels and plays
Mister Politicus is perhaps a of his novels that draws more attention because “articulates the tangled processes unscrupulous to settle in power officials are worth and, from there, to meet their detestable ambitions” describes Fonseca Mora on its website.
in addition to having directed a hospital, created a bank for people with limited financial means and being a member of the Advisory Board of the non-governmental organization Transparency International (as published in your CV), Fonseca Mora served as minister counselor of the Presidency of Panama in the current government of Juan Carlos Varela.
But in early March, Fonseca Mora asked permission to fend off accusations linking him to the scandal of corruption and bribery in the Brazilian state company Petrobras.
the firm Mossack Fonseca is accused of providing several involved in the Petrobras case opening companies “offshore” in Panama, in order to launder money diverted from the oil through real estate transactions.
Fonseca Mora said Sunday Panamanian television that his firm has 40 years of existence, has never been charged in any court for a case, and that the company is dedicated to creating societies that until today could reach total of 240 thousand companies.
the lawyer said his clients are mostly brokers with banks, lawyers, accountants and trust.
“As a firm we simply create the society, not handle it and we have no responsibility in what society does, “said Fonseca Mora in TVN News.
the lawyer acknowledged that some of the documents made public belong to his signature and that this was the result of a “limited hacking” in your company.
the ICIJ and the German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung were who obtained documents leaked from the firm Mossack Fonseca.
from the research program of the BBC, is among the 107 media in 78 countries have been analyzing documents.
the BBC does not know the identity of the source that provided them.
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