The independent deputy and General exprocuradora of the Nation Ana Matilde Gomez said Monday April 4 AM News, in Panama, the law 27 1932 states that it is legal to create societies.
“the law of corporations has been an instrument or a way through which Panama has offered services to the world. Panama’s economy is supported by the service sector. Over 80% of our system is based on the service sector and one of them is the banking and finance, which also occurs through the creation of societies “, emphasized
for the deputy, what is happening with the firm Mossack Fonseca, “if building societies is what we are going to question, have to come to question the system , because the country-competitive model is what we should analyze whether reached a level of exhaustion “.
reiterated that the world changed since the financial system has been penetrated by illegal activities advantage of lawful actions to move money and producing activities organized crime, crime and terrorism “.
” Panama is not a tax haven , the financial sector is regulated. But what do the people buying anonymous with these societies, it is necessary to pay attention, “said Gomez.
According to the deputy, you can search for information via two routes. First, due diligence before selling and the other would be that once given a criminal action and has been used a society, then the firm or the company that has sold or created the company has complied with keeping records and information to provide it to the entity that is investigating.
Gomez said it is impossible that the Public Ministry (MP) opposite an investigation of this magnitude, would “wear him down”, because investigating the MP are crimes and “ create societies it is not a crime “. Therefore we have to wait what crimes have been committed or are being investigated in other countries to give assistance Panama. “So it’m almost certain that most were committed outside the national territory,” he said.
In a panel held in AM News, Maruquel Pabon team coordinator working platform Panama financial services, attached to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic; Annette Planells Independent (Movin) and Juan Carlos Arauz, vice president of the National Bar Association (CNA), Movement raised the scenario of this case.
For Pabon, the first thing to understand is that there is a situation that has been said about Panama, but “is just one of the links in the chain in which are involved 26 jurisdictions”.
“I think it he has tried to call to Panama because here the firm [Mossack Fonseca] is. However it is a firm that has offices in many jurisdictions where regulators “he said.
Pabon said some things that are said are” not true. ” He explained that “societies are not created solely to launder money or work with tax havens”.
he said that “Panama is not a tax haven much they want to say.”
Meanwhile, Arauz said that Panama has a system where the creation of corporations have a history of 1927 and has evolved to the point that all lawyers when they constitute companies must meet a series of procedures for know the owners, or for whom the company is established.
stated the lawyer that lawyers “do not escape the various criminal activities in which they can be vulnerable at the time the service constitute companies is provided”.
He added that the Supreme Court (CSJ) a register where the names of lawyers with numbers of companies and shares are bearer at that time are kept. “The problem is not form a corporation, it is timely is that anyone who contracts the service and acquire this product should be responsible for their individual status and the particular regulations in their country of origin that require communicating and reporting to their state your income or entities “.
Meanwhile, Planells said he still Panamanians have not finished measure the impact that this scandal will have for the country and for the firm Mossack Fonseca.
According Planells urgently investigate and apply the weight of the law firm to see if violated some national laws, so it is important that the public prosecutor has the resources.
“as a country we have to face this crisis with a communications strategy led by the Executive Branch, which should involve the largest number of entities, such as Chamber of Commerce and the ANC because the consequence of this scandal is called Panama Papers will affect us each and every one of the Panamanians, “he said.
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