The Government of Panama will cooperate with Justice and the Spanish Tax Agency in the investigation of opaque companies with Spanish holders registered in the Central American country, he reported its ambassador to Madrid, Mercedes de la Guardia.
in a meeting with the press, the ambassador said his country is “most interested” in the case is clarified and insisted that their collaboration will be “vigorous and absolute”.
the so-called “papers Panama”, released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (CIPJ) contain information about the existence of thousands of businesses and opaque bank accounts belonging to people all the world.
the holders of these assets would have benefited from tax advantages under the management of the law firm Mossack Fonseca in Panama.
Guard said today that the Spanish Tax Agency may request information from the Panamanian authorities in accordance with the bilateral treaties signed in 2011, provided in the context of judicial proceedings.
However, he said he did not provide “open and automatic information” but only “upon request and within the agreements of exchange of information”.
he added that only 20 percent of the companies appear in the “Papers of Panama” were registered in their country, whose name has christened this global scandal.
the diplomat acknowledged that the impact has been “tremendous” because although is a firm, in his words, “it seems that this is Panama.”
“the frontier between the company and the country is not diluted,” he argued.
recalled that Panama has signed more than thirty exchange treaties in an effort of transparency that has been doing slowly, but insisted that “the business of the companies” off-shore “( with tax advantages) is a business of their own in many nations, and even in front-line countries “.
the diplomat said that the laws of their country” strengthened “not only with respect to banks, also in companies buying and selling real estate, insurance and reinsurance, ie, “all who may be vulnerable to illicit activities are being regulated now.”
De la Guardia said his government is most concerned “that this be clarified and on transparency” because from Panama financial services are provided to everyone, although “some use it for good and others use it for evil. “
About the fact that one of the founders of the law firm is Ramon Fonseca, minister counselor of President Carlos Varela until March 11, he acknowledged that “no help” question “one person close to the government” and “a prominent figure” in the country.
the leaked documents come from a firm founded by Ramon Fonseca , until recently president of the ruling Panameñista.
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