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Panama Papers source breaks silence over 'scale of injustices'

The whistleblower behind the Panama Papers broke their silence on Friday to explain in detail how the injustices of offshore tax havens drove them to the biggest data leak in history. The source, whose identity and gender remain a secret, denied being a spy. “For the record, I do not work for any government or intelligence agency, directly or as a contractor, and I never have. My viewpoint is entirely my own.”

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  • kxh (edited 8 years ago)
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    In New Zealand, the prime minister, John Key, had been “curiously quiet” about his country’s role in enabling “financial fraud” in the Cook Islands.

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    In the US, tax evasion could not be fixed, the source argued, while politicians relied on the super-rich for campaign funding.

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