News: Panama

We have started to collect the most important news related to Panama in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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• September 15th 2020 – May 4th 2019
• December 4th 2018 – June 13th 2017
• May 30th 2017 – July 20th 2016
• July 3rd 2016 – April 9th 2016
• April 8th 2016 – April 4th 2016
• April 4th 2016 – May 23rd 2015
• May 12th 2015 – January 29th 2015
• December 23rd 2014 – June 20th 2014
• June 4th 2014 – January 30th 2014
• January 27th 2014 – July 17th 2013
• July 17th 2013 – July 12th 2012
• July 6th 2012 – August 2nd 2011
• July 18th 2011 – June 28th 2010
• June 3rd 2010 – May 30th 2008
• January 31st 2008 – July 20th 2007
• November 14th 2006 – April 25th 2006

Panama: news

Canal plus

Sunday, July 3rd 2016, 23:26

As the newly-enlarged Panama Canal opens for business, Arturo Wallace traces some of the unique waterway's unexpected beneficiaries.
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First voyage through expanded Panama canal

Sunday, June 26th 2016, 23:13
related countries: China

A Chinese container ship has become the first vessel to sail into the newly expanded Panama Canal.
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Mossack Fonseca worker arrested over data theft

Wednesday, June 15th 2016, 21:11

A computer technician at Mossack Fonseca, caught up in the Panama Papers scandal, is arrested on suspicion of removing data from the company.
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Panama Papers database goes online

Monday, May 9th 2016, 21:02

The Panama Papers affair widens, with a huge database of documents relating to more than 200,000 offshore accounts posted online.
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Panama to fly Cuban migrants to Mexico

Sunday, May 8th 2016, 23:35
related countries: Cuba, Mexico, United States

Panama has agreed to transfer a further 3,800 Cubans hoping to reach the United States to a town in northern Mexico.
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Panama Papers source breaks silence

Friday, May 6th 2016, 16:35

The source behind the leak of the Panama Papers speaks for the first time, offering to help with prosecutions in return for immunity.
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EU to draw up tax haven blacklist

Friday, April 22nd 2016, 21:53

EU nations agree to draw up a blacklist of tax havens in the wake of the Panama Papers leaks.
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Panama Papers and Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif

Thursday, April 21st 2016, 0:07
related countries: Pakistan

What Panama revelations mean for Pakistan PM
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US criminal probe into Panama Papers

Wednesday, April 20th 2016, 14:22
related countries: United States

The US Justice Department opens a criminal investigation into tax avoidance schemes exposed by the Panama Papers.
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Putin apology for Panama Papers error

Friday, April 15th 2016, 12:10
related countries: Germany, Russia, United States

Russia's President Putin apologises for erroneously claiming that German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung was owned by the US bank Goldman Sachs.
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Chinese rights lawyer Ge Yongxi detained

Friday, April 15th 2016, 11:48
related countries: China

Police in China detain human rights lawyer Ge Yongxi, with reports that his case could be linked to social media posts he made about the Panama Papers.
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VIDEO: Panama criticises France over blacklisting

Wednesday, April 13th 2016, 7:38
related countries: France

Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela urges France to reconsider its ''mistaken and unnecessary decision'' in putting Panama on a blacklist of uncooperative tax havens.
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Panama raids Mossack Fonseca HQ

Wednesday, April 13th 2016, 3:28

Police in Panama raid the headquarters of Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the centre of a massive data leak.
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Mother gave David Cameron £200,000 gift

Sunday, April 10th 2016, 11:22
related countries: United Kingdom

David Cameron reveals his earnings and taxes in an unprecedented move by a UK prime minister, after his father was mentioned in the leaked Panama Papers.
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Mossack Fonseca raided in El Salvador

Saturday, April 9th 2016, 0:22
related countries: El Salvador

Authorities in El Salvador raid the offices of the Panama law firm at the centre of a massive data leak, the attorney general's office says.
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