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                   Panama Police Raid Mossack Fonseca Offices

   by VOA News

   Federal agents in Panama have raided the offices of the Mossack Fonseca
   law firm, which is linked to a number of offshore accounts associated
   with world leaders.

   Panama's attorney general said in a statement that prosecutors and
   police were searching for any evidence that would establish the
   possible use of the firm for "illicit activities." Mossack Fonseca has
   been accused of aiding tax evasion and fraud.

   The officers converged on company headquarters late Tuesday to search
   the offices for evidence supporting the charges. Meanwhile the law firm
   posted on its Twitter feed that it "continues to cooperate with
   authorities" in the investigations.

   The so-called "Panama Papers," leaked online more than a week ago,
   featured records from Mossack Fonseca that indicated it had set up
   offshore tax havens for a number of wealthy international clients.

   Company founder Ramon Fonseca has said that the company has broken no
   laws and destroyed no documents.

   The clients include Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko, friends of
   Russian President Vladimir Putin; and relatives of British Prime
   Minister David Cameron, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif;  and
   China's President Xi Jinping.
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