The U.S. justice Department in connection with these “the Panama document” investigates the case of tax evasion, said the Manhattan us attorney Bharara Prov International consortium of journalistic investigations (ICIJ).
“The Prosecutor’s office for the southern district of new York has opened a criminal investigation in respect of matters that are relevant Panamanian documents,” he said.
Bharara asked the organization about additional information that may help the investigation, reports TASS.
German Suddeutsche Zeitung on 4 April has published documents allegedly Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, which indicate the involvement of some world leaders and their entourage to offshore schemes.
Among politicians, caught in the center of the scandal, was Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, British Prime Minister David Cameron, the Prime Minister of Iceland Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson.
As stated by President’s press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, the publication of secret offshore accounts the world’s politicians turned on the internal Russian audience, although President Vladimir Putin did not appear. Also the representative of the head of state noted that the Kremlin is disappointed with the quality of journalistic investigation on offshore companies.
