There are plenty of good reasons for wanting to open an offshore account.

Panamanian prosecutors have visited the offices of the Mossack Fonseca law firm to look into its allegations that a computer hacker was behind the leak of a trove of financial documents about tax havens the firm set up to benefit influential people around the globe.

In the wake of the Panama Papers leak, Ryle Dwyer looks at the Irish connection in the form of Gerard Ryle, the Kerry-born journalist with the drive to expose scandal worldwide

Kyran Fitzgerald tracks the rise and rise of a trillion-dollar global industry designed to avoid taxes, protect the wealth, and much worse.

Germany is considering scrapping tax benefits for companies that do business with tax havens abroad as a reaction to the Panama papers, Der Spiegel magazine reported yesterday.

Why would law makers discommode influential and supportive friends? asks Michael Clifford

Swiss banks must clamp down on money laundering, the country’s financial watchdog said yesterday, as the Geneva prosecutor opened a criminal probe after the so-called ‘Panama Papers’ document leak showed how offshore companies are used to stash clients’ wealth.

There is a real sense of getting down to business at the marts this week. With the schools reopening after the Easter break, cattle marts are back to an adult-only audience.

The ‘Panama Papers’ prove that the law needs to clamp down on white-collar financial crime.

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Acting Tánaiste Joan Burton has warned the Panama papers scandal is “a wake-up call” for Ireland, adding companies here must be forced to pay minimum tax rates in order to prevent the crisis from re-occurring.

THE Panama Papers’ (PPs) shocking but, tragically, not really shocking revelation has had an immediate impact. Iceland’s prime minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson has been forced to resign. Earlier yesterday, president Olafur Ragnar Grimsson rejected a request to dissolve the parliament and to call an election from Mr Gunnlaugsson.

Underlying public outrage is fuelled by the fact only some, can put their money beyond reach, writes Gerard Howlin

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More than 11m documents have been passed to 107 media organisations shedding further light on the tax affairs of the rich and powerful.

Governments across the world have begun investigating possible financial wrongdoing by the rich and powerful following a leak of documents from a Panamanian law firm which allegedly showed how clients avoided tax or laundered money.

Former Fine Gael strategist Frank Flannery has denied any knowledge of links between him and an off-shore British Virgin Islands account, saying he left the exact details of his financial deals up to his now deceased accountant.

The offshore financial dealings of the rich and famous have been exposed by a cache of 11.5 million leaked records, an international coalition of media outlets said.

British PM David Cameron has come under intense pressure to crack down on offshore tax havens after a massive data leak exposed the scale of efforts by the rich and powerful to hide assets.

More than 11 million documents have been passed to 107 media organisations across the globe which have shed further light on the tax affairs of the rich and powerful. Here's your essential guide.