Drilling into Panama Papers to expose financial scandal

The software behind the exposure of a financial scandal was supplied by an Irishman’s firm, writes Joe Leogue.
Drilling into Panama Papers to expose financial scandal

It may now seem like a lifetime ago, but before Trump and Brexit stole the limelight, the revelations contained within the Panama Papers were early contenders for the story of 2016.

The reports that emerged from the huge cache of leaked documents showed the world how the rich exploited offshore tax havens to squirrel away billions, but the story that went global was also an ample demonstration of the power of a piece of software developed by a firm headed by an Irishman.

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