'Panama Papers' law firm partners arrested in connection with money laundering probe

Prosecutors in Panama have formally arrested the partners of a law firm involved in last year's "Panama Papers" scandal, in which thousands of pages of documents related to offshore accounts were leaked.

Sat, 11 Feb, 2017 - 21:21

The arrests announced today are related to another scandal involving bribes paid by the Brazilian company Odebrecht.

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