Panama Papers trial gets underway with 27 suspects charged

As Reported on MSM.com Wednesday 11 September,  The trial of 27 people connected with the

Panama Papers tax evasion scandal began in a Panamanian criminal court on Monday, some eight years after the revelations first emerged.

Among the defendants are German-born Jürgen Mossack, and Ramon Fonseca, the co-founders of a Panama-based law firm that was at the center of the document leak in 2016.

Panama Papers trial gets underway with 27 suspects charged

Mossack, Fonseca and other former employees of the law firm are facing money laundering charges based on allegations the law firm set up shell companies in tax havens.

Fonseca has previously said the firm, which closed in 2018, had no control over how its clients might use offshore vehicles created for them.

25 April 2024

Carey Olsen advises Hipgnosis Songs Fund on proposed US$1.4 billion takeover

Press Release from Carey Olsen, Tuesday 23 April, 2024.  Carey Olsen’s corporate team in Guernsey is advising Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited (“Hipgnosis”), a Guernsey-registered, GFSC-regulated

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18 October 2024

CHINA: China’s Belt and Road Initiative Rolls Out “Green Bonds”

In June this year, the Bank of China (BOC) issued the first sustainable development bonds for which all funds raised are directed towards countries affiliated with the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI),

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27 December 2024

CLIMATE FINANCE: Protesters demand rich countries pay fair share in climate finance amid COP29 negotiations

Around 50 demonstrators gathered at the entrance of the COP29 venue this morning, urging wealthy nations to uphold their financial commitments for climate change adaptation and mitigation in the Global

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4 April 2025

CHINA: China’s to sell first global green sovereign bond on Wednesday

China is set to finalise its long-awaited debut global green sovereign bond on Wednesday in what is expected to be the first in a series of sales that will expand its footprint in the market at a pivotal

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