A decade after the Panama Papers leak exposed massive offshore financial schemes, investigations continue but beneficial ownership transparency remains incomplete. Enablers and tax evaders are still facing justice, yet critics say promised reforms have largely stalled.
·Ten years of ongoing prosecutions have brought some tax cheats and enablers to account despite initial momentum fading
·Beneficial ownership registries remain unfinished business globally, with many jurisdictions failing to implement promised transparency measures
·The leak spawned a new era of large-scale data investigations that now incorporates AI and automated analysis techniques
·Canadian tax authorities have pursued compliance lessons and enforcement actions stemming from the Panama Papers disclosures
·Initial promises for systemic financial reform have not materialized at the scale many anti-corruption advocates hoped
drawn from Transparency.org, Thomson Reuters, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists - ICIJ, Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) · updated 4d ago