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Iraq

Supporters of cleric Al Sadr protest in Iraqi capital Baghdad

This is central Baghdad. Supporters of influential Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr gathered in central Baghdad to protest against what they say is rampant

26/04/2016

Luxembourg

Trial begins of 'LuxLeaks' whistleblowers

Two former employees of the accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) go on trial today in Luxembourg along with a French journalist. Antoine

25/04/2016

World News

Moldova: anti-government protests continue

Around 1,000 demonstrators clashed with Moldovan riot police on Sunday in a further escalation of anti-government protests. They are against what

25/04/2016

Brazil

To impeach or not to impeach? Zero hour for Dilma Rousseff

The day has arrived for Dilma Rousseff to learn her fate. This evening (April 17), Brazil’s lower house of Congress – the Chamber of Deputies – is to

17/04/2016

Republic of North Macedonia

Presidential pardons amid wiretap scandal draws protests in Skopje

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s (FYROM) special prosecutor said on Thursday (April 15) she would continue investigating a wiretapping

14/04/2016

Argentina

Argentina: Fernández de Kirchner says court case is 'political persecution'

Argentina’s former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has refused to testify in court over claims of state fraud when she was in office

14/04/2016

Brazil

Brazilian corruption probe claims another political scalp

Brazilian police arrested former senator Gim Argello as part of a two-year corruption investigation. The so-called “Operation CarWash” probe is

13/04/2016

United Kingdom

Cameron: who said what and when

UK Prime Minister admits he did not handle the Panama Papers revelation well

09/04/2016

Ukraine

Ukrainian activists protest against police corruption

Ukrainian activists burned tyres and confronted police outside a presidential office in Kyiv to protest against corruption in the justice system

08/04/2016

Brazil

Brazil: President Rousseff pushed one step closer to impeachment

‘Minimal indications’ of wrongdoing exist to put Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on trial for corruption, according to a report by Congressman

07/04/2016

Brazil

Brazil's Dilma Rousseff squares up for impeachment battle

A defiant President Dilma Rousseff has said no to a cabinet reshuffle, ignoring calls for changes which could have boosted her political support and

06/04/2016

Iceland

'Panama Papers' push Iceland's PM to resign

Iceland’s under pressure prime minister,Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson has tendered his resignation after his family’s offshore investments were revealed in

06/04/2016

Germany

International finance chiefs call for transparency following offshore scandal

More transparency is called for by financial chiefs Reforms were already underway Panama Papers are a media witch hunt Transparency and reform –

05/04/2016

United Kingdom

British PM denies any offshore interests

British Prime Minister David Cameron has denied he or his family gain any additional income from offshore funds. #panamapapers leak spells the 'end

05/04/2016

World News

FIFA chief, Gianni Infantino, dragged into Panama Papers scandal

He was elected as head of FIFA with a promise to clean up football’s world governing body. Yet files seen by the Guardian newspapers in the Panama

05/04/2016

World

Panama Papers: the inside story

How a year-long investigation by some 370 journalists from nearly 80 countries unveiled the secret financial dealings of the world's rich and powerful.

05/04/2016

Economy

HSBC and Credit Suisse denied helping clients cheat on tax

Two of the biggest banks at the centre of the Panama Papers revelations have rejected claims they were actively using offshore accounts to help

05/04/2016

Germany

Pressure grows after leaked "Panama Papers"

Pressure grows on those named in “Panama Papers” Governments investigate possible wrongdoing Mossack Fonseca claims work is `misrepresented’

05/04/2016

Economy

'Panama Papers:' How are taxes avoided and assets hidden?

Holding money in offshore companies is not illegal. But in the wake of the “Panama papers” leak, it is claimed there is evidence of funds being

04/04/2016

Europe News

Transparency campaigners warn against inaction on offshore tax schemes

The Panama Papers was the biggest data leak in history. Consisting of more than 11 million emails and files from a law firm specialising in offshore

04/04/2016