TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) will release a document owned by Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca on May 9 at exactly 2 p.m. (Washington DC time), US. The document mentioned as Panama Papers will be released on ICIJ website at www.offshoreleaks.icij.org.
Cited from ICIJ’s official website on Wednesday, Apr 27, Panama Papers is the largest document ever released that contains secrets of offshore companies and the people behind it. The Panama Papers contain information on companies, agencies, and foundations established in 21 tax haven countries, beginning from Hong Kong up to Nevada, US.
Panama Papers also connects people in more than 200 countries. Once the document is released, people can search data and visualize network from thousands of offshore companies including internal records from Mossack on the original company owner if possible. In the database, other companies listed in the Offshore Leaks document owned by ICIJ on 2013 will also be included.
ICIJ will not release personal data in bulk and will not contain bank accounts and financial transactions, emails, passport numbers, as well as phone numbers of the companies. The information leaked to the public will be selected and restricted.
Since it was released early April, the leak has forced a number of figures, including Iceland PM to resign from his position. The document has also made dozens of officials and politicians like British PM David Cameron, to explain his involvement in Panama Papers.
In Indonesia, a few state officials were mentioned in the document, including Indonesian Audit Board Chief Harry Azhar Aziz, who is known to own a company named Sheng Yue International Limited. Meanwhile, Coordinating Minister of Politics, Law and Security Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan is also listed as a director for Mayfair International Limited.
The government decided to create a task force to investigate Panama Papers. The task force will comprise six ministries/agencies including from the Finance Ministry, Attorney General’s Office, Indonesian Police, Financial Service Authority, Eradication Corruption Commission, and Center for Financial Transaction Reporting and Analysis.
ANGELINA ANJAR SAWITRI
