Panama Papers Study Questions #4 [pg 244-326]


1. What practice are German banks allowed to participate in for South American clients which they are expressly forbidden from doing with their German clients?

 

 

2. What secret did Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson keep from the people of Iceland and how did this secret shed a whole new light on his political activity?

 

 

3. What failure did the authors experience in trying to illustrate Argentinian president Mauricio Macri was involved in hiding money/money laundering?

 

 

4. What are the four ways the authors mention that companies in the Roldugin network receive funds through financial transactions?

 

 

5. What does one reporter describe as the Holy Grail of investigative journalism?

 

 

6. What do the Uruguayan lawyers representing Lionel Messi and his father's interests do shortly after the story breaks that Lionel Messi is the sole owner of Jenbril SA. and Mega Star Enterprises?

 

 

7. What is counterintuitive about the appointment Juan Pedro Damianito FIFA's ethics committee?

 

 

8. How can perpetrators of fraud, money launderers and other clients protect themselves in court against the claims made by investigators?

 

 

9. What do the authors cite as the two big steps needed to clean up the offshore centers of the world?

 

 

10. According to the authors, why don't the politicians from the big countries take more radical action to stop the practices of the tax havens?

 

 

Extra Credit: During their visit to Panama, how do the authors describe the divisions in Panamanian society?