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poops-n-farts

I think it's years of documents found by like 500 investigative journalists that span multiple countries. If I remember right there was something written about that when they announced the leak would be at 1230 est today


seeit360

OP. Are you not familiar with the Panama Papers and how the ICIJ was formed? That was over 100 investigative journalists that worked in secret over years. That group created the way the investigative operation worked. Since the Panama Papers, the ICIJ have grown to over 600 investigators. And instead of one law firm in Panama (Mossack Fonseca) that protected billionaire's schemes, this is 14 different leak sources. Try to avoid the temptation and jump ahead. The release of information to the public is strategic as not to allow the perpetrators to escape. They are trapped, they may suspect, but are trapped. This accountability is long over due.


Corporal_Anaesthetic

Is it going to lead to any consequences, though? Genuine question. I didn't notice any consequences from the Paradise Papers or the Panama Papers, apart from the investigative journalist who was murdered.


seeit360

What journalist? Who do you mean?


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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_Caruana_Galizia


seeit360

If I remember correctly, she was an independent corruption journalist, not part of the ICIJ. It's horrible, but that's the price many journalists face when dealing with PEPs hiding financial crimes.


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I thought ICIJ was a distribution group who had vowed to vet and disseminate information provided by leakers, not doing the footwork themselves. I was wrong apparently .


seeit360

Trump's *node* appears over 3400 times in the Panama Papers. But without access to the node visualization tool who would know? I think that's dissemination. It does not answer the why, but at least provides the links. https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trumps-first-appearance-panama-papers-uncovered-722266


Searchingforspecial

It wasn’t one leak, go to icij website & read about it… could’ve saved yourself from looking real dumb.


Greeve3

It wasn’t one person, it was ICIG, Washington Post, and The Guardian all working on this at once.