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Judge dismisses all charges in Panama Papers, Operation Car Wash cases (www.upi.com)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Five@slrpnk.net to c/news@beehaw.org

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Panama Papers and List of People Named in the Panama Papers on Wikipedia

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[–] Five@slrpnk.net 20 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

The named people are merely the central facilitators of the scheme. The general lack of consequences for the uber-wealthy named in the papers has been an ongoing theme, the lackeys getting away without a conviction is just the cherry on top.

[–] Kissaki@beehaw.org 6 points 4 months ago

IIRC in Germany there's still an active prosecution section working on the cases (and only those). It takes a long time to go through. And we may not hear of what comes of the cases.