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Frederik Obermaier

Munich, Porto Alegre
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The deafening silence about offshore wealth

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By Frederik Obermaier, Bastian Obermayer
| Bangkok Post
This photo taken on April 7, 2016, in Munich, at the office of the German daily 'Sueddeutsche Zeitung' shows several issues of the newspaper, titling the so-called 'Panama Papers'. AFP When John Doe, the anonymous whistleblower behind the Panama Papers, approached us, he handed us an opportunity. When the resulting investigation into the offshore finance industry was published on April 3, 2016, the world was handed a test. As investigative journalists, we seized the opportunity.
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The deafening silence on offshore wealth

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By Frederik Obermaier, Bastian Obermayer
| The Jakarta Post
W hen John Doe, the anonymous whistleblower behind the Panama Papers, approached us, he handed us an opportunity. When the resulting investigation into the offshore finance industry was published on April 3, 2016, the world was handed a test. As investigative journalists, we seized the opportunity. Sadly, the world has failed the test.
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The Deafening Silence on Offshore Wealth

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By Frederik Obermaier
| Project Syndicate
en English Politics Apr 21, 2026 and The kind of hidden wealth that the Panama Papers exposed a decade ago fuels corruption, distorts markets, drives inequality, finances authoritarian regimes, and weakens democracies. Yet it endures—not because it is inevitable, but because powerful interests benefit from it. MUNICH—When John Doe, the anonymous whistleblower behind the Panama Papers, approached us, he handed us an opportunity.
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