How 11.5 million leaked documents exposed a secret global financial web
In short: Gerard Ryle reveals the mechanics behind the Panama Papers, the largest collaborative journalism project ever undertaken to expose offshore finance.
The leak consisted of 11.5 million documents spanning 40 years of operations by the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. These records provided an unprecedented look at how secretive offshore financial systems function globally.
Ryle details how an international team coordinated to process this massive data dump, transforming a mountain of raw files into a narrative about global wealth and corporate secrecy.
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