Missing lawyer appears for bribery probe

THE LAWYER who ran the Brazil office of Mossack Fonseca (MF) at the time it was raided by Brazilian authorities last year, appeared at the offices of the Second Specialized Prosecutor’s Office against  Organized Crime on Monday, Feb. 13.

The raid led to reports that María Mercedes Riaño Quijano was destroying files in what Ramon Fonseca called a “branch office.” and set in train a series of events that finally led to the detention of the founders of the company and one of their key lawyers linked to the Lava Jato and Odebrecht scandals.

Riaño Quijano re-appeared in Panama soon after   the Brazil raid. But her whereabouts were unknown to prosecutors and she did  not to respond to citations.

As they mulled  over issuing an arrest warrant, she appeared for questioning on Monday.