Panama Attorney General analyzing report that fingers ex-presidents

The Office of the Attorney General is analyzing the content of the information revealed so far in the” Pandora Papers ” and is awaiting further elements to verify whether there is any basis for the initiation of a criminal investigation.

This, after the journalistic investigation on offshore companies, which revealed secret agreements and hidden assets of more than 330 politicians and high-level officials, in more than 90 countries and territories, including Panama.

They emphasize that, aware of the interest that the issue has generated at the national and international level, that all conduct with criminal nuances will be the subject of an objective investigation, which will include the practice of useful procedures to determine the existence of the crime and the identification of the authors and participants.

In addition, they will offer the international criminal cooperation required by other states and jurisdictions, to effectively combat all forms of commission of crimes.

The investigation of the journalistic consortium was based on the leak of 119 million documents from 14 financial services companies around the world.

The names of the former Panamanian presidents, Ernesto Pérez Balladares , Ricardo Martinelli and Juan Carlos Varela surfaced in the report.