Original article by Neil Chenoweth
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 6 : 4-Apr-16
The records of several thousand Australian clients of Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca are among the 11 million-plus documents that have been leaked. The Australian Taxation Office has confirmed that it is investigating the tax affairs of more than 800 high-net-wealth Australians who are clients of the firm. Mossack Fonseca’s clients include companies and individuals who have previously been the subject of the "Project Wickenby" probe into tax evasion.
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MOSSACK FONSECA, AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE, INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS, AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE, AUSTRALIAN CRIME COMMISSION, AUSTRALIA. ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPT. AUSTRALIAN TRANSACTION REPORTS AND ANALYSIS CENTRE, COMMERZBANK AG, BHP BILLITON LIMITED – ASX BHP, STRACHAN SA, RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO, ANCHORVILLE HOLDINGS LIMITED, SAMOA INTERNATIONAL FINANCE AUTHORITY, TOLL HOLDINGS LIMITED, HENDRICKS DEVELOPMENT LIMITED, STEPPE FILMS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, FITALL DEVELOPMENT LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, GLOBAL WEALTH GROUP, GUARDIAN CARE PROPERTIES, FOOTBALL FEDERATION AUSTRALIA LIMITED