Sri Lanka is following up on the disclosure of Sri Lankan individuals who were named in the Panama Papers leaks, Central Bank Governor, Arjuna Mahendran said.
Speaking to Daily News Business he said that Central Bank Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has contacted authorities in Panama to obtain an official list of these people.
“Subsequently we will take appropriate steps after concluding the Sri Lanka Customs, Inland Revenue Department and may be event the Police Department unit to commence investigations,” he said.
Several companies and individuals with links to Sri Lanka were on the list, and more than 50 Sri Lankan addresses were also identified in the papers.
On May 9, client data stolen from the Mossack Fonseca law firm in Panama was published online by the ICIJ as part of its Offshore Leaks database.
The searchable database contains a portion of the offshore financial records given to the journalists by anonymous whistle-blowers since 2013; it does not include leaked emails and other explanatory data that ICIJ reporters use to write about the offshore financial holdings of newsworthy individuals.
The so-called Panama Papers, a trove of 11.5 million financial documents tracing the Mossack Fonseca law firm’s efforts to help politicians, celebrities and criminals shield their money from taxes, contain links to Soros, who funds the journalism group that is disseminating the information. So far, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has been silent on its benefactor’s ties to the law firm.
Speaking to Daily News Business he said that Central Bank Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has contacted authorities in Panama to obtain an official list of these people.
“Subsequently we will take appropriate steps after concluding the Sri Lanka Customs, Inland Revenue Department and may be event the Police Department unit to commence investigations,” he said.
Several companies and individuals with links to Sri Lanka were on the list, and more than 50 Sri Lankan addresses were also identified in the papers.
On May 9, client data stolen from the Mossack Fonseca law firm in Panama was published online by the ICIJ as part of its Offshore Leaks database.
The searchable database contains a portion of the offshore financial records given to the journalists by anonymous whistle-blowers since 2013; it does not include leaked emails and other explanatory data that ICIJ reporters use to write about the offshore financial holdings of newsworthy individuals.
The so-called Panama Papers, a trove of 11.5 million financial documents tracing the Mossack Fonseca law firm’s efforts to help politicians, celebrities and criminals shield their money from taxes, contain links to Soros, who funds the journalism group that is disseminating the information. So far, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has been silent on its benefactor’s ties to the law firm.
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