各國政府誓言查找隱藏離岸資產的逃稅者
The full extent and implications from a leak of records about offshore bank accounts from a Panamanian firm are not yet clear, and more stories about them are expected in the coming days, but already governments across the world are pledging investigations or denouncing the reports as unfounded attacks.
Panama's President Juan Carlos Varela is among those publicly championing transparency, saying his government welcomes any investigation that protects its financial system from abuse.
Will Fitzgibbon, a reporter for the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists that is leading the probe of documents from law firm Mossack Fonseca, told VOA illegal or morally suspicious activities were in the minority among the 220,000 companies in the documents. But he said even with a small percentage facilitating corruption or bribery, for many advocates that is enough to scrutinize the entire offshore system.
Ramon Fonseca, one of the firm's co-founders, has strongly denied breaking any laws. He told the associated Press that focus on the company is unfair and would not happen if it were based in the United States instead of Panama.
The Russian government denounced the disclosures, saying Monday they were mostly aimed at President Vladimir Putin and claiming former U.S. State Department and Central Intelligence Agency officials helped analyze the documents.
A report from the leak said Putin associates have funneled nearly $2 billion through offshore accounts.從巴拿馬一家律師事務所泄露出來的離岸銀行賬戶文件影響深遠，預計未來幾天內還會有更多內幕曝光，而很多國家或誓言展開調查，或指責有關文件是沒有根據的攻擊。
巴拿馬總統瓦雷拉公開倡導信息透明，並表示巴拿馬政府歡迎任何調查，以保護巴拿馬金融系統免遭利用。
國際記者調查聯盟的記者菲茨吉本對美國之音說，從莫薩科·馮塞卡律師事務所泄露的文件涉及22萬家公司，其中只有少數公司從事非法或可疑的活動。但他表示，儘管涉及貪腐的公司所佔比例很小，仍對很多參與調查的人而言，這已足以說明，有必要對整個離岸金融體系進行檢查。
莫薩科·馮塞卡律師事務所的共同創建人馮塞卡堅決否認有任何違法行爲。他對美聯社說，該律師事務所受到的關注是不公正的，如果這家事務所不是設在巴拿馬，而是設在美國，這種情況是不會發生的。
俄羅斯政府星期一指責泄露文件之舉主要是針對俄羅斯總統普京，並說美國國務院和中央情報局官員參與了對巴拿馬文件的分析。
泄露出的一份文件顯示，普京的親信們通過離岸銀行賬戶轉移了將近20億美元。
