The chapters of Mossack Fonseca were detained in Panama

In Panama, the founders of the law firm Mossack Fonseca Jurgen Mossak and Ramon Fonseca were detained and interrogated. It is reported by a number of foreign media. According to The Guardian, before that, the company's office was searched.

Investigators were looking for traces of ties with the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht, which was supposedly involved in the corruption scandal with the Petrobras, the PETRAS oil company. The Panama Prosecutor General called Mossack Fonseca a “criminal organization”. The investigation suspects the heads of the company of creating a corruption scheme through Odebrecht to obtain state contracts in Brazil.

According to the publication of the SueDdeutsche Zeitung, Fonseca previously accused Panama President Juan Carlos Varell of receiving money from Odebrecht. Barela the charges rejected.

In December 2016, Odebrecht was obliged to pay a fine of up to $ 4.5 billion by the authorities of Brazil, the USA and Switzerland for corruption.

Mossack Fonseca became known after the investigation of the investigation of the International Consortium of Journalists-ICIF (ICIJ), which was published in April 2016. The called "Panama dossier" archive of the company's documents revealed the connections of world leaders with offshore companies.