Over 11 million documents have been leaked revealing the secretive criminal financial dealings of the world’s elite, including 12 current and former world leaders, and over 128 politicians and public officials from around the globe. The “Panama Papers” reveals how previously highly secretive financial transactions flows through the world’s financial system, funding crime and dodging tax. Zerohedge.com reports: Here is the brief summary of how these documents have been revealed, via the Sueddeutsche Zeitung: Over a year ago, an anonymous source contacted the Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) and submitted encrypted internal documents from Mossack Fonseca, a Panamanian law firm that sells anonymous offshore companies around the world. These shell firms enable their owners to cover up their business dealings, no matter how shady. In the months that followed, the number of documents continued to grow far beyond the original leak. Ultimately, SZ acquired about 2.6 terabytes of data, making the leak the biggest that journalists had ever worked with. The source wanted neither financial compensation nor anything else in return, apart from a few security measures. The data provides rare insights into a world that can only exist in the shadows. It proves how a global industry led by major banks, [...]