Chile's head of Transparency International resigns after 'Panama Papers'

Mon Apr 4, 2016 8:55pm EDT

Chile's head of Transparency International resigns after 'Panama Papers'

SANTIAGO, April 4 | By Gram Slattery


The president of the Chilean branch of Transparency International resigned on Monday after documents from a Panamanian law firm showed he was linked to at least five offshore companies.

"Gonzalo Delaveau presented his resignation as the president of Transparency Chile, which has been accepted by the board of directors," the national body wrote on Twitter.

Delaveau was among tens of thousands of people named in a leak of four decades' worth of documents from Mossack Fonseca, a Panamanian law firm that specialized in setting up offshore businesses.

The "Panama Papers" were leaked to more than 100 news organizations around the world cooperating with the U.S.-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, or ICIJ, including Chilean watchdog CIPER.

More:
http://www.reuters.com/article/panama-tax-chile-idUSL2N1771Z1?rpc=401

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141402829

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