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Panama Papers: Denmark to buy leaked data
Source: BBC
Panama Papers: Denmark to buy leaked data
7 September 2016 Latin America & Caribbean
Denmark will buy data leaked from the law firm at the heart of the Panama Papers scandal, Taxation Minister Karsten Lauritzen has announced.
An anonymous offer to sell data involving up to 600 Danish citizens was made to the tax authorities over the summer, he said in a statement.
"We owe it to all Danish taxpayers who faithfully pay their taxes," he said.
The decision was attacked as "deeply reprehensible" by a spokesman for one of the opposition parties.
Germany, France and the UK are all believed to have paid for data on bank customers in the past but this may be the first time a government has agreed to pay for data leaked from the law firm involved in the Panama Papers, Mossack Fonseca.
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7 September 2016 Latin America & Caribbean
Denmark will buy data leaked from the law firm at the heart of the Panama Papers scandal, Taxation Minister Karsten Lauritzen has announced.
An anonymous offer to sell data involving up to 600 Danish citizens was made to the tax authorities over the summer, he said in a statement.
"We owe it to all Danish taxpayers who faithfully pay their taxes," he said.
The decision was attacked as "deeply reprehensible" by a spokesman for one of the opposition parties.
Germany, France and the UK are all believed to have paid for data on bank customers in the past but this may be the first time a government has agreed to pay for data leaked from the law firm involved in the Panama Papers, Mossack Fonseca.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-37299637
