“Mossack Fonseca is just the tip of the iceberg” – Dagens Industri

Updated 2016-04-05 15:04. Published 2016-04-05 12:47

“I guarantee there is more dirty money in New York, London and Miami than in Panama, “said Ramón Fonseca to the Financial Times.

According to Ramón Fonseca must hackers have been behind the Panama leak. He denies that his company done anything illegal during the almost 40 years of activities now come under the microscope.

“I do not count with this leads to a single prosecution, “he told the newspaper.

Ramón Fonseca emphasizes that the law firm had with end customers to do, and that for many years did not even have known the identity of the customers – laws that require advisers know their customers is relatively new.

“It’s like if you buy a car and sell it to a dealer, who then sells it to a woman running kill someone – the automaker is not responsible, “said Ramón Fonseca.

Mossack Fonseca pulled also recently into the big political tangle in Brazil, where a bribery scandal in the state oil company Petrobras found to have links with President Dilma Rousseffs Workers Party. Mossack Fonseca closed in connection with the operations in Brazil. According to Ramón Fonseca, however, the investigation has not revealed anything, and Brazil office may be opened again.