The trial of 27 people accused of money laundering in connection with revelations in the Panama Papers is set to open Monday in a Panamanian criminal court. The leaked documents revealed how many of the world's richest people stashed assets in offshore companies and avoided paying taxes.
The trial, which was initially to open in 2021, but was put off until now, opens Monday, with Jurgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca Mora, founders of the Mossack Fonseca law firm at the centre of the scandal, among the defendants.
