UGLOBAL . COM 45 all over the world , where Panama ended up assuming the full blame in a much larger scheme .
It has been over four years since the infamous Panama Papers , a scandal that portrayed Panama as a convenient place for celebrities , politicians and wealthy people from all over the world to hide their illicit profits . However , these assertions served more as misleading headlines than as factual statements .
The reality is that a law firm , originally established in Panama , decided to branch out to over 40 jurisdictions 1 and franchise its offshore services , allowing third parties to sell incorporated entities to high-end clients in all of these jurisdictions . Anyone who has researched the scandal would realize that from those 11.5 million documents leaked from that law firm ’ s data base , only 20 % of the entities involved were Panamanian in origin . 2 Most were actually incorporated elsewhere , such as in the Bahamas , Seychelles , New Jersey , Andorra and Isle of Man .
Another interesting fact to consider was that the funds involved in the scandal were not deposited in Panamanian banks . 3 Panama ’ s strict and over-regulated banking policies do not actually make it easy for those who need swift , flexible offshore banking . Due to these and other issues , most of the entities involved in the scandal had to set up bank accounts in other jurisdictions as well .
声名狼藉的 “ 巴拿马文件 ” 已经过去四年多了 , 这一丑闻将 巴拿马描绘成世界各地名人 、 政治家和富人藏匿非法利润 的便利之地 。 然而 , 这些文章更多的是使用误导性的标题 , 而不是事实陈述 。
实际情况是 , 一家最初在巴拿马成立的律师事务所决定将 业务拓展到 40 多个司法管辖区 , 并授权特许经营其离岸 服务 , 这样第三方就可以将法人实体信息出售给所有这些 司法管辖区的高端客户 。 所有研究过这起丑闻的人都会意 识到 , 从这家律师事务所数据库泄露的 1,150 万份文件来看 , 只有 20 % 的涉案实体来自巴拿马 。 1 大多数实体实际上是 在 其 他 地 方 注 册 的 , 如 巴 哈马 、 塞 舌 尔 、 新 泽 西 、 安 道 尔 和 马恩岛 。
另一个值得考虑的有趣事实是 , 涉及丑闻的资金并没有存 入巴拿马的银行 。 2
巴拿马严格和过度监管的银行业政策 实际上并没有让那些需要快速 、 灵活的离岸银行业务的人 感到轻松 。 由于严格的环境影响 , 涉及丑闻的大多数实体 也不得不在其他司法管辖区设立银行账户 。
尽管如此 , 这些解释永远不足以挽回这个国家所遭受的一 些声誉损失 。 那么 , 为什么即使在巴拿马文件丑闻和其他