DHAKA: Panama police have raided the headquarters of the law firm Mossack Fonseca at the centre of a massive data leak.

Prosecutors said the operation had been carried out at the offices of Mossack Fonseca in Panama City ‘without incident or interference’.

The leaked “Panama Papers” have shown how some wealthy people used offshore firms to evade tax and avoid sanctions, reports BBC on Wednesday.

The firm has denied wrongdoing. It says it is the victim of a hack and that the information is being misrepresented.

Mossack Fonseca partner Ramon Fonseca says the company had been hacked by servers based abroad and has filed a complaint with the Panamanian attorney general’s office.

BDST: 1553 HRS, APR 13, 2016
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