By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The Justice Department is investigating the so-called Panama Papers to determine if global politicians and public figures broke the law.
“The U.S. Department of Justice takes very seriously all credible allegations of high level, foreign corruption that might have a link to the United States or the U.S. financial system,” Peter Carr, spokesman for the Justice Department’s criminal division, told Reuters.
The 11.5 million leaked files came from a Panama law firm, which specializes in creating offshore bank accounts.
The “Panama Papers” were published by numerous news organizations, revealing financial arrangements involving tens of thousands of rich and powerful people.
“In spite of some of the lack of transparency that exists in many of these transactions, there are determined experts, at both the Department of Treasury and the Department of Justice who can examine these transactions,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said.
