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How the Panama Papers journalists broke the biggest leak in history

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Gerard Ryle |

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• June 2016

Gerard Ryle led the international team that divulged the Panama Papers, the 11.5 million leaked documents from 40 years of activity of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca that have offered an unprecedented glimpse into the scope and methods of the secretive world of offshore finance. Hear the story behind the biggest collaborative journalism project in history.

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Gerard Ryle led the international team that divulged the Panama Papers, the 11.5 million leaked documents from 40 years of activity of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca that have offered an unprecedented glimpse into the scope and methods of the secretive world of offshore finance. Hear the story behind the biggest collaborative journalism project in history.

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Find out who's behind almost 320,000 offshore companies and trusts from the Panama Papers and the Offshore Leaks investigations.

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Investigative journalist

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As director of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Gerard Ryle is one of the key figures behind the Panama Papers.

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The Panama Papers

Browse stories about the giant leak of more than 11.5 million financial and legal records that exposed a system that enables crime, corruption and wrongdoing, hidden by secretive offshore companies.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference.

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Find out who's behind almost 320,000 offshore companies and trusts from the Panama Papers and the Offshore Leaks investigations.

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