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The lawyer Ramón Fonseca Moradirector and co-founder of the law firm Mossack and Fonsecawho was facing legal proceedings for the so-called ‘case’Panama Papers‘, he died on Wednesday, May 8, at the age of 71, as a family source confirmed to EFE this Thursday.
The lawyer died at around 8pm (local time, 1pm GMT on Thursday) after complications from pneumonia, his daughter told EFE. Raquel Fonseca.
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“All this political persecution, all the injustices have greatly affected his physical health, it has deteriorated a lot since ‘Panama Papers‘and about three weeks ago, at the time of the trial, he had pneumonia, which became complicated”, explained the daughter.
Raquel Fonseca stressed that although she understands that her father is being talked about at the moment because of the case of Panama Papershe would also like this to be done”emphasis on his great life as a politician, writer, lawyer and others” , with works such as ‘Angel Eyes’, ‘The Dance of the Butterflies’ and ‘Soñar con la ciudad’, with which he won the prestigious Ricardo Miró award.
This death occurred while awaiting the sentence precisely in the ‘Panama Papers’ case, a historic leak of documents from the now defunct Panamanian law firm. Mossack Fonsecawhich linked several personalities from around the world to money laundering, a trial that began on April 8 and in which Ramón Fonseca was among the 29 defendants.
This trial, which should have started in 2021, placed those accused of money laundering, including lawyers, on the bench. Jurgen Mossack and your own Ramón Fonseca Morafounding partners of the law firm at the center of the scandal, who face up to 12 years in prison.
Fonseca Mora did not appear in the courtroom or connect virtually because he was hospitalized, as his defense, who presented a medical certificate, had already explained at the beginning of the trial.
The partners and former employees of Mossack Fonseca were accused of money laundering for allegedly having committed previous crimes given their clients’ connection to the case in question. Germany It is Argentinaas explained by the defense and the public ministry.
The ‘Panama Papers’ came to light in 2016 and exposed financial transactions carried out through thousands of offshore companies linked to people in 200 countries and 21 financial jurisdictions, as explained by Panama Public Ministry.
“Specifically, it is not a single structure that was created, it is the entire mechanism that existed in this law firm to be able to provide a service to some people, hiding their true property, hiding their assets, so that they could make a profit.“, the second prosecutor against Organized Crime then told reporters, Isis Sotoafter completing the argument phase.
The ‘Panama Papers’ represented 11.5 million documents leaked from the Panamanian law firm that detail financial information and relationships between legal advisors in accounts abroad or in tax havens to allegedly hide fortunes.
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A dozen world leaders, 128 politicians and civil servants, and hundreds of sports or arts celebrities, businesspeople and other wealthy people from more than 200 countries were named in the leak.
The survey was carried out by more than 400 journalists from different countries, and the results were presented simultaneously by 109 media outlets from 76 countries in April 2016.
Mossack and Fonseca were also prosecuted and are awaiting sentencing for the plot.Car wash‘ in Brazilwhich was accumulated in the same process as the ‘Panama Papers’ case, given the affinity regarding the accused and the facts investigated by the prosecution.
Source: Elcomercio
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