The Panama Papers Quotes

“The advantage with data is that it’s not self-important or verbose. It doesn’t have a mission and it isn’t looking to deceive you. It’s simply there, and you can check it. Every good dataset can be collated with reality and that’s exactly what you must do as a journalist before you start to write. At some stage you also have to consider very carefully which part of the data you’re going to exploit.”
― Frederik Obermaier, The Panama Papers: Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money

“dubious”
― Bastian Obermayer, The Panama Papers: Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money

“end clients”
― Bastian Obermayer, The Panama Papers: Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money

“The ICIJ is a sort of international club of investigative journalists that you can only join by nomination and invitation. Something”
― Bastian Obermayer, The Panama Papers: Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money

“Que un país decida sentar las bases jurídicas para su conversión en un paraíso fiscal no es algo meramente privativo del Estado en cuestión. Es más bien un serio problema para el resto del mundo.”
― Bastian Obermayer, Panamá Papers (Edición mexicana): El club mundial de los evasores de impuestos.

“«El mundo offshore es un proyecto de las élites ricas y poderosas con el solo propósito de aprovechar los beneficios de la sociedad sin aportar nada a cambio».”
― Bastian Obermayer, Panamá Papers (Edición mexicana): El club mundial de los evasores de impuestos.