germany austria and south korea said they were beginning investigations into possible malfeasance from money laundering to tax evasion frances finance minister michel sapin told parliament the government was putting panama back on a blacklist of havens for tax evadersthe leaked papers cover nearly 215000 companies and 14153 clients of the panamanian law firm mossack fonseca shared with reporters at 100 news media outlets working in 25 languages the documents include politicians celebrities sports figures and close associates of some of the worlds most powerful people like president vladimir v putin of russia and members of chinas ruling politburoin china where the figures identified in the leaked papers include a brotherinlaw of president xi jinping the government denounced reports about them as a groundless attack its media censors purged mentions of panama and blocked internet search inquiries with that wordand in russia where officials also dismissed the leaked documents as a baseless political attack on mr putin the prosecutor generals office said tuesday it would look into the reports that highprofile russian individuals were beneficiaries of offshore companiesthe ripple effects from the documents extended across continents from a west african diamond mogul to relatives of a former south korean president and soccer celebrities in latin america even the chilean head of transparency international a prominent anticorruption advocacy group was forced to step down after his name appeared in the leaked papers as an agent for offshore companies in the bahamasvideotranscripttranscripticeland leader walks out of interviewbefore stepping down as icelands prime minister sigmundur david gunnlaugsson walked out of an interview when the topic turned to his name in the leaked panama papersgunnlaugsson gets up and walks away as kristjansson continues to ask questions upsound icelandic and english kristjansson what assets does the company have gunnlaugsson you dont ask for kristjansson we know that wintris held and holds claims in the collapsed banks gunnlaugsson youre asking me about things i havent acquainted myself with kristjansson you sold your share in the company for one us dollar in 2009 gunnlaugsson no no no youre asking me nonsense you trick me into an interview under false pretenses kristjansson i have your signature here do you want to see it gunnlaugsson yes i mean this is just bergman with all due respect mr prime minister it must be okay to ask those questionsbefore stepping down as icelands prime minister sigmundur david gunnlaugsson walked out of an interview when the topic turned to his name in the leaked panama paperscreditcreditswedish public service broadcaster via associated pressnone of the published leaks have identified american officials so far nor do they necessarily show evidence of crimes but anger and reproach about the revelations have started to swell nonethelesscorruption whether private or public is enabled by secrecy said john marti a former federal prosecutor who is a partner at the international law firm dorsey and whitney based in new york the revelations he said are kind of pulling back the curtain on the secrecy that existspresident obama while not