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Bastian Obermayer and Frederik Obermaier are investigative journalists for the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. They specialize in uncovering large-scale financial and political corruption and were key figures in the global investigation of the Panama Papers, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting in 2017.
Known for: The Panama Papers: Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money
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The Panama Papers: Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money
The Panama Papers is an investigative account revealing how a massive leak of documents from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca exposed the global network of offshore tax havens used by politicians, business leaders, and celebrities to conceal wealth and evade taxes. Written by German journalists Bastian Obermayer and Frederik Obermaier, the book details the international collaboration among journalists that uncovered one of the largest financial scandals in history.
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Initial Contact and Verification
The story began quietly, almost too quietly to believe it would grow into a global storm. One evening, while checking encrypted messages, I received a strange but calm inquiry. Someone claimed to have documents that would expose a vast network of financial secrecy. The sender needed one thing in ret...
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Building the Global Team: The ICIJ Collaboration
As the scale became apparent, we faced an unavoidable truth: no single newsroom could handle this mountain of information. We needed partners—trusted journalists from around the world. So we turned to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, the ICIJ, a network that had previously ...
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About Bastian Obermayer, Frederik Obermaier
Bastian Obermayer and Frederik Obermaier are investigative journalists for the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. They specialize in uncovering large-scale financial and political corruption and were key figures in the global investigation of the Panama Papers, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Ex...
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Bastian Obermayer and Frederik Obermaier are investigative journalists for the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. They specialize in uncovering large-scale financial and political corruption and were key figures in the global investigation of the Panama Papers, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Ex...
Bastian Obermayer and Frederik Obermaier are investigative journalists for the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. They specialize in uncovering large-scale financial and political corruption and were key figures in the global investigation of the Panama Papers, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting in 2017.
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