OPINION

The deafening silence about offshore wealth

Oped, Frederik Obermaier & Bastian Obermayer, Published on 28/04/2026

» When John Doe, the anonymous whistleblower behind the Panama Papers, approached us, he handed us an opportunity. When the resulting investigation into the offshore finance industry was published on April 3, 2016, the world was handed a test. As investigative journalists, we seized the opportunity. Sadly, the world has failed the test.