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LEFT parties and trade unions called for a clean-up of tax avoidance and corruption yesterday in the wake of the explosive Panama Papers leak.
Politicians, monarchs and drug barons from around the world have been linked to Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, from where the incriminating documents were stolen by hackers.
The leaked papers list thousands of companies and wealthy individuals who have funnelled money to offshore accounts in tax havens set up by Mossack Fonseca.
Newly revealed documents reveal that MI5 taught Brazilian secret police the techniques deployed by the 1964-85 military dictatorship in horrific prisons like Rio de Janeiro’s House of Death. SARA VIVACQUA reports
Huge protests against corruption and preventable deaths during flooding have rocked the government — the masses are not likely to be able to take direct control in their own interests yet, writes KENNY COYLE, but it’s a promising show of people power
Alvaro Uribe is found guilty of witness tampering and procedural fraud, reports NICK MACWILLIAM