Court dismisses Panama Papers law firm founders in Lava Jato case


  • World
  • Friday, 17 Jun 2022

FILE PHOTO: Ramon Fonseca, founding partner of law firm Mossack Fonseca, gestures during an interview with Reuters at his office in Panama City April 5, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - A Panamanian court dealing with Brazil's Lava Jato case has provisionally dismissed money laundering charges against the founders of the defunct law firm linked to the Panama Papers scandal.

Announcing the decision on Thursday, Panama's judicial branch also said charges against almost 40 other people investigated for alleged money laundering related to the case had been provisionally dismissed.

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