Ramón Fonseca Mora
Ramón Fonseca Mora | |
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| Born | 14 July 1952 |
| Died | 8 May 2024 (aged 71) Panama City, Panama |
| Cause of death | Pneumonia |
| Nationality | Panamanian |
| Alma mater | University of Panama London School of Economics |
| Occupation(s) | novelist and lawyer |
| Known for | co-founder of Mossack Fonseca |
| Website | www.fonsecamora.com/ |
Ramón Fonseca Mora (14 July 1952 – 8 May 2024) was a Panamanian novelist and lawyer. He was the co-founder of Mossack Fonseca, a former law firm based in Panama with more than 40 offices worldwide.
Career
[change | change source]He was minister-counselor of Juan Carlos Varela, and president of the Panameñista Party until he was fired in March 2016, due to the Brazilian Operation Car Wash.[1]
In 2016, the law firm he owned was raided by police on due to money-laundering, bribery and corruption.[2] Fonseca and his partner Jürgen Mossack were arrested and jailed in February 2017.[3]
The Moccasck and his firm became globally known in 2016 when it found itself at the centre of the so-called Panama Papers affair, It uncovered the activities of the offshore finance industry. Mossack Fonseca set up more than 214,000 shell companies around the world, some of which were found to have been used for illegal purposes, including fraud and tax evasion.[4]
Antonio Banderas played him in a Netflix movie about the Panama Papers titled The Laundromat (2019).
On October 20, 2020, prosecutors in Cologne, Germany, issued international arrest warrants for Fonseca and his German-born legal associate, Jürgen Mossack. Charges against them include complicity in tax evasion and forming a criminal organization, with the company seen as a central part of the investigation.[5]
Death
[change | change source]Mora died on 8 May 2024 from pneumonia at a hospital in Panama City, Panama at the age of 71.[6]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ (in Spanish) Ministro consejero Fonseca Mora se va de licencia sur panamaamerica.com, 11 March 2016
- ↑ Garside, Juliette (11 February 2017). "Mossack Fonseca: Panama Papers law firm bosses refused bail". Retrieved 12 May 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.
- ↑ "Founders of Panama Papers Law Firm Arrested on Money Laundering Charges". icij.org. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ↑ "The Panama Papers: Exposing the Rogue Offshore Finance Industry". ICIJ. 3 April 2016. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
- ↑ "German arrest order for Panama Papers lawyers faces hurdle". apnews.com. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 09 May 2024.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help) - ↑ Fallece el abogado Ramón Fonseca Mora a los 71 años Archived 9 May 2024 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
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