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I don't want to diminish Daphne Caruana Galizia's legacy, but she did not break the story of the Panama papers. While Galizia played an important role in uncovering the corruption of politicians from her home country, Malta; the story of the Panama Papers broke after an anonymous whistleblower leaked the files to a German journalist who then got the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists involved who broke the story collectively. Galizia's previous independent investigations were confirmed by the Panama Papers.
Let me be clear: Galizia was an extremely courageous journalist who paid with her life for the investigations she did and deserves to be remembered as such. She did not break the story of the Panama Papers though.
Also, things have been done about it. The offices were shut down in 2018 and there have been multiple criminal trials over the whole fiasco.
It's also been talked a lot about in various parliaments and congresses as room for improvement such as requiring a real and exclusive physical address, as a way to prevent 200,000+ businesses from operating out of a small building.
That must be one big building!
Or not...
There's one in Delaware that's got like 10,000. Delaware is super easy to open a company in, and you don't have to be a resident to do so.
The one I posted a picture of is in Delaware and has 285,000 corporations based out of their address.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporation_Trust_Center
Also, Delaware lets those companies vote in state elections