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The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) is to release information on more than 200,000 offshore entities on 9 May, as part of the ‘Panama papers’ investigation.

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) is to release information on more than 200,000 offshore entities on 9 May, as part of the ‘Panama papers’ investigation. The data, to be published at https://offshoreleaks.icij.org, will be in the form of a searchable database. However, the ICIJ says this will not be a ‘data dump’, but a ‘careful release of basic corporate information’. It will not include personal data, records of bank accounts and financial transactions, emails and other correspondence, passports or telephone numbers.

However, the ICIJ has made it clear that it will not release unpublished data to the US Attorney’s Office in New York and will not take part in any official investigation. ‘Our focus is journalism,’ said ICIJ director Gerard Ryle in April.

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