Interview with Panama Papers whistleblower ‘John Doe’: May have to wait until my death (to reveal my identity) | Express Investigations News,The Indian Express

So far, 'John Doe' has only spoken out publicly on one occasion, in the form of a manifesto published four weeks after the Panama Papers emerged. In it, the source called on policymakers to take action to combat global inequality. Since then, there have been books, podcasts and documentaries about the leak, and even a Hollywood movie starring Meryl Streep. But the whistleblower has remained silent. John Doe has now spoken to two German journalists. Read the interview.

Written by Frederik Obermaier and Bastian Obermayer, DER SPIEGEL 

Breaking his silence in an interview for the first time, the anonymous whistleblower calling himself John Doe, who leaked more than 2.6 TB of data that became the Panama Papers about offshore trail of unaccounted wealth, has said that he may have to wait “until my death bed” to reveal his identity.

John Doe spoke to Frederik Obermaier and Bastian Obermayer of Der Spiegel, the two reporters he had first shared the data with. The Indian Express investigated the Indians named in the Panama Papers as part of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).

In 2015, an anonymous whistleblower calling themself ‘John Doe’ contacted the Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) and leaked more than 2.6 terabytes of secret data to two reporters, including millions of internal emails. They originated from the Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca, one of the most important service providers in the global business of offshore firms.

Following the revelations, which came to be known as the Panama Papers and were published under the auspices of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), Iceland’s Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had to resign from their posts, as did others. The leak sparked massive protests in London, Reykjavik and elsewhere and it triggered the launch of thousands of investigations worldwide.

https://indianexpress.com/article/express-exclusive/interview-panama-papers-whistleblower-john-doe-8045361/


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