In order to go through all of the 11.5 million records, more than 400 journalists from 80 different countries helped to sift through the data. After the stories were published, journalists around the world were harassed, some even receiving death threats. For months after the stories of The Panama Papers broke, La Prensa, a publication in Panama assigned armed bodyguards to its reporters, with these bodyguards posing as their Uber drivers.
The first set of stories breaking the news of the Panama Papers were published on April 3, 2016 from the leak of 11.5 million records. A second set of stories published in June 2018 revealed that Süddeutsche Zeitung, the newspaper that received the first data leak on the inner workings of Mossack Fonseca, received another 1.2 million files about the Panamanian law firm. This fresh leak of documents containing emails, passport copies and criminal case files exposed a frantic attempt by employees of Mossack Fonseca to close the gap on the company's recordkeeping after the global fallout.
Do you see that strategically placed green apple? Production came up with the idea to put it there to block a different kind of strategically placed Apple.
The state of Delaware adopted the nickname, "The First State" on May 23, 2002, because of a group of kids. Mrs. Anabelle O'Malley's First Grade Class at Mt. Pleasant Elementary School were the students behind the request for the official state nickname to be adopted.
The interview with Felix Sater was filmed at the famed Montauk Club in Brooklyn. This private club was founded in 1889 and has been the location for other television shows including Boardwalk Empire, The Good Wife, Person of Interest and Billions.