Nearly four years after the country was revealed at the centre of the probably the biggest ever offshore scandal when 11.5 million documents were leaked from law firm Mossack Fonseca, Panama is edging towards establishing a free register of beneficial owners of legal entities.  

The Panamanian National Assembly has approved a bill that would require resident agents to file relevant information on all Panama-incorporated entities for which they are acting.

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