If you want to go to the source of stories about the Panama Papers from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, visit this site https://www.icij.org/
Several news outlets are carrying the stories but this group is apparently where the original documents were sent. Given the rapid dissemination of the materials, there are probably others but this is a good place to start.
Their article says "These are among the findings of a yearlong investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung and more than 100 other news organizations." Amazing that anyone with a story like this could sit on it for a year while they investigated all the various aspects of it.
The Miami Herald, one of the participants, credits a German firm with the documents:" Confidential sources leaked the MF files to German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, which shared the records with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit. The leaked records have been dubbed the “Panama Papers.”
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/real-estate-news/article69251607.html#storylink=cpy
In the MF response to their story is the following: " Mossack Fonseca concluded by threatening to sue the news organizations that worked on the project: 'It appears that you have had unauthorized access to proprietary documents and information taken from our company and have presented and interpreted them out of context. We trust that you are fully aware that using information/documentation unlawfully obtained is a crime, and we will not hesitate to pursue all available criminal and civil remedies.' "
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article69252767.html#storylink=cpy
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