Panama Papers

===Law enforcement===
The Procuraduría de la Nación announced that it would investigate Mossack Fonseca and the Panama papers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://elsiglo.com/panama/investigara-mossack-fonseca/23931813 |title=MP investigará a Mossack Fonseca& – El Siglo |date=April 4, 2016 |access-date=April 5, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160405164458/http://elsiglo.com/panama/investigara-mossack-fonseca/23931813 |archive-date=April 5, 2016 }}</ref>
On April 12, the newly formed Second Specialized Prosecutor against Organized Crime raided Mossack Fonseca and searched their Bella Vista office as part of the investigation initiated by the Panama Papers. The Attorney General's office issued a press release following the raid, which lasted 27 hours,<ref name=Telraid>{{cite news |url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/23/investigators-raid-property-of-panama-papers-law-firm-mossack-fo/ |title=Investigators raid property of 'Panama Papers' law firm Mossack Fonseca |agency=Reuters |date=April 23, 2016 |access-date=April 23, 2016 |newspaper=The Telegraph |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160423184402/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/23/investigators-raid-property-of-panama-papers-law-firm-mossack-fo/ |archive-date=April 23, 2016 }}</ref> stating that the purpose was "to obtain documents relevant to the information published in news articles that establishes the possible use of the law firm in illegal activities".<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.tvn-2.com/nacionales/judicial/Registran-Mossack-Fonseca-Panama-Papers-panama-papers-efecto-panama-corrupcion-paraisos-fiscales_0_4459054130.html |title=Fiscalía panameña realizó allanamiento en Mossack Fonseca |date=April 12, 2016 |access-date=April 13, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160414193125/http://www.tvn-2.com/nacionales/judicial/Registran-Mossack-Fonseca-Panama-Papers-panama-papers-efecto-panama-corrupcion-paraisos-fiscales_0_4459054130.html |archive-date=April 14, 2016 }}</ref> The search ended without measures against the law firm, confirmed prosecutor Javier Caraballo of the Second Prosecutor Against Organized Crime.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://elsiglo.com/panama/evita-referirse-futuro-mossack-fonseca/23933897 |title = MP evita referirse al futuro de Mossack Fonseca |date=April 14, 2016 |access-date=May 2, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160415111605/http://elsiglo.com/panama/evita-referirse-futuro-mossack-fonseca/23933897 |archive-date=April 15, 2016 }}</ref>

On April 22 the same unit raided another Panama location and "secured a large amount of evidence".<ref name=Telraid />

The Municipality of Regulation and Supervision of Financial Subjects [not the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF)] initiated a special review of the law firm Mossack Fonseca to determine whether it had followed tax law. Carlamara Sanchez, in charge of this proceeding, said at a press conference that the quartermaster had come to verify whether the firm had complied since April 8 with [[due diligence]], customer knowledge, the final beneficiary and reporting of suspicious transactions to Financial Analysis Unit (UAF) operations. She said that Law 23 of 2015 empowers regulation and supervision and said some firms had been monitored since late last year with special attention after the Panama Papers, and noted that the law carries fines $5,000 to $1 million or even suspension of the firm.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://elsiglo.com/panama/realiza-auditoria-firma-mossack-fonseca/23934086 |title=MEF realiza auditoría a firma Mossack Fonseca |date=April 15, 2016 |access-date=May 2, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160417003806/http://elsiglo.com/panama/realiza-auditoria-firma-mossack-fonseca/23934086 |archive-date=April 17, 2016 }}</ref>

The ICIJ investigation of Mossack Fonseca was reported to the Public Ministry. Samid Dan Sandoval, former candidate for mayor of Santiago de Veraguas (2014), filed the legal action against the journalists and all those who had participated. He said the project name damaged the integrity, dignity and sovereignty of the country and that the consortium would have to assume legal responsibility for all damage caused to the Panamanian nation.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://elsiglo.com/panama/icij-puede-investigado/23933682 |title=ICIJ no puede ser investigado |date=April 13, 2016 |access-date=May 2, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160414104744/http://elsiglo.com/panama/icij-puede-investigado/23933682 |archive-date=April 14, 2016 }}</ref>

A Change.org petition requested the ICIJ stop using the name of Panama as in the Panama Papers. The request said the generally-accepted name for the investigation "damage(d) the image" of Panama.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.telemetro.com/nacionales/Elevan-peticion-internet-Panama-Papers_0_904710164.html |title=Elevan petición en internet para que se cambie el nombre de Panama Papers |date=April 4, 2016 |access-date=May 2, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513150047/http://www.telemetro.com/nacionales/Elevan-peticion-internet-Panama-Papers_0_904710164.html |archive-date=May 13, 2016 }}</ref>