THE revelations in the Panama Papers have revived the old grumblings and debate over how powerful people move money abroad after extracting it through corruption, tax evasion and frauds. The naming of so many high-profile personalities with offshore accounts has taken popular uproar to its next level. There has, however, been limited effort to track down those accounts or trace the legal or illegal flows and origins of this money. Is it possible that these funds could be brought back from destinations like British Virgin Islands, Cook Islands, Singapore, the UAE and Switzerland — known hosts for ill-gotten money rather than their business-friendly credentials? There has been a lot of talk...
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