showed how some of the more than 214,000 shell companies set up by Mossack Fonseca were used for illegal purposes, including fraud and tax evasion. The documents were shared with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. As a result, more than 150 inquiries and criminal investigations were launched in more than 70 countries worldwide. On 20 October 2020, prosecutors in Cologne, Germany issued international arrest warrants for Fonseca and his German-born law partner, Jürgen Mossack. Charges against them include accessory to tax evasion and forming a criminal organization, with the firm noted as central to the investigation. Money laundering in Brazil According to court papers filed on 15 October 2019, Mossack and Fonseca "are the subjects of an FBI Investigation in the Southern District of New York" and are "defending criminal charges against them in Panama." In February 2017, both Fonseca and Mossack were arrested in connection with an investigation into money laundering and corruption in Brazil, known as Operation Car Wash. They were released on bail the following April. Personal life Fonseca has six children. He was previously married to Elizabeth Ward Neiman, who became the Ambassador of the Republic of Panama to the Netherlands on 9 September 2020. his son, Eduardo Fonseca Ward, was the former ambassador to the UAE. Works 1976, Las cortes internacionales de justicia 1977, Reflexiones de derecho judicial 1985, Compañías panameñas 1988, Panamá, un viejo lugar bajo el sol 1994, La danza de las mariposas, won the Ricardo Miró Prize, Panama's national book award 1995, La isla de las iguanas 1996, La ventana abierta 1997, Ojitos de ángel 1998, Soñar con la ciudad, won the Ricardo Miró Prize 2000, 4 mujeres vestidas de negro 2007, El desenterrador 2012, Míster Politicus, "articulates the tangled processes that unscrupulous officials use to gain power and achieve their detestable ambitions" In popular culture In 2016, Steven Soderbergh announced he would produce a film about the Panama Papers affair. The comedy-drama The Laundromat premiered at the Venice Film Festival on 1 September 2019. Fonseca and Mossack tried to block the film's release on Netflix by filing a defamation lawsuit against Netflix in October 2019, arguing that the ongoing FBI investigation and possible trial in New York as well as their defence against criminal charges in Panama could be negatively prejudiced by the way they are portrayed in The Laundromat. A judge ruled that the case was filed in the