COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark’s tax agency said on Wednesday it has launched 34 court cases seeking damages from management in firms exposed of tax evasion in the Panama Papers. The Danish government paid $900,000 for access to Panama Papers documents in 2016 to help it identify tax cheat suspects in Denmark. Reporting by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen, editing by Louise Heavens
Denmark 's investigative agency has brought several court cases against companies alleged to have evaded tax in the Panama Papers . The documents leaked details of how clients of Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca evaded tax and laundered money . The Danish prosecutors paid $ 900,000 to gain access to the documents three years ago in a bid to eliminate tax evaders in the country .