BANGKOK -- The Panama Papers jolt is spreading to the emerging world. The list of people suspected of using offshore shell companies to squirrel away money is getting longer by the day. Argentine President Mauricio Macri and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as well as their family members are reportedly mentioned in the terabytes of data that were leaked out of the Central American country and began making news last week.
The names of opposition politicians and business tycoons are also surfacing. Authorities in emerging countries have begun to look into the matter.