ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database

Uncovering Ultimate Beneficial Ownership (UBO) and opaque corporate structures hidden within offshore secrecy jurisdictions is a regulatory requirement under 5th/6th EU AML Directives, FinCEN Corporate Transparency Act, and international tax transparency standards (FATCA / CRS).

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) Offshore Leaks Database indexes more than 800,000 offshore companies, foundations, trusts, and intermediaries leaked across landmark investigative disclosures:

• Panama Papers (Mossack Fonseca)
• Pandora Papers (14 offshore corporate service providers)
• Paradise Papers (Appleby and Asiaciti Trust)
• Offshore Leaks & Bahamas Leaks
• FinCEN Files

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API Reference

Endpoint

GET https://api.verifik.co/v2/offshore-leaks

Headers

Name	Value
Content-Type	application/json
Accept	application/json
Authorization	Bearer <token>

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
fullName	string	Conditional	Individual name (officer, shareholder, beneficiary) or offshore legal entity name (e.g. MOSSACK FONSECA).
documentNumber	string	Conditional	Tax identification number or national registration ID.
documentType	string	No	Document type (e.g., NIT, CC, PAS).

Use Cases

• Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) Discovery: Trace corporate layers back to true individual beneficial owners behind bearer shares and nominee directors.
• Tax Haven & Shell Company Exposure: Uncover undisclosed offshore accounts and assets in British Virgin Islands (BVI), Panama, Bahamas, Samoa, and Cyprus.
• Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD): Identify political figures, business executives, and commercial counterparties linked to tax avoidance investigations.

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Request

Node.js / JavaScript

import axios from "axios";

const options = {
  method: "GET",
  url: "https://api.verifik.co/v2/offshore-leaks",
  params: {
    fullName: "MOSSACK FONSECA",
  },
  headers: {
    Accept: "application/json",
    Authorization: "Bearer <your_token>",
  },
};

try {
  const { data } = await axios.request(options);
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error.response ? error.response.data : error.message);
}

Python

import http.client
import urllib.parse
import json

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("api.verifik.co")
params = urllib.parse.urlencode({"fullName": "MOSSACK FONSECA"})
headers = {
    "Accept": "application/json",
    "Authorization": "Bearer <your_token>"
}

conn.request("GET", f"/v2/offshore-leaks?{params}", headers=headers)
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()

print(json.loads(data.decode("utf-8")))

cURL

curl -X GET "https://api.verifik.co/v2/offshore-leaks?fullName=MOSSACK%20FONSECA" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <your_token>"

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Response

200 (Offshore Links Detected)

{
  "data": {
    "fullName": "MOSSACK FONSECA & CO.",
    "foundInOffshoreLeaks": true,
    "totalMatches": 1,
    "details": [
      {
        "entityName": "MOSSACK FONSECA & CO. (BVI) LTD.",
        "sourceLeak": "Panama Papers",
        "role": "Intermediary / Corporate Service Provider",
        "jurisdiction": "British Virgin Islands",
        "linkedTo": "Over 14,000 offshore entities registered in Tortola and Panama",
        "serviceProvider": "Mossack Fonseca",
        "status": "Active / Historical records",
        "nodeId": "10000001"
      }
    ]
  },
  "signature": {
    "dateTime": "2026-10-30 21:10:00",
    "message": "Certified by Verifik.co"
  }
}

200 (Clean / No Offshore Records)

{
  "data": {
    "fullName": "BOGOTA LOGISTICS S.A.S.",
    "foundInOffshoreLeaks": false,
    "totalMatches": 0,
    "details": []
  },
  "signature": {
    "dateTime": "2026-10-30 21:10:00",
    "message": "Certified by Verifik.co"
  }
}

409 (Missing Parameters)

{
  "code": "MissingParameter",
  "message": "Either fullName or documentNumber must be provided"
}

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Sandbox Probes

Subject Query	Expected Result
MOSSACK FONSECA	Offshore intermediary record found (foundInOffshoreLeaks: true, Panama Papers).
BOGOTA LOGISTICS	Clean record (foundInOffshoreLeaks: false).