Heads of state and those close to them. Some 11. 5 million files were leaked from one of the worlds most secretive offshore companies, Mossack Fonseca, a law firm in panama, and given by an anonymous source to a german newspaper that poured over them with help from hundreds of reporters with the International Consortium of investigative journalists. We will go to munich, germany to , speak with Frederik Obermaier, coauthor of the Panama Papers story and the book Panama Papers the story of a worldwide revelation just released today in germany. And we will speak with the consortiums Senior Editor, Michael Hudson. It is true the biggest tax havens in the world are islands, and those two islands could be Great Britain and manhattan. Amy then the release of the Panama Papers comes amid growing concern about so called dark money flooding u. S. Elections by super pacs that do not have to report their donors. Unlike my democratic opponent, and i think every republican, we do not have a super pac. We dont want a super pac. Opponent, were not raising millions of dollars from wall street or the fossil fuel industry or the drug companies. Amy we will speak with a member of the federal Election Commission, Ellen Weintraub. She is calling for greater enforcement of Campaign Finance regulations. Her latest piece in the New York Times is headlined, taking on Citizens United. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Its primary day in wisconsin. Polls suggest it could be a big day for the underdogs as democratic contender Bernie Sanders and republican ted cruz have seen a surge in support in recent weeks in the badger state. After wisconsin, the next big state on the primary calendar is new york. On monday, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have agreed to hold a debate in brooklyn ahead of the april 19 primary. It will be april 14. Meanwhile, the latest fundraising numbers show sanders, who has won five of the last six contests, raised a recordsetting 44 million in march. Clinton took in 29. 5 million. In republican news, the Huffington Post is reporting billionaire gop donor charles koch is privately predicting House Speaker paul ryan could emerge from the Republican National convention as the partys nominee if donald trump fails to win enough delegates. Chances of a brokered convention will increase if ted cruz wins today in wisconsin, where the winner will receive most of the delegates. In a victory for voting rights, the Supreme Court has unanimously upheld the legal principle of one person, one vote. The justices rejected a challenge by conservative activists who wanted states to be able to redraw districts based on eligible or registered voters, as opposed to total population. Such a move would have made many districts older, whiter and more conservative. California governor jerry brown and new york governor Mario Andrew Cuomo both signed legislation on monday to raise the minimum wage to 15 an hour in the coming years. Governor brown spoke in los angeles. This is about economic justice. It is about people. It is about creating a little tiny balance in a system that every day becomes more unbalanced. [applause] angerere is a lot of going on in the president ial campaign. And it may have many sources. The one of the sources, certainly, is the way the average american is being treated by this particular economy. Amy in new york, president ial contender Hillary Clinton joined Governor Andrew Cuomo at a victory rally marking the minimum wage increase. We need to build on what is an accomplished here in new york , and go all the way to washington and raise the minimum wage for everybody in america. Amy while Hillary Clinton called for the minimum wage to be increased across the country, she has not endorsed nationwide minimum wage of 15 an hour, a position held by her opponent Bernie Sanders. In iceland over 10,000 protesters took to the streets monday calling for icelands Prime Minister to resign after it was revealed he had benefited from offshore investment accounts in tax havens. I just protesting the corruption of the government. The Prime Minister has been lying about his money. The financial mr. Has also been lying minister has also been lying about secret companies. Everybody is fed up with this. Amy details of icelandic Prime MinisterSigmundur David gunnlaugssons offshore account were exposed on sunday as part of the Panama Papers a massive , journalistic expose revealing how a Panamanian Firm had set up a Global Network of Shell Companies for heads of state, politicians, ceos, and celebrities to store their money offshore to avoid taxes and oversight. We will have more on the Panama Papers after headlines. In southeastern bangladesh, police opened fire monday on a large protest against the construction of two chinesebacked coal plants on the edge of the Worlds Largest mangrove forest. At least four people died but activists in the area say the death toll may be higher. The United States is publicly criticizing israel for continuing to demolish palestinian homes in the west bank. According to the United Nations at least 41 structures were march, including a school. State Department SpokespersonElizabeth Trudeau addressed the issue on friday. Were concerned about the demolitions undertaken by a israeli authorities that continue to route the west bank and east jerusalem. These actions are indicative of the damaging trend of demolition, displacement, and land confiscation alongside settlement related activity and continued construction undermines the possibility of a two state solution will stop they also call into question the israeli governments commitment to that two state solution. Amy on monday, three more homes were demolished, homes owned by families of three palestinians who were killed after fatally attacking an israeli officer in february. Ahmad kmail said the israeli authorities only gave his family 30 minutes before the home was demolished. The Occupation Forces raided our house at 1 00 a. M. And asked us to empty it in 30 minutes because they wanted to demolish it. I was not ready in the house was not empty. I moved the furniture outside, they started to demolish it after 30 minutes. This is a discriminatory crime. Antiimf protests were held in greece yesterday, days after wikileaks published the transcript of a recent Conference Call of three senior imf officials, discussing tactics to apply pressure on greece, germany and the eu to , reach a debt deal in april. During the call one imf official , said some kind of event was needed to greece into concluding talks over its debt reforms. While greeces finance minister met with lenders in athens on monday, protesters gathered outside. This is panayiotis lafazanis, leader of the Popular Unity party. This country does not need bailouts, it needs freedom, democracy, independence, sovereignty, justice. That is what we are fighting for an protesting over, and we will win. Amy a new study is predicting tens of thousands of people in the United States will die prematurely each year from heat waves and other extreme weather events like hurricanes and floods unless the world takes urgent steps to address the climate crisis. John holdren, obamas Senior Science adviser, spoke monday at the white house. The report rejects under middleoftheroad emissions scenarios, we could see from thousands to tens of thousands additional heat related deaths in the United States each summer. The numbers are striking. Amy the state of North Carolina could lose billions of dollars in federal funding for schools, highways, and housing following the signing of an antilgbt law known as the bathroom bill. It bars North Carolina cities and towns from passing laws prohibiting discrimination against lgbt people in public accommodations. The departments of education, transportation, labor, housing and urban development, and health and Human Services are all conducting reviews to determine if North Carolina still and would trouble for federal funding eligible for federal funding. The board of trustees at Princeton University has announced it will keep former u. S. President Woodrow Wilsons name on campus buildings despite student protests about his segregationist beliefs. In students staged a 32hour november, sitin to protest Racial Injustice on campus. One of their key demands was the removal of wilsons name from buildings including the woodrow , Wilson School of public and international affairs. And finally the cia has admitted , it accidentally left explosive material under the hood of a school bus in loudoun county, virginia after a k9 training , exercise at a local high school. The bus was used to ferry students to class two days last week before the explosive material was discovered. In a mexico, environmental activist Gustavo Castro soto held his First Press Conference monday since returning to mexico, a month after he survived an assassination attempt that left fellow honduran activist Berta Caceres dead. At the time of her death, caceres was campaigning against a Hydroelectric Project in honduras. Castro said she and her indigenous activist group copinh were targeted for their political activity. Anothere case of copinh example of how multinationals and major parties who have an interest in mining are involved the criminal criminalization and death of indigenous peoples. We support the request of the family for a group of independent experts to have an exhaustive investigation, not just for bertas murder, but for the deaths and massacres against copinh. Amy and those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The biggest leak in the history of dated journalism just went live, and it is about corruption. That is what nsa whistleblower Edward Snowden tweeted about the Panama Papers. Released sunday, the Panama Papers reveal how the rich and powerful in numerous countries use tax havens to hide their wealth. Some 11. 5 million files were leaked from one of the worlds most secretive offshore companies, Mossack Fonseca, a law firm based in panama. The documents were obtained from an anonymous source by the german newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung and shared with the International Consortium of investigative journalists. The information in the files dates back to 1977 and goes up to december last year. The revelations implicate 12 heads of state, and a number of other politicians, their family members and close associates, including friends of russian president vladimir putin, relatives of the Prime Ministers of britain, iceland and pakistan, and the president of ukraine. Relatives of at least eight current or former members of chinas top ruling body are also named, and today chinese news groups were ordered to purge all mention of the Panama Papers. This is one of the lead authors of the Panama Papers, Bastian Obermayer of Suddeutsche Zeitung, talking about the leaks. A small pending the Panamanian Law Firm is at the center of the research, Mossack Fonseca. Mossack fonseca guarded the data of the worlds most powerful and dangerous people. Amy in a written statement immediately following the revelations, Mossack Fonseca said allegations it provided a structure designed to hide the source of money were completely unsupported and false and that we do not provide Beneficiary Services to deceive banks. It is difficult, not to say impossible, not to provide banks with the identity of final beneficiaries and the origin of funds. So far, fallout from the leaks has prompted investigations, and calls for resignation. On monday, one of the largest protests in icelands history demanded the Prime MinisterSigmundur Gunnlaugsson step down after the leaked files revealed he and his wife were hiding investments worth millions of dollars behind a secretive offshore company. More than 10,000 demonstrators gathered outside the Parliament Building in reykjavik. I am just protesting like the rest of the nation, it appears. Talks what are you protesting . I would like the Prime Minister to resign. Amy to talk more about the leaks, were joined now by two guests. In munich, germany frederik , obermaier is coauthor of the Panama Papers story. He is an Investigative Reporter at germanys leading newspaper, the munichbased Suddeutsche Zeitung. He is coauthor of the book, Panama Papers the story of a worldwide revelation, just released today in germany. And here in new york, Michael Hudson is with us, Senior Editor at the International Consortium of investigative journalists, which published the Panama Papers. We welcome you both to democracy now let us begin with Frederik Obermaier in munich, germany. Talk about how your paper got the biggest leak in journalism history. Good morning. , a sourceyear ago turn to Suddeutsche Zeitung saying, i am john doe, interested in data. We said, yes, were interested in data. From the, that is data Panamanian Law FirmMossack Fonseca. We started investigating and the data grew and grew and we realized it is by far too much for us, and we started to investigate it as a team of two. As we are members of icij, we realized we have to share this with our partners because this is a worldwide story. Amy and talk about what started to be revealed. I mean, 11. 5 million documents is astounding. And why this is called this week, is called the Panama Papers. This leak is called the Panama Papers because the documents are from the Panamanian Law FirmMossack Fonseca, a law firm that is headquartered in panama but has branches all around the world. They are offering offshore companies to their customers, banks, lawyers, and customers, and what we see now i mean, offshore company was, like, a wall. We cannot see inside before. Now we have inside through this data. We see which people are the ultimate Beneficial Owners of offshore companies which people are using to hide crime, using them to obviously evade taxes. Amy lets go to some specific examples. We just said in our lead that there are increasing calls for the Prime Minister of iceland to resign. 10,000 people gathered in downtown yesterday. Why is he being targeted . What did you learn through this document release . That the icelandic Prime Minister was the coowner with hisshore company wife, but he did not be clear to the public. This offshore company was in the profession of b