A year-long worldwide media investi-gation into a trove of 11.5 million documents, leaked from a Panama-based law firm with offices in 35 countries, exposed a tangle of confidential financial dealings by the elite, from aides of Russian President Vladimir Putin to relatives of Chinese President Xi Jinping, sports celebrities and screen stars.

The vast stash of records from law firm Mossack Fonseca, the so-called Panama Papers, was obtained from an anonymous source by German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung and shared with more than 100 media groups by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.

A Thai media outlet yesterday published an unverified report that Mossack Fonseca has 21 Thai clients, whose activities are allegedly involved with 963 overseas companies.

The Thai clients are unidentified and the lists not yet open to the public, the report said.

The Nation could not immediately verify the report.

Seehanart Prayoonrat, acting secretary-general of AMLO, said the agency could not yet provide clear information on the matter.

AMLO has never been asked to investigate it, he said.

Government Spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd said Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha had acknowledged the report on the Thai clients, but would not likely issue any special orders on the matter.

The Kingdom already has agencies working on graft issues besides AMLO, such as the police’s special investigation department, the Office of the Auditor-General and the Justice Ministry, he said.

Corrupt people will be prosecuted if found, he said.

In the region, the son of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak assumed the directorship of two offshore companies while his father was in power, according to the papers.

The families of some of China’s top Communist Party brass – including the nation’s president – used offshore tax havens to conceal their fortunes. At least eight current or former members of the Politburo Standing Committee, the ruling Communist Party’s most powerful body, have been implicated.