The Panama Papers are shining light on the hidden world of money laundering, providing important details on how overseas shell corporations are used to make dirty money look clean. Each new revelation—which recently have been coming almost weekly—gives federal agencies more ammunition in their fight against this brand of financial fraud.

Armed with these new disclosures on money laundering, U.S. companies should be looking beyond the headlines. They should be digging into their own operations, focusing on areas that might trigger an investigation by any of a half-dozen different federal agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security.

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