<sod>An anonymous source using the pseudonym "[[John Doe]]" made the documents available in batches to German  newspaper ''{{lang|de|[[Süddeutsche Zeitung]]}}'' beginning in early 2015. The information from this [[John Doe (Panama Papers's whistleblower)|unremunerated whistleblower]]<ref name=allyouneed/> documents transactions as far back as the 1970s and eventually totaled  2.6 [[terabyte]]s of data. Given the scale of the leak, the newspaper enlisted the help of the US-based [[Center for Public Integrity#International Consortium of Investigative Journalists|International Consortium of Investigative Journalists]] (ICIJ), which distributed documents for investigation and analysis to some 400 journalists at 107 media organizations in 76 countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-35954224|title=Panama Papers Q&A: What is the scandal about?|website=BBC News|access-date=2016-04-07}}</ref> The first news reports based on the papers, and 149 of the documents themselves, were published on April 3, 2016. The ICIJ promises to publish a full list of companies involved in early May 2016.<ref name="The Independent Dearden 4 Apr 2016">{{cite web | title=Everything you need to know about the Panama Papers | website=The Independent | date=April 4, 2016 | url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/panama-papers-what-are-they-who-is-involved-and-why-are-they-important-illegal-legal-tax-avoidance-a6967176.html | accessdate=April 7, 2016 | last = Dearden | first = Lizzie}}</ref><eod>
<sod>An anonymous source using the pseudonym "[[John Doe]]" made the documents available in batches to German  newspaper ''{{lang|de|[[Süddeutsche Zeitung]]}}'' beginning in early 2015. The information from this [[John Doe (Panama Papers's whistleblower)|unremunerated whistleblower]]<ref name=allyouneed>{{cite web|url=http://panamapapers.sueddeutsche.de/articles/56febff0a1bb8d3c3495adf4/ |title=All you need to know about the Panama Papers|publisher=Süddeutsche Zeitung|author1=Frederik Obermaier|author2=Bastian Obermayer|author3=Vanessa Wormer|author4=Wolfgang Jaschensky |access-date=April 5, 2016|}}</ref> documents transactions as far back as the 1970s and eventually totaled  2.6 [[terabyte]]s of data. Given the scale of the leak, the newspaper enlisted the help of the US-based [[Center for Public Integrity#International Consortium of Investigative Journalists|International Consortium of Investigative Journalists]] (ICIJ), which distributed documents for investigation and analysis to some 400 journalists at 107 media organizations in 76 countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-35954224|title=Panama Papers Q&A: What is the scandal about?|website=BBC News|access-date=2016-04-07}}</ref> The first news reports based on the papers, and 149 of the documents themselves, were published on April 3, 2016. The ICIJ promises to publish a full list of companies involved in early May 2016.<ref name="The Independent Dearden 4 Apr 2016">{{cite web | title=Everything you need to know about the Panama Papers | website=The Independent | date=April 4, 2016 | url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/panama-papers-what-are-they-who-is-involved-and-why-are-they-important-illegal-legal-tax-avoidance-a6967176.html | accessdate=April 7, 2016 | last = Dearden | first = Lizzie}}</ref><eod>