Eight years after the revelation of the global financial scandal of the so-called “Panama Papers,” the first trial against 27 defendants began in Panama on Monday. The Panama Papers came to the public in spring 2016 due to a data leak. They were documents from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were evaluated by journalists around the world. They found that numerous politicians, athletes and other celebrities had assets in offshore companies. The co-owner of the now defunct Mossack Fonseca, German-born lawyer Jürgen Mossack, appeared in court in Panama City on Monday, the first day…