--- description: Gonzalo Delaveu has not directly been accused of unlawful practices, but is reportedly linked to five offshore companies. title: Panama Papers: Transparency International Chile Head Resigns image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Panama Papers](/tag/panama-papers/) ## Panama Papers Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The President of Transparency International Chile Resigns After Being Named in the Panama Papers by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 5, 2016 8:17 AM CUT by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 5, 2016 8:17 AM CUT The head of global corruption watchdog Transparency International’s Chile branch [resigned](http://www.reuters.com/article/panama-tax-chile-idUSL2N1771Z1 "undefined") on Monday, after his name appeared in a data leak from a Panamanian law firm detailing thousands of offshore companies — now being dubbed the [Panama Papers](http://time.com/4280302/panama-papers-leak-vladimir-putin-mossack-fonseca/ "undefined"). “Gonzalo Delaveau resigned as President of Transparency Chile, which has been accepted by the board of directors,” the agency [said](https://twitter.com/Ch%5FTransparente "undefined") on Twitter. Although Delaveau has not directly been accused of unlawful practices, Reuters reports that he was linked to at least five offshore firms by the leak. The Panama Papers span 11.5 million documents over 2.6 terabytes of data from the Mossack Fonseca law firm, the preliminary [findings](http://time.com/4280413/world-leaders-panama-papers/ "undefined") of which were released on Sunday following a yearlong investigation by more than 100 news outlets worldwide. \[[_Reuters_](http://www.reuters.com/article/panama-tax-chile-idUSL2N1771Z1 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4281732/panama-papers-transparency-international-chile-president-gonzalo-delaveu/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4281732/panama-papers-transparency-international-chile-president-gonzalo-delaveu/"},"headline":"The President of Transparency International Chile Resigns After Being Named in the Panama Papers","datePublished":"2016-04-05T08:17:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:27:35.543Z","description":"Gonzalo Delaveu was reportedly linked to five offshore companies","url":"https://time.com/4281732/panama-papers-transparency-international-chile-president-gonzalo-delaveu/","keywords":["Panama Papers","photography","President","Companies","leak","Chile"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/panama-papers/","name":"Panama Papers"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4281732/panama-papers-transparency-international-chile-president-gonzalo-delaveu/","name":"The President of Transparency International Chile Resigns After Being Named in the Panama Papers"}}]}] ```