The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has opened investigations into about 280 locals named in the Panama Papers.
The Panama Papers contain information on about 320 000 offshore entities from nearly 200 countries from leaked documents of a Panama law form, Mossack Fonseca.
According to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which released the data on the documents, there are legitimate uses for offshore companies and trusts.
The list, therefore, does not imply that any persons, companies or other entities included in the database have broken the law or have acted improperly.
Besides, many firms and individuals are listed more than once.
Zimbabwe lost an average of $17 million every month through illicit flows in the first quarter of this year.
This was a drastic improvement from last year when it lost a total of $1.8 billion.
Central Bank governor John Mangudya said the country lost an average of $150 million every month last year.
Here are the names of Zimbabwean individuals and entities as listed in the ICIJ database:
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