Denmark's Tax Minister Karsten Lauritzen has announced that the tax authority (SKAT) has been authorized to purchase data leaked as part of the "Panama Papers" scandal to be used to open or further tax evasion investigations into Danish taxpayers. The data will be purchased from an anonymous source and includes information on 500 to 600 Danish taxpayers. The amount to be paid has not been disclosed, but is reportedly USD 1.3 to 1.8 million. While acknowledging the controversy associated with …