A judge has acquitted 28 people accused of money laundering in an international case known as the Panama Papers.

The public portion of a Panamanian trial of more than two-dozen associates accused of helping some of the world’s richest people hide their wealth has come to an unexpectedly speedy conclusion.

Eight years after 11 million leaked secret financial documents revealed how some of the world’s richest people hide their wealth, more than two dozen defendants are on trial in Panama for their alleged roles.

Panama has started the trial of 27 people charged in the worldwide “Panama Papers” money laundering case.