The offices of offshore law firm Mossack Fonseca in El Salvador have been raided, according to the country's attorney general's office.
"A large quantity of computing equipment has been found in the office of Mossack Fonseca," the office said on Twitter, adding that the company's staff had removed their sign from the entrance the day before. It cited an employee saying the company was moving.
Attorney General Douglas Melendez personally oversaw the operation, his office said.
The Panama-based company is at the centre of an international data leak scandal that has embarrassed a number of world leaders and shone a spotlight on the shadowy world of offshore companies.
Governments across the world have started investigating possible financial wrongdoing by the rich and powerful after the leak of millions of documents from the law firm that span several decades.
The papers have revealed financial arrangements of prominent figures, including friends of Russian President Vladimir Putin, relatives of Pakistan's prime minister and Chinese president Xi Jinping, and the president of Ukraine.
David Cameron has also been dragged into the row, after admitting he had profited from shares in an investment fund operated by his late father Ian, who was named in the Panama Papers.
However, the Prime Minister has said it was a "fundamental misconception" that the fund was set up to avoid tax, arguing his father was being "unfairly written about".
Officials from Mossack Fonseca in Panama were not immediately available for comment.
In the aftermath of the leak, the firm issued a lengthy statementhitting back at what it called "inaccuracies" and "misconceptions".
The firm strenuously denied any wrongdoing, insisting it carried out robust checks on its clients.
It claimed reports had relied on "supposition and stereotypes" and stressed that it had "operated beyond reproach" for 40 years.
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