The film is based on the book “The Secrecy World” by Jake Bernstein, senior reporter on the team that broke the Off Shore Corporate (money laundering, hiding, tax evasion) services, started in panama and inherited after the arrest of Manuel Noriega to other jurisdictions. The film had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on September 1, 2019, before being released for digital streaming on October 18, 2019, by Netflix.