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Consequently, significant financial corruption allegations were raised. We concentrate on a somewhat overlooked region, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. This study aims to use social network analytics to study the information contained in these documents. We are checking the major players in the MENA\u2019s trends and patterns to determine if it matches the known economic powers. The analysis reveals that while the constructed network enjoys some typical characteristics, many interesting observations and properties are worth discussing. Specifically, using the extracted network consisting of 62 987 nodes and 84 692 edges, our social network analysis finding shows that, perhaps surprisingly, the nodes or the social network are not necessarily directly correlated with perceived economic influence.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/comjnl\/bxab086","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,1]],"date-time":"2021-06-01T03:15:25Z","timestamp":1622517325000},"page":"2493-2505","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Social Network Analysis of the Panama Papers Concentrating on the MENA Region"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"65","author":[{"given":"Bashar","family":"Al shboul","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Software Engineering Department , The Hashemite University, Zarqa 13133, Jordan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Abdullateef","family":"Rabab\u2019ah","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Computer Science Department , Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid 22110, Jordan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mahmoud","family":"Al-Ayyoub","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Computer Science Department , Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid 22110, Jordan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yaser","family":"Jararweh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Computer Science Department , Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid 22110, Jordan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Thar","family":"Baker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computer Science , University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"2022091610474973400_ref1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"33435","DOI":"10.1007\/s11042-018-6557-5","article-title":"Collaboration networks of Arab biomedical researchers","volume":"78","author":"Al-Ayyoub","year":"2019","journal-title":"Multimed. 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