{"id":22248,"date":"2020-07-07T08:58:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T05:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/us-charges-ex-panama-presidents-sons-with-bribery-money-laundering\/"},"modified":"2020-07-07T08:58:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T05:58:00","slug":"us-charges-ex-panama-presidents-sons-with-bribery-money-laundering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/us-charges-ex-panama-presidents-sons-with-bribery-money-laundering\/","title":{"rendered":"#US charges ex-Panama president\u2019s sons with bribery, money laundering"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#US charges ex-Panama president\u2019s sons with bribery, money laundering<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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July 7, 2020 |<\/span> 1:58am <\/p>\n

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\n Luis Enrique Martinelli (R) and Ricardo Martinelli Jr., sons of Panamanian former president (2009-2014) Ricardo Martinelli, remain handcuffed after being arrested in Guatemala City, on July 6, 2020.<\/span>
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\n PANAMA CITY \u2013 US prosecutors have charged two sons of former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli in connection with bribery and money laundering linked to Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht, according to a federal complaint unsealed on Monday.<\/p>\n

Luis Enrique Martinelli, 38, and Ricardo Alberto Martinelli, 40, were arrested earlier in the day in Guatemala City as they attempted to board a flight to Panama, and face extradition to the United States, Guatemala\u2019s police said in a statement.<\/p>\n

A Martinelli family spokesman did not immedia<\/a>tely reply to a request for comment on the charges.<\/p>\n

But the family said in a statement following the arrest that it was working to ensure the sons have legal assistance in Guatemala and are able to transfer the proceedings to Panama.<\/p>\n

Odebrecht has been at the center of a far-reaching Latin American corruption scandal uncovered in 2014, in which the company paid more than $700 million in bribes to government officials in various countries.<\/p>\n

The US Department of Justice said in a statement the Martinelli sons are accused of having been intermediaries for the payment of about $28 million in bribes from Odebrecht to a high-ranking Panama official between 2009 and 2014, the period in which their father was in office.<\/p>\n

The criminal complaint filed in the federal court in Brooklyn, New York, on June 27, described the brothers as \u201cclose relatives\u201d of the official, without providing further detail.<\/p>\n

The complaint also alleges that the pair managed secret bank accounts under shell company names to facilitate payment of the bribes, with many transactions made through US banks.<\/p>\n

Former President Martinelli and his successor, Juan Carlos Varela, were last week banned from leaving Panama while under investigation for money laundering in separate corruption cases.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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