A federal judge in Mexico has ordered the arrest of a former governor of the state of Nayarit over money laundering charges. The daughter of former Nayarit Governor Roberto Sandoval Castaneda was also included in the arrest order.
The Mexican government recently froze the bank accounts of nearly two thousand people and businesses after authorities found they had ties to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) through a money-laundering network.
Dianna Duran, the former Secretary of State of New Mexico, has been freed from jail after serving her 30-day jail term. The 60-year-old politician was found guilty of embezzlement and money laundering after admitting she used campaign money to pay off her debts incurred for gambling.
The CEO of an Andorran bank in Europe has been arrested after the U.S. Treasury accused the bank of money laundering for groups from China, Russia and Venezuela, ABC News reports according to the Associated Press.
A Mexican cartel apparently used a small southwest Kansas bank to launder some $2 million in drug proceeds, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration alleges in an affidavit.
The Peruvian Congress voted unanimously to condemn the former president and his wife and have asked the attorney general's office to charge all involved.
Vatican officials announced Monday that Pope Francis is supporting the Vatican's bank, which has been the subject of scandal and corruption in the last few months.
