Figali attorney claims double jeopardy
A motion has been filed for dismissal of a charge against Panamanian businessman Jean Figali because of possible double jeopardy.
Figali, whose landfill site at Amador was seized by the government, is under house arrest awaiting trial for money laundering and document forging.
The landfill site has become a contaversial matter in recent days with the announcement that friends of President Ricardo Martinelli plan to use them for a major new marina and housing development.
The motion was presented in the 12th Criminal Court.
The Figali money laundering case was launched after the opening of bank accounts used in a transaction with the company Cumepasa, from which hundreds of kilos of cocaine were seized in 2007.
The court referred the case to the Prosecutor's for Organized Crime, for an opinion.
