OPINION: Jail time for bribery beneficiaries
The role of financial intermediaries is key in money laundering arising from acts of corruption. The Brazilian construction company Norberto...
Month: November 2018
Panama’s ex-president heads to trial facing potential 21-year sentence
Jerónimo Mejía, the Judge of Guarantees in the initial hearing of wiretapping charges against former President Ricardo Martinelli on Monday set...
Most of Panama City without water December 1
Much of Panama City will be without water on Saturday, December 1 says Panama’s water authority (IDAAN) ) The Federico...
Martinelli fugitive sons hearing, December 4
The preliminary hearing in a Florida Court for the sons of former President Ricardo Martinelli, will be held on December...
Driver killed, two cops injured in Sunday crash
Alex Alvarez, 20, the driver of a speeding sedan died instantly when he slammed into a police patrol car in Portobelo,...
Path clear for another Odebrecht contract
As anti-corruption prosecutors close in on a group of high profile beneficiaries of bribes from Brazilian construction company Odebrecht, the...
Black Monday for Odebrecht bribery suspects
A KEY fugitive witness in the Odebrecht scandal whose evidence is expected to ensure that some prominent players in the...
Panama’ burgeoning domestic violence, femicides
The numbers of women victims of domestic violence and femicides continue to grow in Panama and have the Public Ministry...
Prosecutor asksjail time for rogue judge
The seventh circuit judge Felipe Fuentes who has been separated from office since Feb 1 was convicted by three of his...
Assembly advised to prioritize tax fraud law, budget and new judges
Approval of the law that criminalizes tax fraud, ratification of the new Supreme Court judges and returning the new Budget...
