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Weekly Roundup: Panamanian Ex-President’s Son Admits Laundering Bribes, Western Nations Sanction Belarus, and More

The son of former Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli pleaded guilty to U.S. charges of laundering more than $28 million in bribes linked to a sprawling corruption scandal involving the Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht, Al Jazeera reported. More The United States, EU, Britain and Canada approved new sanctions on Belarus over alleged human rights violations and claims that the country has engineered the arrival of undocumented migrants from the Middle East into the bloc, Al Jazeera reported. More U.K. gaming regulators imposed a £685,000 fine on Greentube Alderney after identifying failures to prevent money laundering and gambling addiction, City A.M. reported. More Irish authorities identified over 300 money mules that...

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