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Panama detains Mossack Fonseca founders on corruption charges
Published Sun, Feb 12, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Panama City
THE two founders of Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca were arrested on Saturday, the attorney-general's office said, after both were indicted on charges of money-laundering in a case allegedly tied to a wide-ranging corruption scandal in Brazil.
Firm founders Jurgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca were detained because of the risk they might try to flee the country.
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