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Thursday, April 1, 2010
Volume:
26
Issue:
4
Abstract:
On January 25, 2010, Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and other law enforcement officials announced the unsealing of an indictment charging Alfonso Portillo, the former President of Guatemala, with conspiring to launder millions of dollars he embezzled from the Guatemalan government through bank accounts located in the U.S. On January 26, 2010, Guatemalan authorities arrested Portillo on an extradition warrant...more...