Free Republic

A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charging Luis Enrique Martinelli Linares (Luis Martinelli Linares) and Ricardo Alberto Martinelli Linares (Ricardo Martinelli Linares) for their roles in a massive bribery and money laundering scheme involving Odebrecht S.A. (Odebrecht), a Brazil-based global construction conglomerate. On Dec. 21, 2016, Odebrecht pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of New York to a criminal information charging it with conspiracy to violate the anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) for its involvement in the bribery and money laundering scheme. The overarching Odebrecht scheme involved the payment of...

NOTE The following text is a quote: www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/jl2002.aspx Treasury Targets Major Money Laundering Network Operating Out of Colombia 7/9/2013 Trade Based Money Laundering Network Supported Narcotics Traffickers Ayman Joumaa and Evaristo Linares Castillo WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced the designation of Colombian nationals Isaac Perez Guberek Ravinovicz and his son, Henry Guberek Grimberg, as well as 29 other individuals and entities, including companies located in Colombia, Panama, and Israel, as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers (SDNTs). These 31 individuals and entities together form a money laundering network responsible for laundering hundreds of millions of dollars in...

STERLING, Va. - A close inspection by Customs and Border Protection officers at Dulles International Airport turned up something unexpected. Inside a fully-cooked chicken they found cocaine with an estimated street value of $4,300. The 60.4 grams (2.3 ounces) of coke was found inside two small, clear plastic bags inside the chicken's cavity. Officers discovered the white powdery substance during a secondary inspection after a flight from El Salvador arrived shortly after midnight Saturday. It tested positive for cocaine. "CBP officers have seen many unique narcotics concealment methods, and they all present the same challenges to discover them. Our officers'...

Another police officer fell in Nuevo León today. Enrique Barrera Nevárez, public security director in the city of Linares, was shot with high-powered assault rifles while leaving his home this morning, http://www.elnorte.com is reporting. As would appear to be the norm with this type of shooting, the killers escaped. According to the newspaper, the police chief had been threatened and a previous attempt on his life failed earlier this year. Linares is southeast of Monterrey on the highway to Ciudad Victoria. The killing is the 38th in the state, a record, and the 6th of a law enforcer so far...

<p>Rodolfo Linares of Chicago, who 16 years ago unplugged the respirator keeping his infant son alive, has died at ago 40, reportedly after a drinking bout. Linares -- whose act led to an Illinois law allowing legal guardians to remove life support under certain conditions -- was found dead Saturday in his apartment by his second wife after a bout of drinking, reports the Chicago Sun-Times.</p>

A top gubernatorial donor who is accused of having a prostitute seduce a government witness is to plead guilty Wednesday, a federal official said. The plea by Charles Kushner is to be taken at 11 a.m. before U.S. District Judge Jose L. Linares in Newark, an aide to the judge said Tuesday. The court calendar did not specify what charge or charges were involved, the aide said. A federal official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the hearing would be for a guilty plea. Messages seeking comment from Kushner lawyer Benjamin Brafman were not immediately returned. Greg Reinert, a spokesman...