Money Laundering
A court in Alajuela
ordered the arrest of a
Guatemalan businessman
who claimed he was the
owner of us$2.1 million
cash that the police
confiscated at Juan
Santamaria International
Airport, when they
arrested two Guatemalans
upon arrival at the
terminal.
The alleged owner of the
money said that it was
to pay suppliers in
Panama.
On the other hand, two
men were arrested with
us$372,000 in $100
bills. They claimed that
the money was to pay for
plantains.
Both cases come under
the drug-trafficking and
money-laundering laws in
Costa Rica.
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