Crime

Money laundering probe into Maldives president yet to start

The president has been dogged by graft allegations since he took office.

30 Sep 2018, 9:00 AM
A money laundering case against the Maldives president has been forwarded by the central bank to police but remains uninvestigated, local media reported Saturday.
According to Raajje.mv, a money laundering case involving transactions worth millions of rufiyaa linked to President Abdulla Yameen was reported mid-September to police by the Maldives Monetary Authority’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU).
According to CNM, the FIU wrote to police on September 13 asking for the case to be investigated. But there is still no active investigation and police have not decided to reject the case either, the website reported
A police spokesman refused to comment.

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