Panama Charges Ex-president Alemán With Moneylaundering

A Panamanian judge has ordered the arrest of former president of Nicaragua, Arnoldo Alemán, on charges of moneylaundering. Other family members, including his wife, have also been charged. Panama claims Alemán carried out the illegal activity via the Panamanian banking system to launder almost $60 million of public funds diverted to different bank accounts. Alemán, who governed Nicaragua between 1997 and 2002, has been under house arrest just south of the capital Managua after being convicted of embezzlement in Nicaragua in 2003.