A Panama court dismissed the charges of money laundering against David Murcia, former director of Colombian pyramid scheme DMG, who is currently in the United States to face similar charges.
Panama prosecutors accused Murcia of laundering money from Colombian drug trafficker Juan Carlos Abadia, one of the leaders of the Norte del Valle cartel until his 2007 arrest in Brazil and extradition to the U.S.
The anti-narcotics prosecutor of the country’s Public Ministry had requested charges against Murcia, who lived in Panama before his arrest, be dismissed.
The disgraced DMG director is still suspected by Panamanian prosecutors of the charge of illicit enrichment.
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