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Money laundering: 4 individuals tried in Tahiti

11/07/2025
Source : ORISHAS FINANCE
Categories: Compliance

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Last Monday, two men and two women were tried in immediate court on charges of money laundering. The defendant most heavily involved was sentenced to 18 months in prison suspended. 30 million francs were said to have been transferred to his

accounts.

Two men and two women were prosecuted for having participated in the laundering of several million francs without the investigations being able to formally establish where this money came from. The investigation, conducted by agents of the Territorial Directorate of the National Police supported by the Interministerial Research Group (GIR), began in March following reports received concerning an individual, nicknamed “Escobar”, according to which he was involved in drug trafficking.

The police quickly picked up the trail of this individual, a 30-year-old man who earned an average living but whose accounts had traded 30 million francs. During the investigation, the police had in fact established that the person concerned was cashing in cash from his local account. All four present at the hearing on Monday, the defendants struggled to explain the origin of the funds

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