By Alisha Houlihan for AMLi
Panamanian prosecutors have charged two former Presidents, Ricardo Martinelli and Juan Carlos Varela with laundering money from construction company Odebrecht, after the company admitted to paying bribes in the country.
Both men were absent from a Friday court hearing according to The Times of Malta.
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