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NEWS: Estonia charges suspects in major international money laundering case

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By PAUL O’DONOGHUE, Senior Correspondent

ESTONIAN prosecutors have charged three people and 12 companies in an international money laundering case linked to a global investment scam worth hundreds of millions of euros.

The District Prosecutor’s Office for Economic Crime and Corruption said the funds came from a worldwide fraud that targeted victims in multiple countries.

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