Maduro ally Alex Saab expected to plead guilty in federal money laundering case

Reported by JOSHUA GOODMAN and ALANNA DURKIN  (Excerpt shared below. To read full report, go to: https://apnews.com/article/maduro-alex-saab-guilty-plea-ac402258f242b2cc6f43684be3680713) A close ally of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is expected to plead guilty Tuesday in a federal case that accused him of bribing officials to win lucrative contracts to import food at a time of widespread hardship in the South American […]

After a $2.4 billion money laundering bust, Singapore now has hundreds of luxury handbags to shift

Reported by Oscar Holland (Summary shared below. To read full report, go to: https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/14/style/singapore-money-laundering-auctions) Singapore is turning the proceeds of one of its largest money-laundering investigations into a series of public auctions, selling hundreds of luxury handbags, jewelry and other valuables seized from a criminal network. The 2023 operation involved more than 400 police officers […]