BANGKOK – Johan van Laarhoven a Dutch national who founded cannabis cafes in Brabant has been jailed for 103 years by a court in Bangkok for money laundering. Johan van Laarhoven, 55, will have to spend 20 years in jail because the 43 sentences can be served concurrently, the court found him guilty of laundering […]

TWO men who conned the States of Guernsey out of millions of pounds and laundered it in Abu Dhabi and Istanbul have been jailed for their roles in the operation. The ‘Lagan fraud’ saw Guernsey’s Treasury and Resources Department lose £2.6 million, which was transferred through bank accounts across the world. Adrian Taylor (44), who […]

Brazilian police on Tuesday detained Pele’s son Edinho at his home in Sao Paulo state following his money laundering conviction, authorities said. Edinho, full name Edson Cholbi Nascimento, once played in goal for his father’s former club Santos. But at the end of May a court gave him a 33-year jail sentence for laundering money […]