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ARGENTINA Menem on trialAlthough he did not show up at court, former Argentina president Carlos Menem began to be tried for his alleged involvement in smuggling arms to Ecuador and Croatia, the biggest corruption scandal during his years in office

Article based on an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into money laundering - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Spain - that was filed federal court in the USA on October 11, 2007. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Banco de Sabadell, Banco de Santander International, Banco de Chile, Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte, Daniel Lopez, John Long, Maria Lucia Hiriart Rodriguez, a.k.a. Lucia Hiriart de Pinochet; Marco Antonio Pinochet Hiriart, Maria Soleda Olave Gutierrez, Augusto Osvaldo Pinochet Hiriart, Ines Lucia Pinochet Hiriart, Hernan Ubaldo Garcia Barzelatto, Rodrigo Andres Garcia Pinochet, Walter Thieme, Maria Veronica Pinochet Hiriart, Hernan Garcia Barzelato, Julio Cesar Ponce Lerou, Daniela Veronica Ponce Pinochet, Francisca Lucia Ponce Pinochet, Jacqueline Maria Pinochet Hiriart, Ivan Noguera Phillips, Alejandro Ponce Pinochet, Guillermo Martinez, Maria Jose Martinez Pinochet, Constansa Martinez Pinochet, Jaime Amunategui, Sofia Amunategui Pinochet, Lucia Amunategui Pinochet, Oscar Custodio Aitken Lavanchy, Monica Ananias Kuncar, Jorge Juan Ballerino Sandford, Hernan Briones Gorostiaga, Axel Buchheister, Carlos Caceres Contreras, Eugenio Fernandez Castillo Cadiz, Monica Castillo Venegas, Ramon Collao Mira, Luis Cortes Villa, Guillermo Garin Aguirre, Hernan Guiloff Izikson, Ricardo Izurieta Caffarena, Mortimer Jofre, Alberto Kassis Sabag, Jose Miguel Latorre Pinochet, Juan Ricardo Mac Lean Vergara, Maria Leonor Oppermann Soza, Alfonso Marquez de la Plata Irarrazabal, Maria Veronica Molina Carrasco, Jorge Prado Aranguiz, Edgar Tatman, Gabriel Vergara Cifuentes, Abanda Finance Limited, Althorp Investment Company Limited, American Engineering, Ashburton Company Limited, Assec Mimosa, Belview Inc., Belview International Inc., Belview International SA, Belview SA, Cititrust (Bahamas) Ltd., Corwall Overseas Corps., Chile Market Investments Ltd., Eastview Finance Inc., Fundacion Pinochet, a.k.a. Fundation Pinochet; GLP Limited, Levant Management, a.k.a. Rio Investment Corporation, Intercam Turismo, Ivoryseas Marine Co. Ltd., Marchill Investments Ltda., Maxficorp., Meritor Investments Ltd., Monees, Morgreen Holding United, Redwing Holdings Incorporated, RGS Title (Trustee Account), Pulsar International, Redwind Holdings Inc., Santa Lucia Trust, Sociedad de Inversiones Belview Int SA, Sociedad de Inversiones Fermar Limitada, Tasker Investment Limited, Transamerica Merchant International, Trilateral International Trading Ltd., a.k.a. Trilateral Trading Ltd.; Trust IT-5978N, and Trust MT-4964.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner for a criminal investigation into Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, Maria Lucia Hiriart Rodriguez, Oscar Custodio Aitken Lavanchy, Marco Antonio Pinochet Hiriart, Maria Soleda Olave Gutierrez, Augusto Osvaldo Pinochet Hiriart, Maria Veronica Molina, Ines Lucia Pinochet Hiriart, Hernan Ubaldo Garcia Barzelatto, Rodrigo Andres Garcia Pinochet, Walter Thieme, Maria Veronica Pinochet Hiriart, Julio Cesar Ponce Lerou, Daniela Veronica Ponce Pinochet, Francisca Lucia Ponce Pinochet, Jacqueline Maria Pinochet Hiriart, Ivan Noguera Phillips, Alejandro Ponce Pinochet, Guillermo Martinez, Maria Jose Martinez Pinochet, Constansa Martinez Pinochet, Jaime Amunategui, Sofia Amunategui Pinochet, Lucia Amunategui Pinochet and others for alleged money laundering.

COLOMBIA: Uribe set for win;; Arrested for Money Laundering; MEXICO: Laundering Couple Trapped; NICARAGUA: Efforts to Repatriate Alemán's Assets Continue; PANAMA: Prestigious Law Firm Involved in Pinochet Scandal; and PARAGUAY: Saving Cooperatives under Scrutiny.

ARGENTINA: New Anti-Money Laundering unit; BRAZIL: PineBank under Scrutiny in Miami; CHILE: More controls over casinos; COLOMBIA: Businessman accused of money laundering; Rodríguez Orejuela's son in trouble; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: The Anti-Laundering Unit fever goes on; GUATEMALA: US to help in anti-laundering efforts; INTERNATIONAL: New guidelines for correspondent banks; REGIONAL: In the footsteps of their fathers; and PERU: Laundered money is about $550 Million.

ARGENTINA: Corruption Grows, Prevention Low; CHILE: Chasing Pinochle's Funds; PERU: Corruption, Another Contender in Elections; Despite everything, Flores puts Woodman on her ticket; Banca Intesa Sells Wiese.

ARGENTINA: Purge in Prison; CHILE: Pinochet Investigation Becomes Global; COLOMBIA: "Let Politicians Tremble"; and PERU: Lost Millions Recovered.