U.S. Deputy Attorney General Cole and Panamanian Attorney General Belfon Sign Agreement to Share Forfeited Assets

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 22, 2013. Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole and Panamanian Attorney General Ana Belfon today signed an agreement in Panama City, Panama, to share more than $36 million in forfeited criminal assets with the Government of Panama.  The asset sharing is based on the extensive and wide-ranging assistance provided by the Government of Panama in connection with a 2000 money laundering case brought involving Panama-based jewelry stores.  The agreement acknowledges the first time…