Vietnam police bust US$78.5mil cross-border money-laundering ring


HANOI: Vietnam police said Monday (Feb 24) they had arrested 21 people allegedly involved in a money-laundering ring that moved US78.5 million of criminal cash between the country and neighbouring Cambodia.

The detainees -- all Vietnamese from southern Dong Nai province and some northern provinces -- were nabbed mid-February, police in Dong Nai province said in an online statement.

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