A foreign national who ran for mayor in The Philippines is identified as the principal in a money laundering case involving multiple shell companies involved in illegal online gambling and human trafficking

A dismissed mayor and over 30 other persons and business entities faced 87 counts of money laundering at the Department of Justice in The Philippines based on a complaint filed by the National Bureau of Investigation, Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission, and Anti-Money Laundering Council. The former mayor was alleged to have used multiple entities to transfer money and distance herself from the source of funds.

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