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Draining the Swamp cash from Juan Carlos the retired/abdicated King of Spain. Swiss prosecutors helping out found a $100M gift from the former King of Saudi Arabia in 2008, $65M of which got passed onto Juan Carlos girlfriend in Germany.
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Money laundered through foundations from Saudi Ministry of Finance, into a foundation in Panama, then another in the Bahamas...
King of Saudi, King of Spain, German Princess, cash ultimately ends up in her 18 year old son's accounts.
"Exotic bank transfers" is now my new favorite euphemism for money laundering!
At the time this was investigated, he was still King & thus had immunity from prosecution. But now they have reopened the case, linking it to a high speed rail contract to connect Mecca & Medina.
Must be nice to have your mom's boyfriend like you enough to give you $65 million for your 18th birthday...

Once again we see the common themes: oil or mining revenues, bribing old money, government infrastructure deals, with cash laundered through shell companies in tax havens.
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