Panama Responds to Guatemalan Request for Assistance in Financial Crime Probe

On January 31, 2007, Panamanian authorities designated one prosecutor to respond to a Guatemalan request for assistance in the investigation of alleged financial crimes connected to a major Panamanian bank. Greta Marchosky, head of the Office of International Affairs in the Attorney’s General’s Ministry, announced the appointment of Lourdes Herrera, a prosecutor in the third circuit of Panama, to handle Guatemala’s request for assistance investigating fraud at the Bank of Commerce in Guatemala. Guatemala has also asked Panamanian authorities to freeze accounts and assets connected with the Bank and alleged conspirators ... [more]