It emerged this week that the government of Panama is to launch a commission in order to investigate alleged links between government officials and jailed offshore financial services provider, Marc Harris.
Following reports in the national media which suggested that Harris maintained close links with various high level individuals in Mireya Moscoso's administration, the President on Wednesday announced that a special commission will be established to conduct a probe, although she gave no indication of when the investigation will begin.
'I want an investigation because I would like to know who in the government had links with Mr Harris,' La Prensa quoted President Moscoso as announcing.
This was later confirmed to the international media by a Presidential spokesman.
Mr Harris was temporarily resident in Nicaragua earlier this year when he was arrested and extradited to the United States to face charges on 13 counts of money laundering. He stands accused of aiding father and son freon smuggling team, Aurelio and Joseph Vigna, by passing around $2 million through one of his trust companies.
According to the Offshore Alert news service, Mr Harris has hired Frank A. Rubino, attorney to former Panamanian leader, Manuel Noriega, to defend him during his trial in Miami.
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