ABDULLA YAMEEN

Maldives police ask prosecutor general to charge former president with money laundering 1 Investigators have found grounds to charge Yameen for money laundering and his former legal affairs minister Azima Shakoor with aiding him, a police statement said

2 The case stems from an allegedly shady deal to lease islands for tourist resort development and the discovery of $1 million in Yameen’s bank account

3 Police have sought charges against the duo for providing false information to investigators. Yameen lost the presidential election last year after a five-year rule.