PEP ALERT ... NEW PERUVIAN POLITICAL PARTY FORMED

In January 2008 former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori’s (UID 1140) daughter Keiko (UID 36161) a congresswoman herself, formed a new political party ‘Fuerza 2011". The party is to campaign in the Peru 2011 presidential elections, but Keiko has stated she will not run for the top job of president. Her father Alberto was convicted in December 2007 of penal offences and sentenced to 6 years in jail. In a trial which is currently underway in Peru’s Supreme Court, Fujimori is facing a possible 30 years behind bars if he is convicted of kidnapping and ordering massacres. Try out our unique Display Graph functionality on Alberto Fujimori’s profile to see the family connections and reveal the broader network of his cronies and associates.

This month family members of Macau's former Transport Minister Ao Man-long (UID 4576) appeared in court on money laundering charges. It is alleged that Ao's father Ao Veng-kong (UID 558994), brother Ao Man-fu (UID 558989), sister-in-law Ao Chan Va- choi (UID 711064) set up overseas bank accounts and shell companies to handle the monies the former minister received from kickbacks. All three pleaded not guilty. Ao's wife Chan Meng-ieng (UID 711065) who is rumoured to be in the UK and businessmen Ho Meng-fai (UID 558992) who has jumped bail and Chan Tong-sang (UID 711063) were charged in absentia. It is reported that between 2004 and 2006 Ho purportedly paid Ao approximately HK$140 million for kickbacks on private projects, he denies paying Ao to help him win government tenders. Ao Man-long's trial finished in December 2007 but no date has yet been set for a verdict. World-Check's team of research analysts are monitoring the case closely and will update the relevant profiles as soon as the information becomes available.

FORMER TOP LAWYER'S SENTENCE TO BE REVIEWED

This month Anthony F Leonardo Jr (UID 162178) a former top defence lawyer successfully appealed against his sentence for money laundering and drug related crimes. The US Court of Appeal ruled that his sentence must be reconsidered by a federal judge. Leonardo had also admitted to conspiring with Albert M. Ranieri (UID 162179) to murder his business partner. Ranieri is currently serving a 30 year jail sentence for the murder. Check out the hyperlink verification sources on Leonardo's profile to read more about his crimes. .

JAILED FOR MILLION POUND BENEFIT FRAUD

Jean Hutchinson (UID 618988) has been jailed for five years for being the mastermind behind a £2.4 million benefit fraud. Her meticulous operation ran from 1996 to 2006 where she effectively ‘high jacked’ the identities of people who had emigrated using these to claim benefits. Reports state that she had a hidden archive of her fraudulent documents in her flat in West London. Her cousin Ralph Dale (UID 618989) assisted her in her criminal activities, he received four years in jail.

AUTHORITIES ARREST MAFIA FUGITIVE

Fugitive Domenico Trimboli (UID 618988) who was wanted on two outstanding warrants of arrest for international narcotics trafficking and for mafia association has been captured in the town of Plati in Italy. He is purported to be the only Mafia leader who was able to negotiate deals for narcotics with Colombians and Venezuelans.

The judge presiding over the US case against the Venezuelans who tried to influence Guido Antonini Wilson to commit perjury, regarding the $800,000 in cash he attempted to smuggle into Argentina, has set the cause for trial during the two week period beginning 17 March. …read more

Sohail Qureshi (UID 521076) was reportedly the first individual to have been convicted under Section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006. He admitted to the charges of preparing for terrorism and also to possessing articles for terrorist purposes and to be useful to a terrorist. This month he was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in jail. Qureshi a dental technician and reportedly an al-Qaida trained terrorist was arrested in October 2006 whilst waiting to board a plane to Pakistan.

We highlighted Bilal Soughir (UID 392196) in our end of October 2007 iBRIEF. This month he and four others were convicted and sentenced for their terrorist activities. Soughir is the only one of the five currently in detention. Pascal Cruypenninck (UID 392199), Souhaieb Soughir (UID 392200) Narbil Karmun (UID 392198) and Younes Loukili (UID 392197) were all convicted and sentenced in absentia to five years, 28 months, five years with two suspended and to five years suspended respectively. The group recruited suicide bombers in Belgium to commit terrorist acts abroad.

This month it was ruled by Indonesian judges that the trial of the leader of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) Abu Irsyad (UID 620110) who goes by the name of Zarkasi will go ahead. In June 2007 Zarkasi was arrested in Central Java and is charged with plotting, attempting or assisting in acts of terrorism, smuggling weapons and other dangerous materials, and moving and using them for terror purposes.

Wayne Cook (UID 622544) is currently on trial in the Manchester Crown Court on terrorism related offences. Cook was arrested in May 2007 and he and co-accused Steven Kerr Robinson (UID 615112) were charged in the same enquiry with actions "designed to influence the government or to intimidate a section of the public". Kerr Robinson pleaded guilty to the charges in January 2008. Cook has pleaded not guilty to sending packages "containing a noxious substance or other noxious thing," to a journalist and a Blackburn councillor in April 2007. Cook is alleged to have done this in the name of the Scottish National Liberation Army (UID 777653) and attached a note threatening "to kill English people at random and with no discrimination or compunction." Try out our unique profile specific news search engine News-Check to keep up-to-date with developments in this case.

World-Check is pleased to announce that it continues to identify high risk before the sanctioning bodies take action. In January we had two such cases. To read our full press release concerning four of the five new designates under the newly created code IRAQ3 within the SDN lists in OFAC click here. This week OFAC designated six individuals and one entity as narcotics trafficking kingpins associated to FARC. We had profiled five of the six individuals seven months prior to the sanctioning body. Please click here to read the full press release.

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