CNN —A Panamanian court has acquitted 28 people charged with money laundering in cases linked to the Panama Papers and Operation Car Wash scandals. The Panama Papers were a group of over 11 million leaked documents that were published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) in 2016. The papers referenced 12 current or former world leaders, as well as 128 other politicians and public officials. Operation Car Wash was a money laundering investigation into Petrobras, Brazil’s state-run oil company. Those acquitted from the Operation Car Wash case were discharged because the income of money from illicit sources could not be demonstrated, the statement said.

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Persons: CNN —, Judge Baloísa Marquínez, Vladimir Putin, ”, Gerard Ryle, “, ” Ryle Organizations: CNN, Panamanian, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, United States, Petrobras Locations: Panama, United, Brazil’s