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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

South Korean grandmother, 90, jailed for laundering drug money

A court in South Korea sentenced a 90-year-old grandmother to a year in prison for aiding her jailed son in laundering profits from drug trafficking.

The Incheon District Court on Monday sentenced the woman, who has not been publicly identified, to one year in prison and ordered the forfeiture of 386m won (£192,800) that she knowingly received and transferred.

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