90-year-old woman in South Korea sentenced for money laundering from son's drug trafficking
She was given one year in prison.
A 90-year-old woman in South Korea has been sentenced to one year in prison for helping her son launder proceeds from drug trafficking, writes BBC.
The woman, whose name has not been released by local media, received a total of 386 million won (US$260,800) on nine occasions between April 2020 and February 2022, which she transferred to a designated account at her son's direction, the Incheon court announced.
Her son, identified in reports as Son, has been imprisoned in Cambodia since 2020 after being found guilty of smuggling methamphetamine into the country.
Considering that Son's mother visited Cambodia five times in 2019 and knew when her son was detained, she was aware that she was dealing with illegal money, the court stated.
"Her actions made it difficult to trace illegal profits and contributed to the spread of drugs, making this offense particularly serious," said Incheon District Court Judge Wi Eun Seok on Monday.
The court considered the woman's age when determining the sentence, as well as the fact that she had no prior drug-related convictions.
South Korean authorities, according to local media reports, are seeking Son's extradition from Cambodia.
Son, who is about 60 years old, likely also involved his daughter in the case, according to Seoul newspaper Kyunghyang.
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