90-Year-Old Woman Sentenced in South Korea for Laundering Son’s Drug Money

A court in Incheon, South Korea, has sentenced a 90-year-old woman to one year in prison after finding her guilty of money laundering. The woman reportedly handled approximately 386 million won (about US$260,800) between April 2020 and February 2022, on behalf of her son, a convicted methamphetamine trafficker currently serving a sentence in Cambodia.

The court determined that the woman knew that the money was linked to her son’s illegal activities. Evidence presented at the trial included her repeated visits to Cambodia in 2019 and her awareness of her son’s arrest. Presiding Judge Wi Eun-suk stated that the elderly woman’s actions contributed to concealing the drug trade’s illicit profits.

In deciding the sentence, the court took into account the woman’s advanced age and her lack of a prior criminal record. However, the severity of her involvement in the broader drug trade was deemed significant enough to warrant a prison sentence.

Meanwhile, South Korean authorities are reportedly seeking the extradition of her son from Cambodia to face additional charges. In a related development, the woman’s granddaughter, who had also been implicated in the case, was acquitted after the court found insufficient evidence of her knowledge about the illicit funds.

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