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Panama's top court approves two new probes against ex-president Martinelli

[Reuters] – Panama’s Supreme Court on Wednesday approved two new investigations against ex-president Ricardo Martinelli, adding to a growing list of corruption probes targeting the former president. In one of the new cases, Panama’s stock market regulator asked for an investigation into whether Martinelli, through the brokerage firm Financial Pacific, was insider trading on shares of Canadian miner Petaquilla. The other investigation is related to an existing case, alleging that