{
  "id": 1849097,
  "title": "Chinese national Jianfei Lu sentenced to 15 years in US$92m drug money scheme",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/chinese-national-jianfei-lu-sentenced-to-15-years-in-us-92m-drug-1849097",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T02:09:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3364500/chinese-national-jianfei-lu-sentenced-15-years-us92m-drug-money-scheme"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A Chinese national, described by the US Justice Department as a “prolific” money launderer, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Tuesday and ordered to pay US$25 million for his role in a Chinese money laundering outfit with ties to Mexican drug gangs. The agency said Jianfei Lu, aged 31, was involved in laundering more than US$92 million in illicit funds in a two-year period, collecting the…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "Chinese national Jianfei Lu sentenced to 15 years in US$92m drug money scheme",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/chinese-national-jianfei-lu-sentenced-to-15-years-in-us-92m-drug",
        "published": "2026-08-19T02:09:53.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}