Great MbS Purge looks to expand beyond Saudi

Great MbS Purge looks to expand beyond Saudi: Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor will pursue extradition of corruption suspects living abroad as part of the Great Purge of Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman. Evidence is being collected against “fugitives” ahead of indictments against them and requests that foreign governments return them to the kingdom, Prosecutor Saud Al Muajab said, according to Reuters. Meanwhile, Kingdom Holdings Chairman Alwaleed bin Talaal, the most high profile of the princes nabbed, is reportedly in settlement talks with Saudi authorities after a two-month imprisonment, CNBC reports. The cash-for-freedom program (known in some parts of the world as “extortion” given there is no “trial” preceding the payments) hopes to “retrieve” some USD 100 bn.