INTERPOL  has accepted Panama's request to issue an international red alert to locate  and arrest the two sons of ex-president Ricardo Martinelli.

The request  for the alert to capture Ricardo  Alberto Martinelli Linares and Luis Enrique Martinelli Linares,  was issued by the

Attorney General's Office as part of the Odebrecht investigation.

In January, Swiss federal prosecutors formally accused the sons of the former president of bribery of foreign officials and money laundering, which resulted in the freezing of bank accounts containing $22 million.