Authorities in Panama announced on Monday that they have launched an audit of the Hong Kong-based port operator that controls ports near the Panama Canal, shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump on Jan. 20 repeated his intention during his inauguration to bring the waterway back under U.S. control.
The Panama Ports Company, controlled by CK Hutchison Holdings, has been notified of the audit, the Panama Maritime Authority said.
A video posted on X showed about 10 suited men and women clambering off a bus and heading into the local offices of Hutchison Ports.
“Today, our auditors arrived at the Panama Ports Company to start an exhaustive audit aimed at guaranteeing efficient and transparent use of public resources,” the comptroller general said….