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War Without Borders: Along U.S.-Mexico Border, a Torrent of Illicit Cash

Dec. 25, 2009
As the U.S. has clamped down on sophisticated money-laundering schemes, money from illicit drugs is being smuggled the old-fashioned way.
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Trade-based money laundering flourishing

MIAMI, May 11 (UPI) -- International drug criminals are funneling hundreds of billions of dollars in profits through trade-based money laundering schemes, U.S. officials say.

Bulgaria seen as money laundering center

WASHINGTON, March 2 (UPI) -- Bulgaria is a major money-laundering center in the Balkans because of its position as a transit country and financial center, a U.S. report said.

Qatar holds money laundering seminar

DOHA, Qatar, May 22 (UPI) -- Qatar held a special seminar for financial institutions and others on money laundering and terrorism financing methods.

Money laundering thrives in Dubai

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, April 28 (UPI) -- Dubai's diverse economy and multi-national population make it attractive to money launderers who try to transfer large sums using e-mail and text messages.

41 arrested in Spain for money laundering

MARABELLA, Spain, March 13 (UPI) -- Forty-one people from Spain, France, Finland, Russia and Ukraine have been arrested in an alleged money-laundering scheme based in Marbella, Spain.

Fed steps up money laundering monitoring

WASHINGTON, June 3 (UPI) -- Federal Reserve Gov. Susan Bies said Thursday the central bank has expanded its anti-money laundering program greatly over the past decade.

Syria says it is not laundering money

DAMASCUS, Syria, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Syria denied it is a money laundering center, saying its banks are tightly controlled.

Treasury issuses money-laundering rules

WASHINGTON, April 29 (UPI) -- The Treasury Department on Tuesday issued proposed rules under the Patriot Act that would expand anti-money laundering rules to commodity trading advisers and s

Group says strides against terror money

PARIS, June 21 (UPI) -- Efforts to crack down on terrorist financing and money laundering have made "significant progress," according to the Paris-based Financial Action Task

Egypt says money laundering at $3 billion

CAIRO, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Egyptian Trade Minister Youssef Boutros Ghali has estimated the volume of money laundering in Egypt at nearly $3 billion, mostly from drug smuggling, according
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego wins Finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler