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Octafish

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18. Here's a nice read re Wachovia...
Wed Feb 12, 2014, 07:06 PM
Feb 2014

From Project CENSORED:

Wachovia Bank Laundered Money for Latin American Drug Cartels

Between 2004 and 2007, Wachovia Bank handled funds totaling $378.4 billion for Mexican currency-exchange houses acting on behalf of drug cartels. The transactions amount to the largest violation of the Bank Secrecy Act, an anti-money-laundering law, in US history. This case is not exceptional; Wachovia is just one of several US and European banks that drug cartels have used to launder money.

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Clarence Walker, “American Banks ‘High’ on Drug Money: How a Whistleblower Blew the Lid off Wachovia-Drug Cartel Money Laundering Scheme,” AlterNet, November 1, 2011, http://www.alternet.org/story/151135/american_banks_’high’_on_drug_money:_how_a_whistleblower_blew_the_lid_off_wachovia-drug_cartel_money_laundering_scheme>.

http://www.mediafreedominternational.org/2012/01/26/wachovia-bank-laundered-money-for-latin-american-drug-cartels/

Now, that's just one bank what got caught. There are many, many other ones, as well...

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The Mobsters of Wall Street [View all] xchrom Feb 2014 OP
You left out laundering drug money. SamKnause Feb 2014 #1
Here's a nice read re Wachovia... Octafish Feb 2014 #18
Thanks Octafish SamKnause Feb 2014 #19
+1 a whole bunch.......nt Enthusiast Feb 2014 #20
Jamie Dimon (net worth $400 million) appears to have immunity from EVERYTHING. democratisphere Feb 2014 #2
Obviously the "net worth" (money-wise) dotymed Feb 2014 #13
And he was nearly treasury sec Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #3
He has been called AgingAmerican Feb 2014 #5
I guess that makes Dubya Bush Obama's favorite president. Maybe? Enthusiast Feb 2014 #21
I don't recall AgingAmerican Feb 2014 #23
That's only because Dubya needed a long rest after Enthusiast Feb 2014 #24
Can we add motherfucker to his list of transgressions. lonestarnot Feb 2014 #4
Barely scratches the surface of this parasite's crimes, but the important question is, Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #6
This is one of the key reasons I voted "NO" on WillyT's poll. Scuba Feb 2014 #7
k/r marmar Feb 2014 #8
At least Mr. Dimon has been sued. ms.smiler Feb 2014 #9
Not much more than a distraction really. fleabiscuit Feb 2014 #10
No doubt. dotymed Feb 2014 #14
Jamie Dimon "is one of the smartest bankers we've got". -Barack Obama, May 15, 2012 nt Romulox Feb 2014 #11
Evil genius. Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2014 #15
Sadly, the really successful criminals are generally very intelligent. Just not wired right. bluesbassman Feb 2014 #16
Brother, Can Ya Spare a dime? bkanderson76 Feb 2014 #12
K&R! countryjake Feb 2014 #17
What a swell fella Jimmy must be. Poor former mayor of New Orleans Nagin has just indepat Feb 2014 #22
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