Friday, February 15, 2008
US says Colombian druglords use complex scheme to launder euros through Miami airport
Every day, American Airlines Flight 914 takes off from Bogota, Colombia, at 8:20 a.m. and touches down at the Miami airport at noon. In the jet's cargo hold are usually bags and bags of euros that investigators say are part of a huge $1.4 billion (¤950 million) cocaine money-laundering scheme. Crime is happening right on schedule in Miami, almost every day, federal prosecutors say. But so far, despite nearly four years of investigation, they have apparently been unable to build a strong enough case to stop it. Instead, they are attacking the problem piecemeal. The U.S. Justice Department this week went to federal court in Miami seeking forfeiture of nearly $11 million (¤7.5 million) seized last June and July by federal agents, who used drug-sniffing dogs to find cocaine residue on some of the cash.
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Ya -- the proper way to take on the colombian narco-régime is to keep matters in perspective -- and our eyes on their Murder Inc. imperial outpost. It's actually the easiest thing in the world, to keep these killers on the defensive, politically -- as long as we don't panic. Which is what liberals always do, when faced with a Rightwing media offensive, for instance. Which is why liberals should never lead a revolution.
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