These guys had more Cuban cigars than I do.
The law enforcement folks really need to smoke em up—it would be beyond criminal to destroy them.
Lol.
I thought Cuban cigars were readily available in the EU?...............
Reminds me of the al Taqwa bank in Switzerland and F. Genoud
ping
Spain, Belgium, China...
Cigars suggest Cuba...
Hawalas are a big problem... they were used to rip off the SNAP/EBT programs in the US to help finance the 1993 WTC Bombing, for example.
DOJ: Mexican Cartel Used Middle Eastern Honor System to Launder U.S. Currency
Breitbart ^ | 3 Oct 2015 | Ildefonso Ortiz
Posted on 10/4/2015, 3:56:14 AM by george76
Court documents filed in federal court claim that a suspected drug traffickers linked to Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel used a Middle Eastern honor system to launder drug proceeds. Known as a Hawala, members of the conspiracy would be hired by cartel members in Canada and Mexico to move drug proceeds through the honor system that does not leave a paper trail as couriers move the money between countries.
“Drug traffickers in Canada would generate drug proceeds from multi-kilogram and multi-pound sales and distribution of drugs provided by Mexican cartels, including the Sinaloa Cartel,” court records obtained by Breitbart Texas revealed.
A Hawala need two brokers who would transfer the money between each other on a trust basis thus not leaving behind any promissory notes or legally binding documents for authorities to seize.
Federal authorities have arrested 15 members of the Sinaloa linked Hawala network and are searching for seven others who are all named in a criminal indictment.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Speaking of Antwerp and Belgium:
Inside Europe’s Cocaine Gateway: ‘A Repeat of Miami in the 1980s’
WSJ ^ | Dec 31 | By James Marson
Posted on 1/1/2022, 7:47:11 AM by RandFan
Antwerp, now the No. 1 port in Europe for cocaine busts, has seen a rise in gang violence and corruption
ANTWERP, Belgium—For centuries, goods flowing through the giant port here have enriched this elegant city, known for its diamonds, art and fashion.
Now a different import from across the Atlantic—cocaine—has unleashed a gusher of cash that officials say is swamping Antwerp with corruption, violence and economic distortion.
Authorities have seized 88 metric tons of cocaine stashed in containers from Latin America this year, nearly 10 times the figure in 2014....
Lenin (and/or possibly Stalin or Marx) are attributed with saying that “The capitalists will sell us the ropes we use to hang them.”
But nowadays,
our enemies (whether communist China, Moslem Islamicist terrorist gangsters, or Mexican drug cartelists, etc.) take (like, handouts from their syncophats and idiots in western governments) or take (like this, stealing) .... they use our money to attack, subvert us. This is even more clever and far more efficient than Lenin ever dreamed of.
alas.