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American Express Global Private Bank - The Cuba, Drug Cartel, Money Laundering Mexico & Middle East Connection

http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/08/07/us-financial-amex-idUSN0644580020070807

WASHINGTON | Mon Aug 6, 2007 9:57pm EDT

(Reuters) - American Express Co. (AXP.N) agreed to pay $65 million for failing to detect drug-related money transactions laundered through a subsidiary over several years, U.S. authorities said on Monday.

The unit, American Express Bank International (AEBI), entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the Department of Justice to resolve a charge that it failed to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/20829603/Standard_Chartered_Buys_American_Express_International_Bank

Standard Chartered Buys American Express’ International Bank
Published: Tuesday, 18 Sep 2007

American Express agreed to sell its international banking subsidiary, American Express Bank, to U.K. bank Standard Chartered in a deal worth approximately $1.1 billion, the company said in a statement Tuesday.

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Standard Chartered Americas

Standard Chartered has a Wholesale Banking business in the Americas. The Bank’s primary function is to facilitate trade and investment flows between the Americas and the Group’s core geographies of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. In 2009, Standard Chartered added a Corporate Finance capability in the Americas, focusing primarily on cross-border financing.

Standard Chartered Bank in Mexico

Standard Chartered opened its Representative Office in Mexico City in 1968. In Mexico, the Bank is focused on the Wholesale Bank business and offers an extension of the full product suite of Standard Chartered Bank's network. The Wholesale Bank strategy in Mexico is focused on Financial Institutions, Multinational and selected Latin American Corporates with links to the Standard Chartered global network.

Standard Chartered

Conspiracy to Talibanise Kashmir": Saudi "charities" pumping billions into Kashmir Valley to promote Jihad (emphasis mine)

The Saudis are spending billions to spread their virulent and violent form of Islam, including its command to wage jihad against the infidel. The Kashmiri Sufis have trouble fighting back because all the forms of Islam that are labeled "Wahhabi" in this article are firmly based on the quran and Muhammad's words -- so what can the Sufis say when the Saudis bring all this in and overwhelm the cultural Islam of the Kashmir Valley with it?

Yet we still count the Saudis as a U.S. ally. The next President needs to make a thorough reevaluation of our foreign policy and energy policy in light of the jihad, and we should demand a promise to do this from the Republican candidates now.

IIan Grapel: I taught Zionism to Muslim Brotherhood

Snips: Ilan Grapel, arrested by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt on spy charges and released months later, writes that he tried to teach his captors Zionism during his arrest and that they asked for forgiveness.

Saudi daily farm buys 30,000 acres of prime land in Argentina

Snip: The acquisition will give Riyadh-based Almarai Co. control of roughly 30,000 acres of farmland just ahead of tough new limits to be imposed by Argentina's government on foreign ownership...

Al Qaeda, Taliban seek Pakistani militant's help

Prominent al-Qaida and Afghan Taliban fighters asked Pakistani militants in a pair of rare meetings to set aside their differences and step up support for the battle against U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, militant commanders said Monday.