Money Laundering in A Changed World

By Sam Vaknin Editor in Chief, Global Politician If you shop with a major bank, chances are that all the transactions in your account are scrutinized by AML (Anti Money Laundering) software. Billions of dollars are being invested in these applications. They are supposed to...

Operation Fast & Furious: ATF Let Guns Go to Cartels (Gunwalking)

ATF Allowed American Weapons to be Sold to Mexican Drug Gangs Congress is examining a spectacularly flawed ATF operation, in which the agency allowed weapons sold by American gun dealers to make their way into the...

DEA arrests allege link between drug cartels and al-Qaeda

DEA arrests allege link between drug cartels and al-Qaeda. Three alleged al-Qaeda associates were apprehended in West Africa by DEA Agents and extradited to the Southern District of New York where they face drug...

Busted: Mexican American Drug Cartel "La Familia Michoacana"

Nearly 12,000 arrests have been made in a series of drug raids across the USA.  The arrests were made on people who are connected to Mexico's rapidly expanding and dangerous drug trafficking cartels, La Familia Michoacana.  Los Angelas and Atlanta were the largest...

DEA Mexico Chief Reyes Lists Reasons To End Marijuana Prohibition

Presently, the United States Federal Government sweepingly includes marijuana (or cannabis) in its ongoing War on Drugs. This classification is arguably a relic of the politically-based vilification of cannabis that began in 1937, and seems to have little to do with actual...

It's Time to Stop Celebrating Cinco De Mayo!

Launched in 2006 as a somewhat-cheesy tongue-in-cheek merchandising gimmick (i.e., "Use mustard instead of mayonnaise"), the CINCO DE MUSTARD campaign has gotten "legs" and deserves serious consideration from Americans -- especially owners of restaurants, bars and other...

United States ready to step-up military presence in Mexico

Mexico's drug wars are costing both its people and its country, and the crisis has become a national security concern for the United States who plans to offer military assistance to the United Mexican...

US releases $99 million of Mexico anti-drug money

" The United States has released another $99 million as part of an aid package to support Mexico's police and soldiers in their fight against drug cartels. U.S. Ambassador Tony Garza says the funds will help Mexico's military buy aircraft and other equipment to help...

Mexico Has Had Enough

Hundreds of thousands of Mexicans have marched in a mass protest in all of the countrys 32 states. Almost 200,000 people gathered in the capital Mexico citys main square. The march had a religious air, as the people dressed in white and holding candles walked in...

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

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Mexico's Cartels Escalate Drug War

Gangs enlist militias, whose tactics include beheadings, in battles over smuggling routes.

Mexican Cover Up Redux

"Stephen Harper and Vincente Fox met and did not discuss the fate of the Canadian Couple who were murdered in Cancun."

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