FBI is probing money laundering linked to narco-trafficking Cartel to Allen Stanford
The FBI is probing possible money laundering linked to Mexico's infamous narco-trafficking Gulf Cartel in its investigation of Texan billionaire Sir Allen Stanford, US law enforcement sources have told the Observer.
An FBI source close to the investigation would not give exact details but confirmed the agency was looking at links to international drug gangs as part of the huge investigation into Stanford's banking activities. Reports in the US have said Mexican authorities have detained one of Stanford's private planes as part of an investigation into possible links to the Gulf Cartel. It has been alleged cheques found inside the plane were linked to the cartel, which is one of the most violent criminal organisations in the world.
Sources in the US Drug Enforcement Administration also confirmed that while the investigations into Stanford's affairs were "with the FBI and Securities Exchange Commission, there may well have been a trail connecting his Mexican affairs to narco-trafficking interests. So far as we understand from information partially in the public domain, this has pertained to the Gulf Cartel, and items found aboard a private light aircraft. I think we'll find that any possible drug-related trail and SEC priorities are not all in the same frame."
Asked whether the aircraft seizures were an isolated incident in the overall investigation, the official said: "It's not going to be as if they would check every plane. Any connections to the narcos would have been followed for some time, and US law enforcement has been working with Mexico's banking regulators on a vast range of investigations, including Stanford's interests, for some time.
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So the SEC?
Which will then lead to possible connections maybe with MADOFF??? Dang the spiders web is becomming more and more interesting. Also, wouldn't they want to blame some billionaire instead of a congressman, ex-president or the like? I can see it easily happening. With the craziness in Northern Mexico right now and how America is responding to it, they need to find someone that's not connected through government actions as their scapegoat.
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What is the purpose of your post?
I discredit the government's take against Stanford... Largest, private, offshore institution not connected to the Federal Reserve....Everything in the financial industry being nationalized... Amazing the guy has not been convicted in a court, but absolutely has been assasinated in the court of public opinion... I work or worked in the Coin & Bullion division, and it stands right now, these government cocksuckers have not delivered the many shipments of gold to people who have bought and paid for their product.... Most people here know the governments role in the drug trade, so why is this being posted?