41. A money launderer for the Juarez syndicate, Alcala unwittingly introduced undercover customs agents to Mexican bankers and businessmen willing to launder drug profits for a commission. 42. An American lawsuit aims to force an offshore Caribbean bank to surrender millions in drug profits. 43. Banker Merhai refused to comment further on speculation that the schemes are being used to launder drug profits. 44. Banker Merhai refused to comment further on speculation that the schemes are being used to clean drug profits. 45. Defense attorney Roy Kahn conceded that drug dealers had identified Gonzales as the recipient of drug profits but disputed reports that his client supplied cocaine. 46. DEA officials believe that eliminating the opportunities to hide drug profits is as important as seizing the drugs themselves. 47. Drug profits allowed gang leaders to move out of Harlem and into expensive homes across the Hudson River in New Jersey. 48. Drug profits are most risky for the traffickers when they are still in dollars. 49. Drug profits reportedly generate millions of dollars for the rebels, and a rival rightist paramilitary group that also rakes off money from drug producers. 50. He also claims the cash and car were not drug profits. |
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