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M) Money Laundering and Financial Crimes
One notable event occurred on September 5, 2001 when the Dominican Republic’s National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD) and the DEA brought to fruition a year long investigation, initiated by the DNCD, with the arrest of eight people in San Juan, Dominican Republic and Orlando, Florida. These eight individuals were part of an international organization engaged in the trafficking of multi-ton quantities of cocaine and the laundering of millions of U.S. dollars in drug proceeds as well as the arrest of ten members of a Colombian-Lebanese money laundering organization operating in Colombia, New York, Miami, West Palm Beach, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. The operation netted 43 arrests, the seizure of 2,899 kilograms of cocaine and $2,511,285. ... [Read More]
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