The feds are targeting American banks connected to Mexican exchange houses used to launder drug proceeds.

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Historically, the IRS has been after drug dealers wishing to use jewelers to launder their illegal drug proceeds.

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"Drug traffickers who profit from the laundering of millions of dollars in drug proceeds can no longer feel safe beyond the borders of the United States, " said Mark R.

FORBES: Dirty Dineros

The Treasury Department identified six casas and centros last year used by the Arellano Felix drug cartel to launder proceeds smuggled across the border.

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Authorities say some of the proceeds from the drug sales were being sent to accounts traced to Hezbollah and accounts in Yemen and Lebanon.

BBC: Drug money linked to Mid-East groups

The probe centers on past lax regulatory-compliance practices that allegedly allowed HSBC units around the world to be used for potential terrorism financing and for drug cartels to launder illicit proceeds.

WSJ: HSBC Nears Accord With U.S. in Laundering Probe

In the months leading up to the vote, the RAND Corporation released two independent studies that examined the theory that California would realize a net benefit from legalization and see reductions in the illicit proceeds and violence associated with drug trafficking.

WHITEHOUSE: Strengthen Efforts to Prevent Drug Use in Our Communities

If the drug works, Hyseq and Amgen would split the proceeds evenly.

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Last year the force emblazoned the logo Operation Payback on a convicted drug dealer's BMW convertible to highlight the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

BBC: Bling campaign targets criminals

Part of the proceeds from the methane sales will go toward rehabilitating the drug-infested slums, or favelas, that have sprung up around the landfill.

CNN: Landfill's closure changing lives in Rio