Theshockingsafetydistancesforblastingwithvarious charges andsafecharge for specific distance are both determinedaccording to the particlevibrationvelocity safety controlstandard.
U.S. and French defense officials believe at least one of those marriages gave Mr. Belmokhtar the social position he needed to charge safe-passage fees to cocaine cartels that move across the Sahara.
And, everything else being equal (as they say), that means they would feel obliged to charge their customers rather more for loans and for keeping money safe (cough).