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HSBC Narco-Bank: Too big to fail, too big to go to jail

The big news in the US Senate’s Permanent Sub-Committee on Investigation’s 340-page report released last week on drug money-laundering by London’s HSBC Bank, the world’s 4th largest, is the answer to the question: Is there a bigger Drug Lord in … Continue reading

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Narco-Banker: The Allen Stanford Story

With his recent conviction on 13 counts of money laundering—ensuring that a man who once lived in a $57 million mansion with a moat will be doing his entertaining behind bars for a very long time—the Allen Stanford scandal would … Continue reading

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Allen Stanford & ‘The Caribbean Two-Step’

Call it the “Caribbean two-step.” The dance the U.S. Government has just pirouetted through with convicted mega-swindler Allen Stanford, repeats a familiar pattern its been using for at least 30 years. But rarely has it looked more like a lumberjack … Continue reading

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Allen Stanford, American Drug Lord

Missing from coverage of the conviction two weeks ago of Texas "financier" Allen Stanford for running a $7 billion Ponzi scheme was any mention of Stanford’s long-time role as an authentic—if no longer certified—American Drug Lord.  "Sir" Allen (the title … Continue reading

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