How do you send your hard earned "Drug" money to Mexico? Western Union of course! Why take a chance crossing the border with $100,000 in cash when you can just send it via Western Union!!!!!
When $94 million doesn't put you out of business it makes you wonder how many "billions" is being funneled through Western Union. For all those living up north, there's a Western Union in every grocery store here in Arizona and guess who I see standing in line filling out Western Union money transfers.....
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Western Union to Pay $94 Million to Settle Dispute
Updated: Friday, 12 Feb 2010, 7:57 AM MST
Published : Thursday, 11 Feb 2010, 2:08 PM MST
PHOENIX (AP) — Western Union has agreed to a $94 million settlement Thursday in disputes with Arizona prosecutors that center on the state's effort to reduce the flow of immigrant and drug smuggling money through wire transfers.
The deal includes $50 million for a nonprofit center that will offer grants to law enforcement agencies in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas to tackle money laundering and the smuggling of immigrants, drugs and guns along the 2,000-mile border.
"We have literally changed the game," Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard said of the settlement accepted by Maricopa County Superior Court.
The deal ends several years of disputes over whether Arizona prosecutors should have access to certain records of wire transfers, and whether they can seize suspected smuggling money headed to northern Mexico.
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/mone...on_suit_021110
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