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Some have struck agreements with the government to improve their efforts to fight money laundering, avoiding prosecution. A spokeswoman for Wachovia, Christy Phillips-Brown, said, Wachovia is committed to maintaining a strong anti-money-laundering program. The governments latest assault on drug-money laundering focuses on casas de cambio, or money-exchange houses, which dot the U.S.-Mexico border to facilitate [...]

I went shopping today and the formerly affordable, pretty good Canadian cheddar I used to buy regularly is, well, no longer affordable (to me). A friend of mine with family all over the world participates in a remittances system with his friends and family overseas. I was interested to learn, recently, that in his case [...]