D.E.A. Launders Mexican Profits of Drug Cartels By GINGER THOMPSON/New York Times WASHINGTON — Undercover American narcotics agents have laundered or smuggled millions of dollars in drug proceeds as part of Washington’s expanding role in Mexico’s fight against drug cartels, according to current and former federal law enforcement officials. A crime scene in Monterrey, Mexico, last week. The agents, primarily with the Drug Enforcement Administration, have handled shipments of hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal cash across borders, those officials said, to identify how criminal organizations move their money, where they keep their assets and, most important, who their leaders are. They said agents had deposited the drug proceeds in accounts designated by traffickers, or in shell accounts set up by agents. The officials said that while the D.E.A. conducted such operations in other countries, it began doing so in Mexico only in the past few years. It is not clear whether such operations are worth the risks. Mr.
vizualize.me: Visualize your resume in one click. Detected by US spy satellites’ in space above Mexico! They use sophisticated communications equipment even on U.S. soil, says a report by the Homeland Security Group Today Several of the most dangerous criminal organizations in Mexico have established their own networks of high-tech communications, with systems to military grade encryption, for information on the movements of Americans in the border police; group’s report says a Homeland Security Today. That group, which is defined as “the principal source of independent news and analysis on security issues in the U.S., indicates that intelligence officials are worried their country not only by the use of communications equipment lookouts highlighted by criminal gangs to guide smugglers. Also, he says, because these “observers” could be used for direct attacks against Border Patrol and other police forces in the border region with Mexico. Homeland Security’s slogan according to one informant is, “these communication skills should not be taken lightly.” Operation signal theft Monitored movements
10 Great Books About Underground Economy, Working Under The Table And Surviving When Economy Sucks 1. Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor In this revealing study of a Southside Chicago neighborhood, sociologist Venkatesh opens a window on how the poor live. Focusing on domestics, entrepreneurs, hustlers, preachers and gangs linked in an underground economy that “manages to touch all households,” the book reveals how residents struggle between “their desires to live a just life and their needs to make ends meet as best they can.” In this milieu, African-American mechanics, painters, hairdressers, musicians and informal security guards are linked to prostitutes, drug dealers, gun dealers and car thieves in illegal enterprises that even police and politicians are involved in, though not all are criminals in the usual sense. 2. Economics is not widely considered to be one of the sexier sciences. 3. 4. I thought that this book was so funny in places that I haven’t laughed so hard, so much, for a long time. Hey, I used to think I was cheap. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
National Security Agency « It dont Matter! Communications networks located in Mexico belonging to Zetas They use sophisticated communications equipment even on U.S. soil, says a report by the Homeland Security Group Today Several of the most dangerous criminal organizations in Mexico have established their own networks of high-tech communications, with systems to military grade encryption, for information on the movements of Americans in the border police; group’s report says a Homeland Security Today. That group, which is defined as “the principal source of independent news and analysis on security issues in the U.S., indicates that intelligence officials are worried their country not only by the use of communications equipment lookouts highlighted by criminal gangs to guide smugglers. Also, he says, because these “observers” could be used for direct attacks against Border Patrol and other police forces in the border region with Mexico. Operation signal theft Monitored movements Like this: Like Loading...
Hormuz Bypass Oil Pipeline Said Delayed Amid Iran Tensions (Updates with oil price forecast by Societe Generale in seventh paragraph.) Jan. 9 (Bloomberg) -- A pipeline that would allow crude oil from the United Arab Emirates to bypass the Strait of Hormuz separating it from Iran has been delayed because of construction difficulties, two people with knowledge of the matter said. As many as 270 construction issues have pushed back the completion date, said the two people, declining to be identified because they’re not allowed to speak publicly on the matter. The $3.3 billion project won’t be ready until at least April, one of them said. “The pipeline is almost complete, so hopefully it will be operational, say, within six months, by May-June,” U.A.E. The 1.5 million barrel-a-day link would ensure the U.A.E. can export crude without risking a blockade at Hormuz, where fully laden tankers exit the Persian Gulf with one-fifth of the world’s traded oil. ‘Critical Infrastructure’ Important Chokepoint Across Desert, Mountains Faster Sailing Not Likely
Anon's wear that silly mask to cover up their ZITS. Iran 'enriches uranium at new site' - Middle East - World Kayhan daily, which is close to Iran's ruling clerics, said Tehran has begun injecting uranium gas into sophisticated centrifuges at the Fordo facility near the holy city of Qom. Uranium enrichment lies at the heart of Iran's dispute with the West. The technology can be used to produce nuclear fuel, but also materials for atomic bombs. The US and other countries accuse Iran of developing weapons, but Tehran says it only seeks reactors for energy and research, and refuses to halt its uranium enrichment activities. "Kayhan received reports yesterday that show Iran has begun uranium enrichment at the Fordo facility amid heightened foreign enemy threats," the paper said in a front-page report. Iran has a major uranium enrichment facility in Natanz in central Iran where nearly 8,000 centrifuges are operating. The Fordo centrifuges however are reportedly more efficient, and the site better shielded from aerial attack. "The Fordo facility, like Natanz, has been designed and built underground.