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Article: Stolen U.S. Microchips Find Way To Mexico.
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- Internet Securities
- Article date:
- June 26, 2001
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MEXICO CITY, Jan 22, 2001
Well-organized bands of criminals from Mexico, Central America and South America are making a killing by robbing hi-tech companies in the United States and smuggling the stolen merchandise -- for the most part, computer microchips -- south of the border before exporting it to other parts of globe, according to U.S. law enforcement and Mexican computer industry sources. Humberto Caro, of the California State Police, said Latin America and Indonesia are believed to be popular destinations for microchips stolen in the United States. According to San Jose, ...