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Article: TREASURY DESIGNATES FINANCIAL EMPIRE OF KEY MEXICAN MONEY LAUNDERER BLANCA MARGARITA CAZARES SALAZAR
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- December 12, 2007
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release:
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today designated Mexican money launderer Blanca Margarita Cazares Salazar (Blanca Cazares) and 19 companies and 22 individuals in Mexico that are part of her financial network as specially designated narcotics traffickers subject to economic sanctions pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act
"Today's action exposes Blanca Cazares' sophisticated money laundering apparatus and subjects it to powerful economic sanctions," said OFAC Director Adam J. Szubin. "This Kingpin Act designation also puts the global community on notice ...