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Over the past year, more than 100 federal investigators have been on hand to assist local law enforcement in and around Los Angeles through El Camino Real, an informal, Homeland Security Investigations-led initiative to combat the city's vast range of complex financial crimes. HSI, the IRS and other federal and state agencies participating in El Camino Real provide expertise and other local case support against illicit commerce, drug trafficking, illegal gambling and trade-based money laundering, according to Gregory Mandoli, an HSI supervisory special agent in LA who heads the Southern California High Intensity Financial Crime Area, or HIFCA. Rather than...