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From Sale to Teller, Smuggled Cash Can Take Circuitous Route, Says ICE Official

When imagining how dirty money is moved around the country, "think of FedEx," says Joseph Burke, chief of the National Bulk Cash Smuggling Center in Vermont. Established five years ago as part of the ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) directorate, the center is tasked with tracing the sometimes elaborate path of drug proceeds from point-of-sale to the bank teller's window. Such routes can involve the seemingly counterintuitive steps of transporting cash back into the United States, he said. In a recent interview with reporter Kira Zalan, Burke spoke about the potential impact of Mexico's 2010 decision to restrict U.S. dollar...

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