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Bulk-cash seizures in the United States appear to be declining as criminal organizations change methods and locations for consolidating and disguising their illicit profits, according to Joseph Burke, chief of the National Bulk Cash Smuggling Center in Williston, Vermont. The center, which was established in 2009 under the supervision of Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations directorate, also known as HSI, seeks to trace the flow of illicit cash from local drug dealers through consolidation points around the country. Burke spoke about the latest trends in bulk-cash smuggling and seizures with ACAMS moneylaundering.com reporter Dan Bethencourt. What follows is...