SANTO DOMINGO.- The Customs Agency and the Airport Security Corp (CESA) have seized more dollars in the first six months this year than the total confiscated in 2007.
From January to June 22 US$2.7 million have been seized in attempts to smuggle them into or out of the country, whereas last year’s total was US$2 million.
Customs director Miguel Cocco had predicted that the dollars seized in 2008 would surpass those of the previous year.
Customs and CESA agents yesterday arrested the employee Jose Antonio Rivas, while trying to smuggle in 128,657 dollars. He arrived from Atlanta aboard Delta Airlines flight 599 .
Rivas tried to bribe a Customs inspector with 100 dollars to avoid opening his suitcase where he hid the money, packed in gift wrapping and next to perfumes.
Other important seizures were that of 569,000 dollars confiscated from three people who brought with them on a small plane from Isla Grande, Puerto Rico.
Another case was of two Venezuelans, from whom 520,000 dollars were seized when they tried to smuggle it out.
Llast week the authorities seized 491,000 dollars from two Dominicans and a American, who tried to take the cash illegally to Panama.
From: United States
5 siezures totaling 2.7 million.
Thats peanuts in what is really being laundered and imported or exported in the way of drug money.
These guys should get of their asses and stop taking bribes and start doing their job.
Written by: Belial, 23 Jun 2008 3:54 PM
From: United States, Texas
"Thats peanuts in what is really being laundered and imported or exported in the way of drug money."
0000
That's 100% right.
Plus, what does the DR do with the peanuts.
Last summer, Argentina sent a suitcase containing $800,000 to the US regime after the US regime falsely said the money belongs to Venezuela.
Who gets the 2.7 ?
I hope the DR doesn't let the imperialists extradite the 2.7 as effortlessly and as swiftly as the imperialists extradite most wanted Dominicans to the USA.
"Hey you in Santo Domingo, give me the money launderers and the money. Now!"
Written by: Jander, 23 Jun 2008 3:57 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Senor Miguel Cocco is a courgeous man and has sent the message "not on my watch" to smugglers.
Legal Seizures is big buisness for state and local authorities in the US and Canada
There are now more than 400 federal offenses and thousands of state and local offenses for which your cash, car, bank accounts and home can be seized – including shoplifting, hiring an illegal alien such as a maid (California), playing a car stereo too loud (New York), transporting illegal fireworks, gambling, having illegal drugs on your property, and merely discussing violating any law ("conspiracy”), such as underpaying your taxes.
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Written by: Jander, 23 Jun 2008 3:59 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Sources:
(1) "Railway Bandits," Reason, July 2001, p. 14.
(2) "Railway Bandits," Reason, July 2001, p. 15.
(3) "Presumed Guilty: The Law's Victims in the War on Drugs," Andrew Schneider and Mary Pat Flaherty. Reprinted from the Pittsburgh Press, Aug. 11-16, 1991, pp. 5-6.
(4) Forfeiture Endangers American Rights, www.fear.org.
(5) An analysis of U.S. asset forfeiture laws, with extensive legal citations, can be found in the book "Your House Is Under Arrest," by Brenda Grantland, one of America's leading asset defense attorneys. Copies are available from ISIL, 707/726-8796, www.isil.org. Another excellent source is "Forfeiting Our Property Rights," by U.S. Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill.
(6) Brenda Grantland, "Your House Is Under Arrest," Institute for the Preservation of Wealth, Burnsville, Minn., 1993, p. 61.
(7) Orlando Sentinel, Aug. 2, 1992.
Written by: Jander, 23 Jun 2008 3:59 PM
From: Dominican Republic
The latest wrinkle in civil asset forfeiture is police working with Amtrak, Greyhound, airlines and hotels to seize cash from travelers. The Albuquerque Journal reports that Amtrak gave the Drug Enforcement Administration access to its booking system in exchange for 10 percent of any monies seized by police.
The DEA has similar deals with airlines at major airports and many hotel and motel owners in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and other large cities. DEA agents are now permanently stationed at major airports and hotels.
So, the next time you pay for an Amtrak ticket, airline flight or hotel room in cash, don’t be surprised if you get a knock on your door from machine gun-armed DEA agents.
From: Canada, Toronto ,Cabbagetown,Parliament and Gerrard
they took the confiscated money and spent it on hookers drugs and booze and the rest they wasted
From: Afghanistan, BAF
We are not free, it's just an illusion, Once Barak Osama is in power we will all get our tracking chips and all will be well....
Written by: adnlab, 23 Jun 2008 7:32 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Only the dummest of the dummest are smuggling cash through the Airport !
In addition to their sentence the should receive another year for stupidity.
From: Canada, Toronto ,Cabbagetown,Parliament and Gerrard
Belials would be life with no parole and solitary so he could not annoy the other prisoners.....if stupidity was a crime
From: United States
I thought professional money smugglers used banks and corporations to move money.
These must be free lance small time folks doing this.
From: United States
absolutely right, batguano. these guys that get caught are small time losers who deserve to get caught. real professionals go legit and buy real estate.
From: United States
only $2.7 million was reported, the same amount was taken by the custom guards.
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Thats peanuts in what is really being laundered and imported or exported in the way of drug money.
These guys should get of their asses and stop taking bribes and start doing their job.
0000
That's 100% right.
Plus, what does the DR do with the peanuts.
Last summer, Argentina sent a suitcase containing $800,000 to the US regime after the US regime falsely said the money belongs to Venezuela.
Who gets the 2.7 ?
I hope the DR doesn't let the imperialists extradite the 2.7 as effortlessly and as swiftly as the imperialists extradite most wanted Dominicans to the USA.
"Hey you in Santo Domingo, give me the money launderers and the money. Now!"
Legal Seizures is big buisness for state and local authorities in the US and Canada
There are now more than 400 federal offenses and thousands of state and local offenses for which your cash, car, bank accounts and home can be seized – including shoplifting, hiring an illegal alien such as a maid (California), playing a car stereo too loud (New York), transporting illegal fireworks, gambling, having illegal drugs on your property, and merely discussing violating any law ("conspiracy”), such as underpaying your taxes.
.
(1) "Railway Bandits," Reason, July 2001, p. 14.
(2) "Railway Bandits," Reason, July 2001, p. 15.
(3) "Presumed Guilty: The Law's Victims in the War on Drugs," Andrew Schneider and Mary Pat Flaherty. Reprinted from the Pittsburgh Press, Aug. 11-16, 1991, pp. 5-6.
(4) Forfeiture Endangers American Rights, www.fear.org.
(5) An analysis of U.S. asset forfeiture laws, with extensive legal citations, can be found in the book "Your House Is Under Arrest," by Brenda Grantland, one of America's leading asset defense attorneys. Copies are available from ISIL, 707/726-8796, www.isil.org. Another excellent source is "Forfeiting Our Property Rights," by U.S. Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill.
(6) Brenda Grantland, "Your House Is Under Arrest," Institute for the Preservation of Wealth, Burnsville, Minn., 1993, p. 61.
(7) Orlando Sentinel, Aug. 2, 1992.
The DEA has similar deals with airlines at major airports and many hotel and motel owners in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and other large cities. DEA agents are now permanently stationed at major airports and hotels.
So, the next time you pay for an Amtrak ticket, airline flight or hotel room in cash, don’t be surprised if you get a knock on your door from machine gun-armed DEA agents.
In addition to their sentence the should receive another year for stupidity.
These must be free lance small time folks doing this.