My take: Because of the present economic collapse in Spain, people there are trying everything possible to get their money OUT of Spain before it becomes worthless. This has been going on now for about a week or so. I feel bad for this person because, assuming it was her hard earned money, the "trade agreements" between counties in the name of the "war on drugs" or "anti money laundering", this legalized theft by the state will continue to happen. She will not get her money back.

mr. polanco?

wonder if its the same polanco that has restaurant's in pop?
also i wonder if the pounds belong to mr. abc?
money came from spain? people are running to get their money out of the spain banks. they received an $125 billion loan this week to help bail out the banks in spain {bad loans they gave out}. today many think that spain has lent it self this money its not from europe?
how can they pay their bond holders? they have no growth.
choo choo train.
all aboard.

I feel bad for this person because, assuming it was her hard earned money, the "trade agreements" between counties in the name of the "war on drugs" or "anti

MOST HONEST HARD WORKING PEOPLE WIRE TRANSFER THEIR MONEY DONT PUT IT IN A SUIT CASE AND FLY IT TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
BUT YES IF IS HARD EARNED MONEY SORRY FOR HER MOENY, BUT U CAN LOOK AT IT THIS WAY.
THE DR KEEPS THE MONEY AND PUTS THESE DOLLARS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM OR INTO THE LACK OF LUZ THING IN THE DR. NO?
CHOO CHOO TRAIN
ALL ABOARD..

Why would anyone trying to get their money out of the sinking ship that is Socialist Spain chose the D.R. as the place to go is beyond belief.
Any large amount of Cash will be taken away never to be seen again and the banking sector will screw you with fees and "taxes" so much that the % rate of loss will rival those of the most dirty money launderer in Panama or even the USA.
Anybody with internet access can easily spend 5 mins on Google and find the places that will welcome your money and not treat you like a criminal.

Botemon,
The article says the money was British Pounds, which is legal tender and of value almost anywhere, regardless of what happens to Spain's economy. I don't think the money was for Bachata lessons or the pistol for a church pantomime.

Maybe customs/the airport should keep the money so they can rebuild the fence that was stolen from around the facilities overnight a little over a year ago... It's amazing how they can catch so many people (still probably a low %) muling drugs but can't see that something was missing around the airport....... Don't get high on stolen supplies!

If they were professional criminals, they would have had a better quality firearm. No, an honest, thinking person would not have done it this way.

thats a lot of libras haha lol

I agreed with Danny, if you earned money working hard then you can wire the money to the DR for a small amount of lets says 100.00USD and your money will be secured, now if you got that money from bad deals then you do not want the government to find out because you would have to prove where did the money came from.

Botemon, exactly 100 percent correct

It will be fun to watch the global financial collapse when all of these morons supporting the criminals in state sponsored terrorism lose their a$$e$. Gold and silver assets are the only safe haven from the criminals in washington responsible for this intentionally designed financial meltdown.

Written by: RoyStone,
" I don't think the money was for Bachata lessons or the pistol for a church pantomime."


Only in Roystone's and other fascist, knee jerk liberals would having large amounts of money and a firearm be a criminal act.

In my world its is a goal to attain.

I really cannot believe any one can be so dumb as to put all that money in a suitcase ,,,but it shows how bad the security at airports must be in Spain maybe they just let it go through and tipped off the Dominican authorities

anthonyC,

I have no problem with people earning large amounts of money, legally. If it needs a gun, it's not earned legally.

Fortunately in civilized and enlightened countries, gun ownership and violent crime is in decline.

I would love to read the "follow-up" to this story! Ricardolito; You correct in saying that this was a DUMB stupid thing to do. 10K is the max amount you can transport legally on your body across boarders. Sucks...but that's the way it is. I can easily cash a check here where I live for about any amount I want to. I can also tell you that each time I do, a "Suspicious Activity Report" is automatically triggered by my financial institution in the sates. I can also tell you that when amounts "wired" here gets larger then 10K, I have to "jump through hoops" with paperwork. These are not DR laws. They are US laws imposed on the DR (through the FT agreements I mention). HA! Just wait till next year (2013), It gets much, much worse transferring money. The DR is one of only a few countries left that will even talk to a US citizen about opening a savings, checking / investment account. Its to much trouble and risk dealing with it.

24,1605 Pound Sterling = 375,746.500778 US Dollar X 39= 14,278,367.029564 Dominican Pesos

Thats alots of money to be earn working clean.