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Bill Cassidy: “It is estimated cartels move $110 billion a year from the United States to Mexico, but we only confiscate, best as we…”

On the recordMarch 5, 2018
It is estimated cartels move $110 billion a year from the United States to Mexico, but we only confiscate, best as we can tell, about $7 billion.
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Bill Cassidy
Republican · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the scale of trade-based money laundering by cartels.

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