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"...The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago and the Internal Revenue Service last week carted away hundreds of confidential files of the Tri-County Task Force, including records that show the officers regularly withdrew large amounts of cash from the bank with no receipts to show where it went, according to people familiar with the investigation.
As police chief of Bal Harbour, Tom Hunker headed up the Tri-County Task Force, which laundered at least $71.5 million for drug cartels. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago is investigating its actions..."
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/10/29/1442237/-After-years-of-money-laundering-the-Fed-opens-up-probe-into-Florida-police?detail=email
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The Herald spent eight months investigating the Tri-County Task Force, which carried out the largest state undercover money laundering investigation in decades.
Reporters gained rare access to the confidential files of the unit, which laundered millions for drug cartels to infiltrate their laundering network. The Herald reviewed thousands of documents, including task force reports, internal emails, bank wire records and DEA reports to track every laundering deal – 235 in all – including commissions kept by the officers for laundering $55.6 million in drug cash from 2010 to 2012.
The Herald also examined hundreds of bank statements to trace task force expenses on hotels, airfare, dinners and purchases, including dozens of computers and other electronic equipment. It traced money to 349 export businesses the task force used to launder drug dollars, drawing on state and federal court records and databases to check criminal histories and business affiliations of the owners. Reporters also used task force records to track some cash payments to informants, nearly $500,000, for steering money laundering deals to the task force.
Read more here: http://pubsys.miamiherald.com/static/media/projects/2015/license-to-launder/index.html#storylink=cpy
As police chief of Bal Harbour, Tom Hunker headed up the Tri-County Task Force, which laundered at least $71.5 million for drug cartels. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago is investigating its actions..."
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/10/29/1442237/-After-years-of-money-laundering-the-Fed-opens-up-probe-into-Florida-police?detail=email
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Link to MIAMI HERALD investigation:
About
The Herald spent eight months investigating the Tri-County Task Force, which carried out the largest state undercover money laundering investigation in decades.
Reporters gained rare access to the confidential files of the unit, which laundered millions for drug cartels to infiltrate their laundering network. The Herald reviewed thousands of documents, including task force reports, internal emails, bank wire records and DEA reports to track every laundering deal – 235 in all – including commissions kept by the officers for laundering $55.6 million in drug cash from 2010 to 2012.
The Herald also examined hundreds of bank statements to trace task force expenses on hotels, airfare, dinners and purchases, including dozens of computers and other electronic equipment. It traced money to 349 export businesses the task force used to launder drug dollars, drawing on state and federal court records and databases to check criminal histories and business affiliations of the owners. Reporters also used task force records to track some cash payments to informants, nearly $500,000, for steering money laundering deals to the task force.
Read more here: http://pubsys.miamiherald.com/static/media/projects/2015/license-to-launder/index.html#storylink=cpy