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Secret Service: Costa Rica-based Website Allowed Users to Launder Money Anonymously

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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. Secret Service say it has cracked one of the largest ever international money-laundering schemes, Fox News reports. Authorities in Costa Rica, Spain and New York have arrested five people accused in a $6 billion money laundering scheme involving an online company based in Costa Rica The company, named Liberty Reserve,…

ICE Busts 190 People in Child Porn Crackdown

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Fed agents arrested 190 people in a month-long, nationwide crackdown on child pornography, Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Friday. Additionally, authorities said they rescued 18 victims. Operation Orion was carried out through the month of May by agents from ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents during a month-long. The operation…