Posts Tagged money

Banks find a new way to be villains over Haiti disaster

Banks find a new way to be villains over Haiti disaster

We have shied away from reporting on the terrible tragedy in Haiti. Firstly, we are simply too stunned by the magnitude of the disaster and suffering to be able to cover it effectively. Secondly, it is not an area we have any great expertise and insight into so feel we would just be adding furth

01.20.2010 | Americas | Stuart Ford

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Banks kept afloat in recession by drug funds

Banks kept afloat in recession by drug funds

An estimated $325 billion of criminal funds have flowed into the mainstream economy and kept several shaky banks afloat according to Antonio Maria Costa, head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. He says he has seen evidence that the proceeds of organized crime were "the only liquid investment c

12.26.2009 | Americas | Clarity Correspondent

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Following the Afpak money trail

Following the Afpak money trail

It is worth repeating that beyond the strident headlines, there are structural economic drivers of  societal and governmental change  in Central Asia,  including Pakistan, Afghanistan and India. It is a region with a history of almost constant conflict – an area shaped by the crucible of war an

07.1.2009 | Afghanistan, Asia, Pakistan | Clarity Staff Reporter

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