The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
Nov 22, 2011
Drug War - the Money: Law Against Money Laundering Approved
Justice in Mexico: "On Wednesday November 9, Mexico’s Justice Commission (Comisión de Justicia) approved a federal law that made money laundering punishable up to ten years in prison and a fine worth 2000 days of minimum wage. For public officials, the punishment is twice as severe. If an officeholder is found guilty of money laundering, he/she will be removed from office and cannot return for the full length of the prison sentence, reports news source Excelsior." read more
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