NewsWhore
09-10-2009, 01:40 PM
Writing in his page-2 column in Hoy, journalist Federico Henriquez Gratereaux states that the SUV found with the US$4.6 million inside is not something too extraordinary. He says that a journalist friend in the know told him that in the country there are importers of stolen vehicles, which use these as freight containers to hide drugs or money that needs to be laundered. In other words, they are used as a form of "low-cost storage." He explains that since each vehicle has an owner registered in the place where they were stolen, the investigations are rerouted to "other persons."
The journalist goes on to explain that when drug consumption scandals reach a high point, drug dealers usually decide that the new drug authorities need a big success and they allow the discovery of a shipment and the capture of minor drug dealers. Then the public outcry calms down, after what is perceived as a win over organized crime. Then a new deal is reached with the new authorities and the show goes on.
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The journalist goes on to explain that when drug consumption scandals reach a high point, drug dealers usually decide that the new drug authorities need a big success and they allow the discovery of a shipment and the capture of minor drug dealers. Then the public outcry calms down, after what is perceived as a win over organized crime. Then a new deal is reached with the new authorities and the show goes on.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#8)