Federal investigators have charged 11 people with laundering more than $40 million worth of drug money to Mexico through metro-Atlanta area money transfer services.
The feds began investigating individuals in the metro-Atlanta area in 2014 for suspicion of sending drug money to Mexico, according to a U.S. Department of Justice press release. Federal agent sources infiltrated networks used in small businesses that were funneling money out of the country via money remittance services, the release said. These small businesses allow customers to wire funds to individuals in other countries without using traditional bank accounts.