Brazil – Money laundering is organized crime’s Achilles’ heel.
“By attacking money laundering, we disable the criminal organizations’ economic power,” National Secretary of Justice Paulo Abrão said. “This is the smartest way to combat organized crime.”
Seizing criminals’ finances is a successful strategy often used by United States authorities against terrorism, drug trafficking and other crimes, especially after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C.
Since 2007, Brazil has been using advanced technology to investigate money laundering. In Rio de Janeiro, for example, favelas are occupied only after completion of an intelligence operation, which includes work by the Civil Police’s Anti-Money Laundering Technology Laboratory (Lab-LD).
Currently, 16 Lab-LDs are spread throughout nine states and the Federal District.
Another 12 Lab-LDs are being set up, with 11 to be located in states that don’t have an Lab-LD – Amapá, Amazonas, Acre, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Rondônia, Roraima and Tocantins.
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