U.S. Banks Helped Afghan Officials Launder Millions in Corrupt Funds:
By Colby Adams author


U.S. officials believe that representatives of at least two major American banks agreed to help top Afghan officials disguise hundreds of millions of dollars in corrupt funds, according to a person familiar with the matter. edit...

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The Banks, which are among the Largest in the United States, maintained accounts for Afghan ministerial officials following meetings in Dubai and Kabul, despite knowledge that their deposits were likely embezzled from Development Funds or possibly the proceeds of Drug Trafficking, according to the individual, who reviewed intelligence data from multiple sources.

The U.S. bank officials aggressively pursued the money in multiple conversations” and advised the Afghan leaders on how to circumvent anti-money laundering reporting requirements through structuring and other means, the person said.

Those strategies were discussed by high-level U.S. banking officials in Kabul who coordinated with ministerial aides, the person said. The principals involved in the Afghan government were good about not directly taking part in the conversations.


Their discussions with the banks usually centered around keeping the money under certain thresholds, using certain offshore vehicles to move the money so it wasnt always coming from the same place and changing remittance companies to obscure the trail, according to the individual, who said that accounts were unearthed during investigations of Afghan officials.

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While the investigations pinpointed two well-known U.S. banks, at least two other Western financial institutions also knowingly accepted corrupt funds from Afghan officials.


I can say that with 100 percent certainty, said the person, adding that the Afghan money was either transported in bulk or sent through hawala networks from Afghanistan to Dubaia...

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Afghanistan One More Time: Since the U.S. led invasion of Afghanistan the production of heroin has escalated at a very unheard of rate. A decade after the American occupation of Afghanistan the country has a virtual monopoly on the production of heroin. A country occupied by allied troops and with a hand-picked warlord government produces 95% of the global supply of heroin. In fact, from 2006-2010 the pro-U.S. Afghani government oversaw the production of a 12,000 ton surplus of opium. The Afghani-warlord democracy managed to seize three tons of heroin 2008, less than 1% of the total produced in-country.
Somehow, despite all the U.S. troops and all the anti-drug funding, 375 tons of heroin managed to move across the borders in 2008, most of it to U.S. ally Pakistan (United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, 2010).
Conclusion


From the early days of World War II to the mountains of Afghanistan the U.S. government has been a close partner with organized crime and drug traffickers. In the name of national security the very state which is responsible for controlling organized crime has partnered with organized crime. The very state waging a vicious “war on drugs at home protects drug traffickers abroad. It is the very definition of hypocrisy.
Gary W. Potter, PhD
Professor, School of Justice Studies
Eastern Kentucky University