Reply #11: You mean insofar as:

[InkAddict]

http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2009/jan/30/prohibition_un_drug_chief_says_b

Profits from the global illicit drug trade helped keep the international banking system afloat during the crisis that swept the global financial system during the second half of last year, the UN's leading drug fighter said in an interview with the Austrian magazine Profil, which was made available Sunday. Drug money was almost the only available capital for banks, said Antonio Maria Costa, executive director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime

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No wonder planes unloaded pallets of Ben Franklins and/or gold bullion "over there." Gotta quick get those $$ in circulation. Wonder which "private" bank(s)/pseudo bank Costa means??? Why wouldn't the SEC investigate Madoff??? Why did the Fed come running to the Congress???

Try this DU link as well: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=7945515&mesg_id=7945529