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Thursday, June 12, 2008
ICE opens info sharing office in Mexico City
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has teamed up with the Mexican government to open an office in Mexico City to share information and cooperate on investigations.
The office — known as a Trade Transparency Unit — will help “identify and eliminate trade-based money laundering systems, which facilitate the illegal movement of criminal proceeds across international borders,” said ICE, in a press release Thursday.
The money often fuels drug smuggling, human trafficking and terrorism, ICE said.
The announcement was made by Julie Myers (pictured), who heads ICE, and her Mexican counterpart, Juan Jose Bravo Moises, administrator general for Mexico Customs.
ICE said that Mexico Customs provided “an incredible volume of trade data - three full years worth of transactions.”
“Mexico’s cooperation has proven unprecedented and is the largest such initiative ICE has undertaken in our efforts to combat the rise in complex and sophisticated financial and trade crimes around the world,” Myers said.
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Is Lou Dobbs running for governor of New Jersey?
The New Jersey Star-Ledger said today that CNN commentator Lou Dobbs might be considering a run for governor of New Jersey, the state where he lives.
The paper called Dobbs at his home, a 300-acre horse farm.
“Dobbs would not say whether he has any such plans. Asked if he wanted to deny it, Dobbs said, ‘I’m just not going to comment,’” the paper said.
A Dobbs’ run for governor would surely be controversial.
The CNN anchor has angered Hispanic groups with his constant coverage of illegal immigration. They say Dobbs’ program is one-sided and offensive to Latinos.
Dobbs has denied charges of xenophobia.
Read the Star-Ledger story here.
