Feds Helped Hide Investigation Into HSBC Money Laundering For Drug Cartels

In addition to failing to prosecute clearly criminal behavior that any average American would be imprisoned for committing, from the outset, the DOJ assisted HSBC in keeping its dealings clandestine.

Carey Wedler
By Carey Wedler
An HSBC office building is shown here. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

A federal judge ruled last week that the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) will be forced to share a report on its business practices with the public — a decision both the bank and the Department of Justice (DOJ) fought in court to prevent. The report is based on the findings of an ongoing government audit of the bank initiated amid

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Catholic Church, FBI Blame Cult For Perpetuating Drug War

The Vatican and Mexico are debating the merits of a cult operating under the guise of Christianity.

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak

The Vatican and Mexico are debating the merits of a cult operating under the guise of Christianity -- one that the FBI has deemed a dark religion playing a role in drug-related violence that has led to the deaths of more than 70,000. At the forefront of the debate is Santa Muerte, revered and worshipped by Mexican Catholics as a supernatural

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