Kto zachránil globálnu ekonomiku

Hotovosť drogových magnátov pomáhala počas krízy bankám k likvidite. Poradca OSN pre oblasť drog a kriminality tvrdí, že US$352 miliárd boli efektívne preprané cez finančné inštitúcie. Takže aký je ten celosvetový boj proti drogám? (viď. o.i. články Sila Heroínu 1-6).

Drugs and crime chief says $352bn in criminal proceeds was effectively laundered by financial institutions.

Drugs money worth billions of dollars kept the financial system afloat at the height of the global crisis, the United Nations' drugs and crime tsar has told the Observer.

Antonio Maria Costa, head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, said he has seen evidence that the proceeds of organised crime were "the only liquid investment capital" available to some banks on the brink of collapse last year. He said that a majority of the $352bn (216bn pounds) of drugs profits was absorbed into the economic system as a result.

Gangs are now believed to make most of their profits from the drugs trade and are estimated to be worth 352bn pounds, the UN says. They have traditionally kept proceeds in cash or moved it offshore to hide it from the authorities. It is understood that evidence that drug money has flowed into banks came from officials in Britain, Switzerland, Italy and the US.

Článok:www.dollarsandsense.org/blog/2009/12/who-really-saved-global-economy.html

27.12.2009