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COCAINE DOLLAR [1 record]

Record 1 2011-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
DEF

Money generated from the trafficking of narcotics.

CONT

Inevitably, over time, they have given rise to many myths, the most common being that Switzerland provides safe haven for ill-gotten gains, ranging from Nazi gold to hot "narco-bucks" laundered clean through Swiss accounts.

Key term(s)
  • narco-dollar
  • dope dollar
  • cocaine dollar

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
DEF

Profits réalisés généralement en dollars, tirés du trafic de la drogue.

CONT

L'économiste Enrique Penalosa Londono, candidat libéral aux prochaines législatives, estime que 2,5 milliards de narcodollars sont entrés dans le circuit national [...] Le ministère des Finances affirme très officiellement que l'argent induit par le trafic représente le quart de la richesse nationale et entre pour un point dans la croissance économique annuelle.

PHR

Blanchiment des narco-dollars.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Drogas y toxicomanía
CONT

[...] la comisión parlamentaria que investiga el lavado de narcodólares presentó un informe de presunciones sobre la existencia de lavado de dólares en Ecuador.

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