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Espirito Santo, which has about $40 billion in total assets, would
like its money returned, but that's probably not going to happen
soon. E.S. Bankest appears to be on the ropes, calling into question
where the money is. At least some of it appears to have gone to a
security firm that operates near Washington, D.C., but is itself on
the financial brink...<<Selection in Document>>
What's for certain? Really, only this: ''It's a huge amount of
money,'' said David Marchant,
publisher of ''Offshore Alert,''
a newsletter that tracks money-laundering and other financial crimes
in the Caribbean.
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