Peru

ARGENTINA & VENEZUELA Extradition for Antonini WilsonGuido Alejandro Antonini Wilson, a Venezuelan US entrepreneur involved in the so called "suitcase scandal", may still be extradited to Argentina to stand trial for smuggling and money laundering, according to Assistant US Attorney

Miami-based businessman Charles Intriago, who sold his anti-money laundering-focused company Alert Global Media, Inc. to New York-based supplier of AML technology Fortent in December, 2006 and continued to manage it before abruptly departing in late March, 2008, is preparing to launch a new business venture that will concentrate on asset forfeiture; Canadian national Wayne Wile, who has been accused of committing securities fraud along with the Cayman, Bahamas and Bermuda operations of investment group Lines Overseas Management, obtained a Cayman Islands Driver's License in a false name, according to the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission; OffshoreAlert has obtained more information about companies and individuals involved with the Grand Island Commodity Trading Fund group of companies, which went into liquidation on June 17, 2008 - one month before its trading manager, R. Christopher Girvan, was arrested in Cayman on suspicion of theft, false accounting and fraud; Investment fraudster Keem Kalfon is at it again. His latest venture operates as 'The People's Money Center' from a web-site at www.peoplemc.com, which was established in June, 2007; and Despite all that has happened over the last 10 years in terms of legal gateways being implemented to allow foreign parties to obtain information about individuals and businesses operating in offshore financial centers, there is still a misconception among some residents of major countries that the secrecy and anonymity of their offshore transactions is enshrined in law.

BRAZIL & INTERNATIONAL: Brazil Chairs the FATF; HONDURAS: Silence on Public Financial Informationto local observers; MEXICO: Western Union in Trouble; New Anti-Laundering Tariff; and PERU: Governing APRA Under Pressure; Montesinos Admits Crimes; Protests in Lima.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged narcotics-trafficking and money laundering - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Peru - that was filed at federal court in the USA on July 25, 2008. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Lester Marina Pastor, Brett Jason Ellis, Sabra International Inc., Eugenio Gonzales, Forestal Export HMSRL, ECP. Godart SA, Dominique Lortal, Guy Teboul, Ludith Capinoa Grandez, Anaconda Maderas EIRL, Jose Riva Macedo, One Source Timber SAC, One Source SAC, Robin Walter Inga Vela, Catherine del Carmen Dorado Castro, Luis Valdez Villacorta, and Wilma Jean Ramirez.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner for a criminal investigation in Peru into Lester Marina Pastor, Ludith Capinoa Grandez, Jose Rivas Macedo, Dominique Lortal, Guy Teboul and others for suspected narcotics trafficking and money laundering.

COLOMBIA: Laundering Through Cows; MEXICO: Cubans Entering US through Mexico; Anti-Drug Plan on the Rocks; New Anti-Laundering Body; Salinas's Money to Return Home; NICARAGUA: Hard Times for Ortega; PERU: Something Smelly In Military Rations; Exoneration for Lawmakers Accused of Accepting Bribes; and REGIONAL: Haiti and Colombia the Most Vulnerable; Smear Campaigns against NGOs.

COLOMBIA: FARC's financial structure dismantled; "Macaco's" extradition disputed; Uribe's relative arrested; MEXICO: Casas de Cambio in jeopardy; Druglord arrested; Money laundering and the church; and PERU: More Dirty Secrets Out in Fujimori's Trial.

Latin America Round-Up: BOLIVIA: Phony Phone Cards Come to Bolivia; CENTRAL AMERICA: Gangs and Corruption; COLOMBIA & VENEZUELA: Colombia Threatens to Denounce Venezuela; THE CARIBBEAN: Crime Wave; PANAMA: Drug Bust; PERU & VENEZUELA: Funds for Covert Meddling?; REGIONAL: 11 out of 20 countries cited for involement in narcotics trafficking.

ARGENTINA: Facing the Ugly Past; BRAZIL: Elections Soon; Drug Land Seized; HONDURAS: YouTube Blues; MEXICO: Drug Trafficking: Alive and Well; Drug Lord Arrested; PARAGUAY: Election & Corruption; and PERU: The Twisted Trial against Fujimori.

BRAZIL: Weapons Galore; Pay Raises Cause Outrage; CHILE: Never Convicted, Pinochet Dies; COLOMBIA: Colombia to Receive Orejuela's Money; INTERNATIONAL: Bribes the rule; MEXICO: Oaxaca still a mess; Drug Money, Impossible to Uproot; NICARAGUA: New Government Already in Motion; PERU: Worrying Signals; Fujimori's Money in Bank of Tokyo; and REGIONAL: A few families control all.

ARGENTINA & VENEZUELA: Laundering and Politics; CARIBBEAN: The heat from the USA PATRIOT Act; COSTA RICA: Investigating Banco Popular; Costa Rica, Head of GAFIC; Remittances on the rise; GUATEMALA: Lottery under scrutiny; MEXICO: Chairing the OAS Anti-Laundering Group; and PERU: Fujimori sentenced.

BRAZIL: Investigating Swiss Banks; CHILE: First Money Launderer in Prison; COLOMBIA: Parapolitics in Action; GUATEMALA:New President; MEXICO: Arellano Félix Sentenced to Life; Friction over Merida Initiative; The Mexican Connection in the Wachovia and Harris banks Case; PERU: 30 Years for Fujimori?; REGIONAL: ‘Specially Designated' Latin Americans; and VENEZUELA: Seedy Diamonds.

BRAZIL Fight against drugs controversy Brazil is involved an increasingly angry debate about the role of the security forces as they fight against drug trafficking mafias in shanty towns. The government decided to leave this fight in the army's hands

COLOMBIANarco arrested Diego León Montoya Sánchez, one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, has been arrested by Colombian authorities near Zarzal in the Colombian state of Valle del Cauca. Montoya has been on the FBI's “Ten Most Wanted” list

ARGENTINA: Minister Resigned as Monday Laundering Suspect:; BRAZIL: The Berezovsky Connection; Lawsuits against Investigative Reporting; CHILE/PERU: Thicker and Thicker; EL SALVADOR: New Initiative to Report Financial Transactions; MEXICO: Former Governor Extradited; Frozen Money to Be Shared; NICARAGUA/PANAMA: Alemán Is Summoned.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation concerning Jorge Luis Cuba Hidalgo - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Peru - that was filed under seal at federal court in the USA on June 6, 2007.

GUATEMALA: Babies and Money; MEXICO: Pro and Anti Casinos Clash; Police: A Tale of Impotence and Corruption; After 30 Years, Guilty; PARAGUAY: New Law against Money Laundering; and PERU: Cocaine, Growing; Fujimori Arrested, Again.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged customs tax fraud - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Peru - that was filed at federal court on June 20, 2007. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Teodomira Lazo Barrenechea, Mario Manuel Leon Bellido, N & S International Distributors, Inc., and Bliz System SAC.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Peru into Teodomira Irene Lazo Barrenechea and Mario Manuel Leon Ballido for alleged tax fraud.

ARGENTINA: New Law to Include Terrorism; BRAZIL, COLOMBIA & PANAMA: More Soccer Players in Trouble; CHILE: Attempt to Reinforce Anti Money Laundering Legislation; COLOMBIA: Dollars Galore; Regulate yourself!; Creative Ways to Launder Money; MEXICO: Up in Arms; and PERU: Hope for Extradition.

BOLIVIA & VENEZUELA Bolivia and Venezuela shrug their shoulders Bolivia and Venezuela have shrugged off a U. S. State Department's annual report on global drug trafficking that criticizes them. In the report, Venezuela is singled out as an increasing menace.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged narcotics trafficking and money laundering - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Peru - that was filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on March 13, 2007. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request include Luis Miguel Carrillo Rodriguez, Fernando Melciades Zevallos Gonzales, Nuevo Continente SA, formerly AeroContinente SA; The Nortenos, Janett Bustamente Sanchez, Alfredo Olaya Cotera, Palm Air Holding Inc., Jet Aircraft Leasing AVV, Air Ventures AVV, Air Sweden AVV, Millenium Airline Acquisition AVV, Interstar Aviation AVV, International Pacific Trading, International Airline Consulting, Aviandina SAC, and Sistem de Distribucion Mundial SAC.

ARGENTINA: Diego Maradona a money launderer?; Banco de la Nación in trouble; BRAZIL: Embarrassment at the National Lottery; ECUADOR: Institutional Crisis; THE TRIPLE FRONTIER: A Mystery Kidnapping; PERU: Money-launderers Free to Go; Yesterday Accused, Today In Power.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Peru into Fernando Melciades Zevallos Gonzales and others for alleged narcotics trafficking and money laundering.

CHILE: Informal Exchange Market Should Be Regulated; NICARAGUA: Ends Row over Frozen Money; PERU: Plot Thickens for Fujimori; REGIONAL: Coca Flourishes; Soccer under the microscope; and URUGUAY: More Anti-laundering Controls.

BRAZIL Complicated campaignIt looked like an easy first round victory for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva until Brazil's election campaign was shaken by a convoluted corruption scandal. The president's party, the Workers Party (known as PT), has been accused

BRAZIL New intelligence unit Brazil's Foreign Ministry officially announced the creation of an intelligence center, in cooperation with Argentina and Paraguay, located in Foz do Iguacu - in the so called tri border region - to combat money laundering and

CHILE: The Arms-Laundering Connection; COLOMBIA: Updated Black List; INTERNATIONAL: International Cooperation Facilitates Capture; PANAMA: Towards Expansion?; and PERU: García Wins; and New Tools to Fight against Laundering.

ARGENTINA & OTHERS Efforts to regulate remittances markets…The Argentinean Central Bank is examining a plan to toughen the regulation of the remittances market in order to prevent money laundering. Remittances to Argentina rose almost eightfold, from $100 billion in 2001

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the Netherlands into Ment Floor Dijkhuizen, Jorge Dijkhuizen, Jose Maria Martinez Carreras and others for alleged narcotics trafficking.

ARGENTINA: New Anti-Money Laundering unit; BRAZIL: PineBank under Scrutiny in Miami; CHILE: More controls over casinos; COLOMBIA: Businessman accused of money laundering; Rodríguez Orejuela's son in trouble; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: The Anti-Laundering Unit fever goes on; GUATEMALA: US to help in anti-laundering efforts; INTERNATIONAL: New guidelines for correspondent banks; REGIONAL: In the footsteps of their fathers; and PERU: Laundered money is about $550 Million.

CHILE: Pinochle's Family Implicated; COLOMBIA: New Rules to Avoid Laundering; INTERNATIONAL: Correspondent Banking On the Spot (Again); PARAGUAY: The Dubious Honor of Being “Debarred”; PERU; Money Laundering and the Presidential Election Campaign; and VENEZUELA: New Regulation for the Stock Exchange

ARGENTINA: Corruption Grows, Prevention Low; CHILE: Chasing Pinochle's Funds; PERU: Corruption, Another Contender in Elections; Despite everything, Flores puts Woodman on her ticket; Banca Intesa Sells Wiese.

CHILE: Pinochet Investigation Goes to Panama; GUATEMALA: Guatemalan Customs Heir Arrested; and PERU: “Fuji” Arrested in Chile.

BRAZIL Business as usualDespite a bribery scandal that has shaken the Brazilian government to its roots since June, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva remains a strong candidate for re election in October 2006. According to local media reports, the

INTERNATIONAL New study on money laundering The South America Financial Action Task Force (GAFISUD) released a report in September in which it listed the different money laundering techniques that have been identified by several South American government agencies. The report

BRAZIL Party blues Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva's government is still paralyzed by the corruption scandal that has been going on for three months. His Workers' Party (PT), which believed it had exclusivity on principled politics in Brazil, is now

BRAZIL: Corruption Crisis in Brazil Deepens; GUATEMALA: Portillo Can Travel; LATIN AMERICA: Remittances on the High; and PERU: New Member of the Egmont Group.

ARGENTINA: Cavallo, Again; COLOMBIA: Money Laundering Increasing; Disarticulated Laundering Network; HONDURAS: Another Twist in Bancorp's Tale; LATIN AMERICA: Justice, Maybe; MEXICO: Free Salinas?; and PERU: Banco Wiese report.

ARGENTINA: When Disco's Owners Hide Behind Corporations; Secret Laws and the Ministers; CHILE: Chile Has More Secrets Than Anybody Else; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: "Plan Renove"; and MEXICO: Pemex Gets Fined, Unionists Don't; After moving slowly through the courts for four years, the "Pemexgate" case is almost over; E-banking Frauds on the Rise; and PERU: Wiese Controversy Continues.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged narcotics-trafficking and money laundering - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Peru - that was filed at federal court in the USA on December 10, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Marco Antonio Cardenas Minaya, Juan Vidaurre Beltran, Ocean Services SAC, Naviera Ocean SAC, Ocean Lines SAC, Pesquera Ocean Fish SAC, Consulting Cabinet D'Studios SL, Lurrc Trading SA, Barclays Bank, Amilcar Avila Lazo, Daniel Cuero Palominos, M/V Nativa, Banco Wiese Sudameris, and Amilcar Avila Lazo.

CHILE Pinochet Had 125 Bank Accounts A further investigation by a U. S. Senate Subcommittee into former dictator Augusto Pinochet's riches revealed this month that he held 125 bank accounts in the U. S., and not a few as previously

Article based on an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged corruption and fraud - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Peru - that was filed at federal court in the USA on March 1, 2005. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Renato Corzo de la Fuente, Alfredo Novoa Peña, DC Ltd., Victor Alberto Venero Garrido, Vladimiro Montesinos Torres, Novotec Tacna SA, Corporacion Novotec, Ranger Ltd., Star Trust, Empresa Novotec, and Erlikig Pederson.

Article based on an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into narcotics trafficking - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Peru - that was filed at federal court in the USA on February 28, 2005. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Karelia Montesinos Torres de Cubas, Estela Alicia Fatima Mariela Zimmerman Delgado de Montesinos, Orlando Montesinos Torres, Luis Alberto Cubas Portal, Karla Cubas Montesinos, Luis Arturo Cubas Montesinos, Martin Cubas Montesinos, Luis Francisco Cubas Padilla, Maria Aurora Portal Marin, Julia Cubas Portal Vda. Quinde, Jorge Cubas Portal, Luis Esther Cubas Portal, Olga Cubas Portal, Carmen Cubas Portal, Elizabeth Cubas Portal, Rossana Cubas Portal, Citizens Bank, and Central Counties Bank.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Peru into Alfredo Novoa Pena, Renato Corzo de la Fuente and others for alleged fraud.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged corruption - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Peru - that was filed at federal court in the USA on January 28, 2005. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Atlantic Security Bank, Noe Tsutomu Inafuku Higa, Maria Consuelo Toshico Taira De Inafuku, Americo Antonio Ibarcena Amico, Bees Flight SRL, and Detroit Diesel-MTU Peru SAC.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Peru - for a criminal investigation into Luis Alberto Cubas Portal, Karelia Montesinos Fatima Zimmerman Delgado de Montesinos, Estela Alicia Fatima Mariela Zimmerman Delgado de Montesinos, Orlando Montesinos Torres, Luis Alberto Cubas Portal, Karla Cubas Montesinos, Luis Arturo Cubas Montesinos, Martin Cubas Montesinos, Luis Francisco Cubas Padilla, Maria Aurora Portal Marin, Julia Cubas Portal Vda. Quinde, Jorge Cubas Portal, Luis Esther Cubas Portal, Olga Cubas Portal, Carmen Cubas Portal, Elizabeth Cubas Portal and Rossana Cubas Portal for suspected money laundering.

ARGENTINA: Purge in Prison; CHILE: Pinochet Investigation Becomes Global; COLOMBIA: "Let Politicians Tremble"; and PERU: Lost Millions Recovered.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal prosecution in Peru into Noe Tsutomu Inafuku Higa, AmericoAntonio Ibarcena Amico and others for alleged corruption.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged fraud - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Peru - that was filed at federal court in the USA on December 8, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Jaime Fernando Bellido Romero, Jose Fernando Bellido de Lama, Jose Enrique Crousillat Lopez Torres, Jose Francisco Crousillat Carreno, La Planicie Properties, SA, Nordali, SA, Team Corp. SA, and Santa Maria Properties.