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Federal agents searched three money-transfer businesses in Minneapolis on Wednesday, carrying away boxes of documents and copying computer hard drives in a quest for details of financial transactions between the U.S. and several African nations. Agents searched Mustaqbal Express, also known as North American Money Transfer Inc.; Quran Express; and Aaran Financial. FBI spokesman E.K. Wilson confirmed the searches but wouldn't elaborate on the reason.

Terror Finance Experts: Regulators Ignore Mobile Phone Payments Threat By David Marcus Israel News Agency Jerusalem ----- February 21, 2007 .... A new initiative to allow cell phone owners worldwide to send each other money through the mobile network is a dream scenario for terrorists, but the international financial regulators appear to be doing nothing about it. Al Qaeda, Hizbollah, Hamas members and their ilks the world over are delighted. Soon, they and other criminals will be able to use cell phones to transfer money around the globe. The warning comes from two experts on terror financing in the USA...

It's a 20% increment with respect to 2003. The region is the first destination for these transfers, according to the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB). According with the IADB, the 25 million Latin American and Caribbean emigrants, setled mainly in Europe and the United States, have made this region the first destination for money transfers in a global market that moves some $120 billions dollars a year. These 45 billion dollars surpass the sum of all direct foreign investment and foreign aid received by the region. Mexico was the main transfer receiver in the region, with more than 16 billion de...

Tom Tancredo has made a powerful new enemy. First Data - Colorado's second-largest corporation in terms of revenue and market cap - is hopping mad over the Littleton Republican's proposal to slap a 5 percent tax on money transfers to people in other countries. And, as late as Friday afternoon, they were no less upset that the controversial congressman has quietly dropped the idea. "It appears to me he's trying to get over a big 'oops,' " said Fred Niehaus, senior vice president for public affairs with First Data. "That doesn't cut it. This guy is off in left field,...

I recieved this just today. Though an obvious scam if not an out-right joke, I thought enough about it to pass it along to the FBI. Notice the links at the bottom of the message. FROM:Jerry Williamtutu. PHONE:(874)-762864167, FAX :(874)-762864168 &nb sp; (URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL) RE: TRANSFER OF ($26,000.000.00 USD} TWENTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS Dear Sir, We want to transfer to overseas account ($26,000.000.00 USD) Twenty six million United States Dollars) from a Prime Bank here in South Africa, I want to ask you, If you are not capable to quietly look for a reliable and honest person who will...