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Criminal

Apr. 1, 1999

Casablanca Sting Operation Nets Pleas

Two of Mexico's largest banks pleaded guilty in Los Angeles to criminal charges Tuesday stemming from what authorities said was the largest drug money-laundering prosecution in U.S. history, while charges against a third Mexican bank were dropped after the bank agreed to pay a $12 million fine.

By Martin Berg
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        Two of Mexico's largest banks pleaded guilty in Los Angeles to criminal charges Tuesday stemming from what authorities said was the largest drug money-laundering prosecution in U.S. history, while charges against a third Mexican bank were dropped after the bank agreed to pay a $12 million fine.
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