The “Drug Cartels” and The Laundering of “Dirty Money”. Trump vs. Maduro
Trump versus Maduro
In December 2019, President Donald Trump offered to intervene in Mexico, i.e. “to go after the Drug
Cartels”. Mexico’s president AMLO turned down Trump’s “generous offer”.
President Trump confirmed that his administration was considering categorizing “drug cartels” as “terrorists”, akin to Al Qaeda –with the exception that they are “Catholic terrorists”.
They would henceforth be designated by Washington as “foreign terrorist organizations”.
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“We are going to start now hitting land with regard to the cartels.
“The cartels are running Mexico,” Trump said in an interview with broadcaster Sean Hannity on Fox News.”
Invading Mexico is tagged by Trump as a humanitarian endeavor on behalf of the Mexican People. It’s “Responsibility to Protect” (R2P) against the bad guys.
The Drug Cartels are being used as a pretext and a justification to intervene militarily in Mexico. The Invasion of Mexico is “on hold”. Who’s Next? Trump has his eyes on Cuba.
“The trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs–from cocaine to pharmaceuticals–generate enormous profits, and detecting and seizing the money and assets derived from drug trafficking are critical to U.S. counterdrug efforts.
The actual dollar amount of money laundered in the United States from the proceeds of drug trafficking is unknown, although interagency estimates suggest that between $100 billion and $300 billion in U.S. currency is laundered annually.” (Justice.gov. 2003 data).
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How to Undermine the Drug Cartels without having to Invade a Sovereign Country?
The answer is obvious. Implement forceful measures which paralyze the laundering of dirty money, within the realm of global finance. No easy task. Will it be addressed by the Trump Adminstration?
In a rather cryptic tone, Mother Jones begs the question:
“Make Money Laundering Great Again” (MMLGA)
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury with a mission to “safeguard the financial system from illicit activity, counter money laundering and the financing of terrorism”.
On March 6, 2015, four months before Donald Trump announced his candidacy for the Republican Party nomination, a controversial FinCEN report regarding money laundering violations at Trump’s Taj Mahal’s Casino was released:
“The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today imposed a $10 million civil money penalty against Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort (Trump Taj Mahal), for willful and repeated violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). In addition to the civil money penalty, the casino is required to conduct periodic external audits to examine its anti-money laundering (AML) BSA compliance program and provide those audit reports to FinCEN and the casino’s Board of Directors”
Trump Taj Mahal, a casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, admitted to several willful BSA violations, including violations of AML program requirements, reporting obligations, and recordkeeping requirements. Trump Taj Mahal has a long history of prior, repeated BSA violations cited by examiners dating back to 2003.
BSA: Bank Secrecy Act
AML: Anti Money Laundering
Neglect with regard to Anti-money laundering (AML) signifies failure by Trump Taj Mahal pertaining to the Casino’s required routine surveillance of the Laundering of Dirty Money, as outlined in the FinCEN Report.
The Complete Text of the FinCen 2015 Report
Additionally, in 1998, FinCEN assessed a $477,700 civil money penalty against Trump Taj Mahal for currency transaction reporting violations. (FinCEN)
The Complete text of the 1998 report (417 pages)
Laundering “Dirty Money” at the Trump Taj Mahal?
FinCEN distinguishes between “civilian” and “criminal” violations. FinCEN confirms that the Settlement Agreement pertains only to civil violations... section 7. page 2.
Donald Trump was not responsble for the incidence of money laundering at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino (8th Wonder of the World). Nonetheless, since the inauguration of the Casino in 1990, the Trump Taj Mahal Casino has been held responsible for Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) violations as well as failure to report the laundering of dirty money.
As outlined above, two “civilian penalties” were recorded respectively in 1998: FinCEN 1998 Report. and 2015: FinCEN 2015 Report,
Donald Trump’s Links to the Drug Cartels
There is evidence that Donald Trump had dealings with the Drug Cartels, which he describes as “terrorists” similar to Al Qaeda.
In a carefully documented February 26, 2017 Newsweek Report (during Trump’s first mandate):
“President Donald Trump made tens of millions of dollars in profits by allowing Colombian drug cartels and other groups to launder money through a Trump-affiliated hotel in Panama, according to a new investigation by the organization Global Witness.
The report said the drug cartels purchased hotel units to hide the origins of money earned through drug trafficking and other criminal activity, and Trump is estimated to have earned tens of millions of dollars from the deals.
Some observers [2017] are saying it is time for Congress to begin investigating the president’s finances and potential conflicts of interest. (emphasis added). See the detailed Report by Global Witness
Donald Trump and the Colombian Drug Cartels
Trump Says that Nicolas Maduro is a “Narco-Terrorist”
Double Standards. Deux Poids, Deux Mesures.
Presented above:
- Trump’s record regarding violations of the BSA: Bank Secrecy Act and negligence regarding AML: Anti Money Laundering as documented by FinCEN
- Newsweek Report pertaining to “allowing Colombian Drug cartels… to launder money through a Trump-affiliated hotel in Panama”
Oops! And now President Trump declares War on Venezuela, “capturing” the President of a sovereign nation-state, accusing him of narco-terrorism. Where is the evidence Mr. President? Up Your Sleeve?
“On my direct orders, the United States Armed Forces have conducted an extraordinary military operation in the Venezuelan capital to bring the outlaw dictator Nicolás Maduro to justice. He and his wife, who was also arrested, will now face criminal proceedings based on a 2020 indictment by the US Department of Justice for multiple federal crimes, including narco-terrorism and drug trafficking.”
Trump is referring to the March 2020 indictment led by the notorious Attorney General William Barr, who played a key role in the 1988 indictment of “former CIA asset and Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega”
A legal procedure contemplated under Trump’s (first) presidency was initiated by Attorney General William Barr, who was legal advisor and Attorney General to the late President George H.W. Bush.
“The move was reminiscent of the 1988 indictment of former CIA asset and Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega. The Noriega indictment resulted in a US invasion of Panama that left hundreds – possibly thousands – of dead civilians in its wake.
Attorney General William Barr took to the podium [in March 2020] to announce Maduro’s indictment. Barr happens to be the same person who gave the first Bush administration [G.H. W. Bush] the legal justification to invade Panama just over 30 years ago”[1988]. (David DeCamp, March 2020)
What this suggests is that the remnants of this 2020 “indictment” led by William Barr (including DOJ documents) on charges of trade in narcotics is slated to be applied in the 2026 procedure against Nicolas Maduro. See video below.
Video: Attorney General William Barr “Indictment”of President Maduro. March 2020
Will William Barr play a role in the 2026 procedure? Highly unlikely.
In Barr’s book entitled One Damn Thing After Another: Memoirs of an Attorney General, he cautiously urged “his fellow Republicans to pick someone else as the party’s nominee for the 2024 election, calling the prospect of another presidential run by Mr. Trump “dismaying.””
Trump Versus Maduro. Who’s the Narco-Terrorist?
In contrast to the ridiculous accusations of trade in narcotics directed against Nicolas Maduro, Donald Trump’s Trump’s Taj Mahal Atlantic City Casino was known as a convenient “vehicle for money laundering, with a significant amount of the illicit funds tied to narcotics trafficking.”
Video: President Maduro’s Statements in US. Federal Court
https://youtu.be/534WVmMN5Zs?si=6s7fgaoDH_wOQlIH
Downloads
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCen)
The Complete Text of the FinCen 2015 Report
The Complete Text of FinCen 1998 Report.
Newsweek
In Solidarity with the People of Venezuela
In 1975-76. Prof. Michel Chossudovsky was Advisor to the Venezuelan Minister of Planning (CORDIPLAN) at the time when the government of President Carlos Andres Pérez was negotiating the nationalization of the petroleum industry.
He was also responsible for coordinating an interdisciplinary study on Poverty in Venezuela entitled El Mapa de la Pobreza.
Chossudovsky also viewed the Nationalization of the Oil Industry as a means to the adopting and financing a carefully designed social and economic project (including the restructuring of the State apparatus) which would ultimately lead to the elimination of poverty in Venezuela.
The Mapa de la Pobreza Report was shelved by the Council of Ministers. Encabetado por el Consejo de Ministros, a few months prior to the launching of the Nationalization of Oil in January 1976.
His book entitled La Miseria en Venezuela (1977) was for many years a best seller in Venezuela, adopted in secondary schools, colleges and universities.
The title of the introductory chapter was “The Planning of Poverty” in a country which today is the Number One Oil Economy on the Planet.
“The Planning of Poverty” suggests that the triggering of mass poverty was deliberate, attributable to outright political decisions which result in illiteracy, malnutrition, infant mortality, unemployment. income inequalities…
The Petroleum Economy belongs to the People of Venezuela.
Today and Forever, my thoughts and my heart are with the People of Venezuela.
The Children of Venezuela Constitute the Future of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Michel Chossudovsky, Montreal, January 11-12, 2026.
La Miseria en Venezuela can be downloaded here (Scribd.com)
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