The figure is the amount the federal government has confiscated over five years of operations; hits money laundering network woven by human smugglers and traffickers

MEXICO CITY, April 12. – In five years, the federal government dealt a blow to organized crime financial for three thousand 118 million pesos, to seize bank accounts and cash, both in national pesos and U.S. dollars, the money laundering network woven by child traffickers, illegal immigrants and drugs.

$ 3 billion 118 million pesos confiscated from Mexican criminals

The punishment for those involved in these crimes, however, reported a low level because of the 646 people arrested in five years, only a conviction was achieved in 79 cases.

According to the Fifth Report of Implementation of the National Development Plan 2007-2011, issued by the Ministry of the Interior to the Senate and House of Representatives, only in 2011 they secured 26 million 218 thousand 270 pesos and 29 million 685 000 U.S. $ 380, which at the average exchange rate of 13 pesos, involving 385 000 000 909 000 940 pesos.

These amounts are added only in 2011, “abandoned in favor of the government” of 19 million 320 thousand 327 U.S. dollars, equivalent to 251 million 164 thousand 251 pesos, and another three million 861 thousand 228 pesos.

Also last year, investigations of money laundering led to insurance of bank accounts by 66 million 932 thousand 145 pesos and a similar number of 22 000 $ 583, meaning 293 000 579 pesos.

The Special Unit for Juvenile Traffic Research, Undocumented and bodies, attached to the PGR, said one million 736 thousand 692.90 pesos and five million 106 thousand 800 U.S. dollars to people trafficking organizations operating in Baja California, Chiapas, Federal District , Oaxaca, Puebla, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala and Veracruz.

But the progress report delivered to the chambers of Congress required in the business of organized crime, the history of money secured by way of money laundering, in the years 2007 to 2011, and shows that the year that more money organized crime was assured was 2008, because they confiscated 28 million 394 thousand 800 pesos and 71 million 641 thousand 300 dollars.

Thus, it appears that from 2007 to 2011 the federal government has secured cash and bank accounts totaling 206 000 000 174 000 180 pesos and a total of 224 000 000 51 000 860 U.S. dollars, converted into national currency that mean two thousand 912 000 000 674 180 thousand pesos, making a total of three thousand 118 000 000 848 000 915 pesos.

In the historic, called Results Combat Operations with funds of illicit origin (money laundering), the details that were dismantled 23 criminal organizations between 2007 and 2011, also stopped 646 people, but they only managed to conviction in 79 cases.

Legislation

The document highlights that the reform against money laundering is processed in the House of Representatives, subject to approval in the Senate, the country will greatly increase efficiency in combating this crime, which seeks to beat more forcefully business finance crime.

Explain that from 1 January to 31 December 2011, derived from the operation of the “Specialized cells for Combating Money Laundering“, important results were obtained.

“351 criminal investigations were initiated, representing an increase of 15.1% from the preliminary investigations started in 2010. In 2011, de-sahogaron 245, exerting penal action against 161 people, from which were obtained 31 arrest warrants.