I keep waiting for a mystery wire of money into my account in Panama but it never seems to get there.  Oh well, maybe tomorrow.

The global total for money laundering is between 2% and 5% of global GDP, “because illegal proceeds can be transferred easily and instantly from one jurisdiction to another.”

In his discussion in an article in Americaeconomia.com, David Santa Cruz describes not only how money from criminal activities has permeated ALL of the economies of every country, but also how national development strategies in many states are adapting to the phenomenon.

Santa Cruz also notes how easy it is to engage in money laundering at the corporate level, even without explicitly intending to .

“… Currently, money laundering is a multinational activity, says Ricardo Sahagun, business line manager for Latin America at Pitney Bowes Software. It involves competition by individuals, organizations and institutions in different countries in order to be carried out. ”

“… In 2008 the director of Stratfor, George Friedman, published a report which claimed that “Mexico is a failed state only if you accept the idea that the goal is to attack the drug traffickers. If, on the other hand, one accepts the idea that all of Mexican society benefits from the entry of billions of dollars, even paying a high price, then Mexico is not a failed state, it is following a reasonable strategy to turn a national problem in a national benefit ‘. ”

Source: americaeconomia.com