Lobbyists caught laundering money

RussiaToday
February 09, 2010
Washington lobbyists and lawyers helped launder millions of dollars for allegedly corrupt African politicians and their relatives, according to a two-year-long investigation by a Senate panel. The report, to be released Thursday, is part of a push by the panel chairman, Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), to strengthen anti-money laundering and anti-corruption measures, which aides suggest could be added to the financial regulatory reform package moving through Congress. The report names a number of prominent foreign officials, including a former Nigerian vice president and the son of Equatorial Guineas president, as moving millions of dollars into the United States with little scrutiny.