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    Operation Cupid

    (few days ago my tread about similar action in Tennessee has disappeared - together with the valued comments of esteemed members to my reading ability - something went wrong, obviously my comments to comments of Ms. Kit - please do not dare to argue with her...)

    Texas authorities rescue child, arrest 30 in undercover human trafficking probe

    March 3, 2021 at 12:03 PM CST - Updated March 3 at 4:42 PM
    FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) - Multiple federal, state, and area law enforcement agencies conducted an undercover operation targeting human trafficking in Fort Bend County.

    The three day operation, dubbed Operation Cupid, resulted in the arrest of 30 individuals as well as the rescue of a juvenile who authorities said was being trafficked.

    Craig Priesmeyer, assistant district attorney for the Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office said the operation was targeting the demand side of sex trafficking.

    “Trafficking is a two-sided problem, supply and demand, and Operation Cupid was designed to try and eliminate the profitability of commercial sex by targeting those whose sole purpose to show up for an operation like this was to purchase sex,” Priesmeyer said.

    Priesmeyer said the individuals arrested were looking and seeking to buy sex from individuals.

    “Don’t take it lightly, we rescued a child. We arrested 30 offenders, that’s a big thing,” said Fort Bend County Sheriff Eric Fagan. “Perpetrators should know, Fort Bend County is no longer a place where you can come easily to commit these crimes, we’re out there now, we’re looking for you, and we will arrest you.”

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    I call your Cupid and raise you a laundromat.....

    OCCRP - The Russian Laundromat

    OCCRP PRESENTS: The Russian Laundromat

    Call it the Laundromat. It’s a complex system for laundering more than $20 billion in Russian money stolen from the government by corrupt politicians or earned through organized crime activity. It was designed to not only move money from Russian shell companies into EU banks through Latvia, it had the added feature of getting corrupt or uncaring judges in Moldova to legitimize the funds. The state-of-the-art system provided exceptionally clean money backed by a court ruling at a fraction of the cost of regular laundering schemes. It made up for the low costs by laundering huge volumes. The system used just one bank in Latvia and one bank in Moldova but 19 banks in Russia, some of them controlled by rich and powerful figures including the cousin of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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