--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 12/26/05 2:49 PM, TurquoiseB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> on 12/26/05 1:54 PM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:> > >>> > >>> Not generally. Are you talking about the attempts to avoid paying > >>> taxes. Par for the course in some parts of the world. The CIA > >>> wouldn't bother with that kind of thing since literally EVERYONE > >>> does it. > >> > >> Smuggling of cash across international borders, in order to avoid > >> paying the fees levied on legal transfer of funds. > > > > And to avoid paying U.S. taxes on the money smuggled > > out of the country. I can definitely confirm that this > > was happening on pretty much a monthly basis in the mid- > > to-late 70s. I was asked to carry suitcases of cash > > from country to country myself, but refused because > > I figured my lesha-vidya law-enforcement profile from > > the late 60s made me a sure bust. > > And we all know the story of Leon Weiner actually getting busted trying to > carry cash from Mallorca to Switzerland. And Billy and Shannon paying off > the Spanish officials to get him out. >
Par for the course during that time. Why do you think it was so easy to pay off the Spanish officials? It was the common thing to do. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
