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a buyer and seller of goods for profit
a trafficker who sold pirated videos from the back of his car
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Recent Examples of traffickers
The leaders of countries like Mauritius and Palau were, after all, willing traffickers in legal fictions.
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Singapore’s anti-drug czar claims strict punishment serves as a deterrent to drug traffickers.
—Rebecca Wright, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
Drug traffickers were able to ship over 1 million kilograms of cocaine through Mexico and into the United States using planes, trains, trucks and submarines while García Luna held his posts, prosecutors said.
—CBS News, 16 Oct. 2024
Those include failing to implement money laundering controls and allowing billions of dollars of illicit funds to flow through its platform, including by international drug traffickers.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2024
Spencer Platt | Getty Images TD Bank pleaded guilty Thursday to multiple criminal charges and agreed to pay a whopping $3 billion in fines and other penalties to the Department of Justice and financial regulators for failing to monitor money laundering by drug traffickers and other criminals.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2024
The Wall Street Journal reported in May that the DOJ was investigating how Chinese organized crime groups and drug traffickers used TD Bank to launder money derived from the sale of the deadly opiate fentanyl in the United States.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2024
Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Singapore’s anti-drug czar claims strict punishment serves as a deterrent to drug traffickers.
—Rebecca Wright, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
Drug traffickers were able to ship over 1 million kilograms of cocaine through Mexico and into the United States using planes, trains, trucks and submarines while García Luna held his posts, prosecutors said.
—CBS News, 16 Oct. 2024
Those include failing to implement money laundering controls and allowing billions of dollars of illicit funds to flow through its platform, including by international drug traffickers.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2024
Spencer Platt | Getty Images TD Bank pleaded guilty Thursday to multiple criminal charges and agreed to pay a whopping $3 billion in fines and other penalties to the Department of Justice and financial regulators for failing to monitor money laundering by drug traffickers and other criminals.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2024
The Wall Street Journal reported in May that the DOJ was investigating how Chinese organized crime groups and drug traffickers used TD Bank to launder money derived from the sale of the deadly opiate fentanyl in the United States.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for traffickers
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Blackboxstocks continues to operate as a financial technology and social media platform, offering real-time analytics and news for stock and options traders.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Stock futures turned higher, while traders bid up the price of government bonds.Rob Wile, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Mary Schmidt Campbell, whose essay on Abby Aldrich Rockefeller is excepted in the issue, and Joel Wachs, who is profiled in the issue, also attended, as did numerous art dealers and advisers.The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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Authorities will be reaching out to car dealers as soon as next week.Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Asia, 4 Oct. 2024
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La Salle, then in his mid-thirties, was the son of wealthy merchants.Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
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Some merchants may have concerns that this year’s presidential election could impact shoppers, but Attentive, an SMS marketing firm, reports 59 percent of consumers said the election won’t impact their holiday shopping plans.Catherine Salfino, Sourcing Journal, 21 Oct. 2024
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