Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJan 6, 2014
British bank HSBC received a settlement deal from the Justice Department for laundering billions of dollars for Colombian and Mexican drug cartels and violating a host of international banking laws. Matt Taibbi calls the preferential treatment "the ultimate insult to every ordinary person who's ever had his life altered by a narcotics charge." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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