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1. Dr. W. Lee Hearn, chief toxicologist for the Dade County, Florida,
medical examiner’s office, telephone interview by Jennifer Nordin, September
29, 2003. Some of these studies are summarized in Robert Pool,
“Crime and Chemical Analysis,” Science, March 24, 1989.
2. Andrés Oppenheimer, Ojos Vendados: Estados Unidos y el negocio de la
corrupción en América Latina, 3d ed. (Buenos Aires, Argentina: Editorial
Sudamericana, 2001), 112, 122.
3. Ibid., 114.
4. Ibid., 152.
5. Ibid., 154.
6. Ernst & Young LLP, Transfer Pricing Global Reference Guide, November
2001, 45.
7. Two interviews by the author with a South African central banker, Pretoria,
South Africa, not for attribution.
8. South African Revenue Service, “Top 10 Export Commodities as of June
2004,” www.sars.gov.za//ce/TradeData/top10/2004/top_10_commodities
_june_2004.htm (accessed January 6, 2005).
9. Quoted from the Nevada & Offshore Business Formation, Inc., web site
www.nevadaincorporation.org/offshore-corporations/offshoretrusts.htm
(accessed July 12, 2003).
10. Ibid.
11. United States v One Bell Model 497 Helicopter, (D.D.C. 2000). Affidavit
of Michael Kratzberg. Also Karen DeYoung, “U.S., Colombia to Confront
Lucrative ‘Peso Exchange,’ ” Washington Post, August 29, 2001.
12. United States v One Bell Model 497 Helicopter, (D.D.C. 2000). Affidavit
of Michael Kratzberg.
13. Civil Action No. 99-0584-CB-S between the United States of America,
plaintiff, vs. Proceeds of Drug Trafficking Transferred to Certain Domestic
Bank Accounts, defendants, in the United States District Court, Southern
Division, resulted in Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., forfeiting $433,400
to a representative of the United States Customs Service. The court order
is dated December 10, 2001.
14. For U.S. taxpayers, properties located in the United States can be exchanged
tax free, and properties in foreign countries, including different