Cash intensive local businesses are used to funnel proceeds of extortion into apparently legitimate business bank accounts according to a new report published by Global Financial Integrity (GFI).

Proceeds of extortion have also been used by criminals to purchase businesses according to the report, Extortion in the Northern Triangle of Central America: Following the Money.

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