Prepaid Debit Cards Attracting Drug Couriers

Drug couriers have turned to an unlikely source that allows them to remain mostly anonymous while moving drugs across the border—prepaid credit and debit cards.

According to National Drug Intelligence Center estimates, between $18 billion and $39 billion in U.S. currency from drug sales travels across the border to Mexico each year. And a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released last October found that one way the cartels are moving the money across the border is through a new way of money laundering: using pre-paid debit cards. Prepaid cards can hardly be distinguished from other credit or debit cards, and can also process up to tens of thousands of dollars a month.

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• Secured Credit Cards
• Merchandise Credit Cards
• Prepaid Credit Cards