On 10/19/06, Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com> wrote:
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/151826 has an article saying that the Arizona State Attorney General's office is seizing wire transfers over $500 to "block human- and drug-smuggling rings." They've taken over $12M from over 11,000 interstate transactions, and claim to have arrested over 100 people smugglers.
of 11,000 cash grabs, only 100 of the intended undesirables were impeded? this kind of "success" makes the cognitive dissonator rumble... fortunately your friendly pre-paid visa gift card merchant lets you route that <$500 currency bundle for a $2 service charge (in many locations, at least) with a friendly fungibility hard to match. freedom isn't a $1.05, it's actually $2 even. [1] *grin* 1. http://chacs.nrl.navy.mil/publications/CHACS/2004/2004shostack-valupriv.pdf