Money laundering: Taken to the cleaners Rathbone ,John P BANKING SECRECY ILLICIT WEALTH MONEY LAUNDERING DRUG The article details investigations carried out and case studies of convicted drug peddlers to show the reach and depth of the world’s drug-trafficking and money-laundering businesses. The global trade in illicit drugs is huge estimated at $380bn in 2008. London Financial Times 2012. 2012. Text 4p http://iffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/money_laundering_taken_to_the_cleaners.pdf