European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday. December 18, 1994 . The stars and stripes attorney Kent Alexander of Georgia displays three paintings Friday seized by the government in its investigation of the Call drag Cartel in Colombia. The paintings Are by from left Pablo Picasso Joshua Reynolds and Peter Paul Rubens. Offshore Bank swing nets cocaine Cash 88 arrests Washington a Law enforcement agents said Friday that they successfully penetrated Money Laun Dering operations 9f Colombia s Cali narcotics Cartel by luring drug lords to a disguised offshore private Bank ostensibly catering to the wealthy. The sting was disclosed during a news conference announcing seizure of 9 tons of cocaine and $52 million in Cash and As sets in a five nation sweep. In addition,58 arrests were made in the United states and 30 in Spain and Italy. The private Bank ostensibly locate Din Anguilla British West indies was set up with approval of the British govern ment . Drug enforcement administration and internal Revenue service agents said. One of the Money laundering routes ran through Canada and some of the As sets were seized there. Drug enforcement administrator Thomas Constantine said Cali drug lords ultimately trusted the Bank which was actually an electronic facility for moving Money rather than a physical location to launder their profits from drug Traffick name of the Bank was withheld. Begun in january 1992, operation Dinero was described by a dozen . And foreign officials at a news conference at Aba Headquarters in suburban Vir Ginia. The Agency showed a color video tape with some highlights of agents in action during the undercover operation. Constantine said the investigation demonstrates concretely that an inter National organization including italian organized crime figures of people trafficking in cocaine is directed out of Cali. This is the first time we be Ever gotten to the level of operating a secret offshore Bank that they Felt very comfortable with he added. Irs agents were used to manage theban s complicated electronic transfers of Money. Operating the Bank gave us unique glimpse at the magnitude of inter National Money laundering said irs commissioner Margaret a the future she said Money launderers operating in tax Haven countries will have to ask themselves whether they Are dealing with a Bank or the irs. Fit s the irs we Are offering prison terms of 20 years and with no " winning sure in t everything lotto . Man Fin sin Austin Texas a when is a winning lottery ticket from Texas not a winning lottery ticket when it s bought in Pennsylvania at least that s the Contention of state lottery officials who say they May not pay a new Jersey Man who bought the win Ning ticket for a $10.4 million lotto Texas Jackpot. Scott Wenner the Only player who picked All six winning numbers in the nov. 23 drawing was turned away thurs Day by Texas lottery officials when he travelled to Austin to claim the Money. I m trying to stay positive Wenner a 37-year-old police officer from Riverside ., told the Dallas morning news in a Telephone interview Friday. I keep asking myself if this is All a the problem is that Wenner ordered the ticket at a Pennsylvania hardware store through the Pic a Tate lottery service which Sells $1 Texas tickets for $2. Pennsylvania state Law prohibits the sate of lottery tickets by anyone not licensed by the Texas lottery commission. Pic a Tate is not licensed. State Law also makes it illegal to sell the tickets for More than their face value or to sell any interest in a lottery of an other state. In addition Federal Law prohibits the Sale of one state s lottery products in an other state unless there is an agreement Between the states involved. I can assure you that Texas has no such agreement with Pennsylvania or any other state said Nora Linares executive director of the Texas lottery commis Sion. Linares said her office is reviewing Wenner s claim. So is the attorney Gener Al s office and Travis county District at Torney. Wenner said he is taking a few Days off work but has no plans to quit his Job even if he finally gets the $10.4 million. A i love what i do Wenner said and i be worked very hard to become a a gop ponders giving to wider window on House Washington apr republicans plan to open More of the House to to coverage but whether television viewers will Ever see what gallery visitors observers still in question. It s too Early to Tell what they really want to do Brian Lamb a Span chair Man and chief executive officer said Fri Day. We know there Are Republican who Don t want to give us control of the cameras and there Are republicans already have decided to let to cameras into the House speaker daily news conference and the markup committee meetings when Bills Are de bated and amended before going to the House floor for a vote. They have established a task Force total about the rest. We want to get into a dialogue with Span with the american people and get their input about what they would Ike to see said rep. Peter Hoekstra r mich., head of the task Force that also will include democrats. Currently to cameras in the chamber focus Only on the person at the Micro phone. The House controls the camera that feed pictures to a Span and any other interested to outlets. Chamber visitors on the other hand often see much More of the dynamics of the House the Side conversations an the informal meetings Between demo cratic and Republican again they sometimes see an Al most empty chamber. The to pictures Don t reveal that. Lamb would like his organization in Pool setup with other to companies to control the camera shots. He s Bee meeting with the new House leadership to press the Case. They would show re action shots and occasionally pan the chamber. The viewers have never been fooled in All of this said Lamb who expressed optimism that the wave of change in con Gress will Lead to abandonment of old inhibitions about to , Hoekstra said viewers should write to him or to incoming House speaker Newt Gingrich about what they want to see. To order any k Book cd or video. 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