Word: nason
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...possible criminal offenses. In two of the more recent high-profile cases, authorities investigated nearly $500 million deposited in 19 banks by former Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha and an undisclosed sum frozen in nine bank accounts controlled by the Ivory Coast's former leader, Henri Konan Bedie. James Nason, a Swiss Bankers Association official, says that since a new money-laundering law went into effect in April 1998, the number of cases of suspected laundering being reported by banks has jumped from 30 a year to 370 this year...