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US bust global drug, money-laundering hub in Las Vegas

Special Agent in Charge Aaron Rouse of the FBI Las Vegas Field Office speaks as Acting U.S. Attorney Christopher Chiou, center, looks on during a news conference at the FBI Las Vegas Field Office, Wednesday, July 14, 2021, in Las Vegas. U.S. officials declared they dismantled a key international cocaine and money-laundering hub in an ongoing investigation that began in Las Vegas and has involved at least 30 other countries. The top federal prosecutor and FBI chief in Las Vegas said the recent arrests of six people in Nevada, Arizona, California and Washington state came as part of the six-year probe. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)