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Old 10-07-2010, 04:19 PM  
Varius
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It had nothing to do with funding the movie, or VISA issues or bank issues.

It has everything to do with the enforcement of AMLA (Anti Money Laundering Act).

Lots of Caribbean Central American / South American countries have already begun either closing American's bank accounts completely, or freezing their accounts until receiving a slew of certified documentation relating to sources of income, identity, etc... under pressure from the United States.

I just had to go through it recently, even though I'm Canadian, to keep my bank accounts here in Costa Rica operational. Every single wire received outside my normal income, also has to have documentation provided in order for it to release.

The U.S. is also heavily pushing a bill that would change the current laws about tracking all transfers over $10K, to tracking ALL transfers period.

The ONLY thing the movie MAY have done is speed up the process by giving the company and its owner extra media attention.
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