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Can you swallow #bitcoin? 'Money mules' swallow $40,000 cash

Colombia police said they have arrested two men who had each ingested about $40,000 before trying to enter the country, in what may be a novel form of money laundering. The men were detained separately during the past week at the international airport in Colombia's second city of Medellin and were on flights arriving from Costa Rica, according to security officials. In the past, "mules" have used a similar method to secret contraband narcotics out of the country, swallowing packets of drugs worth thousands of dollars for sale in lucrative overseas markets. But authorities said they were unfamiliar with use of the same technique to sneak cash into the country. "This type of money laundering activity is new in Colombia," said Wilson Patino, a regional immigration director based in the state of Antioquia in northwestern Colombia. The two suspects, a Colombian and a Venezuelan...

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