But, you know, I was sentenced to eight years for it., The Treasury Department last year issued an advisory to financial institutions to raise their awareness of schemes that enable the flood of opioids. /Resources 113 0 R It took a network of traffickers stretching back to China, relying on the easy movement of dirty money through brand-name financial institutions, to deliver lab-designed opioids to rural North Carolina and across the United States. >> WebMiamis Federal Reserve branch has a currency surplus of $5 billion, mostly in drug-generated $50 and $100 bills, or more than the nations twelve Federal Reserve banks 
/CropBox [0 0 612 792] >> and help keep the future of New Times, Use of this website constitutes acceptance of our. /Parent 11 0 R /Type /Page Previously they have said the bank has never knowingly transacted business with anyone involved in drug smuggling. << The estatewas one of many belonging to theColombian drug lord before it was seized by the US government. Like, a pain medication they give to cancer patients, she responded. Then came a stolen gun from the past, Did commissioner weaponize code enforcement to hurt Little Havana biz? /Outlines 3 0 R /Contents 104 0 R But criminal networks and the law enforcement officials trying to stop them understand that an untamed tide of dirty cash is the single most important requirement of a successful criminal enterprise. Join the New Times community and help support There was a lot of money to be made in the illicit drug trade, first with marijuana imports, and later through the smuggling of cocaine over the border. "Mom is always right.". /Type /Page WebThe Miami drug war was a time when drug cartels and smugglers could make a good chunk of cash if they were willing to brave the violence and/or help create it, and many of them endobj Farzad also recommended other essential reading to understand Miami, past and present. While the exact cause of the collapse is unclear, the survivors face problems with compensation. << Two large-scale federal investigations using bank records to identify major drug smuggling organizations are also under way. "Imagine a bank teller who's working with cash-counting machine in the basement of the bank," Negrusz said. Compared with currency from Brazil, Canada, China and Japan, U.S. bills had the highest percentage of cocaine, with 90 percent of 234 bank notes contaminated. /Parent 12 0 R /Resources 129 0 R /MediaBox [0.0 0.0 612.0 792.0] The groundwork had been laid in the Seventies, when the nascent Colombian cartels began seriously pumping drugs and money into the local economy. The town has been hit hard by COVID-19. stream
If anyone can be an Uber driver, anyone can be a drug trafficker.. /F4 62 0 R >> Cocaine cowboys like Montana are at the center of a new nonfiction book on wild Miami in the 1970s and 80s, at the height of Americas cocaine boom. We will get to the present in future articles in this series, but we start with the history. "In the last year, 2008, we found trace amounts of cocaine," he said. The couple hired professional treasure hunters and a documentary film crew to comb through the structure before and after demolition for ties to Escobar's cartel. Most of the depositors named are Colombian nationals who operate money exchanges in the United States and Colombia. Much of that scene then moved to Miami. Take a look inside the FinCEN Files investigation. Or purchase a subscription for unlimited access to real news you can count on. and help keep the future of New Times, Use of this website constitutes acceptance of our. /Type /Pages
<< << "In a sense it's kind of the end of an era," Schnapp said, watching an excavator tear into the garage roof, "but there's still a lot of drugs that come through Miami.". /Parent 4 0 R >> Joe Williams mother was standing in her daughters kitchen holding the toxicology report that had arrived in the mail that day in 2014. Since each patient and their treatment plan(s) are unique, please do not disregard medical advice or delay seeking it based on information from this content. From there, their place in the Miami drug trade was solidified and the only way was up. For years, Gomes and his girlfriend, Elizabeth Ton, sent bank transfers and money wires to China and Canada, the latter where the groups ringleader operated from his jail cell. The FinCEN Files spreadsheet, a list of more than 1,500 SARs, was titled VTB Bank Export, referring to a state-owned Russian institution known as Russian President Vladimir Putins piggy bank., VTB Bank said that it operates strictly according to local and international laws and complies fully with all local and global regulatory standards.. But whatever you did, drugs would be part of your life.".
She can be reached at elizabethflock@gmail.com. Stay up to date with what you want to know. 46 0 obj /Parent 8 0 R Then they found his parents dead, The FinCEN Files: Money laundering is a dirty, even deadly business. /Type /Action << /ModDate (D:20171214112646-08'00') /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /Rotate 0 Law enforcement officials at every level will tell you that 1,350-mile-long coastline was (and still is) an open invitation for smugglers of drugs and other items that would have trouble passing U.S. Customs. Interesting investors for sure! I never considered anything I did as money laundering, Hubbard said. Presidente Riesco 5561. << endobj A Palm Beach County company with a bank account in the name of a now-deceased Realtor that funneled substantial sums to allies of Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad. In 2018, the most recent total available, more than 31,000 Americans died from synthetic opioids, including fentanyl. The DEA seized nearly $20 million in drug money in Florida in 2014. A hundred percent of the sample bills collected from major cities such as Miami, Florida; Boston, Massachusetts; and Detroit, Michigan, tested positive for cocaine, but samples collected from smaller cities such as Salt Lake City, Utah; Niagara Falls, New York;and Dearborn, Michigan, had 87 to 67 percent. << /Parent 9 0 R "Most banks in this area have the same problem. You wanted to invest in real estate as fast as possible because the money was flowing. << /CropBox [0 0 612 792] << << 13 0 obj 0 percent: Zhuzhou, China Source: Yuegang Zuo, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 0 percent: Zhuzhou, China Source: Yuegang Zuo, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. The Colombians made hundreds of deposits in Miami banks in 1978, the report said. A modest deli in Homestead kept Dom Perignon in stock for the smugglers who liked a little bubbly with their bologna sandwiches. /MediaBox [0.0 0.0 612.0 792.0] Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] << It eventually ended in the tragic collapse of one of the towers last June that left 98 people dead. >> /Rotate 0 /Im2 67 0 R The mansion had been damaged by fire and was prone to break-ins as it sat empty after its 2014 sale. /Count 7 The victims there are in a vicious cycle. Dozens of stories across the FinCEN Files investigation trace money transfers, from foreign capitals to companies that exist only on paper, handled by global banks that have long catered to oligarchs and despots and have felt little real pressure to stop. Escobarwas the son of a poor Colombian farmer, but by the time he was 35, he was one of the world's wealthiest men. /Rotate 0 /Rotate 0 /Rect [163.656 86.537 232.984 94.545] /Rotate 0 It is unknown what the buyer wants to do with the land. << >> application/pdf In 1979 he cofounded Operation Greenback, the first multiagency money-laundering task force ever assembled. /Contents 110 0 R /Type /Annot Valoppi said former federal law-enforcement officials warned the couple that people who knew Escobar's crew might return to the house to steal whatever might remain from the cartel's heyday. Theyre having trouble nabbing the main drug lord from China, Emily remembers from the call. 20 0 obj The bankers also said they were complying strictly with federal requirements that trasactions involving more than $100,000 be reported to the Internal Revenue Service. The money was routed in different ways: through law firms, offshore corporations, and banks. /First 6 0 R /Type /Page The reports dense, technical information bulletins are the most detailed U.S. Treasury records ever leaked. >> /CropBox [0 0 612 792] Cocaine's lasting legacies -- a thriving international banking industry, an entrenched drug culture, the durable myths of Miami Vice -- merit consideration in this anniversary year, which is what this two-part special project offers. endobj Williams, a father of four, lived on the eastern border of Garland, home to just over 600 people, blueberry fields and hog farms. And a North Carolina man nursing a secret addiction paid a few dollars for a white powder that traversed three countries and ended his life. WebTIL that much of the Miami's skyline was built with drug money en.wikipedia.org 23 6 6 comments Best Add a Comment qtipvesto 8 yr. ago Which is terrible, because cocaine-infused paper currency is a poor structural material, especially in hurricane prone areas. /Type /Page /Resources 109 0 R /S /URI >> /Type /Page << It is also unclear what percentage of the sale would go to the victims.
<< endobj /Rotate 0 >> /Parent 8 0 R The Medelln guys liked Miami. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Subtype /Link /Parent 13 0 R "I'd like to have a nickel of every dollar in real estate and bank holdings by the Miami paramours of corrupt Latin American officials," Intriago says. newsletter for analysis you wont find anywhereelse. Investigators from four federal agencies, including the Treasury, are using bank records to identify major drug-smuggling organizations operating in south Florida and Colombia. >> WebA vestige of the drug wars that made Miami notorious for violence and smuggling in the 1980s is being razed, with the new owners of what was once Pablo Escobar's property /Rotate 0 As members of the drug trade made immense Do you want a cigarette? /Contents 76 0 R /Contents 120 0 R >> >> >> Prince 9.0 rev 5 (www.princexml.com) Other banks that recieved small deposits from suspected drug smugglers include the Bank of America's International branch here, Second National Bank of North Miami, Flagship National Bank, People's Downtown and the Northside Bank of Miami. 7520 SW 57th Ave. Suite K, Miami, Florida 33143 Phone: 305-661-0055 Fax: 786-359-4046. /URI (https://repository.law.miami.edu/umblr?utm_source=repository.law.miami.edu%2Fumblr%2Fvol26%2Fiss1%2F8&utm_medium=PDF&utm_campaign=PDFCoverPages) In 2016, the building shook due to contact from an adjoining building, causing a resident to fall off a treadmill. This is a year in which Miami has been compelled to look back at two decisive events that shaped its destiny, both of which were widely acknowledged on their 25th anniversaries: the Mariel boatlift and the Liberty City riots. endobj endobj /Parent 10 0 R /Rotate 0 Contributors: Agustin Armendariz, Simon Bowers, Wahyu Dhyatmika, Emilia Diaz-Struck, Momar Dieng, Abdelhak El-Idrissi, Azeen Ghorayshi, Adebayo Hassan, Karrie Kehoe, Mohammed Komani, Tanya Kozyreva, Malek Khadhraoui, Vlad Lavrov, Andrew W. Lehren, Anna Myroniuk, Toshi Okuyama, Delphine Reuter, Mago Torres, Tom Warren, Amy Wilson-Chapman and Farruh Yusupov. By that time, the suburb of Surfside was establishing itself as one of the most exclusive places in the region, and Miami was in full expansion. But the consequences are profound: Narco-traffickers and Ponzi schemers shift profits beyond the reach of authorities. /S /URI That's what's behind this whole thing that triggered testing money for drugs.". /Rotate 0 /CropBox [0 0 612 792] << /S /URI /Parent 8 0 R /Parent 13 0 R endobj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] endobj Last June 24, the 12-story Champlain Towers South Condo building, located on the oceanfront in the suburb of Surfside in Miami, Florida, United States, partially collapsed. << uuid:dcd8113b-a773-11b2-0a00-d05975adfd7f << 28 0 obj He's become the much-quoted resident expert on this topic and owes at least part of this cachet to what the Washington Post in 1981 termed "the Wall Street of the underground economy.". /Dest [14 0 R /XYZ 0 556 0] >> Thats the first thing they asked me when they came in the door, Hubbard said in an interview from prison. WebThe sheer amount of money that the cocaine industry generated in Miami in the 80s is just tremendous. >> The small-timers were mostly young, too, as were the cops and the law-enforcement agents. 29 0 obj /Subtype /XML They describe journeys of dirty money that zigzag inexplicably around the world. /CropBox [0 0 612 792] By the time it ended in late 2012, the Tri-County Task Force made no arrests or major drug seizures, leaving those duties to federal agents. Our staff of attorneys,accountants, and auditors in Latin Americasupport, maintain, and monitor our clientscompliance efforts in the region. /Contents 80 0 R USA Todays investigation could be a first approximation of the answer to what led to the collapse of the twelve-story, 136-unit Champlain Tower. Listen to the pugnacious Ecuadorian fellow with the New York accent, whom shady Miami bankers tolerate with a nervous smile. The drug history of Miami and South Florida dates back well before that national media coverage. /Type /Action /Subtype /Link /Parent 10 0 R as well as other partner offers and accept our, Google Maps/Amanda Macias/Business Insider, NOW WATCH: Pablo Escobar: The life and death of one of the biggest cocaine kingpins in history. The Miami building that collapsed last June was allegedly built with drug trafficking funds. /Parent 9 0 R /Resources 85 0 R /Parent 12 0 R Three of the eight people named with Gomes in the spreadsheet have been charged with or convicted of drug trafficking. Hubbard, a former high school wrestler who grew up in Portland, Oregon, said he was shocked when the police told him that he was charged not only with distributing deadly drugs but with financial crime, too. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /CropBox [0 0 612 792] WebSouth Miami Recovery is a drug and alcohol addiction treatment center located in Miami, Florida. /Title (University of Miami School of Law Institutional Repository) Valdes said that they invested in real estate as quickly as possible because the money flowed and that they bribed building inspectors without major problems, as "there were no strict codes, there were no money laundering laws. Elizabeth Flock is an independent journalist who reports on justice and gender. 4:00AM, Intriago heads the Miami-based Alert Global Media, which publishes the Money Laundering Alert newsletter, a subscriber-based publication that explains in layman's terms changes in money-laundering regulations and tracks enforcement actions. << /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Contents 124 0 R /Rect [0.0 763.81604 612.0 792.0] /Parent 4 0 R /CropBox [0 0 612 792] Officers of the banks named in the report said they were unfamiliar with the secret document and had not been notified by federal officials of any improprieties. endobj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /Resources 101 0 R /Resources 87 0 R In the study, 92.8 percent of the bills from the public had traces of cocaine, but the uncirculated bills tested negative. China and Japan had the lowest, with 20 and 12 percent respectively. 37 0 obj /Group << >> According to an article in USA Today, as a result, the developers of the project took shortcuts that produced critical defects that could have caused the building to collapse. 7 0 obj /Resources 95 0 R /Kids [44 0 R 45 0 R 46 0 R 47 0 R 48 0 R] /Count 5 While the exact cause of the collapse remains unclear, the survivors face other problems. << One Colombian, Arturo Fernandez, "who appears to be a key principal in laundering millions of dollars generated from drug smuggling in Florida," deposited more than $32 million in Miami banks in 1978, the report said.
/S /Transparency endobj 31 0 obj >> Money laundering fuels rampant criminality, senator says. Two young Miami men, Augusto "Willy" Falcon and Salvador "Sal" Magluta, /URI (http://network.bepress.com/hgg/discipline/912?utm_source=repository.law.miami.edu%2Fumblr%2Fvol26%2Fiss1%2F8&utm_medium=PDF&utm_campaign=PDFCoverPages) /C [0.718 0.329 0.0] "They used to walk into the banks with suitcases full of cash," Cannon remembers. << JPMorgan reported that it moved money between Manafort and his associates shell companies as recently as September 2017, long after his ties to Russian-connected Ukrainian officials and suspected money laundering had been widely reported. /CropBox [0 0 612 792] The community has had to deal with ongoing issues of drug use, addiction and treatment. The initial estimate is that the money needed to compensate survivors and victims' families would amount to the US $1 billion, but it appears that this would be difficult to meet, as the building's insurance policy was poorly made. >> Hubbards and Anthony Gomes convictions were the results of the operation. /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /Parent 3 0 R "The only thing to compare would be Chicago in the 1920s," observes Michael McDonald, a former special agent in the IRS's criminal investigations division, who worked in Miami from 1971 to 1998. Deposits made by suspected drug smugglers were traced to Continental Bank, $95 million; Bank of Miami, $5.73 million; Royal Trust Bank of Miami, $3.6 million; Central National Bank, $2.5 million; Southeast First National Bank, $900,000; Manufacturers National Bank, $800,000; Biscayne Bank, $260,000, and Pan American Bank, $200,000. /Contents 116 0 R BH Compliance helps companies to create aculture of compliance. endobj The political figures who are featured in the documents include Paul Manafort, the former Donald Trump campaign manager who was convicted of fraud and tax evasion. /Rotate 0 /Border [0 0 0] /Count 1 endobj Cocaine gets into system, and you can test positive for cocaine. /Rotate 0 They disclose payments processed by major banks, including HSBC, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Chase and Barclays. /Count 1 Then he became one himself. The newspapers investigation revealed some details about the construction of the Champlain Towers building in Miami, after several weeks of reviewing deeds, inspection records, and owners minutes. Meet the Group Fighting to Keep Lolita the Orca in Florida, Billionaire Backchannel Speeds Up Miami Police Response, "It Should Be Gravy": Miami Magnate John Ruiz Bites Back After Cano Health Drama, Miami Cops' Lawsuits Claim Retaliation by Police Chief for Probing Corruption, DeSantis Ramps Up Executions After COVID Hiatus, Miami-Dade Painted as Haven for Trans Community Amid Legislative Onslaught. 21 0 obj WebDeposits made by suspected drug smugglers were traced to Continental Bank, $95 million; Bank of Miami, $5.73 million; Royal Trust Bank of Miami, $3.6 million; Central National Unusual holes have been found in floors and walls, along with a safe that was stolen from its hole in the marble flooring before it could be properly excavated, Valoppi said. endobj /Type /Annot /Type /Page /Parent 13 0 R The Miami building that collapsed last June was allegedly built with drug trafficking funds. A 2008 Miami Herald article compared it to the organized crime of the 1950s and the Cocaine Cowboys of the 1980s. /CropBox [0 0 612 792] "Probably $1 is a little too less to purchase cocaine," Zuo said "I don't know exactly [why]. Also in the Seventies, the Central Intelligence Agency shut down its vast Miami field station, which had concentrated largely on aiming exiles at Castro's Cuba, as well as other not-so-secret missions in Latin American and Caribbean countries. 2017-12-14T11:26:46-08:00 His lips were blue. 15 0 obj /CropBox [0 0 612 792]
/Parent 3 0 R The audits cover transactions made in 1978. According to an investigation by USA Today, which reviewed deeds, inspection records, and owners' minutes, the residential complex was allegedly built to launder drug cartel funds in the 1980s, which allowed the developers to take shortcuts in construction, leading to critical defects that could have caused the building to collapse. /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /Rect [81.0 646.991 506.7 665.009] << As small as this town is and as rural as this town is, she said, for my brother to have gotten drugs that ended up coming from all over the world, its really mind-blowing.. endobj /Parent 4 0 R 40 0 obj /Contents 106 0 R 52 0 obj /Resources 71 0 R Some of the dollars in his experiment had .006 micrograms, which is several thousands of times smaller than a single grain of sand. /Resources 115 0 R /Resources 91 0 R >> The early Eighties was the cowboy era in Miami, a place also sometimes called America's last frontier town -- the frontier of surreality, quite often. Many of these fell to local and federal law enforcement. Today, we go back in time and explore the rise and fall of the Miami Mutiny Hotel, one of the largest and most infamous hangouts for both celebrities and criminals during the disco era. endobj /Kids [8 0 R 9 0 R 10 0 R 11 0 R 12 0 R 13 0 R] Flooded by a Sea of Funny Money: Miamis Money South Florida, drug traffickers and dealers laundered the proceeds of their enterprises through Miami real estate.6 During this period in the 1980s, known for, [c]ocaine was the currency that built that skyline. /Parent 4 0 R WebIn just three years, at least $25 million in drug money was funneled through 201 exporters by the police sting just a fraction of the total number of businesses that were used to endobj /XObject << << Theres no proof that dirty money was used in any of the /Creator (Appligent AppendPDF Pro 5.5) Farzad, who grew up in Miami, spoke to NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Brown about the book, saying: When cocaine came to town it was so ridiculously profitable, it was so seductive, it made people do such crazy things in the name of money and power and blood lust that you had something approximating a failed state by 1981 in Miami.. >> Lets get started! /Rect [145.74 211.794 311.04 223.806] /MediaBox [0.0 0.0 612.0 792.0] 45 0 obj In the 1970s and 1980s, Miami was a hotspot for trafficking illegal drugs into the United States from South America. /Type /Page By the time of their arrest in 1991, their empire stretched to over $2 billion. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand. U.S. prosecutors trying Gomes case declined to answer ICIJs questions, citing ongoing litigation. endobj No new homes have been built in years, and local leaders recently disbanded the police force due to budget constraints. All Rights Reserved. The buildings insurance policy was poorly written. /Contents 78 0 R Traffickers use all methods of the economy and the financial system, said Im, who worked on Operation Denial, an ongoing investigation into the trafficking of fentanyl and other drugs. >> /Parent 9 0 R
<< endobj %PDF-1.7 Our evidence-based outpatient programs are tailored to your needs. /Contents 112 0 R /CropBox [0 0 612 792] 75 percent: Brasilia, Brazil For many, use became abuse. Until the rise of the Four Seasons Hotel and Residences in 2004, the Wachovia Financial Center building, standing at 55 /Producer (Prince 9.0 rev 5 \(www.princexml.com\)) /Next 17 0 R Elizabeth Flock. BH Compliance then guidesthe companies response, to eliminate corruptpractices and prevent their recurrence. The U.S. Treasury Department made a couple of startling calculations: A full-size suitcase stuffed with twenty-dollar bills could hold roughly a half-million dollars, yet many millions were being deposited every day. /Type /Pages /F6 64 0 R
>> How to count it all? "When I was a young kid, my mom told me the dirtiest thing in the world is money," said the researcher, Yuegang Zuo, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. << /Kids [14 0 R 18 0 R 19 0 R 20 0 R 21 0 R 22 0 R 23 0 R] independent local journalism in Miami. /Type /Page Wollard and other Miami bankers interviewed said they were trying to watch large cash depositors. It is known that due to construction flaws, the building suffered flooding in 1981 and garage roof failures in 1996. /Parent 12 0 R ICIJ recruited a global team of journalists, including reporters from the Miami Herald, el Nuevo Herald and McClatchy. While verifying Escobar's wealth is impossible because of the nature of drug money, estimates of his net worth run as high as $30 billion at his peak. Nicolas Diaz, 26, faces a felony charge after he engaged in sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl, according to the Miami Police Department. Receive our monthly Compliance Newsletter. "We were reeling from one kind of a crisis to the next," recalls Bill Cullom, president of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce in 1981. >> /Type /Page /CropBox [0 0 612 792] Piso 9 Therefore, in insurance payments, the victims and survivors will receive close to $50 million, although it is not known when. A chemistry professor said cocaine found on U.S. bills could provide insight about drug trends. /Resources 93 0 R /A << I grew up reading him in the Miami Herald. >> endobj Both were charged with fentanyl-related crimes in 2017. In the course of its average 20 months in circulation, U.S. currency gets whisked into ATMs, clutched, touched and traded perhaps thousands of times at coffee shops, convenience stores and newsstands. Despite his humble origins, Escobar became the leader of the Medelln cartel, which was responsible for 80% of the global cocaine market in the 1980s. Zuo, who spoke about his research at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society on Sunday, found that $5, $10, $20 and $50 bills were more likely to be positive for cocaine than $1 bills. Miami. endobj madrinks 8 yr. ago you are a funny man [deleted] 8 yr. ago It sure was. Wheres the money? Hubbard denied that he knew or distributed drugs to Joe Williams. Straddling the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean and the Straits of Florida, our state has the longest coastline in the contiguous United States. The house was razed to make room for a more contemporary home on waterfront property, the owner, Chicken Kitchen founder Christian de Berdouare, told ABC News today. /Contents 70 0 R "I think they used the cover of a very residential neighborhood in order to conduct their illicit trade," de Berdouare said. >> Investigators seized $150,000, Gomes Maserati sports car and an all-terrain vehicle. 11 0 obj /CropBox [0 0 612 792] The Mutiny Hotel first opened its doors in 1968; a 130-rooms, sailing themed mansion to which hard cash was the only key. /Type /Pages Weeds shot up out of cracks in the empty asphalt parking lot outside the shuttered Brooks Brothers shirt factory. /Rotate 0 >> /Prev 15 0 R endobj Sign up for notifications from Insider! /Contents 118 0 R endobj << The money always arrived first -- flight capital -- although sometimes this was a euphemism for loot liberated from poor countries by their leaders. 32 0 obj The SARs, which are collected and analyzed by an agency called the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, show how the failure of banks and other financial institutions to thwart the flow of illicit money promotes criminality and suffering on a grand scale. 2017-12-14T11:26:46-08:00 /F5 63 0 R
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