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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 3576959" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>You can go buy drugs from someone here if you're determined enough.  You can't just transmit money to a bank or Western Union office in Central America.  Someone has to do it for you.  And if they're told they can't anymore legally by the government then the sender is out of luck.  To stop money laundering the government about 5 or so years ago put all kinds of restrictions on U.S. citizens opening bank accounts abroad.  So much so most foreign banks won't even deal with the average expat because of the hassle involved.  So most expats use ATM's to access money back home.  When it comes to clamping down on financial transactions the Federal government is very effective.</p></blockquote><p></p>