Two more nations have joined France is advising citizens to avoid investing in Israeli settlements. Spain and Italy have aligned themselves with France to shun investments in settlements that are built on Palestinian occupied land. The united front of these countries adds strength to the protest regarding these settlements.
Europe Warns Against Investing in Israeli Settlements
June 10th, 2015Small Business Owners Targeted by the Federal Government
June 8th, 2015
Civil asset forfeiture abuse is rampant across the country. Through the Bank Secrecy Act the federal government routinely seizes the accounts of many small businesses due to suspicion of illegal behavior. These suspected practices, or structuring, are the division of cash deposits into denominations less than $10,000 with the goal of avoiding detection by government agencies. The problem is that innocent owners of small establishments regularly make small deposits as a normal part of their operations. When the Internal Revenue Service is alerted to the deposits, they have the authority to empty the accounts of mom-and-pop drugstores or family-owned restaurants without showing any proof of illegal behavior.