Money trail

J. Sharkey, Mental illness hits the money trail, New York Times, June 6, 1999, Internet edition. 

Most of the source material from this section came from analysis of bank and corporate annual reports and Who s Who entries a simple cross-correlation of such information produced an unbroken trail of dope and dirty money from the Far East, through Canada, into the United States. The business, legal, and accounting relations noted here are all a matter of pubhc record. In addition, the authors interviewed several former and serving Canadian and American law enforcement officers, who have had Walter Lockhart Gordon and his Canadian "China... 

Cash flow can be a problem. You may experience surges of business in some months and then a sharp drop off in others, making it hard to establish regular bill payments and payroll. Since you must pay both your bills and your employees, you may find yourself reluctant to spend money when it is coming in strong, just in case it trails off in the next month. 

The physical essence of traceability is the cross-referencing between documents and from documents to the corresponding materiel and works. This means a traceability trail has to be established that can be followed linking all elements concerned. The level of traceability required must be defined as early as possible in writing and must be a contractual requirement in the purchase orders and construction contracts concerned. Special care must be taken to ensure that authority traceability exigencies are incorporated right from the start. Specified requirements should not be exceeded. Excessive zeal in this direction is unnecessary, wastes money, can create frustration and diminishes the credibility of the mandatory requirements for traceability. 

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