Zu "Springer kauft Politico" kam hier noch der Hinweis rein, sich mal die (inzwischen porentief gereinigte) Wikipedia-Seite zu deren Gründer anzugucken, und dann dem Link zu dessen Vater zu folgen, wo die Details noch stehen:

From 1981 to 2001, he was chairman of Riggs Bank, when he resigned due to prostate cancer during investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission involving oil money from Equatorial Guinea at the same time that Riggs was facing broader charges of money laundering; his son Robert assumed the chairman position after his resignation; the bank was later purchased by PNC in 2005.

Von dort aus kann man dann noch dem Link zur Biggs Bank folgen und findet dort:

The bank was investigated for several money laundering scandals, including going to great lengths to allow former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet to hide his fortune after his accounts were subjected to asset freezing and for unknowingly allowing the hijackers involved in the September 11 attacks to transfer money due to lax controls at the bank.

Da, meine Damen und Herren, kommt das Geld hinter Politico her. (Danke, Arnim)