PANAMA EFFECT: The fall of Manuel A....

PANAMA EFFECT: The fall of Manuel A. Noriega (A1) may affect one aspect of the local drug scene: money-laundering. . . . Strict Panamanian banking laws have made it difficult to “track down the paper trail” of drug money, one federal agent says. . . . While difficult to pinpoint the dollar amount of the O.C.-Panama connection, the agent says, “rest assured, money from Orange County dope sales is going through Panama.”