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(The following press-release was provided by Frank Dobrucki.)

Global Links (OTCPink:GLCO) announced that it has acquired 100% of BXI Trade Exchange, a Nevada corporation, along with the federal trademark for BXI Trade Exchange.

BXI, formerly the world�s largest barter trade exchange, will soon be fully operational with plans to once again become the premier marketplace for the barter industry. BXI will be headquartered in the Global Links Corporate offices in Las Vegas near McCarran airport, in 9,500 square feet of beautifully appointed offices.

Saul Yarmak, the former chairman and principal owner of BXI before taking a break from the industry, is committed to once again be a driving force in the day-to-day operations of the exchange.

The company�s stated intention is to quickly make BXI the recognized �gold-standard� of the barter industry, while maintaining the highest level of ethics and reputation for which it was previously known.

At its peak, prior to the widespread use of the Internet for online business communications and transactions, BXI had more than 22,000 business members. That number is expected to be significantly greater based on using the Internet to provide a seamless and instantaneous online platform for marketing and transaction fulfillment.

The launch of the new BXI Trade Exchange barter platform is planned for October 2013. Considerable groundwork is already being done to reunite prior trade associates and develop new and exciting opportunities for the barter industry. �The combination of BXI together with Global Links Corp is truly exciting,� stated Frank Dobrucki, CEO of Global Links.

�We have the ability to couple our digital barter currency to the real estate development industry,� he continued. �Which, in turn, can act as a stabilizing financial element and allow us to structure transactions that are otherwise too difficult to complete in a weak economic climate. We are looking forward to tremendous growth and market expansion.�

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Six members of the non-profit community based organization known as Koru-Kenya, were recently arrested and are facing seven years in jail on forgery charges resulting from the creation of a complementary currency called Bangla-Pesa.

The Bangla-Pesa program was developed to fight poverty in slum areas in an effort to allow impoverished Kenyans to play a role in managing their own development and recovery. The Bangla-Pesa helps Kenyans who are living on less than $1 a day by allowing micro-businesses to form a network that can trade even when they have no money.

Annette Riggs, President of the International Reciprocal Trade Association (IRTA), wrote a letter to the Kenyan authorities on June 4th, 2013, asserting the validity of the Bangla-Pesa program by saying, �It is our opinion that the Bangla-Pesa vouchers operate in the same way as hundreds of other systems all over the world. Its purpose is to help facilitate more exchange within the Bangladesh community and help the local economy.�

To read her entire letter, click here. 

Both Annette Riggs and IRTA�s Executive Director Ron Whitney attended the 2nd Conference on Community and Complementary Currencies (CCSConf) in The Hague last month. The Conference organized a petition to the Kenyan authorities requesting the charges be dropped against the team from Bangla-Pesa, on the grounds that complementary currencies are �recognized cooperative instruments used globally by local groups, municipalities and NGO's for social, solidarity, economic and environmental goals.�  

To sign the CCSConf petition, click here. 

To make a donation to the Bangla-Pesa program click here.  

(IRTA thanks you for your time and attention regarding this most important matter.)

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