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Danske Bank – Who helped them Launder?
Danske Bank – Who helped them Launder? A couple of days ago the always good Francis Coppola wrote a piece for Forbes entitled, The Banks That Helped Danske Bank Estonia Launder Russian Money In it she made the simple but essential point that while Danske Bank, through its Estonian branch, had laundered $234 billion, …Danske Bank […]
Murdered Slovak Journalist Was Investigating Prime Minister’s Aide Linked to Suspected Italian Mafia Figure
Murdered Slovak Journalist Was Investigating Prime Minister’s Aide Linked to Suspected Italian Mafia Figure BEFORE HE WAS murdered last week with a single shot to the chest, and his body left alongside that of his fiancée, who was killed with one shot to the head, the Slovak investigative journalist Ján Kuciak had been amassing evidence […]
It’s Not About Democracy: Control Fraud Is the Core of our Political System
It’s Not About Democracy: Control Fraud Is the Core of our Political System The many are finally calling out the abusers of power because there’s no longer any need to pay the corrupting costs of centralization. If we strip away the pretense of democracy, what is the core of our political System? Answer: control fraud, […]
How Much Money Laundering is Going On in the Housing Market? A Lot
How Much Money Laundering is Going On in the Housing Market? A Lot Answers trickle in. Tough luck for New York, San Francisco, Miami… “I am shocked – shocked – to find that money laundering is going on in here!” – Borrowed and twisted from Casablanca. The US Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced on Thursday that […]
There Are 66,719 Empty Mansions In Vancouver
There Are 66,719 Empty Mansions In Vancouver One year ago, when we first started discussing the Vancouver housing bubble, which as we first speculated – and was later confirmed – was the result of Chinese oligarch money-launderers parking “hot cash” in this offshore housing market (at least until a 15% property tax on foreign purchases made Seattle the […]
Foreign Buying Plummets In Vancouver: Sales To Foreigners Crash 96%
Foreign Buying Plummets In Vancouver: Sales To Foreigners Crash 96% China’s favorite offshore money laundering hub is officially no longer accepting its money. According to data released by British Columbia’s Ministry of Finance on Thursday, foreign investors officially disappeared from Vancouver’s property market last month after the local government imposed a 15% surcharge to curb a […]
State of Fear – Corruption in High Places
State of Fear – Corruption in High Places Mr. X and his Mysterious Benefactors As the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reports, a money-laundering alarm was triggered at AmBank in Malaysia, a bank part-owned by one of Australia’s “big four” banks, ANZ. What had triggered the alarm? Money had poured into the personal account of one of […]
Panama partners in crime
Panama partners in crime “We have broken no laws and cooperated with the government at all times.” Variations of that statement seem to be the default defence of everyone from bankers to politicians when their names come up in the Panama Papers. In the UK the latest to resort to some version of it, was first Downing […]
Here Is Rothschild’s Primer How To Launder Money In U.S. Real Estate And Avoid “Blacklists”
Here Is Rothschild’s Primer How To Launder Money In U.S. Real Estate And Avoid “Blacklists” Anyone closely following the Panama Papers tax haven story, is by now familiar with the role that Rothschild plays in providing virtually identical services right inside the US by the Rothschild Trust, as explained in our recent article “Rothschild Humiliates […]
US Military Uses IMF and World Bank to Launder 85% of Its Black Budget
US Military Uses IMF and World Bank to Launder 85% of Its Black Budget Though transparency was a cause he championed when campaigning for the presidency, President Obama has largely avoided making certain defense costs known to the public. However, when it comes to military appropriations for government spy agencies, we know from Freedom of […]
RFID-Chipped Banknotes Fit For “Remote Cancellation”
RFID-Chipped Banknotes Fit For “Remote Cancellation” RFID Technology fur Use in Currency Becomes More Sophisticated The 500 euro banknote barely circulates in Europe – this is to say, it is rarely seen in everyday commerce. However, it does exist, and makes the handling of large amounts of cash easier. Not surprisingly, it is said to […]
The War on Cash Destroys a Small Entrepreneur
The War on Cash Destroys a Small Entrepreneur Lyndon McClellan is a small entrepreneurwho owns and operates L & M Convenience Mart in Fairmont, North Carolina. L & M comprises a gas station, convenience store, and a small restaurant serving hot dogs, hamburgers, and catfish sandwiches. One day last July, more than a dozen federal, […]
As Banks Tighten Grip on the Media, British Journalist Rebels Against HSBC-Run Telegraph
As Banks Tighten Grip on the Media, British Journalist Rebels Against HSBC-Run Telegraph “Banks are the feudal knights of today’s world,” Hervé Falciani says in an interview. “They are a power without a counterweight, without opposition.” That is not to say that they don’t have a weak point, adds the 42-year-old whistleblower who blew the lid on […]
Taxes and corruption
Taxes and corruption It seems that the rumbling story about HSBC’s Swiss branch has achieved what political pollsters know as “cut through” – meaning that it’s of interest to voters as well as to those reporters who are sentenced to watch Prime Minister’s Questions each week. The story reminded me of a passage in Wolfgang […]
“They Just Want The Money!” The IRS Can Now Seize Accounts On Suspicion Alone | Zero Hedge
“They Just Want The Money!” The IRS Can Now Seize Accounts On Suspicion Alone | Zero Hedge. How can this happen?” Ms. Hinders said in a recent interview. “Who takes your money before they prove that you’ve done anything wrong with it?” The federal government does. * * * The topic of civil asset forfeiture has been high on […]
