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11 Sep 20, 35 tweets, 36 min read
Some funny goings on in #Liverpool under the stewardship of #JoeAnderson 👀

My current viewpoint might be influenced by some of the TV shows I watched during lockdown #Subura #Gomorrah #GangsOfLondon #LineOfDuty

But, it has a whiff of a Mafia fiefdom🤯

kilfoyleonpolitics.wordpress.com/2020/09/10/a-t…
- Merseyside Police investigating City Council
- Lancashire Police - #OperationSheridan
- Serious Fraud Office, North West Serious Crimes Unit & GMP investigating property scams
- Council finances not being signed off by an auditor for the last 5 years

Something smells fishy🐟👀
Now, I realise it sounds bonkers to link TV shows about the Italian Mafia and how they infiltrate local councils and municipalities - I mean, that wouldn't happen in Lancashire or Merseyside... would it!?

Well, ye. It would...

Have a look 👀
bbc.co.uk/news/extra/XOd…
Bonkers, right!

Well, that must be an isolated case I hear you say 📢👂

I'm going to shock you here... No. It's not!

Take a look at this...

Preston council, the Mafia, Drugs and Money Laundering 🤯💸

Say what?!?!

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/l…
Old Frank McGrath mentioned above...he's been involved in some colourful schemes that might have some parallels to todays investigations in Liverpool and beyond.

Preston Docks

#PrestonMafia #OperationAngel #BalfourBeaty #Pergau Politics & Business 💸

independent.co.uk/news/uk/counci…
I won't harp on about this episode, but if you like some salacious gossip to go with your political/financial scandals, check this out!

Lancashire's very own Donald Trump= #owenoyston
Sports teams / Modelling Agencies / Offshore Accounts / Deep politics

lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/6106563.d…
Around this time in Liverpool you had #DerekHatton & his Militant crew.
Derek is a fun character who likes to dabble in property development 👀💸

Got a few quid nowadays too.
Not bad for a trotskyite / anti capitalist... or however he identified 🤷
news.cyprus-property-buyers.com/2009/01/17/dod…
Now, property has always been a favourite to launder large amounts of money through - Especially for people that attained that money through illegal means (drugs/trafficking of all kinds etc)

It's double bubble if you can find a front man & an ally on the council planning team💸
I read @MiloPete #DrugWar & @Graham_Johnson #YoungBlood recently - They both brilliantly explain the underworld of drugs, the systems and the way money is moved

From Hatton's 80's Tommy Commerford & the boys➡️Curtis Warren➡️New generation (The Lam et al)

liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool…
To add a sporting angle to this - The bad lads from Liverpool enjoy strong relationships with their Irish cousins. We've all read about the #Kinahans & #MTK

Drugs imported - South America - Middle East/Asia - Spain - Holland - UK 💸 Laundered in Dubai

liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool…
Anyway...like I say, my worldview might be a bit skewed by some of the reading and watching I've done during Lockdown - But it does kind of fit with the headlines, so...who knows?!

For some good reading on this stuff, I'd suggest;
- Peter Kilfoyle for Liverpool @KilfoyleonMside
- Nicola Tallent for #Kinahan @nicolatallantsw
- Peter Walsh & Graham Johnson for Drug Wars
- Wensley Clarkson for gangster profiles @wensleyclarkson
- Michael Gillard for fearless investigative journalism @mr_gillard
- Heidi Blake 'From Russia With Blood' @HeidilBlake
- Tony Thompson @tonythompsonstl Crime writing
- Roberto Saviano @robertosaviano The doyen of international crime writing
- Misha Glenny 'McMafia' (and more - Really smart global perspective) @MishaGlenny
- Peter Frankopan @peterfrankopan The New Silk Roads = Global Perspective
Oh, and for another sporting angle, definitely read @david_conn & @KieranMaguire

Why, I hear you ask?

Well, remember #BuryFC and #WiganAthletic recently 🤯

Bury was owned and run by #StewartDay He dipped into the alleged ponzi scheme known as #Lendy (Peer to peer lending)
Lendy looks like it could be linked to White collar crime - Specifically property development finance!

Now, Stewart Day has links to Liverpool 👀

Lots of developers in Liverpool have been involved in fractional sales scams (some aided by Joe Anderson)

p2pfinancenews.co.uk/2020/07/14/inv…
P-2-P / Fractional Sales / Investment Marketing.

They are all ways of scamming the public to invest for market beating returns (8%-12% is the standard)

Think boiler rooms of cold callers (probably based in Spain or offshore locations)

Industrial scale

fca.org.uk/transparency/i…
These white collar schemes are quite sophisticated to be fair. They have legal sounding businesses, marketing, PR & in some cases even get FCA approval!!

Little bit like #BinaryOptions scams tho, they are part of the machine

Crime & Money laundering

thetimes.co.uk/article/market…
Now add in Gambling and the offshore OR non/lightly regulated markets.

To be fair, in the UK, we police it well and it's a strong industry.

Elsewhere though 🤯⚽️#Wigan

Capital Flight - Globalisation - Different strokes for different folks (Laws).

gamblinginsider.com/news/9364/chin…
West Ham standard.co.uk/front/west-ham…

Everton, Espanyol, Fulham etc nakedcapitalism.com/2015/08/power-…

There are loads more... #Fraud #FraudWatch
I've seen some of your tweets on Liverpool and the whiff of corruption recently - Thought you might be interested in a little thread I've just put together.

Just linking some stories I've seen over the years.
Politics ➡️ Business ➡️ Crime... oiled machine
@tina_bartlett @BTLF1
@theesk This is the quick thread I did on our home city...

Very odd stuff going on there right now

Have a look out for @BBCOne documentary #TheGrandPartyHotel coming soon...

dailymail.co.uk/femail/article…

Interesting (dubious?!) background to this one & L'pool development at large!!
More...

There's so much of this in #Liverpool (Property development fraud)

Watched #GrandPartyHotel last night too 👀📺

Funnily enough, they didn't mention anything about the series of bankruptcies, ponzi sounding investment schemes & legal issues...

liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool…
Oh - What's this?!

#JoeAnderson arrested 🧐🚓

Some people saw this coming...

👀👀👀👀👀

#Liverpool #LCC

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*Confirmed* by @thetimes
#DerekHatton is one of those arrested in this enquiry!

Along with #JoeAnderson son 🧐

'If proven', confirms the dangerous grey zones between;

- #Politics
- #Business (Property/Construction key)
- #OrganisedCrime

#Thread ⬆️🔽

thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/l…
#houseofcards #Liverpool #LCC

#JoeAnderson #DerekHatton 🛖🛖🏚️🏚️

Being in control must have felt like being the #House in a casino! 💸💸

What will come out in the wash? #Moneylaundering 🤔

#Contruction #Contracts #Developers #Peel #Lawless

Business & Politics
The latest take from Peter Kilfoyle 🧐

#joeanderson #derekhatton #LCC #Liverpool
#LiverpoolCountyCouncil #operationaloft #nickkavanagh #elliotlawless #savourcity

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placenorthwest.co.uk/news/deadline-…
Seems topical! 🤔

#Liverpool #LCC #JoeAnderson #Unite #Newz
#McCluskey #OperationAloft #Construction #DerekHatton

thetimes.co.uk/article/unite-…
Innocent until proven guilty!

One aspect of the thread ⬆️ explored though!

I imagine there are a long line of people in these chains being scrutinised at the moment.

#Property Fraud
#Investment Fraud
#Corruption
#Crime
#Money Laundering
#Dark Networks

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…
Another day... another story! 🤨

#JoeAnderson son #DavidAnderson making some interesting recruitment decisions?!

#PurpleApple #Unite #Flannigan #Tarmacacademy #NickKavanagh #ElliotLawless #DerekHatton

Noticing lots of 'Family Connections'

Akin Mafia!

thetimes.co.uk/article/union-…
Hot off the press - Another one! 👀

#Liverpool #BuildingContracts #JoeAnderson #DerekHatton

Labour have been so dominant in the area for decades, they've become complacent & been infiltrated 💸

Shades of the #teamsters & #TheMob in America in the 60's

liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool…
#LawrenceKenwright is opening 'another' #ShanklyHotel in #Preston!👀

🏤Acquired direct from Preston's Labour City Council

#Labour County Councils love doing business with him!

Cardiff
Liverpool

🤞 It has solid funding and goes 👍
#GrandPartyHotel #BBC

lep.co.uk/business/conce…
Monday nights #Panorama will be interesting. 📺

Might have some connections with this thread 🤔
🙄🔼
👀🔽

#BoxingAndTheMob
#Liverpool
#PropertyDevelopers
#JoeAnderson
#DerekHatton

Good to hear both sides.

Although, anyone who employs a modicum of critical thinking, a little research & due diligence should be pretty clear on the subject!

As for the curated articles, online documentaries, podcasts & cult like followers🤯 #Dangerous

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Money Men - Fronts - Frauds bbc.co.uk/sport/football…
Trust/Offshore Companies are involved in Fiduciary Duties

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