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A 2015 SAR details JP Morgan services for secretive offshore company ABSI Enterprises from 2002-2013, in a 5-year period JP Morgan sent & received $1 billion in wire transfers

ABSI's parent company may be linked to organized crime boss Semion Mogilevich

bbc.com/news/uk-542255…
There are 3 companies named ABSI Enterprises, two inactive ones were incorporated in Belize and Cyprus and one incorporated in India that is active

The Belize and Cyprus ABSI companies may be linked to Mogilevich

opencorporates.com/companies?juri…
This article lists ABSI Securities as a Mogilevich company
rumafia.net/en/material/590
ABSI Enterprises and ABSI Securities in Cyprus list
Hayrullo Beknazarov as director and Kurbonali Odinaev as secretary

ABSI Enterprises Cyprus
opencorporates.com/companies/cy/H…

ABSI Securities Cyprus
opencorporates.com/companies/cy/H…
JP Morgan sent $1bil in wire transfers for ABSI Enterprises

A different company ABSI Securities is linked to Mogilevich

Both list the same two people:

Hayrullo Beknazarov
Kurbonali Odinaev

Each is officer of 7 companies (6 overlap)

All inactive companies ended Jan 11 2016
If anyone is trying to verify whether or not ABSI Enterprises is connected to ABSI Securities, here are some common names

cc @JasonLeopold @a_cormier_

As of March 2019 ABSI Enterprises Ltd. is listed as the major holder of Ostankinsky Meat-Processing Enterprise (OMPK on the Moscow Stock Exchange)
barrons.com/quote/stock/ru…
In 2014 Ostankino Meat Processing Plant owners included Viktor Vekselberg's Renova

Bellmar Capital Investment Limited (Belize) 22.88%
Honeydrops Equities Inc (BVI) 24.58%
ABSI Enterprises Limited (Belize) 24.63%
Renova Investment Limited (Belize) 24.61%

farbitis.ru/en/production-…
The 2 officers of ABSI are also officers of Minuz Enterprises

This 2018 piece describes Minuz Enterprises Limited as 50.01% owner of the Ostankin meat processing plant, and as co-owner with Nachas Enterprises Limited of brokerage company Absolut-Invest

finanz.ru/novosti/aktsii…
A 2013 article described scheme by former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavel Lazarenko (convicted & sentenced to prison in US for money laundering, wire fraud, extortion) & Konstantin Grigorishin

Minuz Enterprises created in Cyprus 1996 was part of the scheme
moscow-post.su/in_world/ukrai…

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