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Reading first few chapters of @tomburgis new book #Kleptopia (very good so far!)
On the story arc, Och-Ziff Hedge Fund mentioned & their bribery for contracts/mines/elections in Africa.
Saw some interesting connections to #FinCENFiles current story...
#PoliticsAndMoney
Reading first few chapters of @tomburgis new book #Kleptopia (very good so far!)
On the story arc, Och-Ziff Hedge Fund mentioned & their bribery for contracts/mines/elections in Africa.
Saw some interesting connections to #FinCENFiles current story...
#PoliticsAndMoney
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Ziff brothers are the favourite financial bogey men of Putin/Kremlin.
#OchZiff referenced in 2016 #TrumpTower meeting challenging #Magninsky act championed by #Browder
Effectively Kremlin saying "Listen Don Junior, here's the dirt on Clinton for your Dad to use...(cont)"
Ziff brothers are the favourite financial bogey men of Putin/Kremlin.
#OchZiff referenced in 2016 #TrumpTower meeting challenging #Magninsky act championed by #Browder
Effectively Kremlin saying "Listen Don Junior, here's the dirt on Clinton for your Dad to use...(cont)"
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"Hillary is funded by Ziff Bro's / Browder & they are the real crooks! They illegally bought shares in Gazprom as foreigners, failed to pay tax due in Russia & used elaborate offshore schemes to 'loot Russian assets'"
They then counter the $230m tax fraud #Magninsky story...
"Hillary is funded by Ziff Bro's / Browder & they are the real crooks! They illegally bought shares in Gazprom as foreigners, failed to pay tax due in Russia & used elaborate offshore schemes to 'loot Russian assets'"
They then counter the $230m tax fraud #Magninsky story...
4/
Saying it was actually a #Browder plot using those elaborate #offshore tax schemes & he set the whole thing up! 🤯💰
Now, I think the premise of that story is b*llocks BUT they do use some probable threads of truth for credibility.
e.g Browder did use offshore tax schemes..
Saying it was actually a #Browder plot using those elaborate #offshore tax schemes & he set the whole thing up! 🤯💰
Now, I think the premise of that story is b*llocks BUT they do use some probable threads of truth for credibility.
e.g Browder did use offshore tax schemes..
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To move #Hermitage & his investors money out of Russia.
While #Browder was smart in Russia, highlighting mis-management, false corporate reporting & outright fraud so the companies he invested in increased their true book value HE DID have some questionable partners...💸💸
To move #Hermitage & his investors money out of Russia.
While #Browder was smart in Russia, highlighting mis-management, false corporate reporting & outright fraud so the companies he invested in increased their true book value HE DID have some questionable partners...💸💸
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#EdmondSafra (Death in Monaco/BONY/Money Plane/ Russian Gangsters & Capital Flight) #BennySteinmetz (African mining corruption 👀 #OchZiff)
You might even throw in that he used to work for #RobertMazwell early in his career!
The family name sound familiar? #GhislaineMaxwell
#EdmondSafra (Death in Monaco/BONY/Money Plane/ Russian Gangsters & Capital Flight) #BennySteinmetz (African mining corruption 👀 #OchZiff)
You might even throw in that he used to work for #RobertMazwell early in his career!
The family name sound familiar? #GhislaineMaxwell
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I highlight some of that because it exposes 'grey areas' in the prevailing news narrative.
It's pretty clear that Putin runs a 'mafia like state' & uses his cadre of Oligarchs, power over natural resources, national security & state craft for his political/economic agenda
I highlight some of that because it exposes 'grey areas' in the prevailing news narrative.
It's pretty clear that Putin runs a 'mafia like state' & uses his cadre of Oligarchs, power over natural resources, national security & state craft for his political/economic agenda
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But he's also smart enough to highlight the hypocrisy of the 'rules based liberal west' exposed in those #FinCENFiles
(i.e. the ruling class & bankers across the world, without exception, assist nefarious characters & practices for their own benefit).
#CognitiveDisodance
But he's also smart enough to highlight the hypocrisy of the 'rules based liberal west' exposed in those #FinCENFiles
(i.e. the ruling class & bankers across the world, without exception, assist nefarious characters & practices for their own benefit).
#CognitiveDisodance
8/
Now, to bring it back to those #FinCENFiles - I noticed it was @BuzzFeed and the #ICIJ who did some great reporting - But I immediately thought of a news article they wrote after the 2016 #Trump election which (i think) ties this together!!
Below 👀
buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonl…
Now, to bring it back to those #FinCENFiles - I noticed it was @BuzzFeed and the #ICIJ who did some great reporting - But I immediately thought of a news article they wrote after the 2016 #Trump election which (i think) ties this together!!
Below 👀
buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonl…
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I'm going to 'guess' that one of the people who (rightly) called out suspicious actions at the #USTreasuryDepartment which could have been part of an alleged #TrumpRussia plot, may be the leaker of the files.
My assumption is, they see the Nov elections coming up and want to
I'm going to 'guess' that one of the people who (rightly) called out suspicious actions at the #USTreasuryDepartment which could have been part of an alleged #TrumpRussia plot, may be the leaker of the files.
My assumption is, they see the Nov elections coming up and want to
10/
...Highlight questionable funding - Influence of Oligarchs in campaign spending & corruption in the system.
There's been so much good reporting & credible leaks over the last few years, we all know this to be true!
However, it's also helping to provoke rabid partisanship...
...Highlight questionable funding - Influence of Oligarchs in campaign spending & corruption in the system.
There's been so much good reporting & credible leaks over the last few years, we all know this to be true!
However, it's also helping to provoke rabid partisanship...
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Extreme politics is everywhere right now & it's leading to some very strange & fractured societies
#Kissinger talked about post cold war #WorldOrder
It's changing & these fractured societies only help autocrats, dictators and strongmen.
#PowerCorrupts
There is hope tho🙏
Extreme politics is everywhere right now & it's leading to some very strange & fractured societies
#Kissinger talked about post cold war #WorldOrder
It's changing & these fractured societies only help autocrats, dictators and strongmen.
#PowerCorrupts
There is hope tho🙏
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It's a really confusing picture at the moment if you follow the 24/7 news cycle!
However #medialiteracy is on the rise and there are some fantastic #journalists and #authors out there giving detailed real time accounts and balanced historical back stories.
Balance is key!
It's a really confusing picture at the moment if you follow the 24/7 news cycle!
However #medialiteracy is on the rise and there are some fantastic #journalists and #authors out there giving detailed real time accounts and balanced historical back stories.
Balance is key!
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There are c 195 countries in the world & all have their own perspectives, history, truths & aims.
The global economic system is developed BUT not uniform & competition exists for success.
Things change & if life is a game, there will always be a small % who try to cheat!
There are c 195 countries in the world & all have their own perspectives, history, truths & aims.
The global economic system is developed BUT not uniform & competition exists for success.
Things change & if life is a game, there will always be a small % who try to cheat!
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But having strong democracies, multi-lateral organisations, multi-cultural societies, diplomacy & respect for rules & norms is the key to get the world out of what is currently a bit of a mess!! 🤔
Empathy, knowledge & reasoned discourse is what's needed.
(Some changes too!)
But having strong democracies, multi-lateral organisations, multi-cultural societies, diplomacy & respect for rules & norms is the key to get the world out of what is currently a bit of a mess!! 🤔
Empathy, knowledge & reasoned discourse is what's needed.
(Some changes too!)
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We don't live in Utopia & whatever sins of the past can't be changed but they can be called out and balance addressed #wokegeneration
My advice - Follow good journalists & authors, keep some balance & call out bull shit (in a nice way) 😉
We don't live in Utopia & whatever sins of the past can't be changed but they can be called out and balance addressed #wokegeneration
My advice - Follow good journalists & authors, keep some balance & call out bull shit (in a nice way) 😉
Oh & I guess Ending All Offshore Tax Secrecy Regimes would be a good idea!
(Although not for those with things to hide, or the service providers that make money from them) 🤯💸🏦🌴😎💰
#FinCENFiles #offshore #taxjusticenetwork #kleptocrats #mafia @tomburgis @jechristensen56
(Although not for those with things to hide, or the service providers that make money from them) 🤯💸🏦🌴😎💰
#FinCENFiles #offshore #taxjusticenetwork #kleptocrats #mafia @tomburgis @jechristensen56
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