"The system is built on hundreds, maybe thousands, of ever-morphing phantom companies. They exist on paper only and appear to be run by scores of common people, who are, in fact, simply proxies."
"The tactics...the Moldovan fraudsters, the offshore registration agents who feign ignorance, and the organized criminals & corrupt politicians who launder their money."
"Magnitsky, accused of the largest tax scam in Russian state history despite being the whistleblower who reported it, knew who pulled off the theft but not who the powerful people behind them were."
"...a Moldovan ghost company was used to transfer funds stolen from the Russian tax authority to an int'l real estate company named Prevezon. Shortly after, Prevezon bought luxury NY apartments near Wall Street."
"It’s a complex system for laundering more than $20 billion in Russian money stolen from the government by corrupt politicians or earned through organized crime activity."
"The story 👆 was a cooperative effort of OCCRP, Novaya Gazeta and Barron's. It was reported by Mihai Munteanu (OCCRP), *Roman Anin* (OCCRP/Novaya Gazeta) and Bill Alpert (Barron's). It was coordinated by Paul Radu (OCCRP)."
"Just last month, the FBI warned of the ongoing & heightened threat posed by domestic violent extremists. Those of us who were in Oklahoma City in April 1995 do not need any warning."
AG Garland remembers OKC bombing, points to threat of domestic terror abcn.ws/3gnUDcY
"Attorney Stephen Jones said Merrick Garland will become one of the great attorneys general of the United States."
What the attorney for OKC bomber Timothy McVeigh had to say about AG pick Merrick Garland oklahoman.com/story/news/col…
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"Dutch bank ABN Amro on Monday said it had reached a 480-million-euro ($574 million) settlement with prosecutors in the Netherlands over money laundering allegations..."
"...accused ABN AMRO of having violated the Anti-Money Laundering & Counter Terrorism Financing Act...the bank is also accused of culpable money laundering."
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"Danske Bank CEO Chris Vogelzang has resigned after Dutch authorities named him a suspect in connection with their investigation into violations relating to the prevention of money laundering at ABN AMRO."
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"Sources have told ESPN that New York-based investment bank JP Morgan will underwrite the project, with $6 billion distributed as loans to the teams."
"Quite simply, its formation would mark the biggest shakeup in global soccer in decades, perhaps ever. The implications for global broadcasters would be enormous."
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Streamer DAZN & Mogul Len Blavatnik Deny Involvement In Euro Super League As Fury Builds deadline.com/2021/04/europe…
"European soccer has become a playing field for the world’s oligarchs, especially those who became fabulously wealthy through oil. Mind-boggling sums of money exchange hands..."
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Totally missed this part of the 'US response' to Russia on Thursday (more on that later).
Seems important.
Executive Order on Blocking Property with Respect to Specified Harmful Foreign Activities of the Government of the Russian Federation whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
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"I, JOSEPH BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, find that specified harmful foreign activities of the Gov't of the Russian Federation constitutes an unusual & extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, & economy of the United States."
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"...in particular, efforts to undermine the conduct of free and fair democratic elections and democratic institutions in the United States and its allies and partners..."
ICYMI - In 2019, OCCRP quietly disclosed that Ukrainian politician Serhiy Lovochkin & his sister Yulia Lovochkina were secret co-owners of Trasta Komercbanka, a Latvian bank that was a key piece in the 'Russian Laundromat'.