Posted by Matt in July 19th, 2008 |
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Crime,
Authorities,
Disguise,
empire,
Famous Mobsters,
Gold,
Investigations,
Mafia,
Metalor,
Money,
Odd,
Recipient,
Scandal,
South Africa,
Subsidiary,
Swiss Bank Accounts,
Swiss Law,
Switzerland,
Ubs
The Mafia are ingeniously silver-plating their glimmering stash of South Africa’s stolen gold. The disguise has allowed them to launder money in Swiss bank accounts. Investigations finger top Swiss Bank — UBS, and its subsidiary Metalor, who is the proven recipient of the ‘odd gold’. So shouldn’t Metalor have informed the authorities? Technically they’ve so [...]
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Posted by Matt in May 20th, 2008 |
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1950s,
Algerian War,
Array,
Civil Rights,
counterterrorism,
French Law,
Investigations,
Law Enforcement,
Laws In France,
Magistrates,
Mandate,
Middle Eastern Terrorism,
Muslim Clerics,
Prosecutors,
Regimes,
Softies,
Terrorist Mayhem,
terrorists,
Transnational Terrorism,
Unprecedented Powers,
War On Terror
Fighting transnational terrorism often involves making unsavory choices between protecting civil rights and providing security. The following regimes have opted for the latter and are definitely not the kind of places you want to get caught if you’re plotting some terrorist mayhem.
France
Key tactics: Though many Americans view them as softies when it comes to the [...]
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