AMERICA TAKES OFF THE GLOVES FOR A CORRUPT FOREIGN NATIONAL LEADER; ROBERT ABELA AND JOSEPH MUSCAT PLEASE TAKE NOTE

 

Malta's Bright Future by COSIMO

The leaders of the world's offshore jurisdictions, where transnational money laundering, and the facilitation of global narcotics trafficking are not only permitted, they are encouraged, have long felt immune to threats of indictment from the American Department of Justice. After all, it has been thirty and forty years, respectively. since Panama's General Manuel Noriega, and the Turks & Caicos Chief Minister Norman Saunders, were charged with narcotics and money laundering offenses. The prevailing sentiment amongst them has been that the United States, to foster international cooperation, has chosen to keep its hands off foreign corrupt national leaders. 

However, this week's events have demonstrated that the recent American national focus on corruption, resulting in the arrest of British Virgin Islands Premier Andrew Fahie, on narcotics trafficking and money laundering charges, indicates that foreign leaders no longer can feel safe when they facilitate drug trafficking and financial crime. Fahie, and another senior BVI official, the Port Director, were arrested in Miami. Another defendant, also from the BVI, was arrested in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. The defendants have a hearing on Pretrial Detention next Wednesday, where bond will most likely be denied. 

 The British Government has already moved to dissolve the BVI government, suspend the Constitution for two years, and place Governor John Rankin, a British diplomat, in control during that time. Apparently, the UK is now on the same page regarding official corruption. The BVI will probably be returned to UK rule.

Corrupt foreign national leaders, who generally believe their attorneys when they are incorrectly advised that they have diplomatic immunity from foreign prosecution, should govern themselves accordingly, especially Malta Prime Minister Robert Abela, and his mentor, former PM Joseph Muscat, who have  bragged to their PL associates that they will never be charged in the United States, due to their political status. They might want to ask Norman Saunders what his experience was like in an American prison, when he served his sentence here, for his crimes. General Noriega served 20 years in Miami, then spent time in French and Panamanian prisons, before his death in a hospital in 2017. It was certainly not the ending to his life that he anticipated, as the dictator of Panama.

Last Glimmer of Hope Dashed Forever  by COSIMO

We doubt that Abela and Muscat are sleeping very soundly tonight.

PREMIER OF BVI ARRESTED IN MIAMI ON CHARGES OF COCAINE TRAFFICKING AND MONEY LAUNDERING

ANDREW FAHIE, the Premier (Chief Minister) of the British Virgin Islands, was arrested at Miami's Opa Locka Executive Airport today (April 28), in a sting operation conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), after a confidential informant for the agency was solicited by individuals associated with the terrorist organization Hezbollah, who were interested in bringing cocaine through the island of Tortola, en route the United States. There are reportedly audio and video recordings, and the acceptance of cash proffered by there undercover. The evidence appears to be strong; the statements attributed to Fahie are both incriminating and damning.

The criminal charges filed are:

(1) Money Laundering Conspiracy.                                                                                                             

(2) Conspiracy to Import more than five kilograms of Cocaine.

Also charged is another BVI government official, OLEANVINE MAYNARD, and KADEEM MAYNARD, her adult son. The allegations, which are contained in an 18-page affidavit in support of the Criminal Complaint filed bin the case, detail an arrangement whereby Fahie, in coordination with his co-defendants, would assist in the transshipment of multiple loads of cocaine into and through the BVI, and receive payment for their assistance. Fahie demanded USD$500,000 for facilitating the criminal smuggling operation.

Although the role of Hezbollah was only mentioned in passing in the affidavit, perhaps the most disturbing element of the case is the fact that the terrorists involved in the cocaine trafficking scheme knew BVI government officials, and indicated that they had prior dealing with them. The British Virgin Islands has been under a UK investigation for corruption, but this is providing material support to a specially designated global terrorist organization, meaning terrorist financing. 

The defendants will have their First Appearance tomorrow in US District Court in Miami (SDFL). Documents on file indicate that the US Attorney's Office is requesting Pre-Trial Detention, meaning no release on bail. What the effect this case will have upon the reputation of  BVI officials is not known, but the British government has been notified.

DOMINICA'S SUPPORT FOR MOROCCO'S ILLEGAL OCCUPATION OF WESTERN SAHARA HURTS EUROPE'S ENERGY SITUATION AT A CRITICAL TIME

 

Perhaps it is time someone in the Commonwealth of Dominica explained to its Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit the basics of international diplomacy, when it comes to the rights of a people to self-determination of their political future. When Skerrit, improperly acting under the authority of the Organization of East Caribbean States (OECS) opened a consulate in the Western Sahara, territory currently illegally occupied by the Kingdom of Morocco, he started a chain of events in motion that apparently has hurt the ability of the countries of the European Union to obtain energy supplies from a source outside Russia, which is now an international pariah due to its Ukraine invasion.

This week, the tense situation surrounding international disapproval of Morocco's occupation oil the Western Sahara, Made worse by Skerrit's implicit recognition of that act, which came to a head when energy giant Algeria objected to its natural gas, sent to Spain, being transferred to other EU countries, because it was routed through Morocco. Skerrit's tunnel vision, obviously made to encourage the purchase of Dominican CBI passports in North Africa, and made without OECS authority, has hurt EDU ability to wean itself off Russian energy at a critical time.

Skerrit, who academic degrees were not earned, but basically bought, has no experience nor education in international affairs, or in basic human rights, and looked only to the material gains he and his regime  were possibly to earn from recognising the placement of a consulate in disputed territory. Someone should send him back to school, as he has thrown the OECS into the matter on the wrong side of history. 

THE FATF JUST MADE IT HARDER FOR GREYLISTED COUNTRIES TO BE RETURNED TO GOOD STANDING

 

Maltese Foolish Acrobatics by COSIMO

If you were wondering why this blog published an Open Letter to the Financial Action Task Force Regarding Malta this week, the answer can be found in the FATFs latest report, which laid down the methodology and procedures the regulator has now adopted for the fifth round of mutual evaluations. 

One of the central points contained in the newly revised policies is that the focus is no longer on countries' passing law and regulations regarding money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing, but whether they are actually implementing those laws through prevention and prosecution. Whilst MONEYVAL's earlier evaluation of Malta was very positive, the subsequent FATF action, whereby Malta was Greylisted, showed that the Task Force saw only passage of laws, without enforcement, was insufficient, and grounds for a failing grade. Now that position has been codified as a global policy.

Those who believe that the FATF will, at its June Plenary, take Malta off the Greylist, are deceiving themselves. Without real enforcement of money laundering and terrorist financing laws, as evidenced by indictments, trials, convictions and prison sentences for offenders, it will remain Greylisted for the foreseeable future, the only EU jurisdiction to be so designated and sanctioned. Rumours to the contrary are merely political pipe dreams fed to a gullible electorate. Greylisting is here to stay; Get used to it. 

  

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE FINANCIAL ACTION TASK FORCE REGARDING MALTA

Regarding the possible release of the Republic of Malta from its current FATF status, requiring increased monitoring to address deficiencies in money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing, we wish to state the following points :

1. The law enforcement agencies and the Attorney General have not prosecuted a single corrupt politician, even though there is hard evidence to support such actions.

2. The Malta Police are corrupt and compromised, and haven't followed up on any of the magistrate's  suggestions and recommendations.

3. There have been no prosecutions of the directors of the money laundering Pilatus Bank, save one token case only involving a minor officer and the defunct corporate entity, even through the inquiry named all the major players in management. 

4. There have been no efforts to identify, and seize, assets of known Russian Oligarchs, who are linked to providing financial support for the illegal Russian invasion of the Ukraine.

5. There have been no investigations of Maltese nationals involved in violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (U.S.) and the Bribery Act (U.K.)

6. Notwithstanding a request by the European Union and European Commission, Malta haas failed to terminate its IIM Citizenship by Investment passport programme.

Therefore, based upon these, as well as other significant grounds, we recommend that the FATF take no action at this time.

KENNETH RIJOCK 

DARK CLOUDS DESCENDING ON MALTA FROM ITALY

Dark Clouds Descending on Malta  by COSIMO

Our latest information regarding the ongoing Italian criminal investigation into disgraced former Malta Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and the members of his former Cabinet, has confirmed that the case is close to the indictment stage. The targets are said to include, but not limited to, the same individuals who were profiled in an article appearing last year on the Repubblika website entitled Daphne was Right, which is a scathing survey of Malta's rampant corruption at the highest level. 

One of our US sources has confirmed that statements were taken by Italian law enforcement of a number of Maltese nationals, outside of Malta, and that those cooperators will be receiving immunity from prosecution. Italian law enforcement agencies reportedly took the lead in the investigation after the US Department of Justice became fully occupied with bringing hundreds of cases against Americans who attacked the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. American law enforcement agencies are known to new cooperating with their Italian counterparts, and have shared evidence from their own investigation of Joseph Muscat and his Merry Men of Crime with them.

Apparently, the same Italian law enforcement agencies that are involved in targeting traditional Italian organized crime in Sicily, more commonly known as the Mafia, in its current form, are the ones who are in command of the Maltese cases. We are closely monitoring Italian court media, and will be reporting on all developments s they occur, as we have little confidence that Malta's online newspapers, which practice self-censorship on negative news involving the ruling Labour Party, will be covering the case.     

   

 

SAM'S CLUB ETHICS AND COMPLIANCE PROGRAM IS AN ABYSMAL FAILURE

Walmart/Sam's Club Ethics & compliance 

As posted on the Internet:  

Walmart’s/Sam's Club approach 

At every level of our company, we work to create a culture that inspires trust among our associates, with our customers, and in the communities we serve. We do this by: 

• Setting ethics and compliance program foundations, including having the right program structure, developing standards and controls to maintain compliance, training associates on compliance and controls and monitoring for and responding to issues. 
• Building trust with our associates and customers, including by not tolerating discrimination or harassment, promoting health and safety, selling safer food and products and delivering quality health care services. 
• Building trust with our business, including by competing fairly, combating bribery and corruption, using data and technology respectfully and ethically and sourcing responsibly. 

The question remains; what is Walmart/ Sam's Club compliance officer John Scudder doing to enforce the company’s zero tolerance policy, regarding company retaliation against employees /associates who report their concerns to Global Ethics? We highlighted this in our last article, (MORE DETAILS ABOUT RAMPANT CORRUPTION AT SAM'S CLUB IN CALIFORNIA) published April 10, 2022, how Brenda Caldera and Jeremy Hines openly retaliate against associates who raise their concerns, regarding the level of corruption taking place specifically at Sam's Club Store 6609, and many other clubs in Ms. Caldera’s division.

John Scudder

Our articles have prompted a number of associates to contact us about the disturbing trend of retaliation, and at least four associates referred us to their lawyers for comment. A prominent litigator from California who asks to remain confidential until filing his case, said, “There is convincing evidence to support investigations by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), AND OTHER STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES AGAINST THE VIOLATORS." 

Their method of retaliation is to utilize employees/associates ignorant of Federal and state laws, to set up the associates suspected of reporting their illegal activities. Jeremy Hines, the manager described as street gangster, manipulates the most vulnerable associates, who are already facing disciplinary actions, to fabricate false complaints against those he considers to be his enemies. "We await our private investigators' report prior to any additional comments,” the lawyer reportedly stated. 

Jeremy Hines

Vicki Smith is Vice President and General Counsel for Sam’s Club. As the leader of Sam's Club legal team, Vicki ensures the company’s compliance with the laws and regulations in the states and countries it operates. Nevertheless, she has yet to step in as chief legal counsel to advise her managers, specifically Brenda Caldera and Jeremy Hines, to cease and desist in their daily retaliation against associates who reported corruption at Club #6609.  

Vicki Smith

There is history at Walmart/Sam's Club of not enforcing their published policy against retaliation 

At Sam's Club #6609, Jeremy chooses to hire and promote younger kids in their twenties, so they can be easily manipulated into do his dirty work.  A number of older employees/associates have reported how he sends his proxies to retaliate against those who speak up or complain to Global Ethics about his corruption. 

At Sam's Club, any one of his young stooge supervisors, a/k/a COS will approach a target for retaliation and pretend to claim they are giving the associate feedback on job performance, when in fact what is discussed with the person is never documented accurately. Instead, that so-called feed-back ends up being negative and adverse information against that employee, noted in the employment file without their consent or knowledge. We will name and profile some of Jeremy’s operatives /henchmen/women in upcoming articles. 

Walmart Ex-Compliance Officer Sues Over FCPA Case. 

A Walmart compliance officer who helped to uncover the company’s FCPA scandal nine years ago has filed a lawsuit against the retail giant, accusing Wallmart executives of firing him, based solely upon bogus trumped up charges, because he refused to water down his report about the corruption. 

Walmart Ex-Compliance Officer Sues Over FCPA Retaliation (radicalcompliance.com) 

In our next article we will expose Brenda Caldera’s tradecraft of covert retaliation against those who exercise their constitutional rights not to engage in criminal activities. Some of Ms. Caldera’s crew consists of operatives with some questionable backgrounds, which will also be exposed. 

Brenda Caldera

Stay tuned.

READ THE SECOND CIRCUIT DECISION IN DERIPASKA VS. OFAC

 

MALTA CANNOT JOIN NATO; IT'S A SECURITY RISK

 

USS Ross in the Black Sea

The visit of the American warship USS Ross  to Grand Harbour in Malta has revived the conversation about whether Malta should join the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, or NATO, in light of the Russian invasion of the Ukraine. The issue has become even more focused of late, with the news that both Finland and Sweden, longtime advocates of neutrality, are seriously considering becoming Members.   

Given that, since the United Kingdom removed its Mediterranean Fleet from Malta, after the country's radical Socialist (read that pro-Communist) Prime Minister, Dom Mintoff, tried to get away with a clearly excessive annual fee increase, NATO, meaning the US and Italy, have used the extensive port facilities in Naples to keep an eye upon the Eastern Mediterranean.

Besides, whatever recent overtures  the United States has made two Malta about the subject were dashed when the country's arrogant Prime Minister, Robert Abela, displayed extremely poor diplomatic form when meeting the American Secretary of Defense not too long ago, when making a ridiculous offer to the US, when full-blown cooperation with NATO and the USA were expected.

Frankly, given that NATO membership brings with it briefings that contain classified information, I don't trust Malta's Pro-Russian business Labour Party to not disclose Top Secret/SCI information to Russian diplomats at the local embassy, or PEPs seeking CBI passports who are close to the government or to Oligarchs seeking favor with Vladimir Putin or his Cabinet. Remember, the most recent PL political to run the IIM programme spent more time at the Russian Embassy than his office. And how many Russian Intelligence agents are posted to Malta, I wonder ?

Also, given that Joseph Muscat personally promoted the most senior officers in the Armed Forces of Malta, (one of whom was openly carrying on an affair with his wife) who is to say they won't be compelled to disclose classified information to him, or to PM Abela, upon demand ? I am extremely uncomfortable with Mintoff's political heirs having the ability to engage in espionage on behalf of Russia, especially if money is involved. I do not trust Labour, plain and simple.

No, NATO's secrets are not safe in Malta; keep the US fleet in Naples, it's safer.

 

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RUSSIANS WITH MALTA CBI PASSPORTS ARE EXEMPT FROM SWISS BANKING SANCTIONS

When Switzerland adopted sanctions against Russia, which prohibited banks and non-bank financial institutions from taking any new deposits that exceed SFr100,000 (USD$105,000) from Russian nationals, residents of the Russian Federation, or entities incorporated or established there, it established a loophole that compliance officers should take note of. Russians with dual nationalities from either Switzerland or the European Union are exempt.

This means that Russians with passports from the Republic of Malta, obtained through the IIM (Citizenship by Investment) programme, and temporary or permanent residents, can freely deposit any amount of funds, as the Swiss are conveniently not recognizing them as Russian nationals. What a clever way to evade sanctions, you must be thinking.

Will the administrators of Malta's passport programmed simply backdate the applications and/or passports ? Will residency documents, dated before 2022, find their way into the hands of Russian Oligarchs ? Given that Maltese CBI passports have shown up in the hands of transnational criminals, residents of countries that are designated as State Sponsors of Terrorism, as well as there Usual Suspects ( Russians), expect the worst if you are a compliance officers from a bank in the European Union, and govern yourself accordingly.

WHO TODAY REMEMBERS PILATUS BANK ?

"There are many people and experts who are perplexed why Ali Sadr was arrested in the US and then let him off the hook by a 'legal technicality' from the US Attorney General's Office for financial crimes and sanction busting by the Iranian regime which could have sent him to Federal prison for over 20 years without any parole under US Federal law.

The secret decision came from the White House under former President Donald Trump who wanted the British and European administration to deal with this matter, mainly in the interest of the British who have a certain relationship with Iran in the energy sector.

Unfortunately, there was a miscalculation in this arrangement because the current corrupt Maltese government and BOV are part of the major problem involving state aid and sanction evasion violations, massive money laundering and fraud which Daphne had started to detect when she revealed 17 Black Ltd in Dubai and Pilatus Bank, who also wanted to receive a banking licence for the UK, where the Azerbaijani laundromat is still spinning on the long clean cycle.

Robert Abela's cruising boat is going to 'sink in deep water' together with plenty of illegally gained 'treasure' from the Central Bank if the OPM and the police force do not quickly stop the continuing corruption by his 'gahan' crew who are responsible for the grey-listing by the FATF which is at high risk of falling to a black listing if the Castille and police force continue pissing around with misinformation and delay tactics which will only backfire if there is more failure to take action.

Since there was an international arrest warrant issued last March for Ali Sadr, he should have already been extradited from the US to Malta to face the crimes performed by Pilatus Bank, to then join afterwards Mafia criminal Joseph Muscat and his mob in jail which requires no passport to enter.

Allah said,'You can run, but you can't hide from the long arm of justice'."

A TEACHABLE MOMENT FOR MALTA

Kissing the Cross  by COSIMO

Turn from sin, and do good, so you will live forever. For the Lord loves what is fair and right. He does not leave the people alone who belong to Him. They are kept forever. But the children of the sinful will be cut off. Those who are right with God will be given the land, and live on it forever.  The mouth of the man who is right with God speaks wisdom. And his tongue speaks what is fair and right.  The Law of his God is in his heart. His steps do not leave it.  The sinful lie in wait for the man who is right with God, and want to kill him.  The Lord will not leave him in his power. He will not let him be found guilty when he is judged.  Wait for the Lord. Keep His way. Psalm 37.

KEITH SCHEMBRI'S COUSIN ARRESTED IN SCOTLAND, WILL FACE MONEY LAUNDERING AND FRAUD CHARGES IN MALTA

The Resurrection of Keith Schembri  by COSIMO

The arrest, in Scotland, of the fugitive Maltese businessman RYAN SCHEMBRI, who fled in 2014, anf who faces major money laundering and fraud charges, has opened up one of the country's most serious open wounds, concerning the ends of justice and former Chief of Staff to the cashiered Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, KEITH SCHEMBRI.

WTF MALTA ! You allow one of the most prominent career Labour criminals to elude justice. Even the major media of Malta is afraid to bring up the fact that Ryan is Keith's first cousin, for fear that the Labour Party mafia will pull lucrative government advertising from your newspaper, or even visit you at night with its goons, and deliver physical harm to whomever writes about Keith Schembri. The man is the personification of Evil, and nobody has the intestinal fortitude to force the government to move forward with his criminal prosecution. 

Do the Maltese people want the financial equivalent of the Ten Plagues to visit them ? Sooner or later, their utter failure to clean up the money laundering and corruption, especially as it pertains to their Russian Oligarch clients, will bring down Wrath upon their small, arid, island nation.  The Plague of Frogs and the Plague of Darkness will be nothing, compared to the end of Malta's sole industry, offshore financial crime. Expect a dark ending to this story, for nobody will stand up against Evil, and their souls will be lost. 

The Triumph of Evil  by COSIMO

SURPRISE ! VISITING EU PROSECUTOR LEARNS THAT MALTA HAS NO OPERATIONAL FINANCIAL CRIME AGENCY

TOM 2022 ?  by COSIMO

If you had any illusions that the Republic of Malta was anything other than a Mafia state, where crime is the biggest industry, listen to the testimony of the EU prosecutor who recently visited Malta. She went from one government law enforcement agency, and regulator, to another. All of the manager denied that they were tasked with fighting financial crime, and pointed to other agencies. However, when the prosecutor actually visited those specific agencies, they in turn passed the buck back to the original agencies, who has said they had no jurisdiction. 

In essence, there are no government agencies in Malta law enforcement that bring charges for financial crime. We must assume that this us due to strict orders, handed down from the Prime Minister and Minister of Justice, to agency heads, requiring that financial crime cases not be filed without the express consent of the leaders of the Labour Party. there is no possibility that Joseph Muscat and his Merry Men, who have established Malta as the European Union's money laundering centre, will ever see the inside of a prison for their sins, Even if they are arrested, no trials will ever occur.

Clowns Still Rule by COSIMO

The only way justice will be served is if a court abroad indicts them. The chances of that happening have improved of late though, due to the government's love affair with Russian "flight capital, " received in the IIM programme, and the perception that certain government officials are literally in bed with the Russian Federation, for purely material gain, which the EU or US may see as a national security threat to Europe. Lessee how this plays out, but meanwhile Muscat and his crew continue to operate with impunity.   

MALTA TEASES EU ABOUT CANCELLING IIM (CBI) PASSPORT SCHEME IN 2025; DON'T BLOODY BELIEVE IT

A Government spokesman in Malta, in response to the increasing pressure from the European Union, has vaguely indicted that the Labour government is studying either a major modification to the IIM (Citizenship by Investment) passport sales programme, or canceling the programme completely in 2025. Given that the government has no clue about what will replace the money it receives from IIM if it is ever cancelled, do not expect it to give up a scheme that has allowed an untold number of Russians to acquire Schengen Zone visa-free access to the countries of the European Union. 

Even if the government keeps its word, and terminates the programme, during the three years in which it was still be operated, you can believe that CBI consultants will mount such an aggressive marketing plan, that a large number of passports will be sold to Russians, Iranians, North Koreans, Venezuelans, career transnational criminals, terrorist financiers, corrupt PEPs, and every sort of unsuitable, and dangerous applicant you can imagine.

It's way past time for the EU to lower the hammer on Malta, and order that, unless Malta cancels the out-of-control IIP programme forthwith, that ALL Maltese passports will not be admissible for entry into the Schengen Zone. Drastic measures indeed, but necessary to shut down a criminal enterprise masquerading as a citizenship programme for the public good.

WHY A MIAMI CASE HAS THE CEO OF ONE OF ANTIGUA'S MOST PROMINENT LOCAL BANKS SLEEPLESS IN ST. JOHN'S

 

If you read our recent article, Antigua Cowers in Aftermath of Disclosure that Alex Saab Moran Acted as a Cooperating Individual for US Law Enforcement (April 12, 2022) you know that many senior government officials in the Caribbean offshore financial centre of Antigua & Barbuda are concerned about recent disclosures about the activities of the accused Colombian money launderer, ALEX NAIN SAAB MORAN, that occurred years before he was charged with money laundering in United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida in Miami. 

Saab admitted, in a court filing from a year ago, now unsealed, to cooperating with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the US Department of Justice, in an effort to mitigate his ultimate exposure for the years of money laundering and sanctions evasion he orchestrated for Venezuela's criminal power elite, including the country's president, Nicolas Maduro. Readers are kindly directed to the complete text of that article, if you missed it, As it features actual court filings detailing the complete extent of Saab's cooperation, read it here. Saab obviously has already implicated a number of financial professionals that facilitated his money laundering operation.

Getting back to today's news, which was reported to us by a individual whom we consider to be Antigua's primary whistleblower for money laundering, financial crime and CBI passport crime. He advises that the CEO of one of Antigua's most prominent local financial institutions is nervously facing an uncertain future, which will most likely include an all-expenses-paid vacation in the American Federal prison system, meaning a lengthy sentence. You see, his bank, and under his supervision, accepted "flight capital" from clients of Saab Moran from Venezuela  that was either the proceeds of narcotics crime, or of corruption. 

We regret that we are unable to disclose publicly either the name of the bank, or of the CEO, to avoid the inevitable litigation, but rest assured that information is widely known to both American, Canadian and British law enforcement agencies.

The funds came to the local bank directly from Saab's Antigua-registered offshore bank, and was ultimately transferred abroad, with Panama, Switzerland, Malta, and other offshore centres which we are not at liberty to disclose at this time. Our source has no knowledge whether Saab utilised either of the two offshore banks that he owned and controlled in the Commonwealth of Dominica to move money to Antigua. Now perhaps you more completely understand that CEOs insomnia; fear and loathing when darkness falls in Antigua.

IT JUST GOT EVEN MORE COMPLICATED: RUSSIA IS HIRING PALESTINIANS TO FIGHT IN THE UKRAINE

 

We have been talking about Russia shopping for additional fighters to supplement its dwindling conscript army in the Ukraine. Bad things always come in threes; first, Russia began to hire seasoned Syrian fighters to operate in the Ukraine, under the supervision of the Wagnar Group. Putin's favorite mercenaries. Then, reports came in that those Hezbollah fighters who are stationed in Syria, in support of the Assad regime, were also solicited. Remember, Russia is offering USD$600 a month, a princely sum to Middle Eastern soldiers.

Now, just when you thought it would not get worse, Russia has approached Palestinian fighters resident in Syria, and offered them the same lucrative arrangements as it extended to the Syrians. This new move adds a disturbing complication to an already international mercenary perfect storm. Russia knows very well that the Ukraine has a large Jewish population. Given that Palestinians engaged in violence in Israel and the Palestinian Territories, we must assume that, given the chance, Palestinian fighters who encounter unarmed Jewish Ukrainians on the field of battle, could target them for violence.

The more foreign mercenaries, fighting for Russia, who appear bin the Ukraine, the greater the danger that these mercenaries, obviously not obliged to adhere to either the Rules of Land warfare, nor the Geneva Convention, will commit still more atrocities and human rights violations.

READ THE EVIDENCE ABOUT THE SANCTIONS EVADER AND ITS LIBYAN OIL SMUGGLING THROUGH MALTA AND INTO SWITZERLAND

READ THE COMPLAINT FIRST, THEN THE REPLY.

 If the Swiss Government, which is notoriously lax in enforcing Libyan oil sanctions violations on Gasoil within its borders, is charging a company, KOLMAR, you know it has a bulletproof case against the company. Read above how it denies the truth. Remember that the Malta players in this scheme are still facing criminal charges in Italy. 

HAPPY EASTER AND PASSOVER TO ALL OUR READERS

 

IS HEZBOLLAH FIGHTING IN THE UKRAINE, AND DID IT COMMIT ATROCITIES THERE ?

If you read the fine print in government communiques, you may have seen a press release from the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, issued more than a month ago. Buried in that communication, which detailed the Russian efforts to bring a large number (1000) of Syrian mercenaries into the battle, on the side of the Russian Federation, to supplement the small amount of Syrians already fighting there, under Russian command and control, there was one more item; Hezbollah.

According to information obtained by the Ukraine, the Syrian mercenaries hired by Putin's military are a number of Hezbollah fighters stationed in Syria. This little detail may have been glossed over by major media, which is engaged in reporting upon combat operations, but the presence of a Specially Designated Global Terrorist organization might explain how some of the atrocities were committed against unarmed civilians in the Ukraine. Hezbollah has been actively supporting  the Syrian regime with fighters for years in the ongoing Syrian civil war, and the substantial cash payments offered by Russia would be of interest to Hezbollah's leadership, which  has a long history of raising funds abroad through any mean necessary.

Given that the first-hand and photographic accounts, by witnesses who saw the atrocities from a distance, and reported that the soldiers committing those war crimes were bearded, and not-clean shaven Russian soldiers, the question presents itself: were Hezbollah soldiers, working with Syrian units serving under Wagner Group mercenaries, involved ? This question deserves an answer; we hope the information has not been classified and denied to the press and the public, because terrorists, wherever they operate, must be exposed, so that they can be defeated on the field of battle.

A POINT TO PONDER AT EASTER

 

"I know that after my death, you will become utterly corrupt, and will turn from the way I have commanded you to follow. In the days to come, disaster will come down on you, for you will do what us evil in the Lord's sight, making him very angry with your actions." Deuteronomy 31:29  

A GOOD FRIDAY MESSAGE FOR MALTA

Many opinionists in Malta are saying that corruption seems to be the normal condition the Maltese electorate wants. after the astounding victory the Socialists had a few weeks ago. They are wrong.The Socialists did not win the general elections for the simple reason that their actual votes decreased despite all those checques, direct orders, a larger voting base, and all the rest. These elections were lost by the Nationalists.

The latter must realize that rule of law and anti-corruption slogans can never be preached to Maltese people, because when any politician speaks about peace, honesty, trustworthiness or any other moral value to the electorate their language is always demagogic. It is as if the Nationalists no longer recognize that there is sin in Maltese society, and that as a consequence of sin there is corruption, money laundering & anything dirty under the sun. What is happening in the international scene proves this point.

If there will be no war waged with weapons, there will be an economic war. If there were no economic war, there would be a cultural war. If there were not a cultural war, there would be a religious war. If there will never be a religious war and there will be a racist war. Ultimately the crux of the problem lies in the heart of men ''for out of the heart come evil thoughts - murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander''. (Matthew 15,19).. Isn't this Joseph Muscat's modern cosmopolitan Malta?

The ultimate problem of Maltese society is neither political nor economical - it is spiritual. Unfortunately the Maltese Church is not helping. Its religious leaders are not leading by example. Just one example suffices - the Mosta Basilica scandal. Who will believe the bishop's appeal for peace in Ukraine when he accepted Russian Oligarch passports funds for the restoration and lighting of churches given to the church by a Russian spy in Malta?

Similarly should you blame the Maltese electorate if the Nationalists party language seems not only demagogic, but also dangerous? Even though they don't trust the Socialists, the Maltese understand. but when it comes to things the Nationalists cannot promise or donate, their language is more or less void or worse, it was photocopied and exploited by their adversary Robert Abela. Indeed there was an electoral billboard featuring a photocopy. The Maltese saw that the two main parties are photocopies of each other and thus they didn't go to vote. Indeed it was the lowest turnout since the 1950s. It seems the Maltese come to see politics of ties of a power just like Pontius Pilate making friends with his enemy Herod to crucify Christ on Good Friday. The Maltese are seeing themselves as the crucified and the only thing they can do to win something is where not to vote so that with that visible abstention they can blackmail politicians.

The Nationalists must learn that in everything man does he is bound by a voice in their conscience that many call God. It’s pointless for the Nationalists to try to persuade (or deceive) the Maltese and bring them up by their nose by talking about peace, justice and the rule of law. All these things can only be possessed personally, to the extent that individuals convert to God or listen to the voice of their conscience. The slogan 'Mieghek ghal Malta' (with you individually for Malta) was true but only half-true and many times half truths are worse than lies. Mieghek ghas-sewwa (with you for justice or the good) is what the Maltese deep down in their hearts want. That is why they did not vote for Labour but neither did they vote for the Nationalists.

Every cloud has a silver lining. After Good Friday comes Easter. There are bright new young uncorrupted faces in Malta and Gozo among the Nationalists ranks. The faith is there. The future is bright for the Nationalist Party because of these young men and women. Trust me for in God I trust. Only then I can afterwards say God bless America. The Nationalists must learn that their good old Religio et Patria is not light years from this American slogan which made such a nation great.

DOMINICA THE POLICE STATE: AUTHORITIES TO BRING CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST ORGANISER OF THE WALK FOR PEACE, JUSTICE AND PROSPERITY

 

It may be protected speech under the Constitution of Dominica, but the organiser of the two peaceful  Walks for Peace has been notified that he will be charged with violations of Article 5 of The Public Order Act. It appears that Dominica is following the advice of its Chinese advisors, who also are training and equipping the country's Special Service Unit, the country's paramilitary police, who routinely threaten citizens with their assault rifles. In a public statement, Dominica's government advised the public that Atherton"Athie" Martin will shortly be charged for exercising the rights guaranteed to all Dominicans by law. Please note that, as a walk instead of a march, it was within the participants' rights.

This clearly demonstrates that Dominica has left the company of Caribbean democracies, and have become an autocratic, dictatorial police state. We trust that the United States is watching these events unfold, and promptly moves to bar Dominica Police Chief Daniel Carbon from entry into the United States, for any purpose, official or private.Dominican expats in the US and Canada would do well to take action for violations of Human Rights, in the appropriate international agencies and courts, as there is no legal requirement for the public to request permission to walk peacefully, pursuant to the Act, or any other law in Dominica.

The police chief was following orders from PM Roosevelt Skerrit, who is obeying his Chinese advisors, who want no walks in Dominica that might threaten the continued rule of the Labour Party, which allows over 900 Chinese nationals in the country, working within the Chinese Embassy on what have been described as massive intelligence collection operations, including running agents in the US and Canada, conducting espionage and the theft of technology. Skerrit is controlled by his Chinese paymasters; when will we see regime change in Dominica ?

PUTTING HIS WIFE IN HIGH OFFICE IS PART OF ROOSEVELT SKERRIT'S EXIT STRATEGY

If you were interested in our article detailing how the disgraced former Prime Minister of Malta, JOSEPH MUSCAT is quietly moving his wife Michelle into a position to hold high public office, to allow him to control his country from the shadows, other autocrats follow a similar evil path to hidden power, the  corrupt Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica, ROOSEVELT SKERRIT, conscious of his recent vulnerability, and with hundreds of millions of US Dollars  in his accounts from bribes, kickbacks and money gleaned from the country's CBI passport programme, is trying to accomplish the same dark deed with his wife, MELISSA POPONNE SKERRIT,

 Ms.Skerrit, who has been a member of the House of Assembly since 2019, is his favoured nominee to rise to power in Dominica, and allow him to work through her, in the background, when she ultimately rises to power. The fact that her regular place of residence is a luxury apartment in New York City, with their two children, born in the US and therefore American citizens, does not seem to have interfered with his goal. Dominica's Labour Party, which maintains itself in power through bribes, the promise of jobs, free travel for expats at voting time, and many other cash incentives to retain Skerrit in power. 

The problem is, for Dominica, Ms. Skerrit, and ex-beauty queen, has neither the relevant education background, nor training or experience to properly discharge high office in Dominica. Unfortunately, she is unqualified, but that doesn't seem to have deterred PM Skerrit; he will place her in a prominent position nevertheless. The only losers will be the people of Dominica, who will have their dictator still pulling the strings long after he leave office. 

Under her watch, expect still more cooperation with the government of Communist China, continued operation of the CBI passport sales programme, and incestuous deals with foreign developers who will feather Roosevelt Skerrit's  nest with still more bribes and kickbacks. Just one more banana republic with corrupt leaders filling their wallets with dirty money, but in this case, under new management. Old wine in new bottles, but it still smells.

JOSEPH MUSCAT'S HIDDEN AGENDA: PLACE HIS WIFE IN THE POSITION OF PRESIDENT OF MALTA

 

Unstable  by COSIMO

If you are forever barred, by your past criminal conduct, of leading your country again, you try to get into office through the back door. Joseph Muscat, persona non grata in Maltese politics, by reason of his link to Daphne's assassination, and seven other deadly sins,  appears to be scheming to place his wife, Michelle, in the office as Malta's president. 

Muscat's recent advocacy for the appointment of a woman to be president looks suspiciously like him laying the political groundwork for his unrequited political ambition. Should he place his wife in the position of president, he will have her ear regarding a multitude of possible things she could facilitate within Maltese politics. He may again slide into the role of kingmaker in Labour politics, and he could easily manoeuvre her into seeing that none of his former money laundering cronies are ever charged with criminal activity.

Of course, Michelle in high office means the  truth about the Egrant documents, which are currently in the possession of whistleblower Maria Efimova will NEVER be revealed. Malta will continue to decline to grant Ms. Efimova protected status, and will maintain the bogus criminal charges against her, to prevent her from ever returning to Malta, through threat of arrest and possible elimination whilst in custody in Malta's corrupt prison system.

Not Fade Away  by COSIMO

By the way, speaking objectively, Michelle Muscat is completely unqualified, by reason of lack of relevant education, training and experience, to serve as Malta's president. She would, of course, quietly and covertly, defer to her husband for all issues, and then parrot his position and instruction as her own. That world make Joseph Muscat the de facto president of  Malta. Should this happen, Malta will slide further down the slippery slope toward autocracy, being actually governed by a selfish, egocentric Man of Pure Evil. No wonder young Maltese are leaving in droves. 

WHAT'S GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES IN THE REZA ZARRAB/ HALKBANK CASE ?

 

Sometimes, when following Federal criminal cases, what the government is keeping confidential is a good indictor that there's a lot more going on behind the scenes, than in the courtroom. In the high-profile Oil-for-Gold Reza Zagreb Iran sanctions evasion case, which is basically stayed whilst HALKBANK*, the Turkish-owned financial institution accused of facilitating the illegal sale of millions of dollars in Iranian oil, appeals to the US Supreme Court that definitely appears to be the case of late.

Remember, Halkbank's filing of a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to SCOTUS, which the bank's counsel cleverly got the High Court to delay until May 13, 2022, claiming a heavy office workload, is only discretionary. the bank has already exhausted its appeals available to it as a matter of right. The odds that the Court will decide to hear the case are unusually not great, except in the matter of cases of Great Public Interest, or were there is a conflict in the decisions between the appellate circuits, which is known as Conflict Certiorari. We expect the banks' counsel to pay one or both of those tools to get the Court to consider the case, which turns on whether Sovereign Immunity blocks a criminal trial against the bank. We have previously discussed this issue in previous articles on this blog.

Getting back to the subject of this article; a search of the case docket turns up a very interesting observation; there have been ten sealed court filings in recent months. In fact, just about all filings for the past year are sealed, and unavailable to the public or press to review. As you may know, prosecutors seal court documents to hide information about yet-uncharged defendants, so that they do not flee to avoid prosecution. They also use sealing to conceal Grand Jury proceedings, which are secret, and information that is deemed important to National Security. There are also other grounds.

Therefore, whatever the grounds used to seal all those filings are, those documents are not available to us, but the mere fact that so many filings are sealed gives the observer a hint that there's a lot more to the case than simply the gathering of evidence against Halkbank, while the bank's Certiorari Petition has not yet been filed and ruled upon. Are there additional targets, or is there evidence or testimony against the bank that is classified ? We cannot say, but there is definitely something very important going on behind the scenes, and considering that in what we refer to as the Zagreb case, after the original primary defendant, we intend to continue to closely monitor all developments, until something appears publicly available, to answer that question. Stay tuned.

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* The bank's legal name is TURKIYE BANKASI A.S., but in the English-speaking world it is commonly referred to as Halkbank. The S.Ct. case number is 21A373, for those readers who wish to follow the progress of the case.