WHERE'S MARIA EFIMOVA ?

We have been unable to reach Malta's Whistleblower, Maria Efimova, since the Russian invasion of the Ukraine. It appears that she is no longer receiving messages sent to her on email. Our inquiries in Malta has resulted in an unconfirmed report that, due to the invasion of the Ukraine, she was told to leave Greece, and to go into hiding into a Russian-friendly state.

Would that be Serbia ?  We are continuing to seek answers to her whereabouts, given that she possesses the expert report on the beneficial ownership of EGRANT, and has repeatedly stated that it is MICHELLE MUSCAT, the wife of disgraced, fallen former Prime Minister JOSEPH MUSCAT. Stay tuned. 

If any of our readers have any intelligence on her location and status, kindly revert to us at miamicompliance@gmail.com  . Your information will be held in the strictest confidence. 

BOGUS CRIMINAL CHARGES ARE OFTEN FILED IN BARBADOS, AGAINST OPPOSITION POLITICIANS, TO DETER THEM FROM PARTICIPATING IN DEMOCRACY

No democracy here.

If you were wondering, as I did, why there are no Opposition members in the Parliament of Barbados, and why all thirty seats belong to the party in power, I believe I can tell you why. There is an organized campaign of intimidation against anyone bold enough to stand for election, who is part of any Opposition party. My sources tell me that Opposition politicians are often brought up on purely bogus criminal charges, in order to discredit them, and to deter them from running for Parliament. Factor in several other voting irregularities and illegal acts, and you get a dictatorial system masquerading as a functional democracy. 

One politician, from a relatively new Opposition party, was warned that, should she stand for election, the criminal case pending against her would proceed, but if she withdrew, the case would go away. The net result is that Barbados is a one-party, authoritarian state, which is definitely not a democracy, as the term contemplates at least a working two-party system.Even a new, reform oriented party has not been successful , due to threats and intimidation of its members since its formation. 

Given that the police and prosecutors are known to be totally corrupt, and an arm of the political elite that rule Barbados with an organ hand, the filing of criminal charges that have no basis in fact, and are therefore illegal, is a regular occurrence in Barbados, which has acquired the reputation of being the most corrupt country amongst the East Caribbean states, many of which also routinely feature the widespread buying of votes at election, time the awarding of jobs to influence votes, and the importation of expats, at the expense of the party in power, to stuff the ballot box with favorable votes. 

AMICUS CURAE BRIEF FILED IN US SUPREME COURT IN SUPPORT OF HALKBANK CASE

DATE	PROCEEDINGS AND ORDERS
Jan 25 2022	Application (21A373) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 15, 2022 to May 13, 2022, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.
	Main DocumentLower Court Orders/OpinionsProof of Service
Jan 31 2022	Application (21A373) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until May 13, 2022.
May 13 2022	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 16, 2022)
	PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Jun 07 2022	Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 16, 2022 to July 18, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
	Main Document
Jun 09 2022	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 18, 2022.
Jun 16 2022	Brief amici curiae of Republic of Azerbaijan and Islamic Republic of Pakistan filed.
	Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count

Attorneys for the Republic of Azerbaijan and Pakistan have filed a "Friend of the Court" brief in the United States Supreme Court, in support of Turkish government-owned Halkbank, which is seeking dismissal of the criminal charges filed against it in SDNY in the Reza Zarrab "Oil for Gold" Iran sanctions evasion case. The brief support's Halkbank's position that it is protected by the Doctrine of Sovereign Immunity, which bars suit against foreign governments, but is generally not applied when the entity has sufficient contacts within the United States, which the District Court held, and the Court of Appeals affirmed. Halkbank then filed a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari at SCOTUS.

The US has not yet filed it brief.

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HERE'S THE HYPERLINK TO THE CONTROVERSIAL DOCUMENTARY "POLICE IN PARADISE"

 

                                                             Premier;" Don't watch the video, people."

The Premier of the British Virgin Islands publicly panned the release of the documentary Police in Paradise,  which showed that drug smuggling and violent homicides are now everyday events in the BVI, due to the use of the islands by narcotics smugglers, transiting the area, en route to the United States. The situation was spotlighted recently in the drug and money laundering arrests of then-Premier Andrew Fahie, and two other BVI citizens. The case have given the BVI a black eye abroad. Will it scare people off ?

The Premier was not wrong, when he remarked that both tourism, and the islands' sacred cow, BVI companies, both are affected by any negative news that comes out of Tortola. We wish to share that documentary with our readers; we caution you that it features violent gunfights amongst alleged narcotics traffickers, as well as maritime smuggling interdictions.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-JQtdNEW0uD09pdjw9OaewA6DiOpjFSx/view

IS MALTA KEEPING ITS NEUTRALITY, IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE UKRAINE INVASION, THE RESULT OF RUSSIAN AND CHINESE INFLUENCE ?

"He pointed out it is “highly likely” that a decision by Malta to reject what is known as a Status of Forces agreement (SOFA) with the United States was secured because of Russian and Chinese pressure for Malta to maintain its neutrality." (former UK Advisor Shanker Singham)

If this statement didn't send a chill down your spine, you're not paying attention to the potential impact, upon Western Europe, of the Russian invasion of the Ukraine. If it is true that Russian influence in domestic Maltese politics, driven solely by the cash flow generated by the IIM ( Citizenship by Investment) programme, then Malta could become an unofficial satellite of Moscow.

(1) We know that the head of Malta's IIM programme spent more time inside the Russian Embassy in Malta than he did his own office. 

(2) We also know that Malta first requested that the United States send its Secretary of Defence to meet with its PM, Robert Abela, to set up a Status of Forces agreement, only to get badly burned at the face-to-face meeting, which was such a reversal that the Sec Def directed a profane response to his face.

(3) We know that there appears to be a major campaign supporting Malta's continued neutral stance; just look at the Pl trolls commenting at the end of the TOM and MT articles, pushing neutrality as some sort of divine mission espoused by their autocratic and pro-Russia leader, Saint Dom Mintoff, the PL Prime Minister during a violent period that made Maltese emigrate in record numbers.

(4) We know that there has been absolutely no action, on behalf of Malta's principal banks,  or its regulators, to detect and interdict cash suspected of being Russian funds evading EU and US sanctions.  

Perhaps Messrs. Abela and Muscat are already brushing up on their Russian; Do you really think the European Union, already feeling the heat from Putin's threats, are going to allow Malta to be an enclave of Russia ? And knowing how the United States regards threats from an expanding Russia into Europe, you know this is not going to end well for either of those two clowns.    

ALEX SAAB MORAN BRINGS IN A DREAM TEAM OF NEW LAWYERS

In the aftermath of the Circuit Court of Appeals decision, remanding ALEX SAAB MORAN's case back down to the District Court (SDFL) on the issue of whether he has diplomatic immunity from prosecution for money laundering, something interesting has occurred. Remember how we saw, immediately after that ruling, the entry a Temporary Appearance by new counsel, solely for the purpose of the immunity issue, and not a Permanent Appearance for trial.

Our review of the docket in the Saab case has revealed no less than five new eminently qualified and competent attorneys, all from Baker & Hostetler, also filing Temporary Appearances, obviously to act as a team on that very important issue. They are:

JONATHAN BARR, former AUSA and DOJ trial attorney.

ELIZABETH PRICE FOLEY, Professor at FIU School of Law, and B & H attorney.

JONATHAN NEW, former AUSA at SDNY, and DOJ trial attorney.

RICHARD RAIL, appellate specialist and lawyer for Virginia House of Delegates.

KENDALL WANGSGARD, SEC and FCPA specialist.

This is a star-studded assembly of lawyers, to deal with a sole issue that we assumed has been moot since Saab Moran cut his reported deal with the DOJ. It is possible that Saab is trying for one last time to evade accountability for his money laundering, for no matter how good his agreement may be, he will still have to be adjudicated and do at least some time in Federal Prison.

We shall see if these new attorneys can extract their client from the jaws of the Department of Justice. 

MALTA'S CORRUPT ATTORNEY GENERAL INTENTIONALLY CAUSES BRIBERY CASE AGAINST DAPHNE'S ASSASSINATION MASTERMIND'S LAWYERS TO BE THROWN OUT

Muscat having his pockets stuffed, whilst holding those he bribed under his control 
By COSIMO

 

You've gotta hand it to Joseph Muscat; he is in control of everything that happens, or doesn't happen, in the Malta Mafia Republic. When his kissing cousin Yorgen Fenech's attorneys were caught red-handed, attempting to bribe a journalist with €500 notes (the favorite denomination of European money launderers, by the way), Malta's Attorney General, VICTORIA BUTTIGIEG, intentionally indicated the incorrect provision on the law, in her referral.

 No way that is negligence; any first-year law student knows to double-check citations, when conducting research. This caused the case to be dismissed. Obviously, JM ordered the AG to kill the case. I would love to see the faces on the lawyers at the European Commission, when they read this story. 

 

DID JOSEPH MUSCAT BUY AN ISLAND IN MONTENEGRO FOR €100m WITH DIRTY MONEY ?

 

What, me Worry ?  by COSIMO

Conservative estimates set the amount of bribes and kickbacks allegedly received by Malta's Labour Party at slightly over €200,000m, with the lion's share allegedly going into the pockets of  defrocked former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat. What do corrupt politicians do with all that illicit wealth ? Do they bank it, and risk total loss if a subsequent criminal investigation freezes balances, or do they wisely invest it ? Those kind of bank balances have a habit of drawing attention from staff, even inside an institution  that considers itself engaged in private banking. 

Remember that secret Malta Mafia meeting, held covertly in a Chinese restaurant in Gozo last year? We had an inside source in the restaurant who reported that Joseph Muscat, together with a number of his PL crew, met with a corrupt, dodgy businessman about illicit matters the two of them were brewing up.Controversial Dwejra Coast Development discussed at Muscat's Private Gozo Gangland Party .

We will now identify the businessman, with close ties to JM as Gozo resident JOSEPH PORTELLI. This is relevant, due to the news this week that Portelli has purchased, for a reputed €100m,  a private island in Montenegro. Known as St. Mark's Island, or Sveti Marko, the property is located in the Bay of Tivat, and comprises 540,000 square metres. 

The seller is listed as a Russian company named METROPOL; J. Portelli Projects, the listed purchaser, will not confirm either the sale, or whether it is acting as a frontman for Muscat. The island is undeveloped. which raises the issue: is it to be a tourist destination, or a fortified headquarters to protect Muscat after he leaves Malta permanently ? Remember, Montenegro, not an EU member, is where the wind project began.

Sr. Portelli, what's the story ? Do you want to spend 20 years in prison, or can you tell us the truth?

MALTA'S MORAL COLLAPSE TRANSLATES INTO HIGH-RISK STATUS AMONGST COMPLIANCE

 

Malta's Institutions at Work  by COSIMO

This week's predictable news, that Malta's sports power structure would brook no competition for a CEO role in the local football world that it had decided was to go to former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, supposedly irretrievably fallen from grace when linked to the assassination of crusading journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, has not gone unnoticed abroad. Reportedly, compliance officers at a number of leading international banks have filed to reduce Malta's high-risk status, notwithstanding its discharge from the FATF Greylist.

Everytime compliance officers see Muscat's name pop up, they are reminded of his close ties to the now-unlicenced and shittered money laundering Pilatus Bank, and they judge prospective new clients, holding Maltese IIM (Citizenship by Investment) passports accordingly. There is even talk of considering any Maltese clients, even those that are native-born, as unacceptable risks.

It is important to remember that the United Kingdom still designates Malta as high-risk, and that Swiss NGO, the Basel Institute on Governance, concurs. The right assessment is to disregard the FATF decision, especially since not one of Malta's major money laundering players looks like they are going to face justice anytime soon, so long as the corrupt Labour Party remains in control. EU gatekeepers are correct to by suspicious regarding any large transaction into, or out of, Malta's banks, and to keep a sharp eye peeled for possible laundering of the proceeds of corruption. 

MALTA HAS A COCAINE PROBLEM, BUT NOBODY IS PAYING ATTENTION

Cocaine madness in the Republic of Malta persists; law enforcement, tracking a cocaine transaction, seized two kilograms from a Maltese man this week, which is definitely not a quantity for personal use. it is for trafficking, readers. That much weight, which will be cut (diluted) cut by retail sellers, has an impact. The maddening thing about the story is that the magistrate actually allowed the defendant to bond out, over the objections of prosecutors. The court's reasoning: he has ties to Malta.

Geography places Malta as the first stop, in the transatlantic shipping lanes, from South America. This means that carload of coke, en route to European organised crime importers, hits Maltese ports first. If local Customs officials are bribed, it then loves on to its final destination. If someone fails to bribe the right pockets, large shipments are seized, giving the Maltese a rough idea of the volume of cocaine traffic flowing through their country.

When such large shipments pass through any nation, some of it often is diverted locally ( known as "Falling off the Truck") and ends up being vended, and consumed inside Malta, whose residents are increasingly using the narcotic. After all, the short-lived euphoria it brings, is often used to take the edge off boring lives and unhappy souls. It is addictive; ask that affluent individual facing charges in the Daphne assassination why he is still a daily user. Ask Chris C how it has affected his life.

If you saw the article this week, regarding the prison warden terminated due to his failure of a drug test, and who strangely had received his job, notwithstanding a prior termination at the Armed Forces of malta for cocaine use, you know that Malta has a cocaine problem. One commentator who should know recently estimated that one-third of Malta's civil servants and government officials would fail a drug test for cocaine, if it was given today.

Then, of course there is the story about the discovery of a large amount of cocaine inside the clubhouse of Malta's labour Party, which scandal was quickly covered up by PL leaders. The conduct and public actions of a number of senior Maltese leaders, including Joseph Muscat himself at times, betrays cocaine cocaine use. I know this because, when Miami went through its "Miami Vice" period in the 1980s, I, like many professionals, was a daily user of that dangerous substance, and I can see the telltale signs today in Maltese politics. Cocaine abuse negatively affects decision-making.

Clenching his teeth, perhaps ?

Whether the European Union, INTERPOL, EUROPOL, or some other law enforcement agency in Europe eventually reigns in Malta's love affair with cocaine, we cannot say. Maritime interdiction, enforcement in Hurd's Bank, Italian intervention, especially in Sicily, which is closely linked to Malta in Mafia organisations, all of which could tamp down the Maltese mania for coke. Let's hope the Maltese lose their affection for cocaine, before we start to see more overdose deaths, covered up by the medical profession.

Cocaine is not the solution to what ails you, my Maltese readers, it is a road going nowhere fast. 

HAVING RESIGNED IN DISGRACE, JOSEPH MUSCAT ATTEMPTS A COMEBACK ; DON'T LET HIM, MALTA

il Duce ?

The news that former Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, forced from office by the scandal surrounding the involvement of his close associates in the political assassination of crusading journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, is being considered for the leadership of a sports organisation, is astounding and disgusting at the same time. This evil man is responsible for rampant corruption in Malta, controls the Maltese Mafia, which is stealing the country blind, and presides over a racketeering enterprise masquerading as a national government. His unstable personality, a combination of Donald Trump and Boy George, should be shunned from any type of office, public or private, for the rest of his natural life.

When the disgraced former American President, Richard Nixon, started making political comeback overtures, his party bluntly told him to forget any thoughts of returning to power, in any form. Someone needs to advise Muscat that he cannot resurface, in any capacity, and if Malta allows it, what's left of its tattered national reputation in the EU will be lost.

Forget it, Muscat; what you have done is unforgivable. There's no coming back from your sins. Daphne was right.
 

WHY DID CONVICTED BAJAN DONVILLE INNISS CONTROL MALTA COMPANIES ?

Donville Inniss, convicted.

We are hearing from our sources about suspicious links between money launderers and financial criminals in Barbados and the Republic of Malta, two countries with dark reputations for corruption and for the facilitation of narcotics trafficking. Whilst we investigate these illicit connections, let's look at one individual whom we know to be involved: convicted money launderer, Bajan native DONVILLE INNISS, now serving a 24-month sentence in Federal Prison, due to his involvement in a bribery and kickback scheme.

Inniss shows up in Maltese corporate records in these three companies:

(1) HARTMAN ENTERPRISES LIMITED.

(2) ICC COMMODITIES (MALTA) HOLDING LIMITED.

(3) ICC COMMODITIES (MALTA) LIMITED.

Why, you ask does a West Indian look across the Pond to a European offshore financial centre to acquire shell companies, when you have suitable jurisdictions, with total secrecy as to beneficial ownership, in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) and the Republic of Panama ? We do not know the specifics of those companies, but given Inniss' criminal conviction in the United States, the matter deserves further inquiry. Inniss, a former Barbados government official, is not known to be engaged in the rendering of corporate services to the public. What's wrong with this picture ?

DONVILLE INNISS
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Located at: Milan FCI
Release Date: 02/09/2023

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Perhaps Mr. Inniss can take a few moments from his busy schedule to let us know what he waa doing in Malta. His Bureau of Prisons location appears above. Can someone ask him, please ?

HERE IS THE UKRAINE POSTAGE STAMP SHOWING SOLDIER EXPRESSING HIS OPINION TO RUSSIAN WARSHIP TRYING TO INVADE UKRAINIAN TERRITORY

 

BARBADOS BRINGS BOGUS CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST LAND FRAUD VICTIMS THAT SPEAK UP

Bogus criminal charges.

A favourite tactic of the corrupt power structure in Barbados is to file criminal cases, with no legal merit whatsoever, against the country's most vocal victims of land fraud. The cases are filed with the intent to either silence the victims, through fines or imprisonment, or to cause them to lose all credibility in the eyes of the public, due to criminal convictions on their record. We call this dirty procedure Shoot the Messenger, and it often works to silence Bajan voices crying out against corruption, money laundering, and fraud.

One such individual who will not be silent is the real estate agent and property manager, John Wayne Scantlebury. John was charged last year in a completely bogus and politically-motivated case, filed in connection with a landlord-tenant matter, where the tenants defaulted, and Mr. Scantlebury was charged with enforcing the rental agreement. He was, and is, totally innocent, as we have reviewed the evidence and court filings.

The usual dilatory tactics have been employed:

(1) Multiple delays in the case, all caused by the sitting judge. The case has been pending for fifteen months.

(2) Witnesses or "victims", meaning complainants, repeatedly not appearing in court when they are supposed to be there.

(3) Publicity about the case, making Mr. Scantlebury appear guilty in local media.

All these cute tricks, which are the way whistleblowers and vocal victims are treated in Barbados, all target individuals that the government, and the predatory, corrupt, thieving lawyers who make their living through crime, in coordination with government officials, instill fear into the hearts of honest people in Barbados, who are victims of a corrupt system, rigged against them. Something needs to be done, either domestically, or externally, or Bajans will never receive justice. 

BRIAN TONNA AND IOSIF GALEA LINKED TO BET90 SPORTS SCANDAL AND POSSIBLY MUCH MORE

If you have taken the time to follow the current news from Malta , you know that both BRIAN TONNA and IOSIF GALEA are allegedly implicated in a massive money laundering scheme using Malta's gaming industry.

 Tonna, whose intimate relationship with the Godfather, Joseph Muscat,  guarantees that he may never go to trial, due to Malta's judicial corruption, but his guilt becomes apparent when we take a close look. Iosif Galea was the Managing Director of BET90 SPORTS LIMITED, and Tonna was the designated Auditor.

Iosif, a former MGA official,  is wanted in Germany for tax evasion on bets, because the tax authorities there require offshore gaming entities to pay their share of German taxes if their services are used by German citizens. He is also wanted for the more serious crimes of money laundering and Conspiracy to Defraud via binary trades he allegedly ran the Malta operation for, on behalf of Uwe Lenhoff. 

Tonna ran the accounts of all entities involved in the fraudulent scheme. He reportedly managed the payment processor, PAYIFIC LIMITED. Payific was the financial vehicle Uwe Lenhoff used to layer what he stole. He died in prison under suspicious circumstances.

 

At this stage, we do not know whether Brian Gonna is a co-conspirator in tier German scheme, and if Germany has issued an arrest warrant against him or not, but we are  continuing to investigate. Stay tuned.

WILL THE BARBADOS CLIENTS SUE THEIR LAWYERS FOR MISCONDUCT ?

We note that there has been no meaningful action from the Barbados Bar Association in response to our articles directing the BBA to clients' allegation of systemic corruption, including but not limited to, land fraud on a massive scale. Media reports in Barbados report that the BBA admitted that Bajan law does not require disbarment for felony convictions, but that the organisation would support passage of such a law. There was absolutely no statement regarding the widespread victim allegations, and what the BBA intended to do in response.

Therefore, we believe that it is high time for Bajan victims to take action to enforce their rights, and the law. They would be well advised to bring civil suits against the specific lawyers who stole their family properties, not just for their crimes, but for utterly failing in their professional duties towards their clients.

Second, those attorneys are guilty of Dereliction of Duty, as they failed to discharge their sworn responsibilities to their clients; they were required to properly, and even zealously, represent their clients in the matters entrusted to them. They not only failed, they literally stole the properties that their clients were counting upon them to deliver.

Again, since the lawyers cheated the very clients they were duty bound to serve, and instead served their own greed, as well as those of their allies in the Power Elite, the criminal conspiracy that runs Barbados with an iron hand.  Given that the BBA is refusing to act, and in truth and in fact has a long and dark history of covering up the crimes of its members, the victims must now assert their right in a court of competent jurisdiction, and elsewhere, if and as necessary.

Wake up, Barbados. Call your predatory attorneys to account for their sins. Sue the B**tards.
  

IS DIRECT RULE BY THE UK NOW NECESSARY FOR THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS ?

All this public support for arrested and now former Premier Andrew Fahie demonstrates the sad truth about the current political situation in the British Virgin Islands. Where is the expected reform movement  that arrest of two senior government officials should have spawned ? Why hasn't the government official Fahie stated, in a recorded admission, who would assist him in facilitating drug smuggling safely through BVI water named and fired ? What is going on the The British Virgin Islands ?

The BVI, already under the global compliance microscope, due to the fact that its lucrative corporation service industry is the mask of choice for the world's money launderers, tax evaders, white collar criminals, and Russian Oligarchs, is in danger of having the financial world designate BVI companies as high-risk criminal entities to be avoided by all risk-based programmes deemed effective by regulators.

Haven't the world's law enforcement agencies had enough of their unsuccessful efforts to penetrate the Chinese wall that is BVI beneficial owner secrecy ?  Those nonsense negotiations over just who can access the database are an insult, hidden behind BS national sovereignty of a British Dependent Territory with no international rights as an independent jurisdiction.

Perhaps landing the Royal Marines in Roadtown, Tortola might be the appropriate next step, to enforce Direct Rule, and assist in the arrest of BVIs money laundering operators, for extradition and trial in the US, where the criminal laws have teeth. In any event, something drastic is called for. 

MALTA MUST BAN LAWYERS FROM POLITICAL OFFICE DUE TO INHERENT CONFLICT OF INTEREST

 

The firestorm of controversy that erupted in Malta recently, when a senior member of Nationalist Party leadership, who has been an attorney for the money laundering giant, Pilatus Bank, expressed doubt about the credibility of whistleblower Maria Efimova, which is the opposite of his party's platform, demonstrates one thing" in Malta, attorneys who represent clients simply cannot be in political life. The innate conflict on interest, between their clients and the public good, means that the people lose every time.

Look at the country's Prime Minister, ostensibly a "labor lawyer, " yet he is photographed with his real clients, members of the Malta's Mafia, and he takes his yacht to Sicily regularly, That is indicative of organised crime, which will explain why the biggest money launderers are never charged.

Malta must insist that its attorney-politicians either withdraw the practise of law, and their relationship with an operating law firm, if they want to be either in government, or as a part of a shadow cabinet. They must be financially secure to do that, but successful lawyers, like RA, seem to have an endless amount of assets. If Malta is serious about taking a bite out of crime and corruption, then first of all, let's get rid of all the lawyers in senior cabinet positions, unless they leave the practise of law entirely.   

BVI: DO NOT LET YOUR INDICTED PREMIER ATTEND THE MEETINGS OF YOUR HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY FROM HOUSE ARREST, PLEASE

Betrayer of the Public Trust

WTF, British Virgin Islands ? To even suggest that your disgraced, defrocked Premier, Andrew Fahie, could attend meeting of the HOA ( local version of Parliament) virtually, means that the circumstances of his arrest mean nothing to the former Speaker of the House of Assembly, or elected leaders in general in the BVI.

OK, I get it; you have excused it by stating that other HOA Members have been able to attend virtually, when illness or distance is the reason, but Fahie spat on the BVI, bigtime, when he openly bragged about his continued violation of its law as a long-time associate of narcotics traffickers.

DO NOT let this individual anywhere near the seat of government; his upcoming trial ands conviction will taint  BVI government for years. he deserves no favours from those whom he betrayed for lucre. Pray for his soul in church, but do not enable him by giving him a forum to claim his innocence, and possibly retain his influence, so that his associates, empowered by your dumb move, can continue to corruptly influence local government. Avoid him, please, for he will be convicted, one way or another, soon enough. 

VICTIMS ASSERT THAT BARBADOS' BANKS ARE ACTIVE PLAYERS IN CORRUPTION

 

If you thought that the predatory lawyers, preying upon ordinary Bajans seeking to obtained their rightful inheritance during probate (estate) proceedings,  are the worst bad actors in Barbados, meet the local banks and bankers. Victims surveyed uniformly complain about illegal, unethical, and unrestrained criminal acts perpetrated upon them by the country's banks and senior bankers.

Whilst we intend to detail several of the specific fact patterns for our readers, think for a minute about these accusations and allegations which have already reached our desk during the ongoing investigation:

(1) Expats who return home to Barbados to find out, to their utter dismay, that their accounts have been closed, and the bank very uncooperative about their enquiries.

(2) Allegations that the bankers are colluding with the predatory lawyers to steal real estate from Bajans.

(3) Specific accusations levied against the local branches (or subsidiaries) of Canadian banks, allegedly taking money from depositors. The theft of accounts, by Caribbean banks, of their narcotics trafficking clients, upon their arrest in the United State or Europe, is a well-known tactic in the region, but we are talking about legitimate, honest, hard-working individuals, not drug kingpins.

(4) Links between Bajan banks and career money launderers, who turn out to be among the largest depositors at certain banks.

This is but a taste of where we are going; stay tuned.

AN OPEN LETTER TO BARBADOS' CHIEF JUSTICE ON RAMPANT ATTORNEY MISCONDUCT

 

 

TO: Chief Justice Sir Patterson Cheltenham 

Whilst you warn Barbados' newest admitted members of the Bar, and admonish them to not consider their law licenses as their fast track to a "Get-Rich-Quick" scheme, you are, unfortunately, completely missing the point. Take a hard look at the names of the latest crop of attorneys. How many of them are the sons and grandsons of lawyers we have named and shamed on this blog as predatory and corrupt ? 

When I was sworn in as a young lawyer, fifty years ago, the presiding judge, mindful of the pending Watergate scandal, noted that lawyers have the greatest propensity for either good, or evil, and it is up to them to chose the proper path; Wise words.

Just where do you think that the money came from for their undergraduate and legal eductions, especially those which were obtained abroad ? How many of their immediate relatives are lawyers who have become senior government officials, members of the judiciary ? And how did they attain those lofty positions, we ask ? Through actual merit, or as a beneficiary of the corrupt power structure that rewards those who adopt the predatory methods and tactics of man Old Boy System which shares the proceeds of crime, covers up for their co-conspirators, and avoid liability for their sins.

Perhaps it is high time that a new class of lawyers come before the Bar, those interested in public service, in service to the people, and not focused on greed and avarice. Reform or perish, ladies and gentlemen. Disregard the old methods of fleecing clients, and live up to your professional oath. It is high time for a new breed of lawyer to appear in Barbados, an honest one.

BAJANS JOIN US FOR THE CALL-IN SHOW TOMORROW TO DISCUSS SOLUTIONS AND COMPENSATION FOR VICTIMS OF LAND FRAUD

 

Readers from Barbados, as well as expats, are welcome to call in to BajanVibesRadio tomorrow, Saturday, at 0900 Eastern and Atlantic Times, or 1400 hrs BST, for our lecture on how victims of land fraud can obtain not only justice, but compensation for their loss. There will be call-ins allowed, and you are encouraged to reach out to tell your story. 

We will be discussing actual solutions, so tune in online atl https://246bajanvibesradion.com/

Kenneth Rijock, Miamicompliance@gmail.com

A WORD TO THE WISE: EU COMPLIANCE OFFICERS, KEEP MALTA AS HIGH-RISK FOR AML/CFT ENFORCEMENT DEFICIENCIES

 

The removal, this week, of the Republic of Malta from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Greylist of Uncooperative Jurisdictions, was a major mistake, and most likely occurred for political, rather than factual, reasons.  Malta was, after all, the sole EU jurisdiction to suffer placement on the Greylist.

These statements of fact clearly disqualified Malta from any favourable FATF action:

(1) None of the Iranian, American and German officers and directors of the Iranian-owned money laundering Pilatus Bank, whose charter was revoked by the ECB, have been charged.  Only the bank and its MLRO now face charges in Malta. 

(2) None of the senior government officials, past and present, who have engaged in money laundering, and against whom there is clear and convincing evidence, have been charged with either money laundering or corruption.

(3) Russian holders of Malta IIM Citizenship by Investment passports, some of whom are known Oligarchs and their immediate families and associates, meaning PEPs, have been allowed to retain their Schengen Zone access passports, notwithstanding EU sanctions on the Ukraine.

(4) The movement of over $130m in criminal proceeds from Venezuela transited the country's largest financial institution, and no charges of any sort have ever been filed. 

Do not lower your present Country Risk assessment on Malta, as a part of your risk-based AML/CFT compliance system.

READ THE $269,691,228.74 MIAMI FINAL JUDGMENT IN THE BARBADOS FRAUD CASE

If you want to get a sense of the level of pure evil that has occurred in Barbados, read the following final judgment. It recites a campaign of intimidation and extortion that resulted in a forcible sale of a valuable interest in and to real estate, through a systematic racketeering scheme.  The fact that a huge two hundred sixty-three million dollar treble damages jury verdict was entered should convince the reader how egregious the conduct of the bad actors was determined to be by a jury.

The final judgment was entered on August 11, 2021. We shall be monitoring the case, during the post-judgment collection phase, to keep our readers posted on efforts to recover on that extraordinary judgment, both within the United States, as well as abroad. 

OUT OF GOVERNMENT AND FLUSH WITH DIRTY CASH, EZL BUYS A PALAZZO IN BIRKIRKARA

"My Source of Funds ? Forget about it, Gahan !"  by COSIMO

This corpulent, corrupt curiosity is EDWARD ZAMMIT LEWIS, late the Minister of Justice of Malta. Now, pushed out of the newest PL government, he has recently acquired a mansion, which is actually a converted palazzo in Birkirkara,  relocating from his hometown. If you have never studied Italian, that means it used to be a palace, which will give you an idea of its size and cost. 

The price was reported to be many millions of Euros. Given that he is allegedly known to be a money laundering client of IOSIF GALEA, along with JM and KS, one can assume where the funding came from. The legal income from his former ministerial post could not have resulted in sufficient money to purchase even one room in this grand palazzo.

We have previously reported on EZL's star-crossed illicit love affair with a prominent PN lady*; both parties were, of course, married to others, but in the Mediterranean version of Sodom & Gomorrah, anything goes; ask disgraced former Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat about Original Sin. By the way, Lewis' now ex-paramour also moved into new digs allegedly purchased with unexplained wealth. It's a villa in the town of Attard.

The EZL story is now relevant, due to Galea's exposure as the central player in the Malta Gaming Authority scandal, which saw not only arrests, but Galea's corrupt role in securing gaming licenses front and center in a scheme that will deal a possible fatal blow to Malta's dodgy online gaming industry. Will Galea finger EZL and the rest of the JM PL crew that he laundered bribes and kickbacks for ? Stay tuned.  

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*Why is the Illicit Affair between Malta's Justice Minister and an Opposition MP Out of Bounds ?

JOIN JOHN WAYNE SCANTLEBURY IN TAKING A BITE OUT OF BAJAN CRIME

Our goal is to pursue those corrupt Bajan attorneys and government officials who have abused the legal system to steal valuable real estate from its owners, who either own, or are inheriting, their family land, through fraud and deception. Whilst it is obvious that no justice can be had in Barbados court system itself, due to rampant corruption, there are other venues in which we can seek relief abroad.

Obviously, Barbados' corrupt court system, with its predatory attorney class, only interested in feathering its own nest, is not the appropriate place to seek relief. You simply cannot win at home.

Any readers who can show that they are victims of real estate fraud, involving their family real estate holdings, and can show that their family originally owned property since taken from them through criminal action, are welcome to join in our quest for monetary compensation, in the courts outside Barbados. We welcome you on board the train for justice.

We need to hear from you; if you have suffered the loss of family real estate, either through loss during probate (estate) proceedings, or through fraud or deception, email us at: miamicompliance@gmail.com 

It is understood that many victims fear being identified to the prominent lawyers and officials who stole from them. Your identity will not appear on this blog or anywhere else. We shall explain how we intend to secure attorneys outside of Barbados to bring civil actions to recover the value of the property that you have lost. If you qualify, you are free to join us in taking a bite out of those who took that which rightfully belongs to you.  

PAGE TWO OF VIOLET BECKLES LIST OF CORRUPT BARBADOS ATTORNEYS INVOLVED IN LAND FRAUD

 

As promised, above please find Page Two of the master list compiled by Violet Beckles and her late son, Dennis Agard, regarding Bajan attorneys that they asserted engaged in corrupt activities involving widespread land fraud. We note that there is some duplication with a few named that appear on Page One.

We call upon the Barbados Bar Association to open an investigation into attorney misconduct charges of all the named lawyers. otherwise, we shall take it upon ourselves to assemble the evidence ourselves, which is in the hands of the descendants of the victims, and publish it on the Internet, to demonstrate the failure of the BBA to protect the citizens of Barbados.   

PROTESTERS SEEK TO HOLD PUBLIC MARCH IN BARBADOS TO AIR THEIR GRIEVANCES

 

Citizens of Barbados have petitioned the Supreme Court Registrar for permission to hold a Public March in the Supreme Court of Barbados Parking Lot. The purpose of the March is to air their complaints and grievances. 

There has been an increase in public discourse throughout Barbados of late, including but not limited to the rampant official corruption, issues with extreme delays in obtaining justice in the courts, organised theft of real estate by predatory attorneys, and the failure of the Barbados Bar Association to obtain Disbarment of attorneys convicted of a Felony.

We shall update our readers on this issue as soon as more information is received.

NEWS FROM THIS BLOG TRIGGERS MASSIVE ONLINE GAMING SCANDAL IN MALTA

Malta's online gaming industry is a shambles this week, after the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA), reeling after major arrests, ordered that all gaming license applications handled by gaming "consultant;" IOSIF GALEA, be reexamined, and applications already approved be investigated anew. Whether this will drive gaming companies from Malta is a distinct possibility.

This scandal broke after this blog disclosed that Galea, who was arrested in italy on a German warrant, was the longtime paramour of Michelle Muscat's personal assistant. Maltese media either did not have that important information, or was afraid to print it due to the power of disgraced former Malta Prime Minister, JOSEPH MUSCAT, who allegedly used galea to launder the proceeds of crime, being bribes and kickbacks he received whilst PM. Witnesses have repeatedly seen Galea and Muscat vacationing together abroad.

Galea was allegedly paying MGA leaders bribes to approve his gaming license applicants, after receiving large sums from his clients to guarantee a successful application process. He is allegedly linked to money laundering operations through gaming entities, and is also alleged to have laundered bribes received by KS and EZL, when they held public office in Malta.

BRUCE BAGLEY IS SERVING HIS 6-MONTH SENTENCE FOR MONEY LAUNDERING AT FCI COLEMAN LOW

If you were wondering what became of former University of Miami Professor Bruce Bagley, he is currently serving his six-month sentence for money laundering at Federal Correctional Institution Coleman in Florida. We do not know if he is in the low security section, or the adjacent work camp. He is scheduled for release on September 2. He has no post-incarceration Supervised Release specified in his Judgment and Notice of Commitment.

OCTOBER TRIAL FOR ALEX SAAB MORAN MONEY LAUNDERING CASE IS CANCELLED

 

At a Status Conference conducted recently in US District Court in Miami, the October 11, 2022 jury trial of accused master colombian money launderer ALEX NAIN SAAB MORAN was cancelled. The listed grounds shown was the generic "Ends of Justice."  An evidentiary hearing on the defendant's Motion to Dismiss has been set for August 29, and at the end of that hearing, if necessary, the trial date will be rescheduled.

Rumours that Saab negotiated and finalized a plea agreement before his extradition to the United States continue to circulate. Potential targets of Saab's testimony in Venezuela, Malta and Antigua have expressed fears that they will end up in a superseding indictment in the Miami case, and that the defendant will, as the result of his cooperation, end up with a relatively short sentence.
    

HOW "PUMP AND DUMP" SCHEMES WORK; AN ANALYSIS

Inasmuch as we will be diagramming what are commonly known as "Pump and Dump" fraudulent stock sales schemes in our upcoming articles about Iranian fraudsters operating from Canada, and targeting American and Canadian investors, we believe that a concise analysis of how schemes work is relevant.

Pump and Dump, also sometimes known as an "Oklahoma" scheme, is a fraudulent method through which financial criminals manipulate the apparent value, and thereby price, of marketable securities. The scheme is accomplished through a variety of methods, all of which is designed to convince a ready, willing and able purchaser to buy the fraudster's stock.

(1) The most commonly-used technique is to orchestrate captive sales, between confederates or co-conspirators, at prices higher than the actual market value. This may be repeated, until the published sales prices are substantially increased. At that elevated price, the fraudster intends to sell the artificially-inflated stock to an unsuspecting public. He is often successful.

(2) To motivate innocent sellers into purchasing the now extremely-overvalued stock, the fraudsters resort to a number of media methods: paying commentators an illicit fee to spread false or misleading information about the stock's value, use of Internet chat rooms, social media sites, investment research sites, and even newsletters. All these are designed to attract the victims to the specific securities that the fraudsters have already inflated, by hyping the attractiveness of the stock to buyers. 

(3) Another method is to spread false information about a positive event at the company that will imminently increase the worth and value of the stock, such as the release of a new product, merger with another entity that will result in the sale or exchange of shares at an increased price, approval of a regulated product by a government entity, news about a patent, or other favorable news. Of course, the information is a fabrication; there is no factual basis for the "inside" information being promoted.

(4) The stock, after its purchase, rapidly loses value in the marketplace. 

These methods, often used in tandem, have been employed by our Canada-based fraudsters, to trick and deceive American and Canadian investors into purchasing securities at inflated rates. Often, these stocks are of extremely low value, verging on worthless. 

  

ONE VICTIM STRIKES BACK AT BARBADOS' CORRUPT POWER ELITE ABROAD

                                                           PART TWO

John Wayne Scantlebury, a Bajan businessman who, like many others in his country, has been the victim of Barbados' highly organised (and government-supported) land fraud scheme, but with one important distinction: he is fighting back. Bajans whose birthright, the inheritance of property that has been in their family for generations, has been lost, due to an unregulated predatory attorney class, supported by the country's corrupt court system, who divert real estate holdings during lengthy probate proceedings, or alter or forge property registry records, have lost much of their patrimony.

Mr. Scantlebury, a burly realtor with inside knowledge of the systemic fraud being perpetrated upon he and his fellow Bajans, and who has been an outspoken advocate for reform and restitution, has chosen to seek legal relief outside Barbados, where corrupt judges, influenced by lawyers paying bribes and kickbacks, including sweetheart deals on stolen property, deny justice to ordinary citizens. While we cannot disclose any details, regarding his affirmative actions abroad, he is targeting not only the corrupt attorneys, but their associates and frontmen, all of whom have sucked assets out of the average citizen for far too long. it is time for payback, somewhere that the corrupters cannot have any influence.

Consider this an open invitation to any Bajan who has lost his or her property, and wants to join in on our movement for justice through action abroad, against those who stole from you. We will not broadcast our strategy and tactics, but if you want to come onboard, read our upcoming Part Three of this series for further instructions. We hope to create a national movement to effectuate recovery of what has been lost, and is so dear to the families who handed down their property for generations, only to lose them to thieves wearing suits and using the courts for evil. Join Mr. Scantlebury to get back what is yours.