NEW UK SANCTIONS ON MERCENARIES IS ONE MORE BLACK MARK AGAINST DOMINICA IN ITS SYRIAN SCANDAl

The reputation damage to the Commonwealth of Dominica on the world stage, due to its Syrian diplomatic misadventure, continues to increase, and additional complications that surface will surely hit   closer to home. The Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, Lizz Truss, recently ordered that sanctions  be imposed upon the WAGNER GROUP, the private mercenary army that Russia employs abroad to conduct military operations where military conduct that violates the Rules of Land Warfare, and the Geneva Convention, are replaced by extralegal killing of unarmed noncombatants, Human Rights violations, and even Genocide. Syrians are known to have participated bin these acts in the Ukraine.

The Wagner Group, which is engaged in military operations inside the Ukraine, in support of Russia's invasion, is the entity in command of Syrian forces in theater, and the Syrian troops are actually seconded to Wagner units. They are, in truth and in fact, Wagner group soldiers, which are UK sanctioned.

Think about that for a minute; Dominica, through its ill-advised diplomatic initiative with Syria, which included diplomatic relations, was allied with a military force that was sanctioned by the United Kingdom. Think how this will go over with UK leadership, voters, Members of Parliament, and British media.

Apparently, Dominica may have blindly followed the lead of its CBI consultancy down the dark road to recognizing a country classified as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, but its avaricious leaders, smelling the enticing prospect of still more CBI cash, knew or should have known that recognizing Syria was outside the bounds of civilised conduct. These UK sanctions are just one more indication of Western disapproval of Dominica's bad actions.

 Is nothing sacred to Dominica's Labour government ?  apparently not, so long as it bring in new CBI passport programme applicants. We wonder what the UK government haas planned for this Commonwealth member.

ANTIGUA COWERS IN AFTERMATH OF DISCLOSURE THAT ALEX SAAB MORAN ACTED AS A COOPERATING INDIVIDUAL FOR US LAW ENFORCEMENT

Senior government officials in Antigua and Barbuda, who have been closely monitoring the American case against Alex Saab Moran, are reportedly extremely concerned about their future, after it was recently revealed that Saab was acting as a Cooperating Individual for US law enforcement agencies in the years prior to his extradition. Court documents in US vs. Saab Moran, which were unsealed and made public one year after they were filed, confirm that Saab supplied detailed information about his global money laundering activities to American authorities, disgorged his criminal profits, and supplied evidence to support his statements.

The reason for Antiguan concern is Saab's connection with senior officials there, including Prime Minister Gaston Browne, as well as a number of prominent local bankers, is that Saab owned an offshore Antigua bank, and allegedly moved large sums of criminal proceeds from Venezuela, through that offshore bank and into a specific major Antiguan financial institution, to a number of offshore financial centres, including some located in the Republic of Panama and Switzerland. This concern was amplified by the recent indictment of Saab, and several family members, in Italy, for money laundering offences.

Additionally, another cause for Antiguan worry is the fact that PM Browne appointed Saab to be an Economic Envoy for Antigua & Barbuda, a diplomatic post that most certainly included a diplomatic passport, as well as official documentary proof of his status. This indicia of Saab's close relationship to Antigua's government will refute any subsequent Antiguan claims that its involvement with him was either minimal or unknown to the country's leadership.

Antigua has been on damage control, regarding protecting its leaders and PEPs from indictment in the US for money laundering and corruption charges for some time. One source claims that they gave extensive evidence against Dominica PM Roosevelt Skerrit and some members of his Cabinet in the hopes of currying favour amongst US law enforcement agencies. The news of the Saab disclosures has, unfortunately, given rise to fears that Saab's evidence will result in money laundering conspiracy charges for many who facilitated the movement of many millions of dollars, into and through Antigua, en route to final destinations in the tax havens of the world.

We are closely monitoring the Miami Saab case; should any superseding indictments be unsealed, we shall report this news to our readers forthwith.

 

DOMINICA'S PLACEMENT OF AN OECS CONSULATE INSIDE DISPUTED TERRITORY HELD BY MOROCCO WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT

 

The recent announcement, by the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica, that he had unilaterally established a consulate, or mission, for the Organisation of East Caribbean States (OECS) in the Kingdom of Morocco, didn't appear, on its face, to be anything more than a routine diplomatic act. However, if one takes a closer look, it is far more politically complex, and darker, than the establishment of a diplomatic outpost in Africa. You see, Skerrit has intentionally placed the mission in Dakhia, which is not in Morocco at all, but inside the disputed Western Sahara, which is occupied by Morocco in violation of international law, which governs the rights of independence of former colonial territories. 

if you remember your university class in geography, Spain, as a colonial power, controlled the Western Sahara, then known as the Spanish Sahara, between 1884 and 1975. Spain reneged on its promise to the indigenous Sahrawi conduct a referendum;  Instead of independence, the territory was then occupied jointly by Morocco and Mauritania, which divided it up, in violation of the Principle of Self-Determination. The European Court of Justice has determined that the Western Sahara has a "separate and distinct status" that cannot be changed without the consent of its inhabitants.

Moroccan administration of the territory has been characterised as the worst police state in Africa, with torture, rape, imprisonment without trial, beatings administered to peaceful protesters, and a programme of terror against independence advocates. Objectively, it appears that Morocco is conducting a campaign of terror, and widespread violation of Human Rights that is among the worst in the world. 

This is why leaders in the other member countries of the OECS are reportedly extremely upset at Skerrit's action, which was done unilaterally, without their prior knowledge of consent,  as it occurred in what many organisations regard as Occupied Territory. They have pronounced the opening of the mission as a matter "of great concern." The OECS cannot do business with a Human Rights violator that suppresses independence movements. 

Observers of Dominica's government, which has sold CBI passports to career criminals, corrupt government officials and PEPs, are seeking new applicants for their passport products, and one must assume that there are financial reasons for this consulate, and they are most likely CBI applications from government officials who violate international and hurt advocates for independence. Look at the press releases/infomercials that have come out, courtesy of the international CBI consultancies, promoting Skerrit's consulate opening. They stand to make clearly excessive commissions, which are not disclosed to the applicants.

Will the OECS revoke Skerrit's action, and close the"consulate" ? Does it have a choice ? The OECS stands for self-determination; it cannot facilitate colonialism and Human Rights violations. It does not condone torture. Let it make the right decision.

 

READ THE NAMES OF THE OTHER ALEX SAAB MORAN FAMILY MEMBERS INDICTED IN ITALY FOR MONEY LAUNDERING

 

For those readers who wanted the names of the Italian family members of Colombian money launderer ALEX NAIN SAAB MORAN (accused of laundering €350m by US) who were indicted in Rome, on multiple money laundering counts, along with Saab, and his wife, CAMILLA FABRI, they are:

(1) LORENZO ANTONELLI, the husband of Camilla's sister, BEATRICE ANTONELLI.

(2) ARIANNA FIORE, Camilla's aunt.

(3) PATRIZIA FIORE, another of Camilla's aunts.

These defendants were involved in the purchase of a €5m property, located on Via Condotti in Rome, and a bank account containing €1.8m. Reports mention MULTIBANK in the republic of Panama, and UBS in Switzerland as allegedly involved in transfers of the additional Saab defendants mentioned above.

The other reader request was for more details of Alex Saab Moran's heretofore covert cooperation with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), while operating in Venezuela. Below please find pages from a filing entitled United States Ex Parte Notice of Additional Facts in Support of Response in Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Vacate Order Conferring Fugitive Status and for Leave for Special Appearance to Challenge Indictment, which was filed under seal on February 23, 2021, and later unsealed.

CHART OF TRANSNATIONAL ORGANISED CRIME GROUP OPERATING IN DUBAI

 

WHY DID THE POPE AVOID MOSTA ON HIS TRIP TO MALTA ? ASK ALEX MUSCAT

Alex Muscat at the Mosta church announcement

It appears that the Pope's itinerary, during the recent visit of his Holiness to Malta, where Paul the Apostle was shipwrecked back in 60 A.D., on his way to Rome, was artfully planned, so as to avoid a potentially major pitfall, a stop in the town of Mosta. One of the reasons why the Pope avoided Mosta in the visit (it is Alex Muscat's hometown)was that the Vatican wants, at all costs, to avoid the Holy Father being seen in photographs in front of Mosta basilica, which has received Russian CBI passport funds from Alex Muscat, who ran the programme.

Give the diplomats in the Vatican due credit for their wisdom and foresight. One photograph could have jeopardised the entire Ukraine peace efforts of the Vatican, as well as the reputation of the Pope. The Holy See was eminently wise to avoid Mosta in the Pope's itinerary in Malta. 

When Alex Muscat*, who recently lost his position as Parliamentary Secretary for Citizenship (CBI), made the public announcement at the church last August, that €850,000 in passport funds would be spent on a new floodlighting project, public outcry was overwhelming negative, with angry commentators asserting that Malta had far more pressing needs for the funding than improving lighting at a tourist attraction, which the basilica is. Mosta is part of the 11th Electoral District, the district Alex Muscat represents. A number of other large church projects were also funded, in the period prior to the elections.

To quote from the Comments made at the time on TOM, redacting the identities of the posters:

"So the government uses our taxes to pay 700+ persons of trust, give hundreds of direct orders to their friends and give phantom jobs to party loyalists among much more, but we then "need" 850K from the sale of passports to buy some bloody floodlights."

• • "And how much do you guess it cost the taxpayer to set up Muscat's little presentation on how he's going to basically waste this money? This could have been a simple press release as usual but it is turned into a self-promoting event paid for by you and me."

    
    
    

"850K Euros to light an already well lit Mosta Dome!

There is a catch somewhere.....maybe it's a way to muzzle the Church and use it as populistic propaganda how wise the passport scheme was.

We are witnessing a party hell bent to please and appease those who are fed up of this fallacy of a legislation that landed us all (Honest and not so inclined citizens) in the humiliating FATF grey list.

I sense the PL wants to fight the EU on the issue of the passport scheme and this is his way to try and turn the public opinion against the EU for investigating Malta on the matter!

Old Electoral habits die hard!"

 

• "You know what would be a better use of these funds? If they got a team of some 40 people and paid them €20k each to spend their day going from one construction site to the other to look for irregularities and fining developers breaking the laws.

  Or a service where a couple of architects and lawyers set up an action squad where people can phone in if their building is in danger of collapsing from construction work nearby. So instead of relying on the police, who don't do anything (see the case of Janet Walker, whose house collapsed months before the fatal collapse of Miriam Pace's residence - she called the police when cracks opened up in her walls days before the collapse but the police didn't stop the works next door).

  Or maybe paying for extra civil servants so essential government departments worked longer hours than 8am till noon. So those of us who have to work normal hours for a living can get what we need after we stop work at 5pm.

  Or pay for more garbage collections, so again those of us who work night shifts or long hours can leave our trash outside at a more convenient time, like 7pm-9pm, instead of the current archaic system where trash can only be left out early in the morning.

  Or hire extra magistrates, judges and whatever else is missing, so court cases didn't drag on for 8-12 years.

  But no, I pay over €1000 a month in taxes so they can blow them all in lights to impress the tourists. What a dysfunctional country."

  
  

"A complete waste of money! and above all a vote catching trick by Alex Muscat. Our Mosta church does not need more lights. Is our Archbishop aware of this? Alex Muscat s only aim is to get more votes from Mosta residents...use the money more carefully please. You will only fool the gahans."

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*Alex Muscat, Corrupt Politician with Close Ties to Russia

MORE DETAILS ABOUT RAMPANT CORRUPTION AT SAM'S CLUB IN CALIFORNIA

 SAM'S CLUB PART FOUR

The last three articles posted on this blog, on corruption by Sam’s Club inept, somewhat childish, management, did generate some very curious readers, who have filled our inbox with new accounts of corruption. Some are paid club members, but the majority were Sam’s ‘Club employees/associates at stores in California, but others in stores located in New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, and Florida also contributed. 

My hat goes off in respect to all the hard-working associates of this once great company which must continually endure the hardship and abuse from their dishonest middle management, who appear to be duty bound to do about anything, including the violation of numerous State and Federal laws, to make themselves look good to their greedy senior corporate leadership. 

Let us not forget that Samuel Moore Walton, the founder of Sam's Club and Walmart, was a highly disciplined individual, with an extraordinarily strong moral code, which became the hallmark of his success. 

In today’s money-hungry world this is no longer the case; Every Sam’s Club is a bureaucracy which operates like a third world dictatorship, treating their most vulnerable employees as slaves. 

By press time I was able to reach out to twelve current and former employees with over twenty years of service, who then contacted this blog with some shocking stories. Because of the known retaliation, harassment, and sometimes criminal activities committed against those who are vocal against local Sam's Club management daily corruption racket, we will keep their identities confidential. 

Most of our callers vectored us to the Sam’s Club located in California’s Inland Empire, being Club Number 6609 in Palm Desert California. This club is run by a 32-year-old grossly unprofessional club manager named  Jeremy Hines, a person described as lazy, with a street gangster mentality, and lacking any semblance of respect for his female employees.  It is important to note that this Club falls under Brenda Calder’s division, the same incompetent unethical Marketing Director whose branch has generated numerous unnecessary lawsuits in the Los Angeles area, against the company.

A female employee who was forced to resign after having been repeatedly verbally abused, including with sexual expletives, gave a credible account of Mr. Hines' Modus Operandi. We are concealing her identity for her own safety.

“He will hire you ok, until you refuse to do the dirty work of setting up other associates he dislikes for disciplinary action, Then he will turn on you and make your life a living hell until you have no other choice but to quit. He will exploit the most vulnerable employees who are facing disciplinary actions and force them to fabricate false complaints against those he intends to deny promotions or termination for bogus reasons. That is how Jeremy rolls.” She said. 

Another caller with almost thirty years on the job, gave account how unpaid merchandise was being taken from the store, while Jeremy Hines sat in the office monitoring video cameras to see what the employees are doing instead of trying to stop the thieves. 

One caller arrested last year by local law enforcement for alleged theft gave accounts how she was set-up by Jeremy so she would be fired, Meanwhile the real crook who is a Jeremy’s Snitch remains on the job. Jeremy frequently boasts that his Club donates lots of money to local law enforcement and he can get anyone arrested by calling his crooked police officer friends. 

Mr. Hines' questionable conduct is supported by his boss Brenda Caldera, a person known to be just as corrupt as Jeremy. Her photograph appears here.

Several employees have filed complaints about how they were retaliated against by Jeremy Hines for reporting their concerns to Sam's Club/Walmart Global Ethics which apparently continue to allow such a dangerous individual to manage its workforce at Club Number 6609. 

We apologize to all our readers for not being able to publish all their accounts in this article. We intend to bring more in a subsequent article.

Our next article will name, profile and expose Jeremy Hines and Brenda Caldera’s gang of take down goons and liars who are permitted to come to work intoxicated, some frequently dispatched to intimidate, harass, and retaliate against any associate who complains about their corruption and unlawful activities. 

In the meantime, when will Sam's Club cooperate and start to do something about Jeremy Hines ongoing crimes against hard working employees who are victims of his corruption. 

Stay tuned. 

 

 

 

ALEX MUSCAT, CORRUPT POLITICIAN WITH CLOSE TIES TO RUSSIA

 

ALEX MUSCAT started out in the construction and estate agent businesses before he entered politics with Malta's Labour Party, although he was affiliated with Pulse, the PLs youth faction, whilst at university, where he studied business management.

He was handpicked to be a PL candidate for office by his mentor, Keith Schembri, acting through Joseph Muscat, due to his close connections to Malta's building contractor mafia, its most prominent contractors, so that his ties would help Labour in the 2013 national elections. To obtain their support, Muscat basically promised the contractors all the development permits they wanted, with no regard for the laws protecting the environment.

 It is well known what happened after Joseph Muscat came to power; the contractors' unrestrained projects destroyed the undeveloped Maltese countryside, fattening the wallets of the well-connected developers. In return, the contractors delivered kickbacks to Muscat. It was accomplished in a clever manner; Muscat set up a construction supplies company, and specifically targeted the developers whom he was doing permit favours for, by requiring them to make purchases from his company at grossly inflated prices. In that manner, kickbacks were disguised. He also accepted bribes in the form of cash payments.Whilst acting as an estate agent, Muscat failed to declare commissions received in Promise of Sale agreements.

Schembri and Joseph Muscat reportedly were so impressed with Alex's work as a lobbyist with the Maltese construction industry that they entrusted him with the lucrative IIP (Citizenship by Investment) passport sales portfolio. He. became the principal liaison between Joseph Muscat and Henley and Partners, the CBI consultancy, as Parliamentary Secretary for Citizenship and Communities. As we have previously reported (Moscow's Main Man within the Government of Malta: Alex Muscat-March 1, 2022) his IIM position went far beyond that, and he was regularly spotted in the Russian Embassy in Malta. 

Malta's Prime Minister, Robert Abela, who later replaced Joseph Muscat, was said to have been briefed on Alex's  dark business dealings last year; all his corruption and abuse were explained to him. Please understand that RA feared Alex's influence and power as he was considered  "Keith Schembri's Paigeboy," meaning that Alex always reported to KS. At the same time, Alex was conducting all the dirty work related to the IIP scheme.

It is expected that RA will now announce a scandal involving Alex; he will have it reported to the Labour-friendly media, and then try to force his resignation from Parliament, as he could be a large liability to RA, amongst the back benchers. Our investigation into Alex Muscat is continuing; stay tuned.

RUSSIAN MILITARY USED MISSILES TO SINK FREIGHTER AFTER DOMINICA BROKE OFF RELATIONS WITH SYRIA

The recent Russian missile attack on a cargo vessel docked in the Ukraine, flying the flag of the Commonwealth of Dominica, was no accident, according to experts of the relationship between Russia and its ally, Syria. When Dominica cancelled its ill-advised new diplomatic recognition of Syria, Russia specifically targeted the freighter, whilst it was sitting in Mariupol harbour in the Ukraine, in retaliation.

It is believed that Dominica opened diplomatic relations with Syria, through its ambassador to the United Nations, on the instructions of a powerful Citizenship by Investment (CBI) consultancy, which had targeted Syria's elite as candidates for Dominica CBI passports. Syria is a designated State Sponsor of Terrorism, and its nationals do not have visa-free access to either the European Union's Schengen Zone, nor the United Kingdom, both of which are available to Dominica passport holders. The Dominican diplomatic recognition of Syria was merely a ploy to increase the number of Syrian government officials, and Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) close to the Assad regime, applying for passports under the CBI programme. It was based solely upon financial considerations.

The  fact that Dominica chose to establish a relationship with Syria, one of the world's most reviled dictatorships, one that has been accused of perpetrating war crimes upon its own citizens, and whose soldiers now have been confirmed as participating in genocide in the Ukraine, speaks volumes for the total lack of morality among its leadership, which clearly prefers cash flow over obedience to international norms of conduct. The lucrative CBI programme, with its attendant bribes and kickbacks, appears to trump everything else in Dominica, whose leaders would sell a passport to Satan himself if he filled out an application.  

 

RECOMPENSE DE JUSQU'A $10m - FINANCIER DU HEZBOLLAH

 

CBI SALES CONSULTANT OLEG FIRER SUES AMERICAN CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE EVERETT STERN FOR IDENTIFYING HIM AS A RUSSIAN SPY

 

 Oleg Firer

OLEG FIRER, a naturalized American citizen born in the Soviet Union, who is now Grenada's Ambassador to the Russian Federation, and is also an authorized agent for that country's Citizenship by Investment (CBI) passport program, has filed a civil suit against EVERETT STERN, a candidate for the United States Senate for 2022 from the State of Pennsylvania, and TACTICAL RABBIT, INC ., a private intelligence service.

Firer's Verified Complaint contains two counts; Count I is for Defamation of Character, and Count II for Tortious Interference with a Business Relationship. The Plaintiff alleges that Defendant Stern libeled him by identifying him as a "Russian spy," or an asset for Russian Intelligence. The Complaint attached the social media entry appearing below at page 9:

The Plaintiff is alleging that, as the result of the actions of the defendants, he has suffered damages. In his Prayer for Relief he is seeking (1) money damages, and  (2) a permanent injunction to prevent Everett from interfering with the Plaintiff/s business relationships. He has reserved on Punitive Damages, and is seeking a jury trial. Service of Process has not yet been effected upon the defendants, who are reportedly in Pennsylvania. The case is pending in Florida's Eleventh Judicial Circuit Case No.: 2022-00610 CA (Div. 13)

RELEASE OF DETAILS ABOUT SAAB MORAN'S EARLY COOPERATION IN COURT FILE SHOULD CONCERN MALTESE AND DOMINICAN BANKERS WHO WORKED WITH HIM

 If you read our article this week, Court Orders the Unredacted Order detailing Alex Saab Moran's Pre-Arrest Cooperation with DEA Unsealed (April 7, 2022) especially the set of the five-page order itself, you now know that Saab Moran extensively cooperated with the Department of Justice, over an extended period of time. This means, candidly, that he would have provided information about his money laundering operations in Dominica, where he owned two offshore banks, and in Malta, where he laundered over $120m, through a prominent bank and a financial services company there.

This means that bankers in those two countries have cause for concern. the order further recites that Saab Moran disgorged a substantial amount of money to the DOJ, representing his money laundering profits, which would have required him to account, in detail, for the specific transfer tactics he employed to earn those criminal profits. 

Whilst details of an ongoing criminal investigation are generally confidential, and the relevant portions of the order were sealed for one year, it was done on the grounds that public disclosure might place Saab Moran and his family in danger. Such details rarely surface before trial; in this case, individuals who may consider themselves Targets in those two offshore jurisdictions now know that they are potentially at risk.

Their risk level has now increased; read our subsequent article, entitled Italy Complicates Alex Saab Moran's Life; Charges him, his wife Camilla Fabre and three Relatives with Money Laundering (April 8, 2022). His exposure, post-US cased, has now increased exponentially, and his spouse is now at risk for a prison sentence for the first time. This complication may affect the extent to which he must render operative testimony and deliver evidence to prosecutors. 

Add to the mix recent disclosures that Saab Moran transferred some of his money to Russia, and his situation keeps getting more dire, as facts emerge. Was money he sent to Malta or Dominica subsequently quietly transferred to Russia ? That adds a whole new dimension to his problems.

What impact Saab Moran will have on the banking industries in Malta and Dominica is not known, but our analysis, based our analysis of unfolding developments, shall continue on this blog. 

ALEXANDER YUREVICH KORSHUNOV - WANTED RUSSIAN SVR INTELLIGENCE OFFICER

 

AQ MEDIA CHIEF - $10m REWARD

 

ITALY COMPLICATES ALEX SAAB MORAN'S LIFE; CHARGES HIM, HIS WIFE CAMILLA FABRI AND THREE RELATIVES WITH MONEY LAUNDERING

 

ALEX NAIN SAAB MORAN may indeed have made a great secret deal with the US Department of Justice, but his future just got a bit more complicated. Arrest warrants have been issued by an investigative judge in Rome, charging Saab, his Italian model wife, CAMILLA FABRI, and three of her relatives with money laundering, Criminal Association, and a number of other financial crimes. Fabri, who is known to be in Venezuela, and safe from arrest at the moment, was involved in cleaning her husband's criminal proceeds in Italy. Her two aunts and another relative (sister's husband), who live in Italy, are not so lucky. They will not escape arrest and detention.

Once new item that was disclosed; remember that Fabri moved to Russia during his Cape Verde extradition proceeding.  Well, apparently, she was moving some of his cash there. We wonder what role that "flight 'capital" is playing in his plea negotiations with the DOJ. Was this dirty money that he initially cleaned in Malta ? 

Will Saab, after completing his US sentence, her shipped to Rome to serve time there also, like happened to General Noriega in France ?   And will any Brits who were involved in the formation of Fabri's UK company, KINLOCH INVESTMENTS, also be charged ? Stay tuned.