RUNNING FOR HIS LIFE, MALTA'S DISGRACED FORMER PRIME MINISTER FEARS ASSASSINATION

                                         His Sins keep Pulling him Back by COSIMO
 

 

In what can only be described as karma, Malta's cashiered Prime Minister, Joseph Muscat remains in hiding, seeking to avoid assassins reportedly hired to keep him from testifying against his organized crime  partners. Muscat's associates in the underworld know that, once in custody, he will seek to barter his knowledge of Malta's money laundering machine for a reduced sentence, and witness protection. The most senior government official to be linked to the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia is now himself a target of Malta's well-oiled assassination business. Call it payback, in a currency he understands.

One source has asserted that his estranged wife, Michelle, has been advised by friends to cooperate, even if that means implicating her husband and her friends, to save herself years in prison, far away from their children, who are rumoured to have been sent to an international boarding school favoured by dictators.  Since her prominent role in a fashion industry money laundering scheme, to clean her husband's bribes and kickbacks, was made public, she knows that there will be no happy ending to her story unless she becomes useful to the authorities. 

Muscat has been self-medicating, to cope with the stress he has told others he is suffering from, and his mental condition has been described as unstable. Sooner or later, either law enforcement or those who wish to impose a more permanent penalty will catch up to him, and the outcome, either way, will be ugly. 

 

SAINT LUCIA PEP INTERFERED WITH AMERICAN CITIZEN'S FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN THE USA

 

Media consultant SUE MONPLAISIR, acting as the Government public relations spokesperson for Saint Lucia, who is therefore classified as a Politically Exposed Person, or PEP, impeded and violated my Right of Freedom of Speech as American citizen in the United States, when she threatened my blog sponsor. A complaint has been filed in my behalf, with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of State has been notified. Americans have an absolute right of uncensored free speech, and her actions affected that Constitutional Right. Compliance officers will kindly note her status as a Politically Exposed Person when conducting due diligence inquiries, or for any other purpose.

The East Caribbean state of Saint Lucia, acting by and through Monplaisir. seeks to censor any news about corruption in that country, notwithstanding its publication in the United States. Therefore, pursuant to Proclamation 7750, and Section 7031(c) of the Department of State Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Operations Act of 2019,  she is hereby ineligible to enter the US. for any purpose. This ban is effective whether she has been charged with a crime or not, nor must a pending US visa application exist.

She can also be considered a Cybercriminal,  pursuant to the Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act,  18 U.S.C. §1030,  the primary  statutory mechanism for prosecuting Cybercrime,which provides for both civil and criminal penalties, up to twenty years in Federal Prison.

There is evidence to support the finding that Politically Exposed Persons, and crooked lawyers, conspired to conduct Brute Force Cyberattacks on a website that has been exposing their  corruption, and other crimes. against US Citizens.

 

 

Our investigation into fraud and land theft in Saint Lucia shall continue; we have been contacted by a number of Saint Lucians who assert that their families are also victims of fraud and theft. Stay tuned to this blog for more information.

MALTA IS A LEGAL MESS; ITALY MOVES TO FILL THE VOID

 

 

 

 If you thought that the rest of the European Union was going to sit around indefinitely and allow Malta's organized crime elements to operate into, and through, the EU, you haven't been paying attention to the articles in this blog. Italian law enforcement agencies, who feel the clear and present danger that Malta's small but lethal version of the Mafia pose, not only to neighboring Sicily, but to the rest of the country, are actively investigating Maltese crime that impacts Italy. 

Italy knows well the close affiliation between the Maltese Mafia and their Sicilian cousins. After all, the damn PM of Malta regularly takes his yacht to Sicily, and he's not going there for the cuisine. Money laundering through Italian fashion houses has been repeatedly reported on this blog , as has the gasoil scandal, which employs Sicily as part of its delivery and sales chain. Don't forget that Mafia syndicates are laundering money through remote gaming companies based in Malta, and Italian organized crime is exporting weapons and munitions to militias in Libya, via Maltese arms dealers.

Maltese citizens charged in Italy can look forward to a long term in pre-trial confinement, because as foreign nationals, with no permanent connections to Italy, they are flight risks. Have you ever seen an overcrowded Italian prison cell ? And justice does not come swiftly in Italy; some defendants linger in the system for an extended period of time, before the cases are concluded.

Therefore, we hope that Italian justice soon reaches out an touches those Maltese who arrogantly break its laws, so that those who live in a country where crime is never punished, see what may happen to them as well.

LIBAN HAJI MOHAMED, WANTED BY FBI, AMERICAN CITIZEN SUPPORTING AL-SHABAAB AND AL-QAEDA

 

HACKERS ATTEMPT TO SHUT DOWN OUR EXPOSURE OF CORRUPTION IN SAINT LUCIA

   

If you read my recent article entitled Government of Saint Lucia Censors News from the United States and threatens U.S. Search Engine, you know that forces in Saint Lucia demanded that one of our blog articles on widespread corruption in that East Caribbean state be removed, and the sponsoring entity thereafter complied. The article was removed for alleged violation of "Community Standards," although the specific grounds were never stated. Failure to detail specific violations has been cited in a number of commentaries as an improper infringement upon the expression of truth on the Web.

While our other articles remain online,  our most recent article on the subject, Investigative Journalists in Saint Lucia fear for their Personal Safety if they Report on Corruption,  May 1, 2021, which was widely read when it appeared on a major website, was subject to massive hacker DDOS attacks, seeking to crash the site, to deny site visitors the opportunity to read it. Fortunately, service to that site was only momentarily interrupted, and the article, which is enjoying serious attention in the Caribbean, remains available to readers.

This appears to be a regular event, regarding investigative journalists reporting on corruption in Saint Lucia. A local blogger, who reported on corruption, named Jason Sifflet, suffered the same fate when his blog was taken down for the same undefined reason, although through intervention by his supporters later resulted in it being restored to the Internet. Additionally, his wife was  arbitrarily fired from her hotel job. His story has been featured in a number of local articles, though it has not yet received international attention from journalists.

 

 

We shall continue to report in corruption, at the highest levels, in Saint Lucia, to bring it to the attention of compliance officers at international banks abroad, lest they unwittingly open accounts for corrupt Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs), and launder the Proceeds of Crime, which exposes their banks to money laundering charges.

SCHEDULE CHANGE: KEN RIJOCK'S JUNE LECTURE IN GENEVA HAS BEEN MOVED TO OCTOBER

 

 

If you were planning on attending my lecture next month at Transcontinental Trusts Geneva,  the conference has been rescheduled to October 13-15, 2021. The venue remains the Fairmont Grand Hotel. Switzerland is still restricting visitors from outside the European Union.

For more information:  https://informaconnect.com/

JOSEPH "TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN" MUSCAT IS NOW LIVING LIKE A TRUE MOB BOSS

     

                                                "I'm the King of the World !"  by COSIMO

 In the wake of the public exposure of his Unexplained Wealth, former Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has totally withdrawn from public view. He has taken to sleeping in a different location each night, at what have been described as Labour Party safe houses. One source advised that he is under constant surveillance; the agency performing that surveillance has not been identified.

His life has taken on the trappings of a mob boss who fears assassination; Two armed bodyguards attend him at all times, and a news blackout is reportedly in place regarding his rare visits and movement. Some observers have heard that he fears the Azeri PEPs who placed their 'diverted" capital at Pilatus Bank, for some unexplained reason, and that is why he has increased his security precautions. We have previously detailed how he turned his home into an invincible fortress. See Muscat battens down the Hatches, goes Underground,  April 8, 2021.

We cannot foresee how this will end; will Muscat be charged in Malta, or abroad, or in both jurisdictions ? Will his wife, Michelle, who has reportedly split from him, due the recent events, also be indicted ? We  cannot say, but things are moving very fast, and the end result may be far worse than Muscat and his attorney advisors have anticipated.

                                      Be Quiet as a Mouse, Joseph   by COSIMO

 

 

MALTA; CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE WITH ITS MUSCAT DILEMMA

                                                    Times of Malta headline today
 

 

What is Malta's Prime Minister, Robert Abela, to do ? The evidence against his predecessor,  the disgraced Joseph Muscat, is piling up, and there will be public pressure to do something, anything, to show leadership. The problem is, Abela is facing a Hobson's Choice. If Muscat is charged, he could be next, as reformers circumvent him entirely, and engineer what would amount to a palace coup, but having him arrested, and forcing his resignation.

 On the other hand, if he delays further, he AND Muscat could both be charged by the US and/or UK. Finally, since he was Muscat's legal adviser, before becoming PM, he himself might be charged if Muscat is charged abroad, and cooperates against him. he's got a real problem, to be sure.  Everybody in Valletta should be studying the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the Bribery Act, but we doubt that they are yet.

Two additional issues have recently complicated RAs decision:

(1) Rumour has it additional individuals in PL have obtained immunity from prosecution, in exchange for their testimony overseas. Obviously, he will be named in there with JM.

(2) Is a foreign law enforcement agency delivering evidence to Maltese authorities, to push it into bring criminal charges against a number of government officials for corruption and money laundering crimes.

Will Malta therefore charge Muscat, simply to keep him from being tried abroad, and implicating the bulk of the Labour leadership, to keep from spending the next decade in prison.That's most likely his best move, but the Dear Leader surely won't appreciate it.

A final note: remember what happens in Malta when somebody with the ability to expose those in power is arrested ? It never ends well.

THE WORDS OF THE PROPHETS ARE WRITTEN ON THE SUBWAY WALLS...

 

 

                                             Malta being led to the Slaughter by COSIMO

 

This was buried so deep that you probably didn't see it, but it is priceless. I have deleted the author's name.

THIS IS THE UGLY TRUTH THAT NO ONE WANTS TO ADDRESS. THE IDEOLOGICAL STATE APPARATUS IS BUSY AS WE SPEAK, CREATING THE NEXT GENERATION OF MUSCAT, SCHEMBRI AND ABELA. IT IS THE HEINOUS LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE ANYTHING GOES CULTURE ( DEFINED BY INACTION) THAT RESULTS IN THE GROSS MEDIOCRITY AND CULTURE OF EVIL THAT IS MODERN DAY MALTA. 

READING YOUR DAILY PAPERS IS LIKE HAVING SMEARS OF EXCREMENT PAINTED OVER YOUR MIND. GOD, WHAT A DREADFUL PLACE.

A TIMELESS PARABLE FOR THE AGES

                                        I am the Lizard King; I can do anything by COSIMO

Once Upon a Time, there was an evil Mob Boss. He was constantly receiving tribute from his many crews, in the way of kickbacks from their illicit ventures. He also was demanding, and accepting, bribes from businesses that wanted to operate within his territory. He feared the Tax Man, so he cast about for a suitable scheme to launder the proceeds of these crimes .

His wife, known unofficially as the Godmother, had a close friend in a legitimate retail business that catered to upscale customers, and whose products were priced accordingly, and they hatched a plot to launder the criminal proceeds through that company, with her friend's willing cooperation. 

Soon, the company was reporting record sales, at top prices. In truth and in fact, the mob boss' dirty money was being placed into the business, and booked in as sales. A cooperating manufacturer on the mainland submitted dummy receipts, showing shipment of substantial inventory, to cover the phantom sales. In time,  due to pressure from the manufacturer, in time some of those inventory were actually shipped, and paid for at inflated prices, to compensate the company for its cooperation in the scheme.

Due to the company's seemingly meteoric success, it was decided that the legitimate company would enter into a ambitious countrywide expansion programme. New branches were built all over the country, and the costs deferred, as the  dirty money coming in covered all the expenses, once it had been comingled with the small amount of legitimate retail sales.

The operators of the legitimate business, who has been compensating the mob boss through disguised payments in a subsidiary business, were asked to greatly increase their payments to him, so they began issuing corporate indebtedness, in the way of unsecured bonds, to the local investing public, at very attractive interest rates. Given the company's ostensible amazing profits, there was no problem selling the bonds, first in a single issue, and later in several subsequent issues.The company was now highly leveraged, but so long as the dirty money flowed in, the mob boss was paid, and the now substantial debt service was covered.

One year, there was a Perfect Storm of negative events; an epidemic hit the region, and retail sales dropped off dramatically, due to an economic slowdown. There could no longer be dummy sales in high volume, as there was little or no foot traffic into the stores, which were now spread all over the nation. Overhead soared.

 Additionally due to arrests, investigations, and law enforcement exposure of many of the illicit ventures,  the mob boss' revenues plunged to next to nothing. He leaned even further upon the bond sales to cover his astronomical life style and expense payments (bribes) to government officials.

The retail company was forced to declare major losses, which caused the bond holders, who feared for the loss of their principal, to sell off their holdings, which  drove down the market value of the bonds, and increased the interest rate payable on the bonds. Debt increased exponentially, with no way to repay it.

The company was forced to file for bankruptcy, exposing the laundering scheme to outside auditors hired by the court to wind up the company. The operators of the company, knowing that their testimony could result in the mob boss going to prison for the rest of his life, tried to flee the country, but they were arrested and charged. Both died of suspected suicide in prison, before their trial, although it was suspected that the suicides were staged.

Someone sent in an anonymous advert to the local papers; it said only: For the Wages of Sin is Death. Romans 6:23.

ONE OF THE VENEZUELA-TO-MALTA-TO-MIAMI MONEY LAUNDERERS IS SENTENCED IN FLORIDA

Gustavo Hernandez Frieri, one of several Venezuelan money launderers who laundered PDVSA capital through offshore tax havens, including Malta, and invested the cleaned (integrated) money in luxury Miami real estate, was sentenced this week, in Miami District Court, to 46 months in Federal Prison and a $50,000 fine. Frieri also promised to aid law enforcement in seizing and liquidating the proceeds of crime.

Frieri is the second money launderer in this case to enter a plea.You can expect all the Malta-to-Miami laundrymen in that case to follow their example, because the Government has Matthias Krull, the Swiss banker-turned-money launderer ready to testify, should they foolishly take their cases to trial. Whether Krull may actually get an additional sentence reduction to zero prison time is doubtful; he has already received an extraordinary sentence reduction for his prior efforts.

The connections between this Miami case and cases that may exist, although presently sealed, in other District Courts, be they in SDNY, EDNY or DC, still remains unknown; only when when indictments are made public will the suspected links become apparent, and we will finally learn whether the Malta money launderers are only exposed in New York, or elsewhere. Until then, we are in the dark.

JOSEPH MUSCAT DESCRIBED BY FELLOW LABOURITE AS SOCIOPATH AND POSSIBLY PSYCHOPATH

                                  JM Atop the Labour Food Chain  by COSIMO
 

If you missed the interview in LovinMalta, a fellow Labour Party member, and upcoming candidate for office, who claims to be as astute observer of disgraced former prime minister Joseph Muscat, when trying to explain his criminal activity, described Muscat as a "Sociopath and probably Psychopath."  That may explain many of his money laundering actions since the Panama Papers scandal exposed his corrupt administration. Who in his right mind would engage in overt money laundering after being exposed ?

While we generally prefer to report just the facts on this blog, the observations regarding Muscat's mental health, may provide guidance regarding the imminent opening of a Labour news and analysis website, which will obviously seek to twist the facts in Labour's favour, ahead of the anticipated general elections. We know the Journal would not be in development unless it was his idea to start it up at this late juncture.

 While many Maltese will not pay attention, Muscat must believe that foreign journalists seeking colour for their stories about Malta will stumble across his new propaganda mill, and be taken in. No wonder his associate made those comments about his mental status; He's delusional.

HAS THE PILATUS BANK SCANDAL DAMAGED MALTA BEYOND REPAIR ?

 

Unless and until Malta convicts and imprisons the guilty officers and directors of Pilatus Bank, the country will continue to be labeled a non-cooperative dodgy offshore tax haven in the eyes of the world's compliance officers. They will regard any corporate entities domiciled in Malta with suspicion, and perform enhanced due diligence on any substantial wire transfer into, through, or from, Malta's financial institutions,  all of whom they will now regard with suspicion.

Why will Malta be so poorly regarded by international bankers ? Simple; the country's total failure to bring the bank's Iranian owner and directors behind the massive money laundering they conducted through the bank has resulted in a complete loss of confidence in Maltese law enforcement, prosecutors, and its government. Forget whatever MONEYVAL and FATF may say, those compliance officers will give Malta a wide berth.

Malta's directors, many of whom easily transitioned into other financial enterprises in the country, and abroad, have cheated justice, because the fast-track circumstances of how the bank obtained a license, and was allowed to operate when its criminal conduct became known,  implicates a number of government officials for corruption, and the present government in Malta will not charge brother Labour Party members. Therefore, Malta has been relegated to the status of non-cooperative tax haven by compliance officers at EU, UK and US banks, and in that position it will remain, a jurisdiction for international investors and money managers to avoid. Malta has become its worst nightmare.

INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS IN SAINT LUCIA FEAR FOR THEIR PERSONAL SAFETY IF THEY REPORT ON CORRUPTION

While writing the recent series of articles on land theft and fraud in Saint Lucia, we were contacted by a local investigative journalist interested in the subject matter. During the conversation, the journalist related how an investigation in progress last year had to be terminated, when there were genuine fears for personal safety. Apparently this is not an isolated instance; journalists who sniff a corruption story are threatened by powerful officials, especially the Royal St. Lucia Police Force, including death threats, to prevent them from proceeding further.

These are not idle threats; they are taken seriously, in part because of Saint Lucia's unsavoury reputation as a country where what the United States refers to as Extrajudicial Killings have occurred. American sanctions, which have been in place since 17 individuals were killed,  several years ago, resulted in a ban on US assistance to police and security services.  

Corruption among elected officials in Saint Lucia.which is widespread according to witnesses, is rarely, if ever, the subject of local investigative articles, due to well-placed fears of journalists that publishing such stories will lead to their death or disappearance under unexplained experiences. This presents a serious problem for compliance officers at international banks, because they cannot trust local media to report on financial crime or corruption. Negative information on individuals who are the subject of due diligence inquiries by compliance will not be available through local media, and local fraudsters or criminals will most likely not be the subject of objective stories about their sordid activities, giving compliance officers abroad an incorrect picture of their subject.

Until Saint Lucia's systemic corruption is suppressed, objective news articles originating from the country, by local journalists, will continue to be self-censored , resulting in a lack of honest reporting, and an information gap for compliance. Without any reliable media, compliance cannot recommend St. Lucia for investment or placemenrt of funds.

YORGEN FENECH APOLOGIST PUSHES DISINFORMATION TO RAISE REASONABLE DOUBT IN DAPHNE MURDER

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Notwithstanding my prior warning that the article was expressly for non-Malta readers, a Maltese blogger decided to write about it.

Simon Mercieca has, on his blog, offered a theory to the effect that the testimony of Melvin Theuma, a recording of which appeared on this blog, with English subtitles, is not credible. His article, we wish to warn our readers, which republished, verbatim, our translation, contained a statement by Johann Cremona, confirming to Theuma " there are another two others [middlemen] like you and you know them both !"

Mercieca has volunteered the opinion that Theuma was not credible, meaning that we are not to believe his statements, for any purpose, based upon his reading that Theuma previously testified that only Fenech was the mastermind, yet he here is discussing the fact that two others exist. His article, which is entitled "Why is Melvin Theuma's testimony not credible, " should be dismissed,  not be taken at face value, for the following reasons:

(1) Mercieca is himself not credible. whether as a journalist or for any other purpose, for he is a known paid supporter of Yorgen Fenach, and therefore his theories cannot be considered objective, as he obviously has a hidden agenda: to discredit Theuma as a witness, to discredit Daphne's attorneys, to show that YF is a victim, to invent & sow doubts in the investigation, and to assassinate the character of Daphne's attorneys.

(2)  His blog, which was set up on the second anniversary of Daphne's murder,  largely spews out attacks on Daphne's family. Again, he is not objective in his postings.

(3) The voice recording is widely suspected to have been leaked by Fenech's defence team. Was this their aim, to have someone comment upon the testimony, and then swoop in to discredit it by reason of inconsistent statements ? We believe this to be true.

(4) Mercieca's article is part of a "Reasonable Doubt" toxic narrative campaign designed to discredit Theuma as a witness, because his testimony is critical to establish a successful case against Fenech.

Without Theuma, there are only the three organized crime thugs, and we will probably never get to the unnamed additional middlemen/masterminds. Mercieca, who is in Contempt of Court for publishing information in violation of a previous court order in another case, is trying to use this blog for malevolent aims.

 In truth and in fact, Theuma's testimony confirms that there are more parties involved, and the public demands to know who they are. It does confirm that YF was involved, and Mercieca is attempting to destroy Theuma as a witness.  Don't be taken in; disinformation and misinformation are his methods, but they have utterly failed. Theuma is believable.