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Showing posts with label cartel. Show all posts
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Thursday, December 5, 2024

The Islamization of Europe > Afghan migrants arrested for planning terrorist attack on Riksdag; Dubai helping Netherlands and Belgium clean up Muslim drug traffickers

 

Sweden: Two Afghan Muslim migrants plot to open fire in parliament and kill at least ten people


Refugees welcome! They are not dangerous, they are in danger!


The Afghans’ plan: Open fire in the Riksdag – and ‘kill at least ten'

Translated from “Afghanernas plan: Öppna eld i riksdagen – och ‘döda minst tio,'” Fria Tider, November 28, 2024:

Domestic. Two Afghans with connections to the terrorist group IS-K are on trial in Germany – suspected of plans to carry out a terrorist attack against Sweden’s parliament and kill at least ten people.

The oldest of the defendants, a 30-year-old, has admitted to the plans during the ongoing trial in Germany.

He states that he was brainwashed by the Islamic State and was motivated by the Koran burnings in Sweden.

The goal was to kill “at least ten” people inside the Riksdag, but he never got hold of any weapons. However, he had time to do research on the Riksdag house, according to Sveriges Radio, which reports directly from the trial.

Both the 30-year-old and a co-accused 23-year-old man were prepared to sacrifice their lives in the attack. The evidence against the men includes, among other things, conversations from the messaging app Telegram.

According to the investigation, the suspected Afghans have been in contact with IS supporters based in Iran and a controversial terrorist group called the Islamic State of Khorasan Province (IS-K). This group is active in Central Asia and is believed to have controlled parts of the planning, writes MDR.

The evidence includes conversations where one of the men was asked to shave off his beard to avoid raising suspicions in connection with the terrorist act.

The Afghans were observed by German security services trying to buy weapons on a black market near the Czech city of Karlsbad. The incident, along with the discovery of chats and terror plots in their seized cellphones, led to their arrest in March 2024.

The search also revealed that the Afghans had collected money to support imprisoned IS members in Syria, money that was transferred through Iranian banks.

And did they collect such money through the German welfare system?

 

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Of course, they got into The Netherlands because they seemed like such a nice family at the time!!!

It's hard to stop the rush toward becoming a Narco State when you keep inviting Eastern Europe's drug traffickers and murderers into civilized countries.


Dubai arrests two Dutch alleged drug traffickers,

including Ridouan Taghi’s son

The police in Dubai have arrested two Dutch wanted for drug trafficking in two, separate arrests. One is Ridouan Taghi’s son, the other is a man wanted for drug trafficking in Belgium.

Ridouan Taghi

Sources in the judiciary told the Telegraaf on Thursday that Taghi’s son Adil was arrested in Dubai last week and is now being detained in an unknown location in the United Arab Emirates.

A spokesperson for the Public Prosecution Service (OM) could not confirm the arrest to the newspaper but did say that if Adil was arrested, it was not at the Netherlands’ request. That could mean his arrest came at the request of another country or as a result of an investigation in the UAE. Lawyers who represent several Dutch people in the UAE told the newspaper that Taghi’s son is accused of money laundering and participation in a criminal organization.

Another of Taghi’s sons, Faisal, was arrested in Dubai at the Netherlands’ request last year. He is suspected of drug trafficking, money laundering, and preparing for violent crimes. The Dutch authorities consider Faissal a key figure in his father’s criminal organization. He has been extradited to the Netherlands and is currently detained in the high-security prison in Vught, where his father is also imprisoned. The two aren’t allowed contact.

Separately, the Dubai police also arrested Stefan Papic, a 28-year-old Bosnian-Dutchman wanted for involvement in the Kriva Rochem case revolving around large-scale cocaine trafficking in Belgium, PZC reported.

Papic was arrested along with the Belgian drug baron Othman El Ballouti (36) in Dubai, according to the newspaper. The Bosnian-Dutchman is known as the right-hand man of Flor Bressers (37), the main suspect in the Kriva Rochem case.

The Belgian authorities have been hunting for Papic for years for his involvement in trafficking cocaine from Brazil to Belgium via an Antwerp water purification company.

Papic is also linked to a money laundering operation that ran via an art gallery connected to his family. According to PZC, this investigation is part of a larger probe into a Balkan cartel with ties to several big names in the criminal world, including Ridouan Taghi and Raffaele Imperiale.

The Belgian prosecutor has requested Papic’s extradition to stand trial in the Kriva Rochem case along with Flor and several other co-defendants. It is unclear when this will happen. 

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Friday, June 1, 2018

ANZ, Deutsche Bank, Citigroup Face 'Cartel' Charges

Corruption is Everywhere - But in Australian and Global Banks?

By Sara Shayanian  

ANZ Bank, Deutsche Bank and Citigroup face criminal charges over alleged cooperation involving the sales of $2 billion worth of ANZ. shares. File Photo by Dan Himbrechts/EPA-EFE

UPI -- Three major financial institutions and several individuals face criminal charges in Australia of cooperating with each other in the sales of about $2 billion worth of stock shares, officials said.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission announced the charges against ANZ Bank, Deutsche Bank and Citigroup Friday.

"The charges will involve alleged cartel arrangements relating to trading in ANZ shares following an ANZ institutional share placement in August 2015," ACCC Chairman Rod Sims said in a statement.

"ANZ and the individuals were knowingly concerned in some or all of the conduct."

Cartel behavior occurs when businesses work together, instead of competing, to drive up profits.

ANZ denied it acted unlawfully in the sales of nearly 81 million shares worth $1.9 billion.

The deal was underwritten by Deutsche Bank, Citigroup and JP Morgan Chase as part of a bid by ANZ to raise capital to meet regulatory requirements.

"We believe ANZ acted in accordance with the law in relation to the placement and on that basis the bank intends to defend both the company and our employee," ANZ Chief Risk Officer Kevin Corbally said.

ANZ said the proceedings relate to an arrangement made between lead managers over the supply of bank shares. It noted criminal proceedings will likely be brought against ANZ Group Treasurer Rick Moscati.

Citigroup and Deutsche Bank vowed to "vigorously defend" against the charges. ANZ said it would also fight the accusations against Moscati.

If found guilty, the companies could face maximum penalties of 10 percent of annual turnover, or three times the benefit gained from the crimes. Individuals could face up to 10 years in jail.