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@DrewOCCRP: Mafia states themselves are fairly rare. If you refer to kleptocracies, those are very common.
@KaplanDave: Kleptocracies — government by theft, in other words.
DS: Yes, that’s quite common. There are many kleptocracies. Unfortunately, it’s a majority of the…
@KaplanDave: Kleptocracies — government by theft, in other words.
DS: Yes, that’s quite common. There are many kleptocracies. Unfortunately, it’s a majority of the…
@KaplanDave: What about Afghanistan? Here’s a country now controlled by a group branded as terrorist, likely to become a major arms dealer, heroin supplier, and all-around rogue state.
#Afghanistan
#Afghanistan
@KaplanDave: When you see US law enforcement go after organized crime, they build a case under anti-racketeering law that indicts the group as a “continuing criminal enterprise.” But if we really applied that definition, we could indict much of the world.
1. This is a very scary #thread which shows the extent to which #Bulgaria is a #MafiaState.
#CriminalState #RuleOfLaw
#CriminalState #RuleOfLaw
2. Imagine there's an attempt on your life, special forces and gendarmerie raid your business, state institutions acquire control of it, and you flee abroad to save your life.
3. Then you learn: PM #Borissov and General Prosecutor #Tsatsarov negotiate the sale of your assets to a #Turkish company (#Bulgaria-#Turkey).
#TrumpJr called #HowardLorber--In Nov1996, Howard Lorber and Ben LeBow brought Trump to Moscow to discuss plans for a tobacco factory, Trump Organization and the city of Moscow with the Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov. Also, #MichaelCohen's brother worked for Lorber's Douglass Elliman.
Despite of the apparent financial crisis, during the week of November 6, 1996, Trump negotiated $300 million investments in Moscow. Introduced by Lerber and LeBow, he met with two of Moscow's vice mayors, including Vladimir Resin, the vice mayor in charge of construction and
"one of the key people in charge of attracting foreign invest to the Moscow real estate market." The city was "very receptive" to the idea of Trump's developments in Moscow. old.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/t…
What is Russian “#MafiaState”? Money, power, crime, misery--I saw it being born. It is different and the West does not know it. How it works and why you should care in my new article for @Byline_Media.
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☝My new article on mafia state. Big picture. @WendySiegelman @dcpoll @grantstern @J_amesp @AlexandraChalup @peterjukes @anders_aslund @Lazulioness @craigunger @ManchuCandidate @kelly2277 @kate_hammer @bfry1981 @submergingmkt @H_Lev @anastasiaki @annmarlowe @MelissaJPeltier
@WendySiegelman @dcpoll @grantstern @J_amesp @AlexandraChalup @peterjukes @anders_aslund @Lazulioness @craigunger @ManchuCandidate @kelly2277 @kate_hammer @bfry1981 @submergingmkt @H_Lev @anastasiaki @annmarlowe @MelissaJPeltier A brief overview of Putin’s mafia state, mafia $ pumped in the West & why we should care. 👆🏼 @XSovietNews @LincolnsBible @Agenthades1 @ushadrons @ropebelt @RVAwonk @carolecadwalla @funder @nycsouthpaw @TruthWrite @paulinabond1 @OliverBullough
