18 November 2017

Strange Bedfellows

Reuters broke the story yesterday (link here) about how Donald Trump and his family developed their first international hotel in Panama with a fraudster and later fugitive in business with a man laundering money for drug cartels and two former criminals from Russia.

It's a detailed piece and, rather than summarize it here, I recommend you head over to Reuters to read it. This is not the first time Trump has gotten into business with people linked to serious criminality.

The corrupt business practices and criminal connections described in this article are much like Trump's development projects in Azerbaijan (details here) and the Republic of Georgia (details here). He has also been accused of using his Manhattan projects as laundromats for Russian mobsters and organized crime (details here).

I certainly hope Special Counsel Robert Mueller, conducting the criminal investigation into Trump and associates is looking very carefully at these matters. Among other federal laws, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act requires Americans investing internationally to know their fellow business partners, something which Trump clearly has not done.

Trump looked the other way in order to make a buck and jumped into bed with unsavory characters. Hopefully the time will soon come when he will pay the price for his reckless and greedy behavior.

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous03:39

    Esto es una bomba!!!!.Amigo venezolano,Cucuta

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  2. These actions seem to be quite well documented and known to the FBI and CIA.

    Therefore, I cannot understand that «HE» could go for the presidency without NO objections.

    Such a «crook», if not a «very wealthy» man, would be prosecuted en put in prison.

    At first, not wanting to reveal his income tax reports was the tip of the iceberg. ALL other presidents did it, why not «HIM».

    This «man» isn't fit to take office and worst, his past actions well show that he is a fraud, a rapist and not that intelligent in his own businesses.

    Hope that soon «HE» will face justice and go to jail.
    Justice that «HE» even dare to influence as if being president can over ride the justice system and the Constitution.
    Another attempt to fraud USA.

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