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originally posted by: steaming
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The Koidu diamond mine is operated by Koidu Limited, a company set up in the British Virgin Islands in 2003 for $750 by Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers scandal. The documents show that Koidu Limited is owned by Octea Mining Limited, a company in turn owned by a series of offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands, Guernsey and Liechtenstein that are controlled by billionaire Israeli mining magnate Benjamin Steinmetz and his family.
Many of the diamonds blasted from the ground around the city of Koidu end up adorning engagement rings and pendants sold at Tiffany & Co., the luxury US jewellery store that loaned Koidu Limited tens of millions of dollars for rights to the stones. Koidu Limited has become one of West Africaâs most recognizable â and controversial â mining companies.
In 2007 and in 2012, local residents and workers protested the companyâs working conditions and environmental impact. In both confrontations, police opened fire, killing two people in 2007 and two more in 2012, including a 12-year-old boy.
In August 2014, authorities in the British Virgin Islands ordered Mossack Fonseca to provide hundreds of pages of correspondence, payments, meeting minutes, financial transactions and more from three companies connected to a criminal investigation into BSG Resources.
The inquiry related to allegations that people connected to BSG were being investigated in multiple countries for bribes paid to secure mining rights in Guinea. In documents later shared with Mossack Fonseca, BSGâs lawyers confirmed it was under investigation by authorities in Britain, Switzerland and the US. It also challenged the government of Guinea on the grounds that the government unlawfully stripped BSG of its mining rights.
Families in one of Africaâs poorest countries hope documents from the Panama Papers will force a foreign-owned company to compensate them for alleged pollution, forced removal, health complaints and human rights violations.
Villagers allege that Koidu Ltd. has been complicit in polluting air and well water, destroying crops and homes and provoking violence. Police have killed four villagers and injured others during anti-mine protests since operations began in 2007.
In 2016, ICIJ reported on leaked documents from the Panama-headquartered law firm Mossack Fonseca that revealed Koidu Limited was owned through a chain of offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands, Guernsey and Liechtenstein. At the top of the chain was Benjamin Steinmetzâs family foundation.
In other email, bankers at Standard Chartered in London apologize to Octea groupâs finance manager for sending documents for Octea Ltd. to the companyâs address in the British Virgin Islands instead of sending it to âthe operational/Koiduâs address.â
A Geneva court has convicted Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz of bribery, dealing him a five year prison sentence on Friday, January 22, 2021. In December 2020, Romaniaâs Supreme Court handed down another five-year sentence to Steinmetz.
Only a few years ago, Bloomberg estimated his fortune at $8 billion, making him Israelâs richest person. Steinmetz counted two former prime ministers, Ehud Barak and Ehud Olmert, among his close friends, as well as Housing Minister Yoav Galant.
Steinmetz still owns one of the most expensive homes in the Israel, a yacht and a private plane that ferries him between Israel, Switzerland and London. But TheMarker estimated this year that his fortune had shrunk to just $1.3 billion.
In April, many of Steinmetzâs business activities were revealed in the exposed Panama Papers of the law firm Mossack Fonseca. A year prior to that, leaks of secret bank accounts held at HSBCâs Geneva branch, spanning the period of 1988 to 2007, showed he maintained scores of accounts totaling more than $100 million.
Steinmetz, 59, grew up in the family diamond business, Rubin Steinmetz & Sons. In the 1990s, he formed the Steinmetz Diamonds Group with his brother Daniel. Now called Diacor International, it is one of a select group entitled to buy gems from De Beers.
If the mine were to be put into full production, it would double the size of Guineaâs economy and create an infrastructure of ports and roads for the country. But after two decades, the mine remains undeveloped and has instead become a battleground between some of the worldâs biggest mining companies and government-run investigations. Billionaire investor George Soros, who later became Steinmetz's archenemy, and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair have played a role in them, as have international human rights groups.
How did Soros become involved? The billionaire investor says helping Guinea is just part of a crusade he has waged against corruption in Africa and Eastern Europe; Steinmetz alleges it is due to a personal grudge Soros has against him, perhaps in connection with a Russian telecom tender the two vied for in the 1990s.
originally posted by: FlyingFox
a reply to: Ksihkehe
I heard McAffe's site is posting obscure pics that are likely uniQue to him and his estate.
originally posted by: Thoughtful1
a reply to: crankyoldman
Sir Cranky looking at the word salad there is always truth there. At the end
"Why all the drugs approved are not temporarily approved" "Underway too."
Maybe there is much more to that statement considering so many vaccines use aluminum/aluminum salts. That fits in with his comment all of the hospital beds will be filled with alzheimer patients.
One issue not addressed is the link of aluminum to breast cancer but these people will die and so will not take up space.
originally posted by: Thoughtful1
a reply to: EndtheMadnessNow
There is a vaccine. It is called Kaymera, founded in 2013. It is a company that was developed to solve NSO Pegasus problems. They provide super secure phones for government officials and other special people.
The founders of NSO, Omri Lavie and Shaleeo Huilo sit on the board!
Kaymera is situated in an office right next door to NSO in Israell.
Most likely they shared resources and colluded with NSO developing a "hit" list of good targets to sell to clients and Kaymera providing mobile defence on the other side.
Kaymera.com...
mobile defense
Kaymera: The Anti-Spy Android OS Made By The Hottest iPhone Hackers In Surveillance (Sept 1, 2016)
You Have 30 Days To Stop WhatsApp Sharing Your Data With Facebook (Aug 25, 2016)
Everything We Know About NSO Group: The Professional Spies Who Hacked iPhones With A Single Text (Aug 25, 2016)
In October 2019, instant messaging company WhatsApp and its parent company Facebook sued NSO and Q Cyber Technologies under the US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA).
Andrew D. Basiago, the founder and president of MARS and team leader of Project Pegasus, is a lawyer, writer, scholar, and 21st century visionary.
Andy is an emerging figure in the Truth Movement leading a campaign to lobby the US government to disclose such controversial truths as the fact that Mars harbors life and that the US has achieved "quantum access" to past and future events.
In that capacity, he was the first American child to teleport and took part in probes to past and future events utilizing time travel technologies then being researched and developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
Project Pegasus: The True History of US Time-Space Exploration
Obama went to Mars?Â
originally posted by: PioneerFigureSkating
a reply to: crankyoldman
I'm amazed that Biden has anyone stumping for him on any platform whatsoever. I'm talking people other than the paid posters who are doing it for a paycheck. I'm talking real Americans. It makes no sense to me how someone can listen to that man speak and think he's anything other than a complete idiot. The type of idiot that should be disallowed from holding any office at all. He cannot complete a train of thought. He begins speaking about something and never resolves the thought he is trying to make before just moving on to the next thought fragment he is going to speak. The guy is a national disgrace.
Despite strong resident protests, the US Environmental Protection Agency and Florida agencies have approved controversial release of millions of genetically-modified or âgene editedâ killer mosquitoes into the Florida Keyes. At the same time the controversial Presidential Science Adviser nominee of Biden is involved in development of the CRISPR technology being used to genetically modify everything from the mosquitoes to the Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus mRNA âvaccinesâ to gene-edited salmon. How Bill Gates, the Pentagon and the eugenics lobby come together now is alarming to put it mildlyÂ
On April 30 the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District and the Oxitec biotechnology company announced they will begin release of what will ultimately be some 750 million genetically manipulated or gene-edited Aedes Aegypti mosquitos using CRSPR gene editing technology. The Aedes Aegypti makes up only about 4% of the mosquito population in the Keys. The release is bitterly opposed by residents and environmental groups who demanded a referendum in last yearâs election ballot, but which the Mosquito Control Board refused, curiously. Oxitec and the Board claim the release is to kill off the presence of the Aedes Aegypti mosquito which is believed to carry dengue fever, Zika and other diseases.
originally posted by: SideEyeEverything
a reply to: BlissSeeker
I mean, seriously, WTAF?
Looks like something out of a damn comic book.