08-11-2008, 04:42 PM
Thanks for this Linda. Sindona has always intrigued me.
My copy of the Tosches book is now in storage and is not easily available, or I would go get it and copy the relevant section I had in mind. The general thrust was the abuse of the futures and options market and how these are used to invisibly launder vast sums of money via multiple entities domiciled in multiple jurisdictions.
As I recall, it was way beyond the ability of national agencies to police the laundering system and the only chance was the formation of multinational agencies that could legally operate throughout the many jurisdictions - and so far as I know, this has never really happened effectively.
The net result is that deep political forces -- organized crime, big business, politics etc., are able to accrue a stranglehold on the financial markets because of the vast oceans of money they have at their disposal.
If 14 years ago this was estimated by the Belgian police to amount to 50% of the world economy, today it must be incredible.
My copy of the Tosches book is now in storage and is not easily available, or I would go get it and copy the relevant section I had in mind. The general thrust was the abuse of the futures and options market and how these are used to invisibly launder vast sums of money via multiple entities domiciled in multiple jurisdictions.
As I recall, it was way beyond the ability of national agencies to police the laundering system and the only chance was the formation of multinational agencies that could legally operate throughout the many jurisdictions - and so far as I know, this has never really happened effectively.
The net result is that deep political forces -- organized crime, big business, politics etc., are able to accrue a stranglehold on the financial markets because of the vast oceans of money they have at their disposal.
If 14 years ago this was estimated by the Belgian police to amount to 50% of the world economy, today it must be incredible.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14