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2 Japanese carrying $134 bil worth of U.S. bonds detained in Italy
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Peter Lemkin Wrote:In Washington a US Secret Service official said the agency, which is working with the Italian authorities, believed the bonds were fake.

Do they mean 'believe' the same way tobacco company executives 'believe' that smoking is not harmful to your health?

Peter Lemkin Wrote:Italian prosecutors revealed last month that they had cracked a $1bn bond scam run by the Sicilian Mafia, with the alleged aid of corrupt officials in Venezuela’s central bank. Twenty people were arrested in four countries.

The fake bonds were to have been used as collateral to open credit lines with banks, Reuters news agency reported. The Venezuelan central bank denied the accusations.

By FT staff in Rome, Tokyo, New York and Washington

[There now, don't you feel more reassured about the financial world and trust in governments.....etc.]

Now, if only they can tie in North Korea, Bolivia and Iran. :bandit:
"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it." Karl Marx

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“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.
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2 Japanese carrying $134 bil worth of U.S. bonds detained in Italy - by Magda Hassan - 19-06-2009, 09:15 AM

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