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Argentina seeks MBNA America records for corruption investigation into diplomat

March 10, 2008
Article based on an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged corruption - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Argentina - that was filed at federal court in the USA on February 5, 2008. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Ricardo Jose Etchegaray, and MBNA America.

Brazil: Celso Patricio de Aquino Filho

February 20, 2008
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Brazil into federal tax inspector Celso Patricio de Aquino Filho for alleged tax evasion and money laundering.

Argentina: Ricardo Jose Etchegaray

February 5, 2008
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation by Argentina into an alleged failure to report purchases while serving as a military attache.

Latin America Round-Up: December 11, 2007

December 11, 2007
BRAZIL: Investigating Swiss Banks; CHILE: First Money Launderer in Prison; COLOMBIA: Parapolitics in Action; GUATEMALA:New President; MEXICO: Arellano Félix Sentenced to Life; Friction over Merida Initiative; The Mexican Connection in the Wachovia and Harris banks Case; PERU: 30 Years for Fujimori?; REGIONAL: ‘Specially Designated' Latin Americans; and VENEZUELA: Seedy Diamonds.

Bermuda police raid office of Gov’t financial watchdog for second time

December 11, 2007
Bermuda took another step down the road from well-respected, relatively-clean, model democracy to internationally-ridiculed, corruption-ridden, banana republic when the office of Bermuda's Auditor General, Larry Dennis, was raided by police for the second time in five months on November 17, 2007.

India seeks evidence from Texas funeral supplier for corruption investigation

December 11, 2007
Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged corruption and fraud - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from India - that was filed at federal court in the USA on November 6, 2007. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Arun Roye, Victor Baiza, Jr.; Buitron & Baiza Caskets & Funeral Supplies, SK Malik, and FB Singh.

Brazil: Antonio de Jesus Lourenco

November 27, 2007
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Brazil into Antonio de Jesus Lourenco and others for suspected involvement in money laundering regarding Beacon Hill Service Corporation.

Ukraine: Ukrzaliznytsya

November 15, 2007
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner for a criminal investigation in Ukraine into Andrij Volodymyrovych Tsvetkov, Ruslan Viktorovych Reydel and others for alleged corruption, tax evasion, forgery, embezzlement, and money laundering.

Latin America Round-Up: November 11, 2007

November 11, 2007
BRAZIL Fight against drugs controversy Brazil is involved an increasingly angry debate about the role of the security forces as they fight against drug trafficking mafias in shanty towns. The government decided to leave this fight in the army's hands

BVI prepares criminal charges against IPOC, seeks to confiscate $40 m

November 11, 2007
Criminal charges are being prepared in the British Virgin Islands against a Bermuda domiciled investment fund that is suspected of being a money laundering vehicle for Russia's Telecommunications Minister, Leonid Reiman.The BVI authorities have drafted "preliminary charges" against IPOC International

Spain seeks US bank records in hunt for Pinochet’s assets

November 11, 2007
Article based on an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into money laundering - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Spain - that was filed federal court in the USA on October 11, 2007. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Banco de Sabadell, Banco de Santander International, Banco de Chile, Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte, Daniel Lopez, John Long, Maria Lucia Hiriart Rodriguez, a.k.a. Lucia Hiriart de Pinochet; Marco Antonio Pinochet Hiriart, Maria Soleda Olave Gutierrez, Augusto Osvaldo Pinochet Hiriart, Ines Lucia Pinochet Hiriart, Hernan Ubaldo Garcia Barzelatto, Rodrigo Andres Garcia Pinochet, Walter Thieme, Maria Veronica Pinochet Hiriart, Hernan Garcia Barzelato, Julio Cesar Ponce Lerou, Daniela Veronica Ponce Pinochet, Francisca Lucia Ponce Pinochet, Jacqueline Maria Pinochet Hiriart, Ivan Noguera Phillips, Alejandro Ponce Pinochet, Guillermo Martinez, Maria Jose Martinez Pinochet, Constansa Martinez Pinochet, Jaime Amunategui, Sofia Amunategui Pinochet, Lucia Amunategui Pinochet, Oscar Custodio Aitken Lavanchy, Monica Ananias Kuncar, Jorge Juan Ballerino Sandford, Hernan Briones Gorostiaga, Axel Buchheister, Carlos Caceres Contreras, Eugenio Fernandez Castillo Cadiz, Monica Castillo Venegas, Ramon Collao Mira, Luis Cortes Villa, Guillermo Garin Aguirre, Hernan Guiloff Izikson, Ricardo Izurieta Caffarena, Mortimer Jofre, Alberto Kassis Sabag, Jose Miguel Latorre Pinochet, Juan Ricardo Mac Lean Vergara, Maria Leonor Oppermann Soza, Alfonso Marquez de la Plata Irarrazabal, Maria Veronica Molina Carrasco, Jorge Prado Aranguiz, Edgar Tatman, Gabriel Vergara Cifuentes, Abanda Finance Limited, Althorp Investment Company Limited, American Engineering, Ashburton Company Limited, Assec Mimosa, Belview Inc., Belview International Inc., Belview International SA, Belview SA, Cititrust (Bahamas) Ltd., Corwall Overseas Corps., Chile Market Investments Ltd., Eastview Finance Inc., Fundacion Pinochet, a.k.a. Fundation Pinochet; GLP Limited, Levant Management, a.k.a. Rio Investment Corporation, Intercam Turismo, Ivoryseas Marine Co. Ltd., Marchill Investments Ltda., Maxficorp., Meritor Investments Ltd., Monees, Morgreen Holding United, Redwing Holdings Incorporated, RGS Title (Trustee Account), Pulsar International, Redwind Holdings Inc., Santa Lucia Trust, Sociedad de Inversiones Belview Int SA, Sociedad de Inversiones Fermar Limitada, Tasker Investment Limited, Transamerica Merchant International, Trilateral International Trading Ltd., a.k.a. Trilateral Trading Ltd.; Trust IT-5978N, and Trust MT-4964.

India: Arun Roye

November 6, 2007
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in India into alleged fraud and corruption by Indian Ministry of Defense officials Arun Roye, SK Malik and FB Singh and Victor Baiza, Jr., d.b.a. Buitron & Baiza Caskets & Funeral Supplies, regarding contracts to supply the Indian Army with caskets and body bags.

British Virgin Islands: IPOC International Growth Fund Ltd. et al

October 31, 2007
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the British Virgin Islands into IPOC International Growth Fund Ltd., Jeffrey Galmond, Michael Ludwig Rudolf North, Lapal Limited, Albany Invest Limited and Mercury Import Limited for allegedly laundering the proceeds of corruption by Russia's Minister of Telecommunications, Leonid Reiman.

Latin America Round-Up: October 11, 2007

October 11, 2007
COLOMBIANarco arrested Diego León Montoya Sánchez, one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, has been arrested by Colombian authorities near Zarzal in the Colombian state of Valle del Cauca. Montoya has been on the FBI's “Ten Most Wanted” list

Spain: Augusto Pinochet Ugarte

October 11, 2007
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner for a criminal investigation into Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, Maria Lucia Hiriart Rodriguez, Oscar Custodio Aitken Lavanchy, Marco Antonio Pinochet Hiriart, Maria Soleda Olave Gutierrez, Augusto Osvaldo Pinochet Hiriart, Maria Veronica Molina, Ines Lucia Pinochet Hiriart, Hernan Ubaldo Garcia Barzelatto, Rodrigo Andres Garcia Pinochet, Walter Thieme, Maria Veronica Pinochet Hiriart, Julio Cesar Ponce Lerou, Daniela Veronica Ponce Pinochet, Francisca Lucia Ponce Pinochet, Jacqueline Maria Pinochet Hiriart, Ivan Noguera Phillips, Alejandro Ponce Pinochet, Guillermo Martinez, Maria Jose Martinez Pinochet, Constansa Martinez Pinochet, Jaime Amunategui, Sofia Amunategui Pinochet, Lucia Amunategui Pinochet and others for alleged money laundering.

Latin America Round-Up: September 10, 2007

September 10, 2007
ARGENTINA & VENEZUELAThe mystery of the Venezuelan suitcases The scandal over the arrival to Argentina of a Venezuelan businessman carrying $800,000 in undeclared cash on a government hired jet has had its first victims. Claudio Uberti, the head of the
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Offshore bank bribed regulators and Prime Minister, says ex-chief regulator

September 10, 2007
Grenada's former chief offshore regulator, Michael Creft, has admitted that the fraudulently operated First International Bank of Grenada bribed regulators and Government members, including Prime Minister Keith Mitchell. Creft has also acknowledged that he committed perjury in support of FIBG's failed

USA v. Rita Regale et al: USA’s Sentencing Memorandum

August 22, 2007
USA's Sentencing Memorandum in USA v. Rita L. Regale, Douglas C. Ferguson, Robert J. Skirving, and Laurent E. Barnabe at the U. S. District Court for the District of Oregon. Editor's Note: This document is notable for its reference to testimony by Grenada's former chief financial services regulator, Michael Creft, in which he acknowledged bribery and corruption.

Latin America Round-Up: August 7, 2007

August 7, 2007
ARGENTINA: Minister Resigned as Monday Laundering Suspect:; BRAZIL: The Berezovsky Connection; Lawsuits against Investigative Reporting; CHILE/PERU: Thicker and Thicker; EL SALVADOR: New Initiative to Report Financial Transactions; MEXICO: Former Governor Extradited; Frozen Money to Be Shared; NICARAGUA/PANAMA: Alemán Is Summoned.

France seeks to extradite Manuel Noriega

August 7, 2007
France has applied to extradite 71-year-old former Panama dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega from the United States, where he is due to be released from prison on September 9, 2007 after serving nearly 18 years of a 30-year prison sentence for drug-trafficking, racketeering, and money laundering.

Latin America Round-Up: July 12, 2007

July 12, 2007
GUATEMALA: Babies and Money; MEXICO: Pro and Anti Casinos Clash; Police: A Tale of Impotence and Corruption; After 30 Years, Guilty; PARAGUAY: New Law against Money Laundering; and PERU: Cocaine, Growing; Fujimori Arrested, Again.

Letter from Bermuda: Premier drags Bermuda into gutter

July 12, 2007
In recent weeks, our premier, Dr. Ewart Brown, has set new lows in the standards of local governance. Sleaze and anger have become his hallmarks, the abuse of power his weapon of choice. He arrests his enemies - coincidentally, he says - without charging them. He throws writs around like confetti, especially against the media, trying to delay publication of details of his alleged misconduct until he can be elected to the office he inherited last October. He accuses unknown white people of a “supremacist oligarchy” and has all but shut down the notion of justice in a country that not long ago had a proud record of integrity and stability.

Resteiner wants $5 m to turn-over ‘bribe’ video-tape, claims attorney

June 25, 2007
Investment fraudster Eric Resteiner wants $5 million before he will turn over a video that allegedly shows him bribing Grenada Prime Minister Keith Mitchell, it has been claimed.Resteiner's apparent reason for demanding payment is that the release of the tape could put his safety at risk and the money will pay for a new identity and a security team when he completes an 87-month prison sentence in 2010.

Auditor-General arrested and released in Bermuda

June 20, 2007
Remarkable events are unfolding in Bermuda - home to the world's third largest insurance and reinsurance market - as the island's government seeks to cover up evidence of corruption against several senior politicians, including Premier Ewart Brown.

Grenada PM sued in US by victim of fraudster

June 12, 2007
Grenada Prime Minister Keith Mitchell is being sued in the United States by a victim of conman Eric Resteiner, from whom Mitchell allegedly accepted at least $1 million in bribes.A civil complaint was filed against Mitchell, his wife, Marietta Mitchell, and Resteiner at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York on June 11, 2007. The sole cause of action is fraudulent transfer.

Bermuda rocked by corruption allegations, followed by attempt to gag the media

June 10, 2007
Bermuda, which portrays itself to the world as the ‘clean' face of offshore finance, much to the disdain of rival jurisdictions in the Caribbean, has been rocked by evidence of corruption involving several senior politicians, including Premier Ewart Brown. The evidence was contained in a two-and-half-years-old police report into an $8 million corruption scandal at Bermuda Housing Corporation — a government-funded quango set up to build affordable housing — that was leaked to the local Mid-Ocean News newspaper, which had first exposed the scam in 2002.

Romania requests evidence from Chicago resident for corruption probe

June 10, 2007
Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged corruption - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Romania - that was filed at federal court in the USA on May 9, 2007. Individuals mentioned in the request for assistance include Levante Zoltan Pentek, and Marius Muntean.

Insider Talking: May 14, 2007

May 14, 2007
Nearly three years after obtaining a default judgment for $44,143 against St. Kitts based offshore financial services provider M. Irvin BonCamper, MBNA America Bank NA has finally collected. Attorneys for MBNA acknowledged “full and complete satisfaction” of the judgment in

Romania: Levante Zoltan Pentek

May 9, 2007
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Romania into Marius Muntean for alleged bribery and blackmail.

Australia continues to seek evidence on ex-Woolworths manager

April 5, 2007
Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged corruption - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Australia - was filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on March 23, 2007.

Trinidad investigates National Lotteries Board & G-TECH

April 5, 2007
Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged corruption - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Trinidad and Tobago - that was filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on March 8, 2007. Individuals and busineses mentioned in the request for assistance include National Lotteries Control Board, G-TECH Corp., Distant Learning Technologies Inc., Union Planters Bank NA, Commercial Scientific Corporation, Union Bank of California, Paul S. Coopers, Wells Fargo Bank, Flixx Avatar Limited, Bank of Nova Scotia, Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, Platinum Resources Limited, Bank Leu (Bahamas), Ishwar Galbaransingh, Amrith Maharaj, Suzanne Seepersad, Jane Yang, Mathew Zukerman, Brian George, Garth Gooding, and Stephen Joseph.

SunTrust Bank records sought for Brazilian tax evasion investigation

April 5, 2007
Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged tax evasion - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Brazil - that was filed at the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida on March 13, 2007. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Andre Luis Di Rissio Barbosa, 14 BIS Ooperation, Viracopos International Airport, SunTrust Bank, Pacific National Bank, Phanor Andres Escobar Bernal, ABN Amro Real Bank SA, and Santander Banespa Bank SA.

Turkey: Azmi Soylu et al

March 13, 2007
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Turkey into Azmi Soylu, Aylin Soylu and Levent Soylu for allegedly misappropriating insurance premiums.

Brazil seeks Citibank records for corruption investigation

March 9, 2007
Article based on an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged corruption - subject to a request for judicial assistance from Brazil - that was filed at federal court in the USA on January 31, 2007. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Adriana Gianello Costa de Oliveira, Grupo Sundown, Jose Luiz Altheia, Rozenblum Trosman Family, Jaime Rozenblum Margolis, Vizzel Corp. SA, Paulo Goldenstein, Compasc, Biraco SA, Talinor SA, Replecta, Kennyblock, Oxyx, Sergio Voltolini, Karina, Wilson Luiz Cunha Rodrigues, Sundown do Brasil, BSD, Citibank, and Citicorp Financial Services.

Trinidad and Tobago: National Lotteries Control Board et al

March 8, 2007
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Trinidad and Tobago into three former members of the National Lotteries Control Board regarding an agreement between NLCB and G-TECH Corp.

Bermuda regulator seeks to wind-up IPOC group, prompts intelligence firm to seek stay of US lawsuit

February 15, 2007
Bermuda Supreme Court has set a date of April 27th to hear an application by a local regulator to have a provisional liquidator appointed over a mutual fund group that allegedly exists to launder the proceeds of corruption by a Russian government minister. A petition to involuntarily wind-up IPOC Capital Partners Ltd., IPOC International Growth Fund Ltd., Gamma Capital Fund Ltd., Convergence Capital Ltd., Com Tel Eastern Ltd., First National Telecommunication Fund Ltd., Convergence Capital Management Ltd., Augmentation Investments Ltd., and Telco Overseas Ltd. was presented to the court on January 12, 2007 by Bermuda's Registrar of Companies.

Brazil: Adriana Gianello Costa de Oliveira

January 31, 2007
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Brazil into suspected money laundering, tax evasion, corruption and other financial crimes involving Adriana Gianello Costa de Oliveira and others.

Ukraine: Greenway-1 LLC

January 10, 2007
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Ukraine into alleged attempted misappropriation, embezzlement of property or gaining possession of it by abuse of official position and money laundering.

Latin America Round-Up: December 7, 2006

December 7, 2006
CHILE: Not As Clean As It Looks; GUATEMALA: Portillo Closer to Home; HAITI: IDT's Blues; INTERNATIONAL: No Good News from TI Report; MEXICO: Smugglers and Launderers Neutralized; No Solution to Oaxaca's Crisis; NICARAGUA: Ortega Returns; REGIONAL: Businesses Worry About Frauds, Hackers and … Laundering; and URUGUAY: The Last of the Free Peiranos.

Video of Grenada PM receiving ‘bribe’ surfaces in US, Grenada Gov’t refuses to request a copy

December 7, 2006
Grenada authorities have turned down the offer of a video tape showing their Prime Minister receiving a $500,000 cash ‘bribe' from investment fraudster Eric Resteiner, OffshoreAlert can reveal.They were notified more than 12 months ago by Resteiner's attorney, John Amabile, that a copy of the six-year-old tape still existed and that it could be obtained through a formal request for assistance to the authorities in the United States, where Resteiner is in custody awaiting sentencing for seven counts of mail and wire fraud to which he pleaded guilty earlier this year at the U. S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Latin America Round-Up: November 9, 2006

November 9, 2006
ARGENTINA New anti terrorism law Under pressure from the United States, Argentina is about to pass a law that will punish the funding of terrorist activities. Until now, Argentina did not have laws specifically combating terrorism funding. The Argentinean Congress

Latin America Round-Up: October 5, 2006

October 5, 2006
BRAZIL Complicated campaignIt looked like an easy first round victory for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva until Brazil's election campaign was shaken by a convoluted corruption scandal. The president's party, the Workers Party (known as PT), has been accused

Latin America Round-Up: September 7, 2006

September 7, 2006
BRAZIL New intelligence unit Brazil's Foreign Ministry officially announced the creation of an intelligence center, in cooperation with Argentina and Paraguay, located in Foz do Iguacu - in the so called tri border region - to combat money laundering and