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Some funny goings on in #Liverpool under the stewardship of #JoeAnderson

My current viewpoint might be influenced by some of the TV shows I watched during lockdown #Subura #Gomorrah #GangsOfLondon #LineOfDuty

But, it has a whiff of a Mafia fiefdom

https://kilfoyleonpolitics.wordpress.com/2020/09/10/a-turning-point/

A Turning Point

To those of us who take an interest in civic affairs across the city-region, the recent spate of arrests linking local business personalities with senior council figures, comes as no surprise. The …

https://kilfoyleonpolitics.wordpress.com/2020/09/10/a-turning-point/

- Merseyside Police investigating City Council
- Lancashire Police - #OperationSheridan
- Serious Fraud Office, North West Serious Crimes Unit & GMP investigating property scams
- Council finances not being signed off by an auditor for the last 5 years

Something smells fishy

Now, I realise it sounds bonkers to link TV shows about the Italian Mafia and how they infiltrate local councils and municipalities - I mean, that wouldn't happen in Lancashire or Merseyside... would it!?

Well, ye. It would...

Have a look

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/XOd9gHAS6Y/gennaro_panzuto_mafia_boss_lancashire_caravan_park

Gennaro Panzuto: The Lancashire hideaway of an Italian mafia boss

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/XOd9gHAS6Y/gennaro_panzuto_mafia_boss_lancashire_caravan_park

Bonkers, right!

Well, that must be an isolated case I hear you say

I'm going to shock you here... No. It's not!

Take a look at this...

Preston council, the Mafia, Drugs and Money Laundering

Say what?!?!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/8548084.stm

Old Frank McGrath mentioned above...he's been involved in some colourful schemes that might have some parallels to todays investigations in Liverpool and beyond.

Preston Docks

#PrestonMafia #OperationAngel #BalfourBeaty #Pergau Politics & Business

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/council-warns-of-legal-action-over-55m-pounds-docks-deal-1433418.html

Council warns of legal action over 55m pounds docks deal

PRESTON council in Lancashire is reviewing a pounds 55m contract to redevelop the town's docks awarded to Balfour Beatty, the company building the controversial Pergau dam in Malaysia.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/council-warns-of-legal-action-over-55m-pounds-docks-deal-1433418.html

I won't harp on about this episode, but if you like some salacious gossip to go with your political/financial scandals, check this out!

Lancashire's very own Donald Trump= #owenoyston
Sports teams / Modelling Agencies / Offshore Accounts / Deep politics https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/6106563.dirty-tricks-activist-decides-back-mcgraths-court-bid/

'Dirty tricks' activist decides he'll back McGrath's court bid

FRANK MCGRATH, Deputy leader of Preston Council in the Thatcher years, is getting help from the political activist who spent 13 years trying to…

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/6106563.dirty-tricks-activist-decides-back-mcgraths-court-bid/

Around this time in Liverpool you had #DerekHatton & his Militant crew.
Derek is a fun character who likes to dabble in property development

Got a few quid nowadays too.
Not bad for a trotskyite / anti capitalist... or however he identified

https://www.news.cyprus-property-buyers.com/2009/01/17/dodgy-cyprus-property-deals-made-hatton-millions/id=00717

Dodgy Cyprus property deals made Hatton millions

Derek Hatton is reported to have made millions of pounds from dodgy property deals in Cyprus involving proposed luxury golf property development in Tersefanou

https://www.news.cyprus-property-buyers.com/2009/01/17/dodgy-cyprus-property-deals-made-hatton-millions/id=00717

Now, property has always been a favourite to launder large amounts of money through - Especially for people that attained that money through illegal means (drugs/trafficking of all kinds etc)

It's double bubble if you can find a front man & an ally on the council planning team

I read @MiloPete #DrugWar & @Graham_Johnson #YoungBlood recently - They both brilliantly explain the underworld of drugs, the systems and the way money is moved

From Hatton's 80's Tommy Commerford & the boys

Curtis Warren

New generation (The Lam et al) https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-developer-peter-mcinnes-not-12800501

Liverpool developer Peter McInnes: I do not launder money for drugs gangs

Exclusive: Major city developer speaks out over links to figures who became key players in Liverpool's gangland

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-developer-peter-mcinnes-not-12800501

To add a sporting angle to this - The bad lads from Liverpool enjoy strong relationships with their Irish cousins. We've all read about the #Kinahans & #MTK

Drugs imported - South America - Middle East/Asia - Spain - Holland - UK

Laundered in Dubai https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-crooks-now-joining-forces-15144584

Liverpool crooks now joining forces with deadly Irish drug cartels in Amsterdam

ECHO investigates long-standing links between Irish and Liverpool organised crime groups

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-crooks-now-joining-forces-15144584

Anyway...like I say, my worldview might be a bit skewed by some of the reading and watching I've done during Lockdown - But it does kind of fit with the headlines, so...who knows?!

For some good reading on this stuff, I'd suggest;
- Peter Kilfoyle for Liverpool @KilfoyleonMside

- Nicola Tallent for #Kinahan @nicolatallantsw
- Peter Walsh & Graham Johnson for Drug Wars
- Wensley Clarkson for gangster profiles @wensleyclarkson
- Michael Gillard for fearless investigative journalism @mr_gillard
- Heidi Blake 'From Russia With Blood' @HeidilBlake

- Tony Thompson @tonythompsonstl Crime writing
- Roberto Saviano @robertosaviano The doyen of international crime writing
- Misha Glenny 'McMafia' (and more - Really smart global perspective) @MishaGlenny
- Peter Frankopan @peterfrankopan The New Silk Roads = Global Perspective

Oh, and for another sporting angle, definitely read @david_conn & @KieranMaguire

Why, I hear you ask?

Well, remember #BuryFC and #WiganAthletic recently

Bury was owned and run by #StewartDay He dipped into the alleged ponzi scheme known as #Lendy (Peer to peer lending)

Lendy looks like it could be linked to White collar crime - Specifically property development finance!

Now, Stewart Day has links to Liverpool

Lots of developers in Liverpool have been involved in fractional sales scams (some aided by Joe Anderson) https://www.p2pfinancenews.co.uk/2020/07/14/investors-call-for-arrest-of-lendy-directors-as-new-allegations-come-to-light/

Investors call for arrest of Lendy directors as new allegations...

Lendy investors are calling for the arrest of former directors Liam Brooke and Tim Gordon, after the administrator revealed they had siphoned investors’ funds into offshore... #Lendy #LiamBrooke #RSM

https://www.p2pfinancenews.co.uk/2020/07/14/investors-call-for-arrest-of-lendy-directors-as-new-allegations-come-to-light/

P-2-P / Fractional Sales / Investment Marketing.

They are all ways of scamming the public to invest for market beating returns (8%-12% is the standard)

Think boiler rooms of cold callers (probably based in Spain or offshore locations)

Industrial scale https://www.fca.org.uk/transparency/independent-investigation-london-capital-finance

Independent investigation into London Capital & Finance

An independent investigation is taking place into the relevant events relating to the FCA’s regulation of London Capital & Finance (LC&F), between 1 April 2014 and 30 January 2019 following the...

https://www.fca.org.uk/transparency/independent-investigation-london-capital-finance

These white collar schemes are quite sophisticated to be fair. They have legal sounding businesses, marketing, PR & in some cases even get FCA approval!!

Little bit like #BinaryOptions scams tho, they are part of the machine

Crime & Money laundering https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/marketing-boss-arrested-in-london-capital-finance-inquiry-kjwbjrdxf

Marketing boss arrested in London Capital & Finance inquiry

A former policeman whose marketing company raised hundreds of millions of pounds for London Capital & Finance has been arrested in a fraud inquiry into the collapsed investment firm.Paul Careless

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/marketing-boss-arrested-in-london-capital-finance-inquiry-kjwbjrdxf

Now add in Gambling and the offshore OR non/lightly regulated markets.

To be fair, in the UK, we police it well and it's a strong industry.

Elsewhere though

#Wigan

Capital Flight - Globalisation - Different strokes for different folks (Laws). https://www.gamblinginsider.com/news/9364/chinese-ministry-confiscates-324bn-from-cross-border-gambling-operations

Chinese ministry confiscates $32.4bn from cross-border gambling operations

China’s Ministry of Public Security announced it has confiscated 229bn yuan ($32.4bn) since launching a campaign against illegal cross-border gambling and...

https://www.gamblinginsider.com/news/9364/chinese-ministry-confiscates-324bn-from-cross-border-gambling-operations

More...

There's so much of this in #Liverpool (Property development fraud)

Watched #GrandPartyHotel last night too

Funnily enough, they didn't mention anything about the series of bankruptcies, ponzi sounding investment schemes & legal issues... https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-property-developers-held-fraud-19021283

City property developers held in fraud and money laundering probe

Three men and a woman have since been released under investigation after warrants were executed last week

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-property-developers-held-fraud-19021283

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