Re: $134 Billion - Laundering The Loot
wis...@yahoo.com
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>$134 Billion? Wonder Where This Came From...
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>Japan Probes Report Two Seized With Undeclared Bonds (Update2)
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>By Shunichi Ozasa and Makiko Kitamura
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>June 12 (Bloomberg) -- Japan is investigating reports two of its
>citizens were detained in Italy after allegedly attempting to take $134
>billion worth of U.S. bonds over the border into Switzerland.
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>�Italian authorities are in the midst of the investigation, and haven�t
>yet confirmed the details, including whether they are Japanese citizens
>or not,� Takeshi Akamatsu, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign
>Affairs, said by telephone today in Tokyo. �Our consulate in Milan is
>continuing efforts to confirm the reports.�
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>An official at the Consulate General of Japan in Milan, who only gave
>his name as Ikeda, said it still hasn�t been confirmed that the
>individuals are Japanese. �We are in contact with the Italian Financial
>Police and the Italian Public Prosecutor�s Office,� Ikeda said by phone
>today.
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>The Asahi newspaper reported today Italian police found bond
>certificates concealed in the bottom of luggage the two individuals were
>carrying on a train that stopped in Chiasso, near the Swiss border, on
>June 3.
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>The undeclared bonds included 249 certificates worth $500 million each,
>the Asahi said, citing Italian authorities. The case was reported
>earlier in Italian newspapers Il Giornale and La Repubblica and by the
>Ansa news agency.
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>If the securities are found to be genuine, the individuals could be
>fined 40 percent of the total value for attempting to take them out of
>the country without declaring them, the Asahi said.
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>The Italian embassy in Tokyo was unable to confirm the Asahi report.
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>To contact the reporter on this story: Makiko Kitamura in Tokyo at
>mkita...@bloomberg.net.
>Last Updated: June 12, 2009 04:51 EDT
Interesting story, needs careful follow up.
ted
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> On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:48:18 -0400, Strabo <str...@flashlight.net>
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>> $134 Billion? Wonder Where This Came From...
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>> Japan Probes Report Two Seized With Undeclared Bonds (Update2)
>>
>> By Shunichi Ozasa and Makiko Kitamura
>>
>> June 12 (Bloomberg) -- Japan is investigating reports two of its
>> citizens were detained in Italy after allegedly attempting to take $134
>> billion worth of U.S. bonds over the border into Switzerland.
>>
>> Affairs, said by telephone today in Tokyo. �Our consulate in Milan is
>> continuing efforts to confirm the reports.�
>>
>> An official at the Consulate General of Japan in Milan, who only gave
>> individuals are Japanese. �We are in contact with the Italian Financial
>> Police and the Italian Public Prosecutor�s Office,� Ikeda said by phone
>>
>> The Asahi newspaper reported today Italian police found bond
>> certificates concealed in the bottom of luggage the two individuals were
>> carrying on a train that stopped in Chiasso, near the Swiss border, on
>> June 3.
>>
>> The undeclared bonds included 249 certificates worth $500 million each,
>> the Asahi said, citing Italian authorities. The case was reported
>> earlier in Italian newspapers Il Giornale and La Repubblica and by the
>> Ansa news agency.
>>
>> If the securities are found to be genuine, the individuals could be
>> fined 40 percent of the total value for attempting to take them out of
>> the country without declaring them, the Asahi said.
>>
>> The Italian embassy in Tokyo was unable to confirm the Asahi report.
>>
>> To contact the reporter on this story: Makiko Kitamura in Tokyo at
>> mkita...@bloomberg.net.
>> Last Updated: June 12, 2009 04:51 EDT
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> Interesting story, needs careful follow up.
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> ted
Amazing.. Like they just HAPPENED to check that luggage heading into
Swiss? I don't buy that as a random search since that is really really
random. Hope we find out more on it for curiosity's sake.