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LinkedInI thought I'd better post this, just for the record. It is the original Asia News story about the Japanese Bearer bond scandal. A close glance at the Asia News website will reveal its strong Vatican connections: Mystery surrounding 134.5 “fake” billion US dollars seized in Ponte Chiasso remains … [Read more...]
JUST FOR THE RECORD: THE ORIGINAL ASIA NEWS STORY ON THE JAPANESE BEARER BOND SCANDAL
May 24, 2012 By
JAPAN: CONNECTING SOME DOTS, PART SIX: EPILOGUE AND CONCLUDING(?) THOUGHTS
April 30, 2011 By
As I expected, many of you commented on Part Four of this serialized blog concerning the Japanese Bearer bonds scandal, and the comments of two posters are worth pointing out here, because I believe they add a fresh perspective and new nuances to the story that are worth some consideration. The two commentators, to whom I am grateful for sharing information on this story, are Greg Ahrens and Paolo Trapanese, both of whom posted comments on this story on my Facebook page, and I have commented briefly on their pieces of information on my News and Views from the Nefarium yesterday, but it's worth … [Read more...]
JAPAN: CONNECTING SOME DOTS, PART TWO: THE JAPANESE ELECTIONS OF 2009
April 26, 2011 By
In part one of this serialized blog, I concluded that for the bearer bonds episode to be a counterfeit operation, that there had to be ultimately a nation-state behind it, a state that owned such bearer bonds which could provide the exemplars to counterfeit to any forgers doing so, and who held large amounts of American debt. So who are the likely candidates for those nation states? Obviously, Japan and China spring immediately to mind, especially as the so-called "smugglers" of the bearer bonds were alleged to have been Japanese. In an internet article titled "Japanese Dumping $134.5 … [Read more...]