MONEY LAUNDERING

Pakistanis and other Muslims will be under the magnifying glass in regard to India's system of remittance known as hawala.

The victim's name shows up in a 2008 public notice from the High Rabbinical Court of Jerusalem. Placed in religious publications in Israel and abroad, the notice forbids community members from doing business with Mr Briskman, allowing him to study in a Jewish seminary or giving him a place to stay. Under the headline "Wanted," it calls upon the public to notify the court of Briskman's whereabouts.

Mr Briskman was allegedly told he would be buried alive in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains if he did not grant the divorce, and a dark body bag was hauled  into the room.

The chemicals needed in heroin production, from poppy to finished product, are usually supplied by major pharmaceutical companies, according to this Afghan MP.

Is the Madoff Scandal Paradigmatic?

First we are told opium and heroin are financing world terrorism, then General McChrystal tells us that we have to allow the harvest to be finished, processed into 65 billion dollars of heroin and shipped out on rendition flights and American Global Hawk UAV aircraft for distribution around the world.

Nobodaddy, had a link up that inspired me to take a look at this very pointed G. Wean book 

By Bob Norman, Tuesday, Mar. 23 2010

He won't give his name, but as he sat across from me in a Fort Lauderdale eatery today, he was clearly stressed as he talked about the place of worship, the Downtown Jewish Center Chabad.

3-26-2010  Today I spoke on the phone with Abraham Korf, the Miami rabbi who serves as regional director of all 145 chabads in Florida. Rabbi Korf confirmed that Scott Rothstein's former chabad, the Downtown Jewish Center Chabad in Fort Lauderdale, isn't sanctioned by the World Lubavitch Headquarters.

He said Rabbi Schneur Kaplan has nothing to do with the hierarchy anymore.