Saturday, July 13, 2019

REPUBLIC OF PANAMA MARITIME AUTHORITY DEREGISTERING OIL TANKERS USED BY IRAN AND SYRIA

The Republic of Panama is in the process of removing sixty Panamanian-flag vessels from registration, due to the fact that Iran is using Panamanian-registered oil tankers to transport sanctioned petroleum, and is also shipping oil to Syria, which is internationally sanctioned.

Panama has no wish to run afoul of international sanctions involving Iran, according to Panama's Maritime Authority. The vessel was reportedly bound for Syria's Banyas Refinery.


Some deregistered vessels have failed to reregister elsewhere; the GRACE I, seized by the Royal Navy in Gibraltar Territorial Waters8, was delisted by Panama on May 29. It was detained for illegally transporting crude oil to Syria from Iran, technically as a stateless vessel, which provides a ground for naval or law enforcement forces to stop and identify.

Contributed by Kenneth Rijock - Financial Crime Consultant
Chronicles of Monte Friesner - Financial Crime Analyst  


Saturday, July 6, 2019

SON OF HAMAS FOUNDER DESERTS FROM TERRORIST ORGANIZATION OVER RAMPANT CORRUPTION AND RACISM


Suheid Yousef, whose father is Hamas co-founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef, has publicly broken with the terrorist organization, and fled the Middle East, due its systemic corruption. He described Hamas to media, during a television interview, as "a racist, terror organization" which is basically working for Iran, and not for the goal of Palestinian independence.

Yousef, who until very recently was with Hamas' so-called "Political Wing" in Turkey, described an advanced Hamas intelligence collection system in place in that country, with the assistance of the Turkish government, with advanced listening equipment that spies upon Palestinian telephone conversations in the West Bank (Judea & Samaria), especially PA leaders, as well as Israelis in the State of Israel. This information is then sold to Iran, which provides financial support to Hamas.

The most compelling statements that Yousef made were about the corrupt personal conduct of the Hamas leadership:

(1) Hamas leaders live a life of privilege , while the average Gazan, unemployed penniless, and struggles to survive each day. Hamas' senior leaders live in "fancy hotels and luxury towers, their kids learn at private schools, and they get very well paid by Hamas. They get between four and five thousand dollars as month; they have guards, swimming pools and country clubs."

(2) Perhaps the most outrageous statement made by Yousef, taken from personal observations he made in Turkey: "They ate on the best restaurants. I would see them eating at places where one course costs $200." The average family in Gaza has $100 per month for food, and lives on Public Assistance supplied by the West, while the corrupt leadership lives a life of luxury.

He is the second son of the Hamas foundser to fleee the terrorist organization.Yousef's brother,  Mosab Yousef, left Hamas in the late 1990s, and converted to Christianity. He stated in his autobiography that he worked undercover for Israel's security services, against Hamas, prior to his defection.

The information supplied by Suheid Yousef means that a new examination of the Turkish Government's role in providing support to Hamas is necessary. Turkey has stated that it forced most Hamas agents to lave the country, but since it is operating a sophisticated listening post there, with Turkish support, financial transactions with companies operating in Turkey, and indeed Country Risk, must be reassessed, for risk management purposes.

Contributed by Kenneth Rijock - Financial Crime Consultant
Chronicles of Monte Friesner - Financial Crime Analyst  





Wednesday, July 3, 2019

JUAN CARLOS VARELA FORMER PRESIDENT OF PANAMA SPIED ON US EMBASSY & DONALD TRUMP



Sources in the Republic of Panama are reporting that a twitter account known as LATAM for TRUMP has accused the country's former president, Juan Carlos Varela, of conducting an electronic espionage operation upon the US Embassy. A Moroccan national named Mohammed is alleged to have directed the illegal surveillance program, and the Attorney General, Kenia Porcell, is also said to be involved.


Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli is currently standing trial on espionage charges, for illegally conducting audio and video surveillance of prominent Panamanians during his term in office. Was Varela, who served as Vice President during this period, actually in charge of the illegal program ? His level of involvement is the issue, and if so, was Martinelli not directing the program ?

While we must stress that this information is unverified, the significance of the disclosures, if true, cannot  be underestimated. Classified messages from President Donald Trump to the US Ambassador are alleged to have been intercepted and read, and reports of covert operations in Latin America may have been intercepted.

In 2009 a well respocted source who worked with agents at the US Enbassy in Panama exposed that the present President was spying on the US Embassy and on him pertaining to the involvement of money laundering of Government Officials and various banks.

Contributed by Kenneth Rijock - Financial Crime Consultant
Chronicles of Monte Friesner - Financial Crime Analyst 

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

MONTE FRIESNER EXPOSES UPDATED TERRORIST LIST FROM CANADA


Monte Friesner and WantedSA obtained the updated list for readers in Canada that require access to information regarding the currently listed Terrorist Entities. as designated and passed by Parliament, may access the website here.

Contributed by Kenneth Rijock - Financial Crime Consultant
Chronicles of Monte Friesner - Financial Crime Analyst