HEZBOLLAH CONTINUES TO SHIP DRUGS TO LEBANON

FROM THE - JOURNALS of Monte Friesner – Criminal & Intelligence Analyst and Consulaire for WANTED SA   ~Contributed & Written by Kenneth Rijock ~

BEIRUT AIRPORT 12 KILO COCAINE SEIZURE CAME FROM NIGERIA

The seizure, at Beirut's Hariri Airport, of twelve kilograms of cocaine, which had arrived from Kano, Nigeria, should serve as a reminder that the repatriation of narcotics profits, to Latin America, can easily be accomplished from banks located in the Middle East. Whether these drugs were destined for the growing European market is not known, but irrespective of the location of the end users/consumers,  paying for them from a Beirut bank is generally a low-risk transfer.

Whether the payment, through Panama or to banks in the tax havens of the Caribbean, is disguised as an international trade transaction, or some other fictitious business reason, the repeat nature of these types of transactions sometime will signal their true nature. Always make further inquiries, when there are wire transfers that appear to be unusually repetitious in their nature, or which do not seem to be similar to those others, in that trade or industry, that you have experienced from those jurisdictions.

Remember that good money launderers always seek to clothe their illicit transfers with legitimate covers, but that you may find some aspect of the transfers to be inconsistent with the industry that it professes to be involved in. 

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MASSACHUSETTS STARTED APPELLATE PROCEEDING AGAINST U.S. FORMER ATTORNEY.

FROM THE - JOURNALS of Monte Friesner – Criminal & Intelligence Analyst and Consulaire for WANTED SA ~ Contributed & Written by Kenneth Rijock

MASSACHUSETTS COURT ORDERS APPELLATE PROCEEDING AGAINST LAWYER WITH COCAINE DISTRIBUTION CONVICTION TO PROCEED

When a lawyer, who is an officer of the court, is convicted of a felony, he has a duty to advise all states where he is admitted to practice law, of that fact. 

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the highest court in that state, has ordered that an appeal* taken by the state bar, in a bar discipline case, against a lawyer who was convicted of Conspiracy to Possess, with Intent to Distribute Cocaine, in Federal Court in Florida, proceed.

The case has generated a great deal of interest, as the attorney's conviction came to light during his representation of a defendant in a Federal criminal case in New York.

Michael W. Burnbaum, a former US Attorney, failed to notify Massachusetts, where he was still admitted to practice, of his 1997 conviction, a requirement in that state. Bar attorneys last year brought discipline proceedings against him, in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, requesting that he be suspended for a period of five years, the penalty that the Florida Bar imposed upon him, when he resigned there, after his conviction. It is known as reciprocal discipline.

A single judge of the Massachusetts Court entered an order of suspension for three years;  the Bar then appealed.

Under bar discipline rules, appeals that appear to have no merit at law are handled in a modified, and expeditious, manner, without the filing of briefs.

After due consideration, the Court ruled that the Bar had presented valid issues, and has ordered briefs filed, and tentatively set oral argument for October.

Had Burnbaum been honest with Massachusetts fourteen years ago, his suspension would have been long over, and the privilege to practice law restored.

There is one additional wrinkle; it appears that he has been named as an unindicted conspirator in a $6.7m fraud case in US District Court in New Jersey. What this will this do to his chances of being readmitted to practice in Massachusetts in the future in not known.

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