Wednesday, January 4, 2012

The Real Lord of War IX

One of my alert readers pointed out that I am not keeping track of the Roman numerals I use to subdivide my chapters in this blog.  Looking back, I see he is right.  So, in the future, I will use the good old-fashioned Arabic numerals in the future.  Serves me right for trying to use a numeric system that has been out of date for hundreds of years.

     We talked about Viktor But getting paid in diamonds or some other form of gem or precious stone as payment for his arms shipments.  This enables him to get paid in a form of "currency" that is untraceable.

     This next example does not involve But since there is no evidence that he did this.  However, the idea of trading arms for oil has been done in the past and will likely be done int he future.  Like getting paid in diamonds, it has the advantage of not being traced and being something which can be easily dumped on the world market in return for currency.  Unfortunately, the diversion of oil also has the side effect of driving up prices of oil as insurance companies and governments are forced to pay for waste.

    Once again, this is another example of how money laundering affects the world at large.  The side effects of money laundering are felt far beyond local markets.


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Have a great and fraud-free day.


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