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Israeli helps crack illegal wire transfer op to Iran
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Published: 04.09.10, 18:15
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1. Banks
M. Hartley ,   Atlanta, US   (09.04.10)
Great going and thanks, Mr. Arusy! How about let's name all of the banks?
2. Are fines enough for banks to willfully took part?
William ,   Israel   (09.04.10)
According to Intl banking rules and agreements of UN members to adhere to official sanctions, these banks willfully broke the law and aided a sanctioned regime. This begs the question - how many terrorist groups have they helped and how many deaths are they responsible for?? They shouldn't just be fined - they should be liquidated and executives jailed. A multi-million dollar fine is nothing for an institution that clears billions in profits already.
3. What spin will Arab and Euro-trash media put on this?
William ,   Israel   (09.04.10)
After the hefty fines, the banks might be hurting financially. Headline to be run in Leftist-Arab world: "Israeli behind potential collapse of major financial institutions"
4. Bravo ! Now uncover foreign financing of Israeli Lefties
ab   (09.04.10)
,hit them with Al Capone method ,for evason of tax on income from abroad
5. #4 Iran cash flows are completely illegal
Zvi   (09.05.10)
whereas money to the obnoxious Israeli lefties is suspicious, but there is nothing legal about funding morons.
6. Zvi - hallevay that they were morons. They're much worse
Brian Cohen ,   Judean Peoples Front   (09.05.10)
There is nothing moronic about promoting international boycotts of Israel, and nothing moronic about promoting Palestinian terrorism. Lefties do both. Far from being morons, they are bright, insidious and nefarious - willing to sell their mothers and sisters out for "justice for Palestinians". Are they moronic that they fail to take action on Palestinian human rights abuses? No, just purposefully myopic to the point of sanctioning evil because it suits their very warped agendas. And yes, funding for many leftist activities is indeed illegal since the funding is used for highly illegal purposes like helping Israelis break Israeli laws, as well as international laws.
7. Problem is now they are using Chinese banks
Bloodyscot ,   Dallas, Texas   (09.05.10)
Since much of the oil money comes from China and with large Western investments in China, the Chinese banks are quickly become a major economy power. The Iranian sanctions could hurt the West's banking system more than Iran if they continue to long, while Chinese banks are getting stronger.
8. TARP
Tim ,   Montgomery, USA   (09.05.10)
And how many of these banks received some of the TARP money Obama borrowed from China for the US banks' benefit and they in turn gave to several European banks?
9. More difficult to trace
Raphael ,   Netanya   (09.06.10)
The wordldwide corruption system established by arabo islamic powers was spotted during operation "food against oil". Then nothing: no recipient was punished, or even singled out. The book "Chirac of Arabia" sums up a very old but efficient infiltration method: handing banknote filled attache cases to western deciders. This will need more elaborated investigation methods than Al Capone's tax evasion.
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