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No paper trail? Only a fraction of it is known?
Let the hackers and forensic financial wizards track it down. Take it from him to rebuild Ukraine!
Tanuki
(14,924 posts)Tadpole Raisin
(972 posts)JHB
(37,163 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)edited. I was happy when someone let me know.
bucolic_frolic
(43,364 posts)Sound familiar? No wonder TDFG was in awe and sucking up!
And no wonder Bob Mueller declined to venture into this space. He had no jurisdiction to charge the international oligarchs supporting Putin, the extents of their empires were scarcely mentioned at the time. Now we can see that the whole system of private equity, capital flight, hidden wealth must be undone. And wish the process luck, it will face massive resistance.
maxrandb
(15,364 posts)It is NOT an accident that a fucking war criminals assets are "difficult" to find.
Banks, Corporations, Investment Companies, Hedge Fund Managers, billionaires, millionaires, lawyers, accounting firms and the politicians they have brought and paid for spent decades and millions of dollars to ensure the assets of the wealthy are well hidden.
This should be a no-brainer for a Congressmember that has guts and integrity.
The world should NEVER find itself in a situation where an evil fuckstick, war criminal that is murdering and starving women and children, can so easily hide assets needed to hold him accountable.
I dare any Retrumplicans to vote against legislation that requires full disclosure, accountability and identification of assets.
It would be fitting if Putin helped us solve one of the most destructive issues facing freedom and democracy
The hiding of wealth and assets.
Not only should people know where Putin has hidden his assets, they should readily know where people like the Kochs, Mercers, Donnie Dipshit, Zuckerberg, Gates and others have hidden theirs.
It's not "difficult" to find the assets of oligarchs...it's intentional.
jimfields33
(16,015 posts)Congress can only deal with the money in our country. Im sure he moved all that money before the war or at least the money he could.
Midnight Writer
(21,819 posts)FakeNoose
(32,823 posts)Also Pootie's super-yacht is parked nearby at a marina in northern Italy. Switzerland's banks allow accounts which are assigned by numbers rather than names. Don't we already have enough hints?