In an important piece via The Huffington Post, Natasha Srdoc, Chairman of Adriatic Institute raises questions on #Europe’s criminal enterprises, think tanks and #US policy with concerns about the Wests justice and security. #Croatia, #Balkans, #Austria and #Liechtenstein’s banks and corporate entities are included in the piece with concerns of enabling organized crime networks and terrorism financing. Excerpt: It is not just foreign governments that are trying to influence U.S. public opinion, policy and laws but the whole entourage of foreign dictators, corrupt officials and their political parties, the gambling industry, organized crime and banks. In a specific concerted effort, corrupt networks are joining forces with think tanks to whitewash corruption scandals in Eastern Europe and money laundering facilitated by Austria and Liechtensteins corporate and banking entities. This became obvious through the FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) outcry in the US. FATCA requires foreign financial institutions to report on financial accounts held by US taxpayers to the IRS. FATCA is making Liechtensteins business model of attracting US tax cheats impossible. Ideally, FATCA could lead to a wider effort to track and confiscate illicit financial outflows that hemorrhage nation state budgets especially in nascent democracies receiving US aid. Among the most vocal opponents of FATCA among US think tanks were Institute for Global Economic Growths Richard Rahn; Freedom Works Matt Kibbe and Center for Freedom and Prosperitys Daniel Mitchell. These think tanks and advocacy groups have been working closely with Prince Michael von Liechtenstein and partnered with Austrias based Hayek Institute/Austria Economic Center (AEC) in hosting events in the Balkans, Ukraine, EU and Eastern Europe. The events were sponsored by worlds largest gambling company, Austria-based Novomatic and Hypo Alpe Adria Bank (HAAB).
Posted on: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:56:56 +0000
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