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Author Archives: Justin
Yakuza
“At least fifty major real estate properties in Hawaii are owned by the Yakuza. Hundreds of millions of dollars of Yakuza money has been poured into hotels and golf courses around the United States. Many of the private Japanese gambling clubs that dot Midtown Manhattan are also believed to be backed by Yakuza groups.” Continue reading
The Northwest Run – Abbreviated Report
Mountain View, CA to Wenatchee, WA 1st gas stop in Redding, CA. The following were available in the bathroom (So, in case you weren’t pumped up enough about your trip aready, you can get a “glo boy extender” or a “love kit” for 75 cents)… Roads like this made it relatively easy for me to … Continue reading
Orange Barons
Brazil has become the global superpower of the orange industry Over the last three decades, South America’s largest nation, which has warmer weather and cheaper labor than Florida, has become the world’s number one source of orange juice. The Brazilians have built oceangoing tankers to transport concentrate, port facilities to offload it and tank farms … Continue reading
Best Locations For Money Laundering
During my time at Brown Brothers Harriman, an internal research report was circulated outlining the most hospitable jurisdictions for money laundering. This was generated back in 2001, but I still believe it is interesting as things haven’t changed much. The list is in alphabetical order rather than in order of the ease of laundering: Cook … Continue reading
Petrodollars, Petrodollar$, Petrodollars…
During the 1970’s, Saudi petrodollars flowed mostly into the following four U.S. banks: Chase Citibank Morgan Guaranty Bank of America The Arabs preferred conservative, blue-ribbon banks. Continue reading
Proven Oil Reserves
2007 Proven Oil Reserves (in billions of barrels) Saudi Arabia 259 Canada 179 (175 billion in oil sands) Iran 126 Iraq 115 Kuwait 97 Abu Dhabi 92 Venezuela 78 Russia 60 Libya 36 Nigeria 25 United States 23 Mexico 15.7 Continue reading
The Velvet Rocket 