http://www.ipsn.org/OutfitChart.htm (See Chicago outfit or Good Ship Lollipop)for more info on the Mob out of chicago. Michael Posners ties with the Mob go back 40 years. He also had a meeting with Guido Wever before he fled Aruba following Natalee's dissapearance.
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Michael Posner Upset
February 23, 2006 - Authorities on the island of Aruba have not been able to solve the mystery of what happened to Alabama teenager Natalie Holloway. She disappeared while on a high school trip last spring. The ABC7 I-Team has learned new details about the casino where Holloway was last seen, an Aruba casino run by a convicted high-ranking Chicago mobster.
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The unsolved disappearance of 18-year-old Natalie Holloway has commanded worldwide attention. It has been widely reported that the last place Holloway was known to be alive was the Excelsior casino connected to the Holiday Inn where she and her classmates were staying.
The I-Team has learned that the casino where Holloway was last seen is operated by Chicagoan Michael Posner. The intelligence report on Posner lists him as a prominent member of the Chicago outfit for more than 40 years.
According to federal law enforcement, Michael Posner's most recent mob assignment was boss of illegal rackets in the north suburbs. Posner was convicted in 1987 of threatening wayward gamblers with death and running prostitutes out of this Lake County strip club.
Through his Chicago lawyer, Posner maintains that he has been clean for 15 years and since 1998 has operated the Excelsior casino on the Caribbean resort on the island of Aruba.
Last May, honor student Natalie Holloway was staying at the resort on her high school graduation trip when she disappeared. One of the last places she was seen alive was in Posner's Excelsior casino.
In security tape obtained by ABC News, Holloway is seen at a table seated next to Joran van der Sloot, a local who is the prime suspect in the case. Van der Slout admits having had a romantic encounter with Holloway, but in an exclusive interview to air Thursday night on Primetime, he says he is no criminal.
"I think I've been portrayed unfairly. I've been portrayed as a murderer and a rapist and everything that I'm not," van der Sloot said.
Casino boss Michael Posner denies that he knows van der Sloot and denies ever extending him casino credit. Posner's lawyer Allan Ackerman says Posner was in Chicago when Holloway vanished and returned to Aruba the day after.
Now 64 years old, here's the intelligence report on Michael William Posner:
aka Michael Rubins and Irving Goldstein.
his family still resides in Riverwoods.
his criminal profile lists involvement in illegal gambling, strip clubs and vending machines.
criminal history dates to 1960 includes numerous arrests and successful tax and racketeering prosecutions.
Posner says it was he who voluntarily turned over this casino surveillance tape to Aruban authorities and that he is furious they have allowed ABC News to broadcast it.
Posner says he has paid the expenses for private investigators to come here and assist in the search for Holloway and according to his lawyer: "He has nothin' to do with nothing" in the murder case. http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=investigative&id=3936339==============================================================
Monday, November 21, 2005
Aruban casino owner with criminal past goes to America
Joe Mammana is not permitted to enter Aruba due to his past but how did we end up with Mike Posner?
DIARIO Aruba
11/21/2005
ORANJESTAD (AAN) The case of Natalee is taking other unexpected twists and very negative ones that are going to tarnish Aruba?s image as a safe destination for tourists and investors.
Joe Mammana has a very impressive criminal past in the U.S. but for one reason or another he has found publicity with different cases which have set his image straight and in the case of Natalee, he is trying to find national attention in the US by using sensationalism via the American media.
The government of Aruba recently declared that they will not permit Joe Mammana to enter Aruba.
Related to his past and criminal record, the government took the decision via the Minister of Justice that they cannot let such a person enter Aruba and about this there was information circulating that this Joe person sent a threatening letter to those who were detained in Aruba related to the case of Natalee.
The government?s actions in this case were correct because they cannot let this type of person come to Aruba and believe that they can come do what they see fit on our island, and to boot, Mammana is one of those who is trying, body and soul, to organize an unjust and unjustifiable boycott against Aruba.
What is strange is that the government refuses to let this ex-criminal enter Aruba, but on the other hand, permits another ex-criminal, Mike Posner who is going soon to the U.S. for cases of law violations, to be able to have a business in Aruba, and enter and leave Aruba whenever he wants.
To make matters worse, the person in question, Mike Posner, has been able to obtain a permit to operate a casino, where anyone who wants to have a casino in Aruba and the majority of other countries in the world have to have a clean criminal record.
Recently, this information has started to circulate in the U.S. as well, and seeing that it hasn?t been many days since via the American media false information was given that Aruba is a sort of den for criminals and even terrorists, the matter of the Aruba casino owner with a criminal past in the US, is going to help those who want to implement a total boycott against Aruba.
Wasn?t it in Mike Posner?s casino that the principal suspect in Natalee?s case, Joran van der Sloot, was sitting gambling, despite the fact that he was underage and that never should he have been permitted to enter the casino?
Some weeks back, other media in Aruba came out in vanguard of the ex-criminal Mike Posner and wrote and article that praised Mike Posner for his supposed achievements in Aruba and what interest they had with him, nobody knows.
Now that the government refuses an American ex-criminal entry to Aruba, the government has to justify the reason why until today they continue to permit a person with such a police record such as Mike Posner, can come to set up a business in Aruba, continue to operate his business in Aruba and come and go whenever he wants.
What sort of handling of Justice is there in Aruba and what impact will this case have in the US when the American media start to question the government of Aruba about this matter?
This matter is pending because there are more questionable things here and also the role that certain politicians in Aruba play and continue to play in this matter.
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http://getagripmonkey.blo(...)h-criminal-past.htmlhttp://www.diarioaruba.com/dialuna/noticia/news5.html (picture here with Dario script)
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Government has its hand over Michael Posner?s head? Notorious Chicago figure active in Aruba casino
DIARIO Aruba Hat Tip Getagrip
10/17/2005
ORANJESTAD (AAN): Some time ago DIARIO found information regarding the manager of the Holiday Inn?s Excelsior Casino and people have been calling out to ask how a figure with a criminal past of such an extent can be active in the casino industry of Aruba.
His name? Michael Posner, owner (or one of the owners) of the Brickel Hotel situated in front of the big hotels in Malmok. In the past he was arrested in the state of Illinois for violation of the Ricco Act (racketeering) and because he was also involved in the world of prostitution.
He was condemned to 10 years in prison, but apparently he served 8 out of the 10 years. He appealed his case and lost the appeal! After he was released he was on parole for 5 years. His name is also mentioned as an associate of a notorious family.
DIARIO knows that the government is at the height of such people, and asks how he can be active in the casino industry of Aruba. How did he find a permit to work in this branch with the background that he has? How has the Minister of Justice still not taken action against him? Now that his criminal past is known, what is the government waiting for to take him out of Aruba?
During the [election] campaign which recently came to an end, many comments and rumours were circulating regarding contributions to certain politicians, including those in the [current] government. DIARIO hopes that the issue of campaign moneys remain a rumour, because if true, then there are more politicians for sale than is [already] apparent.
The presence of Michael Posner in the Aruba casino industry, with the criminal past that he has, does not speak well of the judicial control system, nor that of National Security, nor of those in charge to check the background of those who work in the tourism industry of Aruba.
This is the damage that one person with such a bad reputation, who was incarcerated during 8 years, who is associated with a notorious family in America (Posner was/is a First Tier Associate in the Organized Crime Mafia Family under Crime Boss - John DiFronzo), can cause to the tourism of Aruba.
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Murder & Intrigue on the Good Ship Lollipop
<snip>"Nobody wants to die, so nobody talks." The words of a police investigator... <snip>
<snip>Strong enforcement with fear as the common denominator is the real commodity that keeps the easy money troops in line. <snip>
<snip>Murder. Extortion. Loan Sharking. It was all a part of doing business on the "Good Ship Lollipop," the nickname given to a multi-million-dollar gambling enterprise... <snip>
<snip>The Murder Mansion was an appropriate setting for what Rocky Infelise had in mind.<snip> He also operated the Front Runner Messenger Service, a horse-betting parlor in Highwood belonging to Michael Posner, a protégé of Ferriola and a kingpin in Lake County mob vice operations. Plummer, of north suburban Lake Forest, was attacked on the stairway and savagely beaten to death. His body was found in the trunk of his wife's Lincoln Continental in a Mundelein Holiday Inn parking lot. Jahoda still cannot forget the horrible death cries of Plummer as he was dispatched from this world.<snip>
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JOE MAMMANA, PHILANTHROPIST:
But I want to say one thing. On the island of Aruba, Michael Posner (ph), who has the Excelsior casino at the Holiday Inn?Michael, you and I are cut from the same cloth. We?ve seen the good, bad and ugly in life. This gentleman could still step in and do something over there and put an end to this thing before it gets out of hand.
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Following up on last night's post last night, somewhat later - Rita Crosby at MSNBC News hosted Beth Twitty and former FBI agent Harold Copus. Harold Copus makes the interesting connection amongst Michael Posner (Excelsior Casino manager), the Chicago mob and Paulus van der Sloot.
Michael Posner actually met with Natalee Holloway during her time in Aruba, however, during the entire investigation, Posner was "unavailable" and not investigated. Interestingly, the Excelsior Casino is locate right next to the Holiday Inn.
In the Crosby interview, Beth Twitty remarks that she was threatened by Michael Posner, or people associated with Posner, when she first arrived in Aruba to investigate her daughter's disappearance. Michael Posner is the person that allegedly provided Joran van der Sloot with an open gambling account at the Excelsior Casino. Joran and Natalee met at the Excelsior Casino, according to Natalee's girlfriends.
Why Posner was never investigated, we may never know without the right people asking the right questions. You'll recall that Posner and Natalee went missing the same week.
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COSBY: What about Michael Posner? There?s this gentleman who owns a casino where Natalee and Joran were seen spending time. Apparently, Joran has a big credit line there. I went into that casino. What do you know about the guy that owns that casino, Harold?
COPUS: Well this guy has that casino. He?s alleged to have organized crime ties back to Chicago. And you can say alleged, he?s actually served time. He?s been convicted. So he comes up into Aruba and is able to get a gambling casino. At the same time, we?re told that Joran and his dad both are gambling there. It really makes you wonder how that?s happening and how they got this line of credit.
COSBY: Yes. And a big, big line of credit. Beth, I know you?ve actually been to the casino, right? And Michael Posner threatened you, is that correct?
HOLLOWAY TWITTY: Well, there was a phone call made. And it was just really having me refer to?you know, I?d only mentioned the fact I had gotten from prosecuting attorney as far as the open line of credit, and that Joran is in his casino gambling, and I don?t think there was ever a question that Joran and Paulus Van Der Sloot had been in that Excelsior Casino, and, particularly, on the night of the 29th where he and his father met Natalee.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9407728/