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Paul Van Der Sloot statement on June 23rd 2005
To your question if I tell you all the things I did on that Monday the 30th of May 2005, I can state the following. I went to work.
The exact time I cannot remember but I think it was approximately 08.00 hours. I can also remember that around 10.00 hours I went to the C.M.B. bank. There were long cues at the bank so I left without having made any transaction and went back to work. I left my workplace at approximately 15.00 hours. I arrived at the bank at approximately 15.30. I had gone to the C.M.B. bank that is situated in Noord.
To your question whether I went to the bank without stopping or going anywhere else, I can state the following. I at least cannot
remember having been anywhere else. I think I went directly to the bank. At the bank I talked to Ruth DIJKHOFF. At the bank I deposited the money that Joran said that he had won in the Free Tournament in the Holiday Inn on the 29th of May 2005. It was approximately 500 Aruban guilders. Joran had given me 100 guilders because he had taken over my place in the
tournament.
Ruth Gisela Dijkhoff-Holtmann
17 May 1955 - 18 Jun 2005
http://www.mementomori.net/05148.html
Rene Van Heyningen
12 January 1973 - 18 June 2005
To your question if I tell you all the things I did on that Monday the 30th of May 2005, I can state the following. I went to work.
The exact time I cannot remember but I think it was approximately 08.00 hours. I can also remember that around 10.00 hours I went to the C.M.B. bank. There were long cues at the bank so I left without having made any transaction and went back to work. I left my workplace at approximately 15.00 hours. I arrived at the bank at approximately 15.30. I had gone to the C.M.B. bank that is situated in Noord.
To your question whether I went to the bank without stopping or going anywhere else, I can state the following. I at least cannot
remember having been anywhere else. I think I went directly to the bank. At the bank I talked to Ruth DIJKHOFF. At the bank I deposited the money that Joran said that he had won in the Free Tournament in the Holiday Inn on the 29th of May 2005. It was approximately 500 Aruban guilders. Joran had given me 100 guilders because he had taken over my place in the
tournament.
Ruth Gisela Dijkhoff-Holtmann
17 May 1955 - 18 Jun 2005
http://www.mementomori.net/05148.html
Rene Van Heyningen
12 January 1973 - 18 June 2005
"I lied and that's the truth"--Joran Van Der Sloot--
10.14.2005
Murder Victims family is angry with how investigation is going
Case reconstruction took place last Thursday night in Sabana Basora
DIARIO Aruba
10/14/2005
ORANJESTAD (AAN): In the month of June, a cruel case took place in Sabana Basora that shocked not only those who live in the neighborhood but also the whole community.
A man who showed no signs of life was discovered in the surroundings of Santana Central in Sabana Basora.
It deals with the body of a man with multiple cuts on his body. His throat was almost exposed.
At once, suspicion arose that this was a serious case, murder with criminal hands involved. Various suspicions arose, which dealt with a possible hit, reprisal, and a number of other versions circulated. At the moment when the authorities discovered the body, they checked the house where the victim lived, and there discovered a lot more blood.
In this end, it is illustrated why the case was that authorities concentrated here, because in their point of view this was the place where the crime took place.
The victim was living in this house with a woman, and she is one of the first ones to have noticed. In the first instance, the suspicion didnt point towards the woman. Due to her acting in such a way that the suspicion was not aimed in her direction.
However, slowly, on the basis of the investigation and also compiled reports, the finger was pointed in her direction.
Investigators in charge of the case found sufficient indication that the woman was involved in the murder, for which it decided with the support of the Public Ministry [prosecutor?s office] to detain her.
In this way, the interrogation started and the woman came head down that she committed the cruel act. She showed that she used a machete with which she held the man in such a way that he could not resist and by consequence he died from the multiple serious wounds he received.
Apparently, the woman committed the act as a reprisal. What the reprisal consisted of is not clear. Its the Court of Justice that will tend to this cruel case.
One point that still no one can believe and cannot comprehend is that the woman alone committed the act. Possibly there is one or more persons involved.
The question has arisen, if its true that the woman has such strength to launch this attack, hoist the man in a pickup and transport him from the house to the Santana area, where the lifeless body of Rene van Heinegin was discovered. The woman, Yesenia Castillo, is in KIA at this moment.
On the evening hours of Thursday, authorities conducted a reconstruction of the case where the female suspect was transported to the location to give details of what happened.
DIARIO found, that the investigator prepared this event along with TOD and the prosecutor for the reconstruction to take place.
Victims family is none too happy
While they cant even resolve the case of Natalee Holloway?what is of a poor dark skinned San Nicolas born Arubian?? This is the reaction of the family of the deceased, Rene van Heinegin, which they indicated to DIARIO in a telephone interview from St. Maarten.
They explain that the majority of the siblings live in St. Maarten and Holland. Only the parents are still in Aruba, but the great anger comes from the family not getting any sort of feedback? from the criminal investigation thats under way.
The case of their brother isnt finding attention like that of Natalee? Because their brother is a dark skinned Arubian? ?If the investigator can?t resolve Natalee?s case, how can they solve the crime of their own people?? said the sister to DIARIO.
The look at the case this way: A dark skinned Arubian from San Nicolas is cruelly killed in a new district. But everything is going quite slow and no sort of information is reaching them.
To top it all off, a sibling was told that police in Aruba was going to conduct the reconstruction of events this coming Sunday. Now he calls, they tell him that suddenly the reconstruction took place last Thursday evening. And the parents in Aruba are without a vehicle and could not find a way to get to the place. In the end, they couldnt get there.
Simply said, the families are none too happy with the investigations that are currently taking place in Aruba.
http://getagripmonkey.blogspot.com/2005_10_09_archive.html
Murder Victims family is angry with how investigation is going
Case reconstruction took place last Thursday night in Sabana Basora
DIARIO Aruba
10/14/2005
ORANJESTAD (AAN): In the month of June, a cruel case took place in Sabana Basora that shocked not only those who live in the neighborhood but also the whole community.
A man who showed no signs of life was discovered in the surroundings of Santana Central in Sabana Basora.
It deals with the body of a man with multiple cuts on his body. His throat was almost exposed.
At once, suspicion arose that this was a serious case, murder with criminal hands involved. Various suspicions arose, which dealt with a possible hit, reprisal, and a number of other versions circulated. At the moment when the authorities discovered the body, they checked the house where the victim lived, and there discovered a lot more blood.
In this end, it is illustrated why the case was that authorities concentrated here, because in their point of view this was the place where the crime took place.
The victim was living in this house with a woman, and she is one of the first ones to have noticed. In the first instance, the suspicion didnt point towards the woman. Due to her acting in such a way that the suspicion was not aimed in her direction.
However, slowly, on the basis of the investigation and also compiled reports, the finger was pointed in her direction.
Investigators in charge of the case found sufficient indication that the woman was involved in the murder, for which it decided with the support of the Public Ministry [prosecutor?s office] to detain her.
In this way, the interrogation started and the woman came head down that she committed the cruel act. She showed that she used a machete with which she held the man in such a way that he could not resist and by consequence he died from the multiple serious wounds he received.
Apparently, the woman committed the act as a reprisal. What the reprisal consisted of is not clear. Its the Court of Justice that will tend to this cruel case.
One point that still no one can believe and cannot comprehend is that the woman alone committed the act. Possibly there is one or more persons involved.
The question has arisen, if its true that the woman has such strength to launch this attack, hoist the man in a pickup and transport him from the house to the Santana area, where the lifeless body of Rene van Heinegin was discovered. The woman, Yesenia Castillo, is in KIA at this moment.
On the evening hours of Thursday, authorities conducted a reconstruction of the case where the female suspect was transported to the location to give details of what happened.
DIARIO found, that the investigator prepared this event along with TOD and the prosecutor for the reconstruction to take place.
Victims family is none too happy
While they cant even resolve the case of Natalee Holloway?what is of a poor dark skinned San Nicolas born Arubian?? This is the reaction of the family of the deceased, Rene van Heinegin, which they indicated to DIARIO in a telephone interview from St. Maarten.
They explain that the majority of the siblings live in St. Maarten and Holland. Only the parents are still in Aruba, but the great anger comes from the family not getting any sort of feedback? from the criminal investigation thats under way.
The case of their brother isnt finding attention like that of Natalee? Because their brother is a dark skinned Arubian? ?If the investigator can?t resolve Natalee?s case, how can they solve the crime of their own people?? said the sister to DIARIO.
The look at the case this way: A dark skinned Arubian from San Nicolas is cruelly killed in a new district. But everything is going quite slow and no sort of information is reaching them.
To top it all off, a sibling was told that police in Aruba was going to conduct the reconstruction of events this coming Sunday. Now he calls, they tell him that suddenly the reconstruction took place last Thursday evening. And the parents in Aruba are without a vehicle and could not find a way to get to the place. In the end, they couldnt get there.
Simply said, the families are none too happy with the investigations that are currently taking place in Aruba.
http://getagripmonkey.blogspot.com/2005_10_09_archive.html
"I lied and that's the truth"--Joran Van Der Sloot--
In the trial she said she didn't kill Rene Van Heyningen.
in corte superior, yesenia castillo h. now is tell huez cu the not owing to kill rene van heijnigen oranjestad(aan):
monday nightfall did take lugar the caso of apelacion of yesenia castillo h., that owing to wordo acusa of owing to kill his pareha at one form premedita, usando one machete. in corte of first instancia past owing to admiti cu the was esun cu owing to kill rene v.h., usando one machete. the victima was have provided that overall 65 clip at his curpa. autoridadnan, because; also ministerio publico was have much question in the caso here, specialmente mirando the achievement cu they was convenci cu the muher not can owing to carga y throw the curpa his only in cemetery. during tratamento of the caso in corte of first instancia, past owing to splica detayadamente con past owing to comete the crimen y pakico. past owing to tell cu after of did take much abuse of part of his pareha y one discusion cu they was have the night anterior, past owing to lose cabez y cuminza chop his pareha, cu consecuencia cu this owing to fayece. huez some month happen owing to dicta cu y.c.h have to sit one castigo of 12 year, after cu fiscal owing to exigi 18. past owing to apela sentencia of huez y ministerio publico owing to make same. during tratamento of the caso in corte superior monday, the acusado owing to tell huez cu past owing to dicidi of apela the caso, because the not owing to comete the crimen. past owing to tell huez cu was two man, cu past owing to conoce two week first, via his pareha. according y., the hombernan owing to beat at door y ask about for his pareha. past owing to tell they for keep one rato, sinembargo they owing to march enter the cas. they owing to pushe contra the wall y owing to bay arise the victima for of dream. for casualidad the machete was in camber, because the night anterior, y. y his pareha was have one discusion y r.v.h according y. owing to coi the machete y strike the cune in his cara. the machete owing to stay in the camber y one of the hombernan owing to cuminza chop r.v.h. according yesenia, the not can owing to make nothing y ela stop fast of the box of his child of 11 month. past owing to tell huez cu the hombernan constantemente was busca algo in the cas, but they not owing to achieve this. they owing to menaze y owing to bise for her not tell nothing, but algo will can happen cune or his child. yesenia owing to dicidi of not tell nothing y take the blame for thing is the murder, for so proteha his self y his child. huez owing to puntre dicon now if past owing to come fast y count ; the berdad. past owing to tell cu the not can owing to wanta more in jail, sintando one castigo for algo cu the not owing to comete y sabiendo cu his child will happen several year, without can is cune. huez owing to puntre tocante of the achievement cu some day first cu the asesinato, past owing to take away the machete bay slijp y owing to fill name y number false on the paper cu have to owing to wordo fill. past owing to tell cu past owing to fill cos robez, because the was at telephone y distrai, hour cu the was fill the paper. huez owing to ask about y. for count ; kico owing to sosode after cu the hombernan owing to kill his pareha. past owing to splica cu they owing to stay busca algo y after they owing to place curpa of the victima in his own pickup y owing to bay cune. advocate general owing to trece fast cu was have one cloths poni fast the cortina y owing to tell cu was y. owing to place this, for person not look at kico is sosode in the cas. y. owing to tell huez cu the not owing to place this y cu probably was the hombernan, that owing to make this. advocate general owing to tell cu despite cu the also is think cu was have more person in the caso here, specialmente mirando cu two agent policial self was have problem for hoist y carga the curpa, the is of opinion cu the muher is esun cu owing to kill he. past owing to tell cu the muher his declaracion for thing is the reconstruccion of the caso, was mucho good y detail during of tratamento of the caso in corte of first instancia. one of the hueznan owing to ask about the acusado if is berdad cu his pareha owing to arrive of bise cu if do you clip a at his throat, the not can bark more, as the self owing to decalara some month happen. y. owing to tell cu esey niether do not berdad y cu is the self owing to inventa this. advocate general owing to tell also cu police owing to achieve fingerprint on one box, cu do not neither of the victima neither of the acusado, but alas recherche not owing to follow investiga this, probably because y. owing to confesa cu was the owing to comete the acto criminal. according advocate general, the is believe cu mirando various declaracion cu the victima was have relacion cu another muhernan, y.
will owing to comete the acto debi at sentimentonan of jaloezie. advocate general owing to tell cu the is achieve the castigo ask for fiscal in corte of first instancia of 18 year mucho much, sinembargo past owing to tell cu the castigo of 12 year cu past owing to achieve is mucho bit. pesey past owing to ask one castigo of 15 year. advocate de sousa representando y. owing to tell huez cu have mucho indicacion cu his cliente not owing to comete the murder. past owing to tell cu family self of the victima not can owing to believe cu was y. owing to kill rene. past owing to splica cu at various ocasion the pareha was have problem cu another, but always the muher owing to saca rene for of cas y the was bay close his mother, till hour cu they fix bek cu another. this during of the several a?anan cu they was have cu another. y. not have to y then not owing to kill his pareha, because always the was have another opcion. near of this is much cla cu y not can owing to arise the curpa his only, or carga this for place in cemetery. the advocate owing to trece fast also cu was have one person that owing to tell cu morning trempan first cu the crimen owing to sosode, was have two man cu is peace the descripcion of the hombernan cu according y. owing to kill rene, that owing to puntre where the cemetery of sabana broom is stay. according y. one of the hombernan was have one acento colombiano y the another was have one acento of child of corsow. de sousa owing to tell huez also cu in the caso here have mucho doubt of thing owing to sosode y so do you not can give y. one castigo, because all cos is indica cu the not owing to kill rene, but past owing to lie at first instancia, because they owing to menaza the y his child. bao of yoramento y. owing to ask the hueznan for they not dune one castigo for algo cu the not owing to comete. huez owing to tell cu the will give his sentencia on 31 of october for 10:45 at corsow y fax this after for aruba. come across
http://www.diario-aruba.com/2006/10/17/local/news1.php
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18 years cell in Sabana Basora-murder
ORANJESTAD - The Common Court of Justice of the Netherlands Antilles
and Aruba eight Yesenia Castillo Helleis guilty to the murder of her
friend Rene van Heyningen. The Court convicted the woman yesterday to
a prison sentence of eighteen years. The public prosecutor had
appealed fifteen years demanded. Helleis denies having committed the
murder. (Amigoe)
http://tinyurl.com/4d3cbe
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More here in Dutch
http://tinyurl.com/2hg87b
[ Bericht 1% gewijzigd door observer777 op 06-10-2008 04:03:26 ]
"I lied and that's the truth"--Joran Van Der Sloot--
June 4th,2005
Awemainta newspaper reports Natalee is dead but the body has not been found
JUNIT-IA on June 7th, 2005 6:10 pm (SM FP)
The picture you saw with the ambulance is alocal boy who ws swimming at Conchi, he had a epileptic attack in the water and drowned. Its a boy 16 years old. Not Natalee.
HOWEVER
natalee ta morto pero na a haja e curpa ainda=
natalee is dead but the body has not bean found
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# Amy on June 8th, 2005 8:18 am
On the top of the heading it says: Tin tur indication cu:?(in small print)
which means
All indication show that Natalee is dead but there no body been found yet.
---------------------------------
# lisinopril on July 22nd, 2005 3:04 pm
lisinopril
You may find it interesting to check some relevant information in the field of ambien amitriptyline
http://scaredmonkeys.com/(...)-dead-rest-in-peace/
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Saturday June 4th 2005 (Jorans Book)
On a certain moment the mobile phone of Joran's mother ringed. She
stood up and went outside.
After a while she came back and said that she had heard from a friend
that they had found the girl.
She asked Joran's father to call Van Der Straaten and verify this.
Joran's father called Van Der Straaten, but he did not answer his phone.
--------------------------------------------
Michelle-Blogspot
A confidential source came forward with some interesting information. The source specifically stated:
There was a teenage boy, 17, who saw Joran and Natalee at the lighthouse that night. Joran paid this boy not to say anything. He has curly hair and dark skin.
http://tinyurl.com/45ey6r
Kerwin Anthony Orville Goijla
13 Aug 1988 - 04 Jun 2005
http://www.mementomori.net/05139.html
[ Bericht 3% gewijzigd door observer777 op 06-10-2008 21:11:13 ]
Awemainta newspaper reports Natalee is dead but the body has not been found
JUNIT-IA on June 7th, 2005 6:10 pm (SM FP)
The picture you saw with the ambulance is alocal boy who ws swimming at Conchi, he had a epileptic attack in the water and drowned. Its a boy 16 years old. Not Natalee.
HOWEVER
natalee ta morto pero na a haja e curpa ainda=
natalee is dead but the body has not bean found
-----------------------
# Amy on June 8th, 2005 8:18 am
On the top of the heading it says: Tin tur indication cu:?(in small print)
which means
All indication show that Natalee is dead but there no body been found yet.
---------------------------------
# lisinopril on July 22nd, 2005 3:04 pm
lisinopril
You may find it interesting to check some relevant information in the field of ambien amitriptyline
http://scaredmonkeys.com/(...)-dead-rest-in-peace/
===============================
Saturday June 4th 2005 (Jorans Book)
On a certain moment the mobile phone of Joran's mother ringed. She
stood up and went outside.
After a while she came back and said that she had heard from a friend
that they had found the girl.
She asked Joran's father to call Van Der Straaten and verify this.
Joran's father called Van Der Straaten, but he did not answer his phone.
--------------------------------------------
Michelle-Blogspot
A confidential source came forward with some interesting information. The source specifically stated:
There was a teenage boy, 17, who saw Joran and Natalee at the lighthouse that night. Joran paid this boy not to say anything. He has curly hair and dark skin.
http://tinyurl.com/45ey6r
Kerwin Anthony Orville Goijla
13 Aug 1988 - 04 Jun 2005
http://www.mementomori.net/05139.html
[ Bericht 3% gewijzigd door observer777 op 06-10-2008 21:11:13 ]
"I lied and that's the truth"--Joran Van Der Sloot--
The First Independent State under Mafia Control
ITALY,CANADA,ARUBA and Chicago
Aruba's reputation as a 'Mafia island' became public in March 1993 when it was described by the Italian daily Corriere della Sera as 'the first state to be bought by the bosses Cosa Nostra'. (7) The Sicilian Mafia clan of the families Cuntrera and Caruana allegedly had taken over the island. Between 1988 and 1992 they acquired 60 per cent of Aruba through investments in hotels, casino's and the election-campaign of a Prime Minister. Aruba looked set to be the first independent state under Mafia control.
At the time Aruba was set for independence from the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1996. Ten years before it had acquired a "status aparte" a semi-autonomous status ? within the realm. The Dutch consented to the Aruban wish for self-determination, but established a 10-year time period. Due to the reluctance of many Arubans, and anxiety with the Dutch government about the infiltration of organized crime on the island, independence never materialized. The US, France, the United Kingdom and Venezuela pressed the Dutch government to abandon its moves towards Aruban self-government, and the Netherlands complied. Consequently, although the island is now handling its own internal affairs, foreign relations and defense remain a Dutch responsability.
Prime Minister Eman doesn't like to be reminded of the name Cuntrera ?primarily because of his signature on the licence of Paolo and Giuseppe Cuntrera for their nightclub Visage in 1987. It keeps hurting him, even though he tries to dismiss it as "a very superseded story." According to Eman, at the time these people were honourable citizens in several countries, among others in Venezuela. In Aruba, their criminal activities were not known. Moreover, "when we learned who they really were, we expelled them?."
The issue also became highly politicized. The two main political parties ? the Arubaanse Volkspartij (AVP, Aruban Peoples Party) led by Eman and the Moviemento Electoral di Pueblo (MEP, People's Electoral Movement) led by Nelson Oduber ? accused each other of permitting the Cuntrera's to infest Aruba and both claim to have kicked them off the island. In reality, the Cuntrera's had left ? temporarily ? on their own in 1988.
In April 1988 Business Week published a story about the involvement of the family in a case of heroin smuggling from Thailand to Montreal, and their money laundering schemes in Canada. (9) The article and copies of the licence for the Cuntrera's signed by Eman, were distributed anonymously on the island, and caused a fierce political battle.
Eman still claims that the MEP-government which preceded his first government, already allowed the Cuntreras to establish the nightclub and that legally he couldn't do anything about it. But Eman's own Minister of Economic Affairs, Leonard Berlinski, in writing had refused a licence for Paolo and Giuseppe Cuntrera. Berlinski's officials advised him not to issue the permit because it was not in the public interest of Aruba, warning him "don't burn your fingers." Ironically, shortly after the licence was denied, Berlinski had to resign because of allegations of corruption. He was arrested but acquitted on appeal. In the meantime a new request for a licence was applied for ?by notary Maria Albertina Eman, a sister of the Prime Minister. Eman, then Minister of Economic Affairs ad interim, approved the application in spite of repeated negative recommendations. (10) Berlinski contends that observers of these events can draw their own conclusions.
Eman's claim that the Cuntrera's were honourable citizens in several countries is not convincing. This was certainly not true in Italy, Canada and the United States. In 1983 an international arrest warrant for Paolo Cuntrera was issued by the Italian police, and in June 1985 Gerlando Caruana was caught smuggling heroin to Montreal. Assuming this escaped the attention of the Aruban authorities, closer at home in Venezuela, the Cuntrera's were exposed as mafiosi in 1984 three years prior to permission for the Cuntrera nightclub. Their names, accompanied by photographs, made the headlines in the Venezuelan press. In addition, Aruban authorities knew or at least should have known? of the involvement of the Cuntreras in cocaine traffic on the island. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) had followed Sabbatino Nicolucci, a suspected courier for Montreal Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto, to the island. When Canadian police-officers accompanied by the Aruban chief of police asked to look at Nicolucci's phone calls at the Holiday Inn it appeared he was not registered: the room was reserved and paid for by Pasquale Cuntrera. (11) Despite this incriminating evidence, which probably inspired the negative advice of Aruban officials, Prime Minister Eman gave the Cuntrera's permission to open a nightclub.
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A Smugglers' Paradise
The Intercon Financial Bank on Aruba is represented by the law-firm Croes & Wever. One of the partners is former Minister of Justice Hendrik Croes. The firm's trust-company Arulex was implicated in setting up the bank. "Yes, we are involved with that bank," says Croes. "We still handle all their legal affairs, but we don't know anything of their financial accounts." (70)
Hendrik Croes a brother of the island's legendary leader, the late Betico Croes who guided Aruba to its semi-independent status in the Dutch realm? is one of the leading political figures on the island. He led several election campaigns for the MEP, now in the opposition. The Croes Family has been accused of ties with Cuntrera-Caruana. The Sicilian mafiosi payed for a trip of another brother, Rudy Croes (who succeeded Hendrik as Minister of Justice in a previous MEP government) as party secretary to a meeting of the Socialist International in Turkey. This has not been denied.
Paolo Cuntrera visited the island regularly despite his expulsion in 1988. The government opposed his legal actions for re-admittance. But Hendrik Croes has to admit the procedures were not stainless. A blundering government lawyer, an official who signed a residence permit 'by mistake', meant that de facto Paolo Cuntrera was able to circulate freely on the island.
According to Canadian police reports, in 1978, Pasquale Cuntrera owned the Holiday Inn Casino although the registers indicated otherwise. "At the start of 1980s the Cuntrera's were often at the Holiday Inn casino," says a croupier. "In 1989 they were there again, although they were ostensibly thrown of the island."
DEA agent David Lorino, the case-officer in Operation Wiseguy, claims that "when the Cuntrera's moved to Venezuela they carried some 15 to 30 million dollars with them, which were invested in hotels in Caracas, but also on Curacao and Aruba." 71 The DEA had used the Miami-based Italian-born Venezuelan business man Raffaele Bellizzi to contact Pasquale Cuntrera. Before 1983 Bellizzi owned a shipping-company, but that year it went bankrupt because of the debt-crises in Venezuela. "He told us that his ships transported narcotics and money from Caracas to Aruba and Europe," says Lorino. As mentioned before Canadian investigations show that the clan used Aruba as a trampoline for cocaine to North America. (72)
According to Lorino, "the names Cuntrera and Caruana were well known on the island." Now nobody on Aruba wants to know that these gentle and well mannered Sicilians ever existed. "Oh, but a lot of people knew them then," says Bianca de Mey, who set up the company Investeringen Tweehonderd en Tien, which was the holding for a nightclub and pizzeria for the Cuntreras. The company now has nothing to do with them any more, she adds.
The Cuntrera's must have felt at home on Aruba. The island has been a smugglers' paradise, since colonial times, when it was used to evade the Spanish trade monopoly. Whatever disagreements Arubans may have and they have a lot this is something they readily admit. Even Prime Minister Eman acknowledges "it is an island of smugglers ... For years Aruba was the most important coffee exporter, while there is no coffee-plant to be found on the island." Aruba is also the biggest exporter of Philip Morris cigarettes and every imaginable kind of whisky. On Aruba it is all imported and exported according to the rules. What they do at the other side on the South American mainland is not the problem of the islanders. Legal trade or contraband, the difference is thin. "A lot of families became very rich with this trade," says Eman. "This went on for decades and it is an, eh... accepted fact."
http://www.tni.org/detail_page.phtml?page=archives_tblick_aruba
[ Bericht 0% gewijzigd door observer777 op 08-10-2008 02:53:09 ]
ITALY,CANADA,ARUBA and Chicago
Aruba's reputation as a 'Mafia island' became public in March 1993 when it was described by the Italian daily Corriere della Sera as 'the first state to be bought by the bosses Cosa Nostra'. (7) The Sicilian Mafia clan of the families Cuntrera and Caruana allegedly had taken over the island. Between 1988 and 1992 they acquired 60 per cent of Aruba through investments in hotels, casino's and the election-campaign of a Prime Minister. Aruba looked set to be the first independent state under Mafia control.
At the time Aruba was set for independence from the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1996. Ten years before it had acquired a "status aparte" a semi-autonomous status ? within the realm. The Dutch consented to the Aruban wish for self-determination, but established a 10-year time period. Due to the reluctance of many Arubans, and anxiety with the Dutch government about the infiltration of organized crime on the island, independence never materialized. The US, France, the United Kingdom and Venezuela pressed the Dutch government to abandon its moves towards Aruban self-government, and the Netherlands complied. Consequently, although the island is now handling its own internal affairs, foreign relations and defense remain a Dutch responsability.
Prime Minister Eman doesn't like to be reminded of the name Cuntrera ?primarily because of his signature on the licence of Paolo and Giuseppe Cuntrera for their nightclub Visage in 1987. It keeps hurting him, even though he tries to dismiss it as "a very superseded story." According to Eman, at the time these people were honourable citizens in several countries, among others in Venezuela. In Aruba, their criminal activities were not known. Moreover, "when we learned who they really were, we expelled them?."
The issue also became highly politicized. The two main political parties ? the Arubaanse Volkspartij (AVP, Aruban Peoples Party) led by Eman and the Moviemento Electoral di Pueblo (MEP, People's Electoral Movement) led by Nelson Oduber ? accused each other of permitting the Cuntrera's to infest Aruba and both claim to have kicked them off the island. In reality, the Cuntrera's had left ? temporarily ? on their own in 1988.
In April 1988 Business Week published a story about the involvement of the family in a case of heroin smuggling from Thailand to Montreal, and their money laundering schemes in Canada. (9) The article and copies of the licence for the Cuntrera's signed by Eman, were distributed anonymously on the island, and caused a fierce political battle.
Eman still claims that the MEP-government which preceded his first government, already allowed the Cuntreras to establish the nightclub and that legally he couldn't do anything about it. But Eman's own Minister of Economic Affairs, Leonard Berlinski, in writing had refused a licence for Paolo and Giuseppe Cuntrera. Berlinski's officials advised him not to issue the permit because it was not in the public interest of Aruba, warning him "don't burn your fingers." Ironically, shortly after the licence was denied, Berlinski had to resign because of allegations of corruption. He was arrested but acquitted on appeal. In the meantime a new request for a licence was applied for ?by notary Maria Albertina Eman, a sister of the Prime Minister. Eman, then Minister of Economic Affairs ad interim, approved the application in spite of repeated negative recommendations. (10) Berlinski contends that observers of these events can draw their own conclusions.
Eman's claim that the Cuntrera's were honourable citizens in several countries is not convincing. This was certainly not true in Italy, Canada and the United States. In 1983 an international arrest warrant for Paolo Cuntrera was issued by the Italian police, and in June 1985 Gerlando Caruana was caught smuggling heroin to Montreal. Assuming this escaped the attention of the Aruban authorities, closer at home in Venezuela, the Cuntrera's were exposed as mafiosi in 1984 three years prior to permission for the Cuntrera nightclub. Their names, accompanied by photographs, made the headlines in the Venezuelan press. In addition, Aruban authorities knew or at least should have known? of the involvement of the Cuntreras in cocaine traffic on the island. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) had followed Sabbatino Nicolucci, a suspected courier for Montreal Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto, to the island. When Canadian police-officers accompanied by the Aruban chief of police asked to look at Nicolucci's phone calls at the Holiday Inn it appeared he was not registered: the room was reserved and paid for by Pasquale Cuntrera. (11) Despite this incriminating evidence, which probably inspired the negative advice of Aruban officials, Prime Minister Eman gave the Cuntrera's permission to open a nightclub.
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A Smugglers' Paradise
The Intercon Financial Bank on Aruba is represented by the law-firm Croes & Wever. One of the partners is former Minister of Justice Hendrik Croes. The firm's trust-company Arulex was implicated in setting up the bank. "Yes, we are involved with that bank," says Croes. "We still handle all their legal affairs, but we don't know anything of their financial accounts." (70)
Hendrik Croes a brother of the island's legendary leader, the late Betico Croes who guided Aruba to its semi-independent status in the Dutch realm? is one of the leading political figures on the island. He led several election campaigns for the MEP, now in the opposition. The Croes Family has been accused of ties with Cuntrera-Caruana. The Sicilian mafiosi payed for a trip of another brother, Rudy Croes (who succeeded Hendrik as Minister of Justice in a previous MEP government) as party secretary to a meeting of the Socialist International in Turkey. This has not been denied.
Paolo Cuntrera visited the island regularly despite his expulsion in 1988. The government opposed his legal actions for re-admittance. But Hendrik Croes has to admit the procedures were not stainless. A blundering government lawyer, an official who signed a residence permit 'by mistake', meant that de facto Paolo Cuntrera was able to circulate freely on the island.
According to Canadian police reports, in 1978, Pasquale Cuntrera owned the Holiday Inn Casino although the registers indicated otherwise. "At the start of 1980s the Cuntrera's were often at the Holiday Inn casino," says a croupier. "In 1989 they were there again, although they were ostensibly thrown of the island."
DEA agent David Lorino, the case-officer in Operation Wiseguy, claims that "when the Cuntrera's moved to Venezuela they carried some 15 to 30 million dollars with them, which were invested in hotels in Caracas, but also on Curacao and Aruba." 71 The DEA had used the Miami-based Italian-born Venezuelan business man Raffaele Bellizzi to contact Pasquale Cuntrera. Before 1983 Bellizzi owned a shipping-company, but that year it went bankrupt because of the debt-crises in Venezuela. "He told us that his ships transported narcotics and money from Caracas to Aruba and Europe," says Lorino. As mentioned before Canadian investigations show that the clan used Aruba as a trampoline for cocaine to North America. (72)
According to Lorino, "the names Cuntrera and Caruana were well known on the island." Now nobody on Aruba wants to know that these gentle and well mannered Sicilians ever existed. "Oh, but a lot of people knew them then," says Bianca de Mey, who set up the company Investeringen Tweehonderd en Tien, which was the holding for a nightclub and pizzeria for the Cuntreras. The company now has nothing to do with them any more, she adds.
The Cuntrera's must have felt at home on Aruba. The island has been a smugglers' paradise, since colonial times, when it was used to evade the Spanish trade monopoly. Whatever disagreements Arubans may have and they have a lot this is something they readily admit. Even Prime Minister Eman acknowledges "it is an island of smugglers ... For years Aruba was the most important coffee exporter, while there is no coffee-plant to be found on the island." Aruba is also the biggest exporter of Philip Morris cigarettes and every imaginable kind of whisky. On Aruba it is all imported and exported according to the rules. What they do at the other side on the South American mainland is not the problem of the islanders. Legal trade or contraband, the difference is thin. "A lot of families became very rich with this trade," says Eman. "This went on for decades and it is an, eh... accepted fact."
http://www.tni.org/detail_page.phtml?page=archives_tblick_aruba
[ Bericht 0% gewijzigd door observer777 op 08-10-2008 02:53:09 ]
"I lied and that's the truth"--Joran Van Der Sloot--
MORE MOBSTERS and a connection to the Chicago Mob
Like Don Saro, there was another big mobster. Not on Sint Maarten, but on Aruba and Curacao. His name is Paolo Cuntrera. A very important mobster from mighty Caruana-Cuntrera LCN Family from South Sicily. So called because the top noch of the Family IS family. There all fathers with sons, brothers and married to each other sisters.
Aruba, the Happy Island, is the home ground of Don Paolo. Not only the C-C Family is active, also the Camorra. The Raffaele Stolder Clan is not only in Aruba, but is also very active on the Dutch mainland. Don Paolo also used, like a good mobster, local people with powerfull backgrounds. In Aruba it is the Mansur family.
With his brother, Giuseppe and son, Gaspone they started to invest in Aruba. In hotels, casinos and clubs. All three are Canadian nationals and did live in Caracas. They also had building contracts, with connections from Russia. Everthing went smoothly for a while and they had even more planes with Aruba. But at one point a story in Newsweek blow up everthing for them. I do not know what was in it, but for the Cuntreras is was enough to leave the island for a while. When they return, Aruba had a new man in charge, and they could?t come back. They did try a differrent island, Bonaire, but there too they were kicked off. Then in 1993 he and the two others were arrested and brought to Italy. The C-C Famlily did not give up. They were replaced by Todd Van Kaenet, the son of Ron, a American with mob ties and Robert DeSantis, also a American , from Chicago, who lives in Las Vagas. How many intrests the C-C Family has, is not sure, but they still have some.
One owner is T and is believed to be a front man for the Family. He ownes a hotel and casino and he put recently two shopping malls on Aruba. Almost every hotel is built with drug money. The Antillen is used by the Colombians to move drugs to Europe, Holland mainly. But the main intrests with drugs, is money laundering. The use the hotels, like the Sonesta. The mob brings bags full of money, bring it to the Sonesta hotel in Miami and they pick it up agian in the Sonesta hotel in Aruba. Voila! Money washed! Even if they don?t use hotels, the customs in Aruba will not give you a hard time. One of the islands slogans is: In half an hour from airport to hotel. So they dont bother the tourists much.
Yes, these islands a far away from the Dutch goverment, and they are far away to be free of La Cosa Nostra.
http://www.americanmafia.com/EURO_View/12-13-99_Robby_G.html
Like Don Saro, there was another big mobster. Not on Sint Maarten, but on Aruba and Curacao. His name is Paolo Cuntrera. A very important mobster from mighty Caruana-Cuntrera LCN Family from South Sicily. So called because the top noch of the Family IS family. There all fathers with sons, brothers and married to each other sisters.
Aruba, the Happy Island, is the home ground of Don Paolo. Not only the C-C Family is active, also the Camorra. The Raffaele Stolder Clan is not only in Aruba, but is also very active on the Dutch mainland. Don Paolo also used, like a good mobster, local people with powerfull backgrounds. In Aruba it is the Mansur family.
With his brother, Giuseppe and son, Gaspone they started to invest in Aruba. In hotels, casinos and clubs. All three are Canadian nationals and did live in Caracas. They also had building contracts, with connections from Russia. Everthing went smoothly for a while and they had even more planes with Aruba. But at one point a story in Newsweek blow up everthing for them. I do not know what was in it, but for the Cuntreras is was enough to leave the island for a while. When they return, Aruba had a new man in charge, and they could?t come back. They did try a differrent island, Bonaire, but there too they were kicked off. Then in 1993 he and the two others were arrested and brought to Italy. The C-C Famlily did not give up. They were replaced by Todd Van Kaenet, the son of Ron, a American with mob ties and Robert DeSantis, also a American , from Chicago, who lives in Las Vagas. How many intrests the C-C Family has, is not sure, but they still have some.
One owner is T and is believed to be a front man for the Family. He ownes a hotel and casino and he put recently two shopping malls on Aruba. Almost every hotel is built with drug money. The Antillen is used by the Colombians to move drugs to Europe, Holland mainly. But the main intrests with drugs, is money laundering. The use the hotels, like the Sonesta. The mob brings bags full of money, bring it to the Sonesta hotel in Miami and they pick it up agian in the Sonesta hotel in Aruba. Voila! Money washed! Even if they don?t use hotels, the customs in Aruba will not give you a hard time. One of the islands slogans is: In half an hour from airport to hotel. So they dont bother the tourists much.
Yes, these islands a far away from the Dutch goverment, and they are far away to be free of La Cosa Nostra.
http://www.americanmafia.com/EURO_View/12-13-99_Robby_G.html
"I lied and that's the truth"--Joran Van Der Sloot--
Judge Rick Smid (Seen here in 2007 after releasing Joran Van Der Sloot for the 2nd time)
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Caribbean Financial Action Task Force
Caribbean Financial Action Task Force CFATF Typology Exercise II: Casino Regulatory Conference Aruba - July 16-17, 1997
The Nature and Extent of Money Laundering in the Casino and Gaming Industry Hon. Tennyson R.G. Wells, AG and Minister of Justice-The Bahamas
Mr. Rick Smid, National Public Prosecutor-Netherlands
Mr. Smid noted that Casinos are attractive to money launderers for a variety of reasons. One reason that Casinos are attractive to money launderers is because they offer a broad range of financial services including the issuing of credit, transfers of money into and out of bank accounts, currency exchanges services, issuance of checks and the acceptance of deposits.
be paid out in the form of a check or transferred to a bank account. While large deposits or withdrawals may cause unwanted attention, this may not be the case if such deposits or withdrawals are structured into smaller amounts. Money Launderers can also utilise Casinos to legitimise large amounts of proceeds by claiming they are gambling earnings. It is also possible that regulations can be relaxed for important customers; indeed casino employees may even be tempted into assisting customers deposit their funds without notice. Furthermore if a casino company operates gaming establishments in several jurisdictions, it can transfer funds among this establishment to obscure the origins of the funds and thereby assist in the layering of illicit proceeds. Furthermore, under certain circumstances customers can play anonymously in Casinos. In analysing the money laundering risks to the Casino industry, Mr. Smid suggested that a schematic by applied with two scenarios, one in which the casino management is involved and the other where the management is not involved. According to Mr. Smid, large scale money laundering is only possible if the casino management/ownership is involved. It is therefore vital that the ultimate beneficial ownership of the casino be established and to check on the integrity of the management of the casino and its staff. and this however is not often easy. Even when management is not involved in money laundering in casinos, problems can occur. In reviewing preventive measures, Mr Smid commented that in the Netherlands casinos are obligated to report unusual transactions and that these reports are both of a repressive and a preventative nature. Preventative measures include determining the ultimate beneficiary ownership of casinos, insuring the integrity of the management, efficient and effective internal administrative procedures, customer identification procedures, and unusual or suspicious transactions reporting requirements. Mr. Smid continued by delineating several examples of money laundering through casinos in the Netherlands. Mr. Smid described a situation where a customer approached a bank with a large amount of cash to deposit claiming the source of the cash to be casino winnings. These statements are difficult to verify, in the Netherlands there is, however, a reporting requirement for these types of unusual transactions as well as a requirement for customer identification. Mr Smid reiterated the difficulty for law enforcement and other authorities to determine beneficial ownership of some casinos when there is a link to bank secrecy jurisdictions. Indicators for unusual transactions reporting for Casino 4 objective and two subject indicators. The objective indicators for reporting are cash deposits of over 25,000 Dutch Guilders, wire transactions of over 25,000 Dutch Guilders, Selling of chips for cheques or foreign currency in excess of 25,000 Dutch Guilders. Subjective indicators incorporated other transactions which appear to be related to money laundering and structuring below the 25,000 Dutch Guilders. Mr Smid then presented a summary analysis of disclosures from received from Jan 1995- Nov. 96, 1861 Unusual Transactions by 336 persons 50% were Dutch nationality. 95% were cash transactions 192 by 54 persons were referred to Pub Prosecutors as Suspicious and 80% of these were cash transactions.
www.cfatf.org/eng/typoexe/casino/index.pdf
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Caribbean Financial Action Task Force
Caribbean Financial Action Task Force CFATF Typology Exercise II: Casino Regulatory Conference Aruba - July 16-17, 1997
The Nature and Extent of Money Laundering in the Casino and Gaming Industry Hon. Tennyson R.G. Wells, AG and Minister of Justice-The Bahamas
Mr. Rick Smid, National Public Prosecutor-Netherlands
Mr. Smid noted that Casinos are attractive to money launderers for a variety of reasons. One reason that Casinos are attractive to money launderers is because they offer a broad range of financial services including the issuing of credit, transfers of money into and out of bank accounts, currency exchanges services, issuance of checks and the acceptance of deposits.
be paid out in the form of a check or transferred to a bank account. While large deposits or withdrawals may cause unwanted attention, this may not be the case if such deposits or withdrawals are structured into smaller amounts. Money Launderers can also utilise Casinos to legitimise large amounts of proceeds by claiming they are gambling earnings. It is also possible that regulations can be relaxed for important customers; indeed casino employees may even be tempted into assisting customers deposit their funds without notice. Furthermore if a casino company operates gaming establishments in several jurisdictions, it can transfer funds among this establishment to obscure the origins of the funds and thereby assist in the layering of illicit proceeds. Furthermore, under certain circumstances customers can play anonymously in Casinos. In analysing the money laundering risks to the Casino industry, Mr. Smid suggested that a schematic by applied with two scenarios, one in which the casino management is involved and the other where the management is not involved. According to Mr. Smid, large scale money laundering is only possible if the casino management/ownership is involved. It is therefore vital that the ultimate beneficial ownership of the casino be established and to check on the integrity of the management of the casino and its staff. and this however is not often easy. Even when management is not involved in money laundering in casinos, problems can occur. In reviewing preventive measures, Mr Smid commented that in the Netherlands casinos are obligated to report unusual transactions and that these reports are both of a repressive and a preventative nature. Preventative measures include determining the ultimate beneficiary ownership of casinos, insuring the integrity of the management, efficient and effective internal administrative procedures, customer identification procedures, and unusual or suspicious transactions reporting requirements. Mr. Smid continued by delineating several examples of money laundering through casinos in the Netherlands. Mr. Smid described a situation where a customer approached a bank with a large amount of cash to deposit claiming the source of the cash to be casino winnings. These statements are difficult to verify, in the Netherlands there is, however, a reporting requirement for these types of unusual transactions as well as a requirement for customer identification. Mr Smid reiterated the difficulty for law enforcement and other authorities to determine beneficial ownership of some casinos when there is a link to bank secrecy jurisdictions. Indicators for unusual transactions reporting for Casino 4 objective and two subject indicators. The objective indicators for reporting are cash deposits of over 25,000 Dutch Guilders, wire transactions of over 25,000 Dutch Guilders, Selling of chips for cheques or foreign currency in excess of 25,000 Dutch Guilders. Subjective indicators incorporated other transactions which appear to be related to money laundering and structuring below the 25,000 Dutch Guilders. Mr Smid then presented a summary analysis of disclosures from received from Jan 1995- Nov. 96, 1861 Unusual Transactions by 336 persons 50% were Dutch nationality. 95% were cash transactions 192 by 54 persons were referred to Pub Prosecutors as Suspicious and 80% of these were cash transactions.
www.cfatf.org/eng/typoexe/casino/index.pdf
"I lied and that's the truth"--Joran Van Der Sloot--
September 1st 1998- Known Chicago Mobster Michael Posner purchases the Holiday Inn and Excelsior Casino(Later buys other Brickel Bay and other Hotels in Aruba) The casino's and hotels are put under his sons name Walter Posner
February 23, 2006 (WLS) -- 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.
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=news&id=3936339
"I lied and that's the truth"--Joran Van Der Sloot--
The Natalee Holloway Case: Was Michael Posner in the mob?
Topics: Natalee Holloway
A reader at another site asked if the Mike Posner of Aruba is the same Mike Posner from the Chicago Mob. The answer is yes. He did some time in the 80s, but after his release the Chicago outfit rewarded him by putting him in charge of their Aruba interests. In Chicago he was identified in the newspapers as "The Vice Kingpin of the Northwest Suburbs." He ran gambling, adult bookstores, strip clubs and prostitution. You'll recall that Posner and Natalee went missing during the same week, which is too much of a coincidence to simply ignore. According to the early posts on Dan Reihl's site, Posner met Natalee at the Excelsior Casino. I believe it was at the same time that Natalee introduced herself to Joran van der Sloot.
Posner certainly had the ability to make Natalee disappear. From the comments on the excelsior Casino that they cater to a lot of wealthy South Americans, I would suspect that Posner would be our connection to the sex trade. He is the King of the Bums in Aruba. He knows what is going on criminal-wise. The fact that Natalee has not appeared, tells me that he had something to do with her disappearance.
I have suspected Posner's involvement all along, but I had never previously suspected that he had a criminal record from Chicago, at least until the information came out. How the Aruba police have not clamped down on this guy is simply amazing. But, Posner could have had an arrangement with the former Police Chief van der Straaten.
As reported: Michael Posner owns the Excelsior Casino in Aruba, and caters mostly to "Spaniards". From what I gather from the Excelsior's casino info, some 30% of the gamblers come from South America. These are experienced gamblers used to playing for high stakes. Hence, they are South Americans with money!
On another note, the Excelsior Casino is a pioneer in on-line gambling.
Also, Michal Posner bought the Grand Holiday Casino (GHC) and changed the name to the Excelsior Casino on 1 September 1998.
http://www.hyscience.com/archives/2005/09/harrytho_on_the.php
[ Bericht 41% gewijzigd door observer777 op 08-10-2008 03:50:05 ]
Topics: Natalee Holloway
A reader at another site asked if the Mike Posner of Aruba is the same Mike Posner from the Chicago Mob. The answer is yes. He did some time in the 80s, but after his release the Chicago outfit rewarded him by putting him in charge of their Aruba interests. In Chicago he was identified in the newspapers as "The Vice Kingpin of the Northwest Suburbs." He ran gambling, adult bookstores, strip clubs and prostitution. You'll recall that Posner and Natalee went missing during the same week, which is too much of a coincidence to simply ignore. According to the early posts on Dan Reihl's site, Posner met Natalee at the Excelsior Casino. I believe it was at the same time that Natalee introduced herself to Joran van der Sloot.
Posner certainly had the ability to make Natalee disappear. From the comments on the excelsior Casino that they cater to a lot of wealthy South Americans, I would suspect that Posner would be our connection to the sex trade. He is the King of the Bums in Aruba. He knows what is going on criminal-wise. The fact that Natalee has not appeared, tells me that he had something to do with her disappearance.
I have suspected Posner's involvement all along, but I had never previously suspected that he had a criminal record from Chicago, at least until the information came out. How the Aruba police have not clamped down on this guy is simply amazing. But, Posner could have had an arrangement with the former Police Chief van der Straaten.
As reported: Michael Posner owns the Excelsior Casino in Aruba, and caters mostly to "Spaniards". From what I gather from the Excelsior's casino info, some 30% of the gamblers come from South America. These are experienced gamblers used to playing for high stakes. Hence, they are South Americans with money!
On another note, the Excelsior Casino is a pioneer in on-line gambling.
Also, Michal Posner bought the Grand Holiday Casino (GHC) and changed the name to the Excelsior Casino on 1 September 1998.
http://www.hyscience.com/archives/2005/09/harrytho_on_the.php
[ Bericht 41% gewijzigd door observer777 op 08-10-2008 03:50:05 ]
"I lied and that's the truth"--Joran Van Der Sloot--
SCUMBAGS OF ARUBA PART 1--MICHAEL POSNER
There is an expatriate who hails from Chicago that has spread and built his empire of greed and vice on the island of Aruba. His name is Michael Posner, but is also known as Michael Rubins and Irving Goldstein. He currently lives in Aruba (note: Posner was conveinently missing at the same time as Natalee.) and owns the Excelsior, Holiday Inn, Brickel Bay Hotel, Grand Holiday Casino, along with other miscellaneous “businesses” in Aruba. It would be an understatement to say Posner is a major player in the stench of Aruba’s underbelly of crime.
Posner has gathered quite an extensive list of arrests dating back to the 1960’s, including a ten-year prison sentence in the 1980’s. All his crimes stem from his mafia ties in the suburbs of Chicago, as a lieutenant under the 1980’s Chicago mob boss, Joseph Ferriola.
Let’s take a look at some infamous pieces of his past and how they relate to Aruba’s crime, money laundering, prostitution, human and drug trafficking.
In March of 1986, George A. Mueller, a millionaire businessman whose businesses included cigarette vending machines, video machines, and real estate in Chicago was executed mob-style at his place of business, George F. Mueller & Sons. That wasn’t Mueller’s first run-in with Posner and his gang. Mueller previously received numerous death threats and his business was bombed twice. Reminiscent of the movies such as “Goodfellas” or the hit show, “The Sopranos”, Mueller had been forced to pay mob bosses large amounts of money for what was called a “street-tax” in order for him to operate his business without the interference of Joseph Ferriola and his mob thugs.
Chicago investigators claimed that the murder of Mueller was meant to “send a message” to other non-mob related vending machine business owners. This murderous warning came from Ferriola, whose plans were to take over the businesses from Chicago’s legitimate businessmen in order to expand his operations into the city’s south suburbs with help from his golden child, Michael Posner. (The Chicago Sun-Times, March 30, 1986).
It was said at the time that Mueller’s murder may have been in connection with the convictions of five mafia leaders in a Kansas City courtroom just one week earlier. Hefty sentences were handed down to Chicago’s No. 2 mob boss, John Cerone, former Chicago boss, Joseph Aiupppa; and their mob counterparts, Joseph Lombardo and Angela LaPietra for their roles in a Las Vegas casino conspiracy. (The Chicago Sun-Times, June 24, 1986)
Operation Safe Bet Claims Ferriola and Michael Posner
On January 29, 1987, a federal grand jury indicted Ferriola, Posner, and Sidney Muscovsky on charges of racketeering, mail fraud and using interstate facilities to aid prostitution which stemmed from Posner’s “massage parlor”, the Roman House, a whorehouse located in Prairie View, Illinois. According to the indictment, customers of the Roman House used their credit cards to pay for sex, which was enabled by a government sting organized by federal agents. Michael Spilotro and his brother, Anthony, who were a part of the operation were subsequently murdered, and a Palentine, Illinois nightclub owner, Nick Stevens fled to Greece to escape charges. (The Chicago Sun-Times, January 29, 1987).
“…Posner is the head of gambling, vending machines, prostitution and pornography in Lake County and nearby counties…in 1984 the Internal Revenue Service nabbed him as he left a Northbrook restaurant and confiscated his $54,000 Mercedes, several thousand dollars and what appeared to be gambling records…Posner learned the racket, according to federal sleuths, from his father, Bernard “Pi Pi” Posner, who was an underling of Ralph Pierce and Murray “the Camel” Humphreys, founding fathers of the Al Capone gang.” “All Chicago and suburban porno bookstores are controlled by the mob, federal sources say.” (The Chicago Sun-Times, January 26, 1987)
The Roman House—nudie bar or hooker delight?
Posner claims that he was unaware of any sexual activities in his club. He claimed to have instructed his employees that no sex was allowed to take place there. No alcohol was served on the premises, yet customers racked up hefty tabs, the highest being $4,600, including a bill for a $96 “bottled water”. If no sex services were exchanged, then how were these customers racking up such monstrous amounts on their credit cards?
During Posner’s trial, a former patron of the Roman House was called as a witness and stated that “he was once standing naked, except for a pair of socks, after having sex with a waitress when she presented him with a bill for her services. ‘You’d better cover up’, he said she suggested, handing him a cocktail napkin.” Laboratory test results revealed sperm on used cocktail napkins. “A cleaning woman at the club also testified that she found used condoms on the floor on a daily basis.” (The Chicago-Sun Times, October 20, 1987)
Posner—Sugar Daddy, or Pimp Daddy?
The sick part of this story is that Posner claimed that he was helping these young troubled women earn money to stay off the streets by giving them these jobs. During the trial, Posner’s partner, Sidney Muscovsky stated that “Posner gave troubled young women dancing jobs, paid their health insurance and converted them into taxpaying citizens. ‘I think, if the Roman House wasn’t there, they’d still be on the street.” (The Chicago Sun-Times, December 12, 1987)
Sex, Lies, Videotape and Posner
So now that we know what Posner’s favorite dirty deeds are, let’s check out the connection between Posner’s acts in the U.S. and his “businesses” in Aruba. Perhaps the reason he moved to the lawless island of Aruba was to continue to do what he knows best? Already schooled and mastered in the ropes of crime, he is free to do what he wants on the island of Aruba and knows he can’t be touched. I doubt he will be returning to his posh home in Illinois any time soon. First, let explore the similarities between his Chicago and Aruban “businesses” starting with the world’s oldest profession.
“…Some of the people at Carlos & Charlie’s are reportedly involved with “recruiting” girls for wild sex parties, involving known well-connected and wealthy “mobsters.” One of those “mobsters” and his associates reportedly own hotels on Aruba, Curacao, elsewhere in the Caribbean and in other areas. There are rumors of wild orgies and taping of porn films, including “snuff” films, in a special room at the Holiday Inn on Aruba, as well at other locations.” (http://judicial-inc.biz/j_0_ran_aruba_crime.htm)
We all know that Joran’s best friend Freddy likes to photograph scantily clad young girls after we learned of his arrest in the summer of 2005. There are even reliable sources that have said he was waiting at Joran’s the night Natalee went missing in order to videotape the bang bang and sell it to Rafael Levy, the brother of Carlos and Charlie’s owner, Albeto Levy. Rafael Levy is known to have business ties to the international pornography industry, including such horrific acts called “snuff films”. It has been said that Joran, along with his gang of “pimps” are nothing but couriers or “loverboys”, who lure and drug unsuspecting girls in order for Freddy to videotape the unconscionable acts and in turn sell them to Levy for distribution.
Considering Posner’s past regarding the sex industry, it would be prudent to say that Posner could be involved with both Albeto and Rafeal Levy and is instrumental in picking out girls via the hidden cameras in his casinos.
In conclusion, is this the kind of place where you would want to send your children or family to for vacation? Aruba markets itself to the tourism industry as the safest place to visit. They produce fake statistics on crime, or report nothing for years. Their false marketing campaigns and blatant facades give weight to the boycott of Aruba. We have all been lied to. Would you purchase a product from a company of known liars, murderers, and those who know, do nothing and look the other way?
I know the answer to that question…do you?
http://arubanboycott.blogspot.com/2006_11_01_archive.html
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More here
http://getagripmonkey.blo(...)h-criminal-past.html
http://getagripmonkey.blogspot.com/2005_10_16_archive.html
http://www.hyscience.com/archives/2005/08/saturday_night_1.php
http://www.tni.org/detail_page.phtml?page=archives_tblick_aruba
http://www.ipsn.org/OutfitChart.htm
[ Bericht 46% gewijzigd door observer777 op 08-10-2008 03:46:05 ]
There is an expatriate who hails from Chicago that has spread and built his empire of greed and vice on the island of Aruba. His name is Michael Posner, but is also known as Michael Rubins and Irving Goldstein. He currently lives in Aruba (note: Posner was conveinently missing at the same time as Natalee.) and owns the Excelsior, Holiday Inn, Brickel Bay Hotel, Grand Holiday Casino, along with other miscellaneous “businesses” in Aruba. It would be an understatement to say Posner is a major player in the stench of Aruba’s underbelly of crime.
Posner has gathered quite an extensive list of arrests dating back to the 1960’s, including a ten-year prison sentence in the 1980’s. All his crimes stem from his mafia ties in the suburbs of Chicago, as a lieutenant under the 1980’s Chicago mob boss, Joseph Ferriola.
Let’s take a look at some infamous pieces of his past and how they relate to Aruba’s crime, money laundering, prostitution, human and drug trafficking.
In March of 1986, George A. Mueller, a millionaire businessman whose businesses included cigarette vending machines, video machines, and real estate in Chicago was executed mob-style at his place of business, George F. Mueller & Sons. That wasn’t Mueller’s first run-in with Posner and his gang. Mueller previously received numerous death threats and his business was bombed twice. Reminiscent of the movies such as “Goodfellas” or the hit show, “The Sopranos”, Mueller had been forced to pay mob bosses large amounts of money for what was called a “street-tax” in order for him to operate his business without the interference of Joseph Ferriola and his mob thugs.
Chicago investigators claimed that the murder of Mueller was meant to “send a message” to other non-mob related vending machine business owners. This murderous warning came from Ferriola, whose plans were to take over the businesses from Chicago’s legitimate businessmen in order to expand his operations into the city’s south suburbs with help from his golden child, Michael Posner. (The Chicago Sun-Times, March 30, 1986).
It was said at the time that Mueller’s murder may have been in connection with the convictions of five mafia leaders in a Kansas City courtroom just one week earlier. Hefty sentences were handed down to Chicago’s No. 2 mob boss, John Cerone, former Chicago boss, Joseph Aiupppa; and their mob counterparts, Joseph Lombardo and Angela LaPietra for their roles in a Las Vegas casino conspiracy. (The Chicago Sun-Times, June 24, 1986)
Operation Safe Bet Claims Ferriola and Michael Posner
On January 29, 1987, a federal grand jury indicted Ferriola, Posner, and Sidney Muscovsky on charges of racketeering, mail fraud and using interstate facilities to aid prostitution which stemmed from Posner’s “massage parlor”, the Roman House, a whorehouse located in Prairie View, Illinois. According to the indictment, customers of the Roman House used their credit cards to pay for sex, which was enabled by a government sting organized by federal agents. Michael Spilotro and his brother, Anthony, who were a part of the operation were subsequently murdered, and a Palentine, Illinois nightclub owner, Nick Stevens fled to Greece to escape charges. (The Chicago Sun-Times, January 29, 1987).
“…Posner is the head of gambling, vending machines, prostitution and pornography in Lake County and nearby counties…in 1984 the Internal Revenue Service nabbed him as he left a Northbrook restaurant and confiscated his $54,000 Mercedes, several thousand dollars and what appeared to be gambling records…Posner learned the racket, according to federal sleuths, from his father, Bernard “Pi Pi” Posner, who was an underling of Ralph Pierce and Murray “the Camel” Humphreys, founding fathers of the Al Capone gang.” “All Chicago and suburban porno bookstores are controlled by the mob, federal sources say.” (The Chicago Sun-Times, January 26, 1987)
The Roman House—nudie bar or hooker delight?
Posner claims that he was unaware of any sexual activities in his club. He claimed to have instructed his employees that no sex was allowed to take place there. No alcohol was served on the premises, yet customers racked up hefty tabs, the highest being $4,600, including a bill for a $96 “bottled water”. If no sex services were exchanged, then how were these customers racking up such monstrous amounts on their credit cards?
During Posner’s trial, a former patron of the Roman House was called as a witness and stated that “he was once standing naked, except for a pair of socks, after having sex with a waitress when she presented him with a bill for her services. ‘You’d better cover up’, he said she suggested, handing him a cocktail napkin.” Laboratory test results revealed sperm on used cocktail napkins. “A cleaning woman at the club also testified that she found used condoms on the floor on a daily basis.” (The Chicago-Sun Times, October 20, 1987)
Posner—Sugar Daddy, or Pimp Daddy?
The sick part of this story is that Posner claimed that he was helping these young troubled women earn money to stay off the streets by giving them these jobs. During the trial, Posner’s partner, Sidney Muscovsky stated that “Posner gave troubled young women dancing jobs, paid their health insurance and converted them into taxpaying citizens. ‘I think, if the Roman House wasn’t there, they’d still be on the street.” (The Chicago Sun-Times, December 12, 1987)
Sex, Lies, Videotape and Posner
So now that we know what Posner’s favorite dirty deeds are, let’s check out the connection between Posner’s acts in the U.S. and his “businesses” in Aruba. Perhaps the reason he moved to the lawless island of Aruba was to continue to do what he knows best? Already schooled and mastered in the ropes of crime, he is free to do what he wants on the island of Aruba and knows he can’t be touched. I doubt he will be returning to his posh home in Illinois any time soon. First, let explore the similarities between his Chicago and Aruban “businesses” starting with the world’s oldest profession.
“…Some of the people at Carlos & Charlie’s are reportedly involved with “recruiting” girls for wild sex parties, involving known well-connected and wealthy “mobsters.” One of those “mobsters” and his associates reportedly own hotels on Aruba, Curacao, elsewhere in the Caribbean and in other areas. There are rumors of wild orgies and taping of porn films, including “snuff” films, in a special room at the Holiday Inn on Aruba, as well at other locations.” (http://judicial-inc.biz/j_0_ran_aruba_crime.htm)
We all know that Joran’s best friend Freddy likes to photograph scantily clad young girls after we learned of his arrest in the summer of 2005. There are even reliable sources that have said he was waiting at Joran’s the night Natalee went missing in order to videotape the bang bang and sell it to Rafael Levy, the brother of Carlos and Charlie’s owner, Albeto Levy. Rafael Levy is known to have business ties to the international pornography industry, including such horrific acts called “snuff films”. It has been said that Joran, along with his gang of “pimps” are nothing but couriers or “loverboys”, who lure and drug unsuspecting girls in order for Freddy to videotape the unconscionable acts and in turn sell them to Levy for distribution.
Considering Posner’s past regarding the sex industry, it would be prudent to say that Posner could be involved with both Albeto and Rafeal Levy and is instrumental in picking out girls via the hidden cameras in his casinos.
In conclusion, is this the kind of place where you would want to send your children or family to for vacation? Aruba markets itself to the tourism industry as the safest place to visit. They produce fake statistics on crime, or report nothing for years. Their false marketing campaigns and blatant facades give weight to the boycott of Aruba. We have all been lied to. Would you purchase a product from a company of known liars, murderers, and those who know, do nothing and look the other way?
I know the answer to that question…do you?
http://arubanboycott.blogspot.com/2006_11_01_archive.html
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More here
http://getagripmonkey.blo(...)h-criminal-past.html
http://getagripmonkey.blogspot.com/2005_10_16_archive.html
http://www.hyscience.com/archives/2005/08/saturday_night_1.php
http://www.tni.org/detail_page.phtml?page=archives_tblick_aruba
http://www.ipsn.org/OutfitChart.htm
[ Bericht 46% gewijzigd door observer777 op 08-10-2008 03:46:05 ]
"I lied and that's the truth"--Joran Van Der Sloot--
In 1998 Paul Van Der Sloot was setting up contracts for the Aruban Government after five years of workinng as a Lawyer for them. In all probability it was him and the Justice Minister Rudy Croes who allowed a convicted Mobster to own and operate Casino's and Hotels in Aruba. It also explains how Joran was able to gamble illegally(Age 17)and have a large line of credit. Obviously in the casino tapes someone is doctoring Paul Van Der Sloots face so it would not be known he was talking to Natalee Holloway just hours before she dissapeared forever. The timestamp of Joran and Natalee entering the casino is also doctored
http://scaredmonkeys.net/index.php?topic=2577.0
[ Bericht 0% gewijzigd door observer777 op 08-10-2008 07:36:07 ]
http://scaredmonkeys.net/index.php?topic=2577.0
[ Bericht 0% gewijzigd door observer777 op 08-10-2008 07:36:07 ]
"I lied and that's the truth"--Joran Van Der Sloot--
Chicago's most Famous Private Investigator Ernie Rizzo
Posner admitted hiring a PI back in the beginning of the case,Van Der Sloots admitted they had one also and here he is.
Rizzo made no secret about his use of false identities and his extensive knowledge of electronic eavesdropping and obtaining cell phone records. He had many famous clients including Michael Jackson and had cases in the Carribean spanning a period of 30 years.
Mr. Rizzo, 64, died Sunday, Oct. 22, 2006 of an aortic dissection at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.
Posner admitted hiring a PI back in the beginning of the case,Van Der Sloots admitted they had one also and here he is.
Rizzo made no secret about his use of false identities and his extensive knowledge of electronic eavesdropping and obtaining cell phone records. He had many famous clients including Michael Jackson and had cases in the Carribean spanning a period of 30 years.
Mr. Rizzo, 64, died Sunday, Oct. 22, 2006 of an aortic dissection at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.
"I lied and that's the truth"--Joran Van Der Sloot--
Deepak and Satish Kalpoe hire Law firm out of Chicago in December 2006 to sue Dr.Phil and CBS for 800 million dollars!
The Firm is Cremer- Kopon- Shaughnessy & Spina LLC
Chicago Illinois hired by Deepak and Satish Kalpoe
CKS&S is located at:
180 N. LaSalle Street,
Suite 3300
Chicago, Illinois 60601
312.726.3800
Fax 312.726.3818
http://www.cksslaw.com/contact.html
The Firm is Cremer- Kopon- Shaughnessy & Spina LLC
Chicago Illinois hired by Deepak and Satish Kalpoe
CKS&S is located at:
180 N. LaSalle Street,
Suite 3300
Chicago, Illinois 60601
312.726.3800
Fax 312.726.3818
http://www.cksslaw.com/contact.html
"I lied and that's the truth"--Joran Van Der Sloot--
So there it is..Sicilian Mafia owning the Holiday Inn in 1996(Heroin trafficking from Thailand),Chicago Mob buying it in 1998,Judge Rick Smid as the Money Laundering expert in 1997,PI out of Chicago,Law firm out of Chicago and then we have the outrageously expensive Mafia Lawyer Joe Tacopina out of Italy and NYC and his team handling everything Joran and appearing on TV everytime the case was talked about in the United States.
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Van Der Sloots hire the Law offices of Tacopina Seigel and Turano,P.C.
Located in NY and Milan Italy Tacopina has handled many high profile cases such as Michael Jackson.
Picture from Tacopina's website
New York:
275 Madison Avenue, 35th flr
New York, NY 10016
Tel (212) 227-8877
Fax (212) 619-1028
Milan:
Via Domenichino, n. 35
20149 Milano
Italy
Tel (02) 48012455
Appearing with Tacopina constantly on American TV were these two who lied and gave misinformation to the American Public. They were on just about every news show daily when Natalee Holloways case was talked about.
Les Levine Investigations: Levine has a known track record of using methods of bribery, harassment and deceit in connection with criminal trials in the city of NY as well as impersonating police officers.
Law Offices of Rosemarie Arnold: Personal Injury Lawyers in New Jersey and New York City
Car accidents - Defective products - Fall-down injuries - Workplace injuries
As well as several different law firms in Aruba and in Holland,Private Investigators and forensic experts.
Who is paying for the millions in the defense of the Van Der Sloots and Kalpoes? Could it be the same group out of Italy and Chicago that owns so much in Aruba? At one point in Aruba Joran had a dozen lawyers from several law firms! We also know Mr.Paul Van Der Sloot initially was gracious enough to hire attorneys for Deepak,Satish and Freddy Zedan
Van Der Sloots with Lawyer Joe Tacopina and Forensic Expert Michael Archer earlier this year. Why would a $750 a hour attorney from NYC be in charge of Jorans defense team in Aruba when he knows nothing of Dutch law?
[ Bericht 6% gewijzigd door observer777 op 08-10-2008 08:34:04 ]
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Van Der Sloots hire the Law offices of Tacopina Seigel and Turano,P.C.
Located in NY and Milan Italy Tacopina has handled many high profile cases such as Michael Jackson.
Picture from Tacopina's website
New York:
275 Madison Avenue, 35th flr
New York, NY 10016
Tel (212) 227-8877
Fax (212) 619-1028
Milan:
Via Domenichino, n. 35
20149 Milano
Italy
Tel (02) 48012455
Appearing with Tacopina constantly on American TV were these two who lied and gave misinformation to the American Public. They were on just about every news show daily when Natalee Holloways case was talked about.
Les Levine Investigations: Levine has a known track record of using methods of bribery, harassment and deceit in connection with criminal trials in the city of NY as well as impersonating police officers.
Law Offices of Rosemarie Arnold: Personal Injury Lawyers in New Jersey and New York City
Car accidents - Defective products - Fall-down injuries - Workplace injuries
As well as several different law firms in Aruba and in Holland,Private Investigators and forensic experts.
Who is paying for the millions in the defense of the Van Der Sloots and Kalpoes? Could it be the same group out of Italy and Chicago that owns so much in Aruba? At one point in Aruba Joran had a dozen lawyers from several law firms! We also know Mr.Paul Van Der Sloot initially was gracious enough to hire attorneys for Deepak,Satish and Freddy Zedan
Van Der Sloots with Lawyer Joe Tacopina and Forensic Expert Michael Archer earlier this year. Why would a $750 a hour attorney from NYC be in charge of Jorans defense team in Aruba when he knows nothing of Dutch law?
[ Bericht 6% gewijzigd door observer777 op 08-10-2008 08:34:04 ]
"I lied and that's the truth"--Joran Van Der Sloot--
Observer777
Let it go........ Spend your time on yourself and not on a girl that disappeerd years ago.
She will not be found, She is dead, Her parents know this.
JvS probably did not kill her, but was there when she died.
Spend you life on you, not chasing after the memory of a girl.
Let it go........ Spend your time on yourself and not on a girl that disappeerd years ago.
She will not be found, She is dead, Her parents know this.
JvS probably did not kill her, but was there when she died.
Spend you life on you, not chasing after the memory of a girl.
Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels,....... Arrrcchhh kijk em zelf maar
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQFIsfQKBuU[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQFIsfQKBuU[/youtube]
Dat doen we hier al vanaf het begin roosje en veel documenten etc zijn in het engels
Wanneer domme mensen domme dingen beweren, dan moet je ze niet corrigeren, maar glimlachend gelijk geven.
'Moeilijk toerismeseizoen, wel lagere prijzen’
7 Okt, 2008, 16:11 (GMT -04:00)
ORANJESTAD — Aruba wacht een moeilijk hoogseizoen als gevolg van de internationale kredietcrisis. Dit zegt econoom en lid van de Sociaal Economische Raad Ben Marapin. De eerste indicaties van een teruggang in de toerismesector zijn al merkbaar. “Het wordt een sobere kerst”, constateert Marapin, die overigens wel verwacht dat over een jaar tot anderhalf jaar de crisis voorbij is en dus ook de toeristensector weer aan zal trekken. De inzakkende economie zorgt bovendien voor lagere prijzen.
Volgens de econoom Marapin heeft hij al signalen uit de horecasector gekregen dat toeristen voorzichtiger zijn in hun bestedingen. “Namen ze eerst een voor- en hoofdgerecht, nu blijft het vaak bij twee voorgerechten.” Indicaties zijn er ook in de hotelsector. Zo wordt personeel van diverse hotels uit kostenbesparing verplicht om nu vakantie te nemen omdat in de maanden oktober en november minder kamers bezet zijn.
De crisis treft volgens Marapin niet alleen de Amerikaanse markt, maar alle markten die van belang zijn voor de Arubaanse toerismesector. “De Braziliaanse markt is 10 procent gekelderd. De toeristen die uit dit land naar Aruba komen, zijn voornamelijk vermogende Brazilianen die vaak aandelen hebben. Een groot deel van hun kapitaal is nu vernietigd, dus dat heeft zijn weerslag.”
Ook andere markten zoals de Europese en Canadese zullen volgens hem tijdelijk inzakken.
“Het dieptepunt van de crisis is namelijk nog niet bereikt. Er heeft nog geen kentering plaatsgevonden, hoewel dat de afgelopen weken wel werd gedacht. Maar vorige maand verloren in de Verenigde Staten bijna 160.000 mensen hun baan”, constateert Marapin. Hij verwacht overigens wel dat een groot deel van de Amerikanen dit hoogseizoen naar Aruba komen. “Amerikanen boeken vaak vroeg omdat ze dan grote kortingen krijgen. Zij zullen dus nog wel komen, maar geven wel minder uit. Immers zijn de bestedingen in eigen land al niet rooskleurig, dus waarom zouden ze hier wel meer gaan uitgeven.”
Pluspunten
Toch is de econoom optimistisch, met name voor de middellange termijn. “De crisis is een tijdelijke situatie. Over een jaar tot anderhalf jaar pikt de economie weer op”, verwacht Marapin. Een ander pluspunt van de inzakkende economie zijn de dalende grondstof- en energieprijzen. “Dit heb ik een aantal maanden geleden al voorspeld. De consumptieprijzen gaan dus naar beneden gaan, niet met zoveel procenten, maar wel wat.” De dalende euro draagt ook bij aan lagere prijzen. “We zien straks zeker dat typische Europese producten zoals kaas en melk in prijs gaan dalen.”
De afgelopen maanden was zelfs sprake van een deflatie en Marapin verwacht dat deze tendens zich doorzet. “Het zal de komende maanden in ieder geval constant blijven, dus per saldo denk ik toch, als we een beetje geluk hebben, het jaar zullen afsluiten met een inflatie van onder de 9 procent.”
Bovendien heeft volgens de econoom de internationale crisis de binnenlandse vraag nog niet echt aangetast. “De cijfers van het CBS over augustus laten zien dat bepaalde productcategorieën nog steeds zijn gestegen.” Daarnaast zijn de salarissen niet ingekort, maar wordt er nog steeds gepraat over loonsverhogingen, zegt Marapin. “Ik verwacht wel dat de komende maanden lonen worden bevroren of eerder dat de bonussen een stuk lager zullen uitvallen.”
7 Okt, 2008, 16:11 (GMT -04:00)
ORANJESTAD — Aruba wacht een moeilijk hoogseizoen als gevolg van de internationale kredietcrisis. Dit zegt econoom en lid van de Sociaal Economische Raad Ben Marapin. De eerste indicaties van een teruggang in de toerismesector zijn al merkbaar. “Het wordt een sobere kerst”, constateert Marapin, die overigens wel verwacht dat over een jaar tot anderhalf jaar de crisis voorbij is en dus ook de toeristensector weer aan zal trekken. De inzakkende economie zorgt bovendien voor lagere prijzen.
Volgens de econoom Marapin heeft hij al signalen uit de horecasector gekregen dat toeristen voorzichtiger zijn in hun bestedingen. “Namen ze eerst een voor- en hoofdgerecht, nu blijft het vaak bij twee voorgerechten.” Indicaties zijn er ook in de hotelsector. Zo wordt personeel van diverse hotels uit kostenbesparing verplicht om nu vakantie te nemen omdat in de maanden oktober en november minder kamers bezet zijn.
De crisis treft volgens Marapin niet alleen de Amerikaanse markt, maar alle markten die van belang zijn voor de Arubaanse toerismesector. “De Braziliaanse markt is 10 procent gekelderd. De toeristen die uit dit land naar Aruba komen, zijn voornamelijk vermogende Brazilianen die vaak aandelen hebben. Een groot deel van hun kapitaal is nu vernietigd, dus dat heeft zijn weerslag.”
Ook andere markten zoals de Europese en Canadese zullen volgens hem tijdelijk inzakken.
“Het dieptepunt van de crisis is namelijk nog niet bereikt. Er heeft nog geen kentering plaatsgevonden, hoewel dat de afgelopen weken wel werd gedacht. Maar vorige maand verloren in de Verenigde Staten bijna 160.000 mensen hun baan”, constateert Marapin. Hij verwacht overigens wel dat een groot deel van de Amerikanen dit hoogseizoen naar Aruba komen. “Amerikanen boeken vaak vroeg omdat ze dan grote kortingen krijgen. Zij zullen dus nog wel komen, maar geven wel minder uit. Immers zijn de bestedingen in eigen land al niet rooskleurig, dus waarom zouden ze hier wel meer gaan uitgeven.”
Pluspunten
Toch is de econoom optimistisch, met name voor de middellange termijn. “De crisis is een tijdelijke situatie. Over een jaar tot anderhalf jaar pikt de economie weer op”, verwacht Marapin. Een ander pluspunt van de inzakkende economie zijn de dalende grondstof- en energieprijzen. “Dit heb ik een aantal maanden geleden al voorspeld. De consumptieprijzen gaan dus naar beneden gaan, niet met zoveel procenten, maar wel wat.” De dalende euro draagt ook bij aan lagere prijzen. “We zien straks zeker dat typische Europese producten zoals kaas en melk in prijs gaan dalen.”
De afgelopen maanden was zelfs sprake van een deflatie en Marapin verwacht dat deze tendens zich doorzet. “Het zal de komende maanden in ieder geval constant blijven, dus per saldo denk ik toch, als we een beetje geluk hebben, het jaar zullen afsluiten met een inflatie van onder de 9 procent.”
Bovendien heeft volgens de econoom de internationale crisis de binnenlandse vraag nog niet echt aangetast. “De cijfers van het CBS over augustus laten zien dat bepaalde productcategorieën nog steeds zijn gestegen.” Daarnaast zijn de salarissen niet ingekort, maar wordt er nog steeds gepraat over loonsverhogingen, zegt Marapin. “Ik verwacht wel dat de komende maanden lonen worden bevroren of eerder dat de bonussen een stuk lager zullen uitvallen.”
Wanneer domme mensen domme dingen beweren, dan moet je ze niet corrigeren, maar glimlachend gelijk geven.
Verdwijning Natalee Holloway verfilmd
Door CASPAR NABER
LOS ANGELES/ROTTERDAM - The Natalee Holloway Story. Zo gaat de televisiefilm heten over de verdwijning van de 18-jarige Amerikaanse op Aruba, in 2005.
Natalee Holloway
De voorproductie van de film is begonnen, zo maakte het Amerikaanse Lifetime Movie Network gisteren bekend. Het multimediabedrijf, marktleider op het gebied van vrouwentelevisie en gespecialiseerd in films voor en over vrouwen, zegt de prent volgend jaar te gaan uitzenden.
Bij het productieproces, uitbesteed aan Sony Pictures Television, wordt nauw samengewerkt met Natalee's moeder Beth Twitty. De film is gebaseerd op haar boek: Loving Natalee, a mother's testament of hope and faith.
Hoewel de relatie tussen moeder en dochter centraal staat, focust de filmop Beth's pogingen uit te vissen wat er gebeurde met haar dochter.
De Amerikaanse uit Mountain Brook (Alabama) verdween drie jaar geleden op Aruba, waar ze met schoolvriendinnen vakantie vierde na geslaagd te zijn voor het eindexamen.
Natalee werd voor het laatst gezien toen ze op 30 mei 2005 een bar verliet en in een zilverkleurige auto stapte. Ze was toen in het gezelschap van Nederlander Joran van der Sloot. Die verklaarde aanvankelijk haar alleen te hebben achtergelaten op het strand. Begin dit jaar verklaarde hij aan een informant van Peter R. De Vries dat hij Natalee in zee dumpte. Die 'bekentenis' werd gefilmd met een verborgen camera. Achteraf verklaarde de twintiger te hebben gelogen.
Liftetime Movie Network zond vorig jaar al een film uit over Delimar Vera, een meisje dat zeven jaar na haar ontvoering werd teruggevonden door haar moeder. Die film was de op een na best bekeken in de tienjarige geschiedenis van het bedrijf.
Door CASPAR NABER
LOS ANGELES/ROTTERDAM - The Natalee Holloway Story. Zo gaat de televisiefilm heten over de verdwijning van de 18-jarige Amerikaanse op Aruba, in 2005.
Natalee Holloway
De voorproductie van de film is begonnen, zo maakte het Amerikaanse Lifetime Movie Network gisteren bekend. Het multimediabedrijf, marktleider op het gebied van vrouwentelevisie en gespecialiseerd in films voor en over vrouwen, zegt de prent volgend jaar te gaan uitzenden.
Bij het productieproces, uitbesteed aan Sony Pictures Television, wordt nauw samengewerkt met Natalee's moeder Beth Twitty. De film is gebaseerd op haar boek: Loving Natalee, a mother's testament of hope and faith.
Hoewel de relatie tussen moeder en dochter centraal staat, focust de filmop Beth's pogingen uit te vissen wat er gebeurde met haar dochter.
De Amerikaanse uit Mountain Brook (Alabama) verdween drie jaar geleden op Aruba, waar ze met schoolvriendinnen vakantie vierde na geslaagd te zijn voor het eindexamen.
Natalee werd voor het laatst gezien toen ze op 30 mei 2005 een bar verliet en in een zilverkleurige auto stapte. Ze was toen in het gezelschap van Nederlander Joran van der Sloot. Die verklaarde aanvankelijk haar alleen te hebben achtergelaten op het strand. Begin dit jaar verklaarde hij aan een informant van Peter R. De Vries dat hij Natalee in zee dumpte. Die 'bekentenis' werd gefilmd met een verborgen camera. Achteraf verklaarde de twintiger te hebben gelogen.
Liftetime Movie Network zond vorig jaar al een film uit over Delimar Vera, een meisje dat zeven jaar na haar ontvoering werd teruggevonden door haar moeder. Die film was de op een na best bekeken in de tienjarige geschiedenis van het bedrijf.
Wanneer domme mensen domme dingen beweren, dan moet je ze niet corrigeren, maar glimlachend gelijk geven.
[ Bericht 100% gewijzigd door observer777 op 09-10-2008 22:04:35 ]
"I lied and that's the truth"--Joran Van Der Sloot--
If Natalee was cremated then I see 3 possible scenarios.
We have seen the rumors/reports that Rene Van Heyningen ran the incinerater both at the Hospital and at the Valero refinery. . It may also explain a possible dismemberment that may have taken place so she could be properly put in these incineraters especially the small one at the Hospital. This could also explain why someone murdered this poor man because I do not believe it was Yesenia Castillo.
1.The Hospital Incinertaer that they use to burn infectious waste
2.The Valero Incinerater
3.Crematorium at one of the funeral homes like Zepp/Wever (Is Yolanda Wever related to suspect Guido Wever?) http://www.zeppwever.com/
Aruba says they do not have a Crematorium but they are listed as the owners of one. It has also been rumored that Paul Van Der Sloot helped bring it in to Aruba.
http://www.matthewscremation.com/industry/international.asp
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If you havent seen the Chicago-Aruba Bay Video's they are very suspicious. First we were told they were painting street signs..Then Jossy Mansur on SM Radio told us it was a dismembered 7 year old Colombian boy from a year earlier. Which is impossible because the area was searched and the boy died elsewhere on the island. He said the man with the goatee in the video painting the rocks is part of the Police Forensic unit. We know there is a missing video that was pulled off the net and it has never been seen since. Whats on the missing video?
On June 13 2005 a girl named Jacy from Holland sent a video of the dunes (Rock) area of what appeared to be a police recovery of a body filmed on 6-10-2005.. It was also filmed by a Ed Smith and edited by Chris Hodge. The video was put on the net and almost immediately they pulled off one of the clips Also in the video you can see a man named Harry the "Nose" Jongen who was made famous for his techniques of finding bodies.
Video's are here
http://tinyurl.com/4mmbxa
http://arubassilence.bravehost.com/chicago.html
Is this why they are all so confident that Natalee will never be found?
[ Bericht 5% gewijzigd door observer777 op 10-10-2008 20:26:18 ]
We have seen the rumors/reports that Rene Van Heyningen ran the incinerater both at the Hospital and at the Valero refinery. . It may also explain a possible dismemberment that may have taken place so she could be properly put in these incineraters especially the small one at the Hospital. This could also explain why someone murdered this poor man because I do not believe it was Yesenia Castillo.
1.The Hospital Incinertaer that they use to burn infectious waste
2.The Valero Incinerater
3.Crematorium at one of the funeral homes like Zepp/Wever (Is Yolanda Wever related to suspect Guido Wever?) http://www.zeppwever.com/
Aruba says they do not have a Crematorium but they are listed as the owners of one. It has also been rumored that Paul Van Der Sloot helped bring it in to Aruba.
http://www.matthewscremation.com/industry/international.asp
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If you havent seen the Chicago-Aruba Bay Video's they are very suspicious. First we were told they were painting street signs..Then Jossy Mansur on SM Radio told us it was a dismembered 7 year old Colombian boy from a year earlier. Which is impossible because the area was searched and the boy died elsewhere on the island. He said the man with the goatee in the video painting the rocks is part of the Police Forensic unit. We know there is a missing video that was pulled off the net and it has never been seen since. Whats on the missing video?
On June 13 2005 a girl named Jacy from Holland sent a video of the dunes (Rock) area of what appeared to be a police recovery of a body filmed on 6-10-2005.. It was also filmed by a Ed Smith and edited by Chris Hodge. The video was put on the net and almost immediately they pulled off one of the clips Also in the video you can see a man named Harry the "Nose" Jongen who was made famous for his techniques of finding bodies.
Video's are here
http://tinyurl.com/4mmbxa
http://arubassilence.bravehost.com/chicago.html
Is this why they are all so confident that Natalee will never be found?
[ Bericht 5% gewijzigd door observer777 op 10-10-2008 20:26:18 ]
"I lied and that's the truth"--Joran Van Der Sloot--
Also in the video is a eery and odd shot of this bag. Personally I do not think it's Natalee but others do. I believe the video was made to free the two innocent black security guards that were being framed for Natalees Murder.
Video is here http://tinyurl.com/495vf5
[ Bericht 11% gewijzigd door observer777 op 10-10-2008 06:01:05 ]
Video is here http://tinyurl.com/495vf5
[ Bericht 11% gewijzigd door observer777 op 10-10-2008 06:01:05 ]
"I lied and that's the truth"--Joran Van Der Sloot--
Van der Eem zei op de vraag:
Jij weet wie Natalee in zee gedumpt heeft hè?
‘Dat is speculeren. Maar ik weet het wel. Joran heeft me in het begin een naam genoemd. Hij zei niet dat die jongen iets gedaan heeft, maar wel dat hij veel met hem omging. Toen ik die naam aan de politie op Aruba gaf, werden ze gek, omdat het hun eigen vermoedens bevestigde. Het waren twee namen. Eentje is de dag na het verdwijnen van Natalee vertrokken uit Aruba. Hij is een flikker uit een rijke familie. De politie vroeg me of Joran biseksuele neigingen heeft.’
De flikker is Wever, wie is de 2e persoon?
You know who dumped Natalee into the sea huh?
To this question van der Eem said:
"That is speculation.
But I do know.
In the very beginning Joran mentioned a name.
He didn`t say that the boy has done anything, but that he was hangin around a lot with him.
When I gave this name to the cops in Aruba, they went crazy, cause it confirmed their own suspicions. There were two names.
One has left Aruba the day after the disappearance of Natalee.
He is a faggot from a rich family.
The police asked me wether Joran has bisexual tendencies."
The fag is Wever, Who`s the other one?
[ Bericht 12% gewijzigd door bastibro op 10-10-2008 18:56:27 ]
Jij weet wie Natalee in zee gedumpt heeft hè?
‘Dat is speculeren. Maar ik weet het wel. Joran heeft me in het begin een naam genoemd. Hij zei niet dat die jongen iets gedaan heeft, maar wel dat hij veel met hem omging. Toen ik die naam aan de politie op Aruba gaf, werden ze gek, omdat het hun eigen vermoedens bevestigde. Het waren twee namen. Eentje is de dag na het verdwijnen van Natalee vertrokken uit Aruba. Hij is een flikker uit een rijke familie. De politie vroeg me of Joran biseksuele neigingen heeft.’
De flikker is Wever, wie is de 2e persoon?
You know who dumped Natalee into the sea huh?
To this question van der Eem said:
"That is speculation.
But I do know.
In the very beginning Joran mentioned a name.
He didn`t say that the boy has done anything, but that he was hangin around a lot with him.
When I gave this name to the cops in Aruba, they went crazy, cause it confirmed their own suspicions. There were two names.
One has left Aruba the day after the disappearance of Natalee.
He is a faggot from a rich family.
The police asked me wether Joran has bisexual tendencies."
The fag is Wever, Who`s the other one?
[ Bericht 12% gewijzigd door bastibro op 10-10-2008 18:56:27 ]
