„The board of the New York Police Department's Sergeants Benevolent Association, one of the city's main police unions, said late Tuesday it had requested the resignation of its controversial president, Ed Mullins, who is "apparently the target of the federal investigation." Mullins agreed to step down. Earlier Tuesday, the FBI had raided the SBA's Manhattan headquarters and Mullins' home on Long Island.

After several hours at the union's Manhattan office, FBI agents carried at least 11 large cardboard boxes and a black trash bag to a minivan.“ -Yahoo News

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Pandora Papers:

„How America’s biggest law firm drives global wealth into tax havens

Baker McKenzie has been a pioneer in corporate tax dodging. It now acts for notorious tycoons, arms makers and authoritarian regimes operating in the shadow economy.“

https://www.icij.org/investigations/pandora-papers/baker-mckenzie-global-law-firm-offshore-tax-dodging/

„As a poisoned town sought justice, top chemical giant executive moved millions to tax havens

Leaked records show Bernard de Laguiche stashed Solvay shares in offshore accounts as the company faced water contamination claims in Italy and the US.“

https://www.icij.org/investigations/pandora-papers/solvay-italy-new-jerey-chemical-plants-offshore/

„As Catholic order fought sex abuse claims, secret trusts devoted to it poured millions into American rental properties

Leaked files reveal nearly $300 million stashed overseas for the Legion of Christ in wake of Vatican investigation. Millions were invested with a corporate landlord that evicted struggling U.S. tenants during pandemic.“

https://www.icij.org/investigations/pandora-papers/legion-of-christ-us-property-evictions-offshore/

„From temples to offshore trusts, a hunt for Cambodia’s looted heritage leads to top museums

U.S. investigators say Douglas Latchford trafficked ancient treasures for decades. Dozens of relics tied to the accused smuggler remain in the Met and other prominent institutions.“

https://www.icij.org/investigations/pandora-papers/cambodia-relics-looted-temples-museums-offshore/

„Pandora Papers sparks more international calls for investigation as pressure mounts on leaders in leaked records
Officials in more than a dozen countries have called for probes in wake of biggest-ever offshore leak.“

https://www.icij.org/investigations/pandora-papers/pandora-papers-investigation-sparks-more-international-calls-for-investigation-as-pressure-mounts-on-leaders-revealed-in-leaked-records/

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„The whole of streaming service Twitch has reportedly been hacked by anonymous attacker, who has leaked a 125GB torrent featuring its source code and user payout information.

The hacker posted the torrent link to 4chan, explaining the information was leaked to “foster more disruption and competition in the online video streaming space” because “their community is a disgusting toxic cesspool.”“

https://www.psu.com/news/twitch-reportedly-hacked-full-source-code-and-user-payout-information-leaked/

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WH debt limit meeting participants:

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The British government sought, in 2000, to integrate Putin’s Russia into the Western-ruled economic system, despite its brutal military campaign in Chechnya, documents obtained by Declassified show.

-Blair publicly claimed at the time to be raising human rights concerns over atrocity-filled Russian military campaign in Chechnya
-Blair briefed on expansion of British corporate interests in Russia, particularly those of oil company BP
-UK devised ‘three-year project’ to facilitate Putin’s Russia joining the World Trade Organisation while Blair wrote to world leaders urging they ‘help integration’ of Russia into global economy
-Blair told to ‘impress upon Putin’ that NATO enlargement ‘should not be seen as negative’
-MI6 head at time of Blair’s trip has said it was arranged to help Putin get elected in upcoming election

https://declassifieduk.org/revealed-uk-ignored-chechnya-war-crimes-to-push-bps-oil-interests-as-it-worked-to-get-vladimir-putin-elected-in-2000/

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„An Iranian general was allegedly captured by the Mossad, Israel’s secret service, in Syria during an Israeli mission to obtain information about the fate of Ron Arad, an Israeli airman who went missing after crashing in Lebanon in 1986, Ynet reports, citing an Arabic-language news site called Rai al-Youm.
According to the media outlet, the general was allegedly moved to some African country where he was interrogated and then released.

While the report does not mention if the general was on active duty, it suggests that the incident in question may be linked to an alleged assassination plot against an Israeli billionaire in Cyprus, which Israel claimed was “part of an Iranian terror plot”, as the media outlet put it.“

https://sputniknews.com/20211006/iranian-general-captured--interrogated-during-mossads-intel-gathering-op-in-syria-media-claims-1089707919.html

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Yemen’s prime minister blasts Houthis for ‘sabotaging peace, blackmailing the world’

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Hong Kong property agencies suing Evergrande to recover commissions

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China, Hanzhong - Flash Floods

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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/10/combat-increase-shootings-chicago-installs-bleeding-control-kits-city-buildings/

OMG How Deaf is BEETLEJUICE

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A beautiful shot of a giraffe family from Masai Mara....
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