Mueller Reveals New Manafort Link to Organized Crime

[applegrove]

BETSY WOODRUFF at the Daily Beast

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mueller-reveals-new-manafort-link-to-organized-crime

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Buried deep in Robert Mueller’s indictment of Paul Manafort is a new link between Donald Trump’s former campaign and Russian organized crime.

The indictment (PDF), unsealed on Monday, includes an extensive look into Paul Manafort’s byzantine financial dealings. In particular, it details how he used a company called Lucicle Consultants Limited to wire millions of dollars into the United States.

The Cyprus-based Lucicle Consultants Limited, in turn, reportedly received millions of dollars from a businessman and Ukrainian parliamentarian named Ivan Fursin, who is closely linked to one of Russia’s most notorious criminals: Semion Mogilevich.

Mogilevich is frequently described as “the most dangerous mobster in the world.” Currently believed to be safe in Moscow, he is, according to the FBI, responsible for weapons trafficking, contract killings, and international prostitution. In 2009, he made the bureau’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.

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[Faux pas]

1. Anybody with a brain

Saw that coming.

[Ilsa]

2. If the media had not exposed Manafort's ties, he'd be

Sitting in John Kelly's office, running this unwitting assets for the FSB and Kremlin.

[Irish_Dem]

3. Hasn't Trump been involved with the Russian mob for years?

Laundering money for them but letting them buy American real estate?

[malaise]

5. My take

They are all part of organized crime

[Irish_Dem]

6. Yep. With that theory, everything falls into place. Most questions answered. nt

[Kirk Lover]

4. The Kremlin Konspiracy Klan is GOING DOWN.