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Head Of Fourth Largest Albanian Bank Assassinated In Broad Daylight
It was about two months ago when in a shocking development in the otherwise sleepy tax-evasion haven of Lichtenstein, the CEO of local Bank Frick, was murdered in the underground garage of the bank by a disgruntled former client. As readers may recall, the tragic event happened at a time when there was a spike in banker suicides, prompting us to wonder if "with the first open bank CEO murder, one wonders if there will be a change in the pattern." Two months later it appears as if the vector of death is indeed changing when, as Reuters reported, overnight the head of the fourth largest bank in Albania, Credins, was murdered, shot at least five times, as he entered his office in the capital Tirana.
More:
Several witnesses said Artan Santo was shot at least five times by two men on a motorcycle at a busy crossroads just off Tirana's main boulevard where the bank's offices are located.
It was not immediately clear who was behind the killing. Police have offered a reward of 10,000 euros (7996 pounds) for anyone who can provide information on his killers.
Witnesses said Santo's body lay for half an hour under a white sheet as police investigated the scene.
A former director of Albania's Savings Bank, which was bought by Austria's Raiffeisen 10 years ago, Santo, 58, left to lead Credins Bank, established by a group of Albanian businessmen. Fifteen of them control almost 72 percent of Credins shares.
Under Santo's management, Credins Bank grew to become Albania's fourth largest by deposits, with a 7.9 percent market share in 2012. Santo was among the shareholders. He also owned a large stake in a media group.
Santo was well known in the Balkan country for his acting role as a boy who overcame adversity to climb a mountain in the 1970 Albanian film The Courageous.
At least in the Lichtenstein murder the killer was quickly caught. This time it will be far more complicated, especially since it appears to have been much more than a merely case of angry clients. Luckily, for now one can dismiss these "terminal" events as they are both isolated and taking place in obscure European locales. That too may soon change, especially if the global central bankers do all they can to push wealth disparity between the haves and have nots to fresh record highs.
In the meantime, unfortunately, the "boy who overcame adversity to climb a mountain in the 1970 Albanian film The Courageous" is now dead.
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Wag the Dog
Somebody hand me a tissue. /s
$20 bet- one or more of the 15 "controlling partners" had him taken out.
Coming soon to a banker near you!
This makes me wonder if Corzine is sticking close to his buddy Barry, and more importantly Barry's Secret Service detail.
It's Albania, for phuck's sake, what do you expect?
Like Wisconsin?
His buddy, Bill, has great tax-payer funded security for life, too. It is good to have choices.
omg lol LIKE!
Like? Love!
Jon is safe and secure in Hillary's arms.
At the risk of sounding facetious or insensitive, how large is the 4th largest bank in Albania? Is it bigger than your average WalMart?
At the risk of sounding facetious or insensitive, how large is the 4th largest bank in Albania? Is it smaller than MFGLobal?
Killing a banker? Sounds like a victimless crime to me..
Corzine is in jail, is he not? Oh wait....
He looked like a nice guy though...
perhaps this is why NYC is a gun free zone...
isnt this a cure song?
standing in a lot
standing on the land
staring at the banker with a gun in my hand
im alive
hes dead
killing a banker.
assassins on motorcycles... the signature method of guess who... everyone's favorite middle east terrorist state/hell hole.
Just like the ocean liner full of lawyers sinking joke
Is Chelsey John Corzine's Daughter ???
What difference does it make?
Probably.
That would be hilarious.
He does not look like he likes that hug.
"I was curious if I could care about money, but I couldn't!"
MAYBE if she had said "other peoples money" then it would be possible.
Corzine: Get off me you psycho clingy bitch.
"Like Wisconsin?"
Ziskey: I once got my ass kicked in Wisconsin.
At least they had the civility not to use a friggin' nail gun.
The least they could of done is made it look like an accident and said the parking gate accidentaly came down and hit him in the head while he was in his convertible driving out.
Or been more gruesome and said the parking gate decapitated him.
Anyways this proves bankers are not liked anywhere in the world.
But it was an accident. Motorcycles have a terrible fatality record.
It was a nail gun-free zone.
And while we're on the subject of Albania, an estimated 1/2 of its Gross Domestic Product (in monetary terms) just recently went up in smoke:
The village of Lazarat produces 900 tonnes of cannabis annually, worth 4.5bn euros ($6.1bn; £3.6bn) - equivalent to almost half of Albania's gross domestic product.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27916026
Such a silly thing to do, what else can Albania produce and export?
Maybe the two events are related.
He fell on a loaded gun....sad accident
Got to wonder what kind of goods Corzine must have on Holder and / or Obama????
That's how it works for the banker/politicos... everybody has something on someone - if you dont' when you get in they set you up and tempt you to violate your principles be it greed, sexual affairs, etc. and then they use it against you to keep you in line.
Pretty obvious Corzine has been in hiding for a long while. I have often wondered how many mafiosos lost a large chunk of change in MFG ? Guaranteed some did in Chicago or New York and even if they were not high level guys, I imagine there are some serious grudges yet to be fulfilled .
The entire thing was an orchestarted take down so CME would be the majon player ? And all in Chicago of all places ? What a stunning coincidence. Can't have competittion now can we, especially if you know Holder will do nothing because he is part of the plan as well as JPM and a few gov watch dog agencies. And the congressional investigation found no wrong doing? HA HA HA HA HA
We live in massive illusions and all are simply control mechanisms created by the control freaks we call our leaders ! John , I hope you live in total fear until the day comes that one of them bad asses catches up with you. Fuck all you criminals,
I hope said bad ass has the privacy and leisure to take the sort of creative vengence the mafia has always been noted for.
About time. Things seemed to be going quiet for a while there.
Merit based performance plan?
sic semper tyrannis
Never flip off a biker.
What decade are you living in?
The one when his Thorazine treatments began. 70's?
Look out Minnie-Me. They comin' for ya.
Really. I haven't even seen anyone wearing their colors in over 30 years.
use an asshole for your avatar, it would be prettier
...CEO Santo demanded His Bank's Gold be returned/delivered from Wall Street. Looks like His request was answered.
dupe
It wasn't really that "tragic" to call 4 wasting a tissue on. Use paper Au instead.
1 Down
14 to go.
Should have been........
Do they take requests?
He had one bullet left...what a waste
If they are accompanied by dollars!
Sooo, can this be interpreted as he was fucking a Broad was named "Daylight" and someone shot him cause it sounds like a good name for an escort to me. I mean they are bankers so this needs to be asked.
This stuff is quite creepy to be honest. Targetted assassinations?
I think all "assassinations" imply a target....not to be to nit picky.
Which part of the article did you find creepy? That it was just the second banker to get whacked? Or that it made you feel good for a second?
If it was the last part, you'll get used to it. Even faster when your savings account evaporates.
And the angels sang.
Every time a bankster dies, an angel gets his wings? Can't remember the quote but it was something like that.
I think you nailed it.
No, you got it. That was it exactly.
Well almost, here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfUV-F9jFro
So many bankers...........so little time.
totally deserve it.
I have #Blankfein and #Dimon on my Twitter news feed but no good news yet. The champagne is still in the freezer.
Only the good die young:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhjNm20XbXw&feature=kp
Cretins Bank
Albania, Albania, it borders on the Adriatic......
€10,000 reward? LOL
€10.000 now for a dead banker tomorrow.
So they give each shooter the 10k award for shooting the banker or the two shooters have to split the award?
It's gotta start somewhere.
What does climbing a mountain have to do with adversity? Was he a gimp or something?
Bullish for XE, Blackwater and iterations..
This guy evidently decided not to jump.
Oh he jumped alright, onto some bullets.
I'm surprised the assailants could wield a shitgum so accurately from a motorbike.
Hobson's choice. He picked option B.
Replacing the nail gun with a real gun. No wonder the Federal Reserve has their own goons now. Their worried about the masses figuring that the Federal Reserve screwed the 99% and stole their money.
well that's one way to get rid of these fucking parasites ... torturing them first might be more fun?
The bankers normally dont go out of the shadows, to be found in broad daylight is out of character.
Lot of security down that way. English, American...NATO.
Worth reading up on a place called "Kosovo" actually. Google "out of area operations" and "legality."
This guy is an easy mark for all sorts of folks. He wasn't hiding probably because he was well respected and admired.
Interesting that it's labeled "an assassination." That connotes a political figure.
I'm not a bankster and even I understand these signs: nail guns, pigs flying, public executions...
< IT was a suicide he shot himself 5 times
< Disgruntled girl friend and not bank related
I've actually seen morgue photos of a woman that shot herself in the chest 5 times. the fifth shot clipped her aorta and did the trick. It's possible. You really have to hate yourself for that level of dedication though.
Bump fire
jump!!!
We need to replace the reruns of Alaska's crab fishing industry on Most Dangerous Jobs with some fresh material.
Look people, if They had him assassinated, then he probably could have been some kind of use to the good guys. I wouldn't be so quick to cheer necessarily.
I'm trying to wrap my brain around the concept of a good banker, and all I'm coming up with as an example is the guy in this article - post mortem.
Wrong. It's time to CHEER! A dead banker is always preferable to a live one. It's always fun to watch these snakes get snuffed at about the age they are ready to retire and start enjoying their ill gotten booty. Look on the bright side here, there is probably a twenty something trophy wife back on the market. Wonder if she'd be interested in a So, IL Farmer....next to a banker, it would be the second most dangerous profession.
Like Jim Willie said, there's a new sheriff in town. Absent trials and jail sentences, this is the alternate procedure.
Society's autoimmune system has finally begun to react, and attact the parasites.
A trend?
They told him how to vote but he ignored them. Boo-fucking-hoo!
Banking is a serious, criminal enterprise. No wonder the banksters all have body guards. Have you ever seen the lobby of the Bank of America building in San Fran? Full of fat "guards" sitting on their asses. You can tell they hate their jobs. I hung around just outside and watched the bank drone assholes file into the big black building with nary a smile on their faces. They all looked like they dreaded going to "work" as they know they are doing evil each and every day. From stealing money, front running clients, falsifying documents, lying about products and they even cheat on their spouses with the crack whores. They don't need killing as they are killing their selves...their brains are long dead. Walking, talking sacks of uselessness.
Whew!
Well, that's what happens in dark garages to scum bags.
A banking CEO was murdered, you'd think they'd offer a bit more than $10k for the details. Or do they just want to see who the easiest squealers are?
Albania?
I mean I know we're all supposed to hate the banksters and all - but who gives a fuck about this guy?
What does he have to do with Wall Street and City of London fuckery?
For all we know, he was iced because he was doing something the powerful banks didn't like.
Or he stuck his dick somewhere someone took exception to...
Don't worry - the campaign to admit Albania to the civilising EU is continuing apace. If they're lucky, they'll join just in time to see the social fabric of their country shredded to pieces in a meltdown forced on them by Brussels.
Albania has banks???? Who knew????
I always assumed that they just hoarded loot in decrepit Soviet-era bunkers.
chalk one up for the good guys
Until you know who killed him and why, you have to accept the possibility that it wasn't good guys who killed him. It could have been brought about by other bankers. Or maybe he fucked over his coke dealer.
I might cheer on the death of any random banker but I wouldn't assume that the perp is going to be a 'good guy'.
Something that I have been saying for a while that should be understood. No matter how powerful and rich these fucks are, they're still mortal. Bullets don't give a shit if you're a billionaire or a bum.
For all these "terrorists" running around the world, the trillions we've spent to allegedly fight them, the open borders on the south, yet in all these years since 9/11 there hasn't been even one attempt against any neo-con, neo-lib, protected or not. Evidently the terrorist strategists think attacking shopping malls, schools and villages is what works.....doesn't even dawn on them to take out "ex" power mongers.
Disclaimer: I am NOT suggesting this strategy. Please put that in my file.
Perhaps 100.0000% of the attacks have been entrapments as was The Murrah Building and Elohim City in OK.
Let's put that to the test. I want Soros and a bum. We shoot them both and see which one is bulletproof. In the name of science you know.
Why waste a perfectly good bum? Besides, APD has already tested the bullets kill bums theory.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8aa_1395460451
Well played sir.
Hmmm.
Credins Bank, Albania. Why?
Where was I reading about Albanian banks involvement with a pipeline.
Take a look at this map...
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/images/pipe_line.jpg
TAP pipeline...
Greece, Italy, Albania Commit To Trans-Adriatic Pipeline
http://www.law360.com/articles/381885/greece-italy-albania-commit-to-trans-adriatic-pipeline
Now what if a Pipeline went from Qatar Up thru Iraq to hit this pipeline. Why it would have to go RIGHT THRU the ISIS controlled territory wouldn't it?
Why that might even nullify the South Stream pipeline's important strangle hold on europe maybe?
Any body see any connections here?
Never mind that's crazy.
Close it is not Southstream that is the competition. That pipeline goes to Italy which is not really a Russian gas market to begin. TAP actually competes with MENA aka Muslim Brotherhood gas in places like Libya and Algiers. The project helps Western Europe's energy security by making it less reliant on MENA gas.
Now how hard would it for Qatar through it's proxies cause problems in Albania to block this project.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Albania
According to 2011 census, 58.79% of Albania's population adheres to Islam, making it the largest religion in the country. The majority of Albanian Muslims are Sunni with a significant Bektashi Shia minority. Christianity is practiced by 16.99% of the population, making it the 2nd largest religion in the country. The remaining population is either irreligious or belongs to other religious groups.[1] During the Ottoman rule of Albania, the majority of Albanians converted to the Muslim affiliation (Sunni and Bektashi). However, decades of state atheism which ended in 1991 brought a decline in religious practice in all traditions.
A recent Pew Research Center demographic study put the percentage of Muslims in Albania at 79.9%.[2] However, a recent Gallup poll gives percentages of religious affiliations with only 43% Muslim, 19% Eastern Orthodox, 15% Catholic and 23% atheist or nonreligious.[3] In the 2011 census the declared religious affiliation of the population was: 56.70% Muslims, 2.09% Bektashis, 10.03% Catholics, 6.75% Orthodox, 0.14% Evangelists, 0.07% other Christians, 5.49% believers without denomination, 2.50% Atheists, 13.79% undeclared.
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And straight from the horses mouth and why, this was written in 2012
http://www.naturalgaseurope.com/kjetil-tungland-tap-trans-adriactic-pipe...
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South Stream development does not interfere with our plans at all. Recently Gazprom announced their decision to exclude the southern leg option of the South Stream, which originally passed through Greece to southern Italy, similarly to our route. Gazprom representatives explained they are doing this because of TAP, as we already plan to bring gas to this area. So, in this sense we are not competing and there is no negative influence on our development plans from South Stream.
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Also some more reading on TAP and Albania
http://www.swiss-cooperation.admin.ch/albania/en/Home/Programs_and_Proje...
Albania has become on average a net energy importer since the late 1990ies and its energy production depends heavily on rainfall. Over 90% of the nationally produced energy is hydropower, which covers in turn about 65% of domestic consumption. So far Albania has had very low per capita energy intensity, meanwhile it is catching up steadily by signing the fastest energy consumption growth rate in the region.
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It is more than transit routes at stake here, they are also paying customers in demand of said gas.
pity the shmuck who gets to replace him
Uh, that would be the mail room clerk with a new Seville Row suit and a limo. Sort of like a sacrificial anode for pipeline corrosion protection.
Wonder how many Russian deposits this bank has?
Either he refused to freeze the accounts - and got dead
Or
He agreed to freeze the accounts - and got dead
Are all these deaths of bankers a conspiracy like in the 2009 movie The International?
I want to see the Guggenheim Museum shot up by bankster henchmen.
You are not the only Hedger, friend, who found themselves drowning in Clive Owen's eyes...
While I don't advocate it, I have often wondered why there hasn't been an assassination of a banking official in the U.S.
Dimon and Blankenfien must have private security detail that would rival the President.
I keep thinking their time will come, it just never does.
They haven't pissed off the right people yet.
It is coming though we are real close to the part of the story where all the sharks turn on each other. When that happens I am sure a few 'opportunists' will take advantage of it to thin the bankster herd.
Aaaaah, who doesn't know that movie?
Funny, only a week or so ago the Albanian police wanted to raid a village in Albania that is a hub in drug production and trafficking. The economic worth of that village apparently is half the GDP of Albania. The police were welcomed with anti tank missiles, RPGs and automatic gunfire and was foreced to retreat. Albanian is now an EU candidate country and has to clean up its act and fight organized crime. But how does that go with the new EU accounting rules of adding drugs and prostitution money to one's GDP?
It's a start.
In the future the banksters shall see "every blade of grass" as a threat.
Why is it you never hear about terrorist organizations kidnaping banksters anymore?
My guess is because no one wants them back and the family pet would likely fetch a higher ransom.
Was a nail gun used?
I wonder if anyone had a life insurance plan taken on out this guy.
Follow the money.
Paging Bryan Mills, paging Bryan Mills....
It is exactly 100 years since the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. Albania is not too far from Sarajevo either.
So what ? I doubt Austria is going to rebuild Yugoslavia
Even closer to Montenegro......gulp.
I wonder how many bodyguards Ken Lewis has? I don't think it's as mundane as Tyler suggests, i.e., have nots gap, as it is the blatant stealing of people's money through fraud. Beware of MARKIT and "tranch" warfare.
I now find myself pulling for the bank robbers on TV. That ain't good.
We lost a hero today. A man of honor. I hope they lower flags to half staff.
Was it a silver bullet ?
Dang, Hedgeless!
How do you get Real pichers to appear inside this tiny white box?
I tried and tried and still havent figgered out how you and William B get her done.
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Great news. Thank you Jesus.
I'm going to continue to pray for the bankers.
Someone is listening.
Time for a Banker Deadpool and prediction market. Or at least a place were all this murders and suicides are taraked and mapped.
'Time for a Banker Deadpool and prediction market'
already in existence but you won't find it with google.
You will find this though which might give you a clue
http://www.outpost-of-freedom.com/jimbellap.htm
Ho Lee Shit
The only thing that bothers me about this is, somewhere there is an extremely evil bankster who is eliminating the witnesses of his crime. At some point you would think those in the know would become wise enough to make their death irrellevant by spilling the beans while he still can.
Albania has banks?
Good thing Credins took out a life insurance policy...
So the Chinese banker from yesterday didn't fall on him?
I think its the new Baltic Stimulus Program!
From Russia with love!
Is this just reprisal, or message to reluctant bankers? Justice works differently in Albania. The Albanian Mafia (non-Christian) is infamous.
Perhaps the term "honest banker" is an oxymoron, but a "reluctant banker" can be brought to heel (by gangsters), when another one is used to set an example.
When citizens believe that they cannot get justice in the court system, this is what happens.
Well, Atticus Finch oughta know! :>D
another black swan dive
http://youtu.be/pzDy2CubDsM