Organized Crime Targeting Energy And Financial Markets

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First Posted: 04-24-08 08:11 PM   |   Updated: 05- 2-08 05:12 AM

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Attorney General Michael Mukasey warned Wednesday that organized criminal networks have penetrated portions of the international energy market and tried to control energy resources.

In a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, he said similar efforts have targeted the international financial system by injecting billions of illicit funds to try to corrupt financial service providers.

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Attorney General Michael Mukasey warned Wednesday that organized criminal networks have penetrated portions of the international energy market and tried to control energy resources. In a speech at th...
Attorney General Michael Mukasey warned Wednesday that organized criminal networks have penetrated portions of the international energy market and tried to control energy resources. In a speech at th...
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The Bush Crime Family is trying to cut out it's competition here.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:58 PM on 04/27/2008

HAH I wish organized crime controlled business, maybe CEO's would try a little harder if they knew they would get rubbed out and dissapear if they fucked up.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:01 AM on 04/26/2008
- loki I'm a Fan of loki 144 fans permalink
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?????? The Financial market is organized crime.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:18 PM on 04/25/2008
- vandegrasse I'm a Fan of vandegrasse 225 fans permalink
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You got that right, Loki!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:48 PM on 04/26/2008

What...Angelo Mozilo isn't organized enough?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:54 PM on 04/25/2008

Makes me think I should go pull the 1973 Harry Browne book, "How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World", off the shelf. Read it decades ago, but If I remember correctly, part of his thesis concerned who's in charge, that the choice was either the "mafia" or the "government". Perhaps there is no difference, just that one is sanctioned or elected (sometimes) and the other is declared to be a criminal organization.

I believe the book was reissued in the '90s.

Someone here will set me straight, I'm sure. Meanwhile, I'll go look for the book.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:32 AM on 04/25/2008
- studlyguy I'm a Fan of studlyguy 11 fans permalink

Now I've heard it all ,does the American Government take us Americans as fools and idiots,trying to blame this skyrocketing energy on organized crime,it's being driven by criminals I agree with that,but the criminals are the Bush Regime and Wall Street .

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:29 AM on 04/25/2008

Might as well make it official.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:17 AM on 04/25/2008
- Podewumun I'm a Fan of Podewumun 32 fans permalink

"Organized Crime"? Yeah, right!

They're called Republicans!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:11 AM on 04/25/2008
- legalgirl I'm a Fan of legalgirl 23 fans permalink
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One and the same thing.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:42 PM on 04/25/2008
- StillAmused I'm a Fan of StillAmused 275 fans permalink

Supply and demand?

How many abandoned gas stations did you count today?

How many "No Gas" signs?

And, uh, explain the astronomical profits. Gouge much?

There are a whole bunch of perps on Wall Street and in the Big Oil boardrooms who belong in federal court with defense counsel.

Tony Soprano: "Fill 'er up, sucker?"

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:31 AM on 04/25/2008

"Organized Crime"...so that makes our govt "Disorganized Crime" ?

THat Dustin Hoffman line in the Godfather about senators and govt being no differnet than the familia still applies...same as it ever was.Unfortunately the corruption is never just contained to the govt level with this Adminstration.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:41 AM on 04/25/2008
- WIpatriot I'm a Fan of WIpatriot 36 fans permalink
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"Organized Crime"...so that makes our govt "Disorganized Crime" ?

Better, Legalized Crime.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:10 AM on 04/25/2008
- Chavez08 I'm a Fan of Chavez08 58 fans permalink
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"In further developments, the Justice Department has released a photo of the 'Energy Mafia' ring-leader..."

http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/cheney%20twn.jpg

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:37 AM on 04/25/2008
- Podewumun I'm a Fan of Podewumun 32 fans permalink

If only he'd tighten that bowtie just a littttttle more.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:13 AM on 04/25/2008
- Jason357 I'm a Fan of Jason357 8 fans permalink

That's Cheney, Bush and their cronies...nothing new. Why act like market manipulation is some new discovery they would have done something about if they'd only known about it. Sy Harding has been writing about the harm done by program trading for years.

They actually want us all to believe that AAA ratings were given to bad loans, because US banks or the insurance companies who ensured the bonds just didn't know better. The people rating the junk as AAA didn't know. The pension funds and money markets buying the junk didn't know. Nobody knew anything. Nobody notices the manipulation at every options expiration. Even the federal reserve manipulates the market to suits it's purpose.People joke and call it the Bernanke put, but that doesn't make it right.

Also, who is organized crime? How is that different from being in politics? There is no more rule of law in the world, so who is organized crime?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:33 AM on 04/25/2008
- rwe2late I'm a Fan of rwe2late 55 fans permalink
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Time for a few "bad apples" to "take the fall" in order to protect to robber barons at the top.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:42 AM on 04/25/2008
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Someone opened a big can of worms and the shit won't go back in the horse because the masses are made about the rape in progress. So its time to play, "Lets find a scape goat". Organized crime at it's best>

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:12 AM on 04/25/2008
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For this D.O.J. to be involved in any criminal probe it has to be for the benefit of their masters.

Next we will see some bit players rolled out as targets for attempting to break in to this cartels relationships. This is a screen or a protectionist move on behalf of the controllers. United States Dept of Just U.S. a wholly owned subsidiary of the Oil/Weapons Barons!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:09 AM on 04/25/2008
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The entire energy industry is organized crime perfected!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:01 AM on 04/25/2008
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