An online casino in Malta run by 'Ndrangheta, one of Europe's most dangerous mafia organizations, apparently had its payments processed by Wirecard right up to 2017, according to the Financial Times.
The revenues from CenturionBet, whose gaming license was suspended by the Malta Gaming Authority in 2017, comprised only a small fraction of Wirecard's worldwide operations. However the discovery rai[...] Read more » Wirecard Reportedly Processed Payments for Mafia-linked Online Casino in Malta
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who know who and what number of people are behind this scandal and we can see how on so many ways they can launder money!now probably they can investigate other companies,especially who work on malta and they will find more of them with this kind of business!just hope that money from normal people is safe!
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So , they were helping this business of this mafia crime family , with the money laundering at Malta ?? Wow , even in the 20th centrury mafia families and patriarchs have influence and launder their money from dirty businesses , extortions and thefts . It's good they have arrested many and convicted some of this familymembers or criminals , now it's time for punishment for everyone , mafia or the ones that have helped them in the past
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Mafi be involved in a business to laundry black money by a Casino? No, no, no...I can´t believe it! hahaha. And in the XXI century using the technology to improve their corporate business? What a discovery! Surely, the special agents it must have taken a long time to get to that conclusion hahaha. Some news may be really funny. Perhaps it wait that we were astonished!
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I left some comments in the past and i was saying that there in this industry are some casinos, poker rooms or other sites where money laundering is practiced. When make money want more and ally with illegal businessmen to launder their money.
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Its strange how they need so much time to find things like this!if they have people who work for goverment who follow thing like this,then they should find this before!they know what people do and how they invest money!
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This reminds me so much the Godfather , lol , when they decided to turn to casinos and hotels , so as to have legal businesses or launder better some money from other businesses , lol . Mafias have the support or tolerance of the police in most of tthe cases , that's why they keep on doing what they do . But when police doesn't need them , or they want to reduce their power , they strike their businesses , cut some income of them , reduce their power . But the big family members are out , to continue their businesses . Happened in the past centuries , sad tto see it happening even now ..
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Italian mafia is very active all over the world and their power is not to be neglected. They make billions of euros in every year. In America, they were challenged by their Russian competitors but managed to resist very well.
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I hope police finds the rest of the guys , who are responsible for all of this , and punish them to give an example , to all others who might do the same with criminal organizations and their money laundring businesses . They caught some of these criminals , some were convicted , not i read about this CEO who got arrested , and one more from this company who is on the run , avoiding the arrest . Hope they caught them all .
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Police are looking for large cases that can no longer be hidden by evasionists or money launderers. Sometimes others are left unpunished. Large or small companies are checked and tried, but others are not even arrested like little Duck Poker.
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These mafia or crime organisations find it very easy to steal or earn money , a tone of money from illegal activities , drugs , extortions , killings . Their only problem is how to legalise this money , how to appear their source is legal . Some ways there are , people can be used for this purpose , banks , also casinos as profits by laying games on them , or if you direct and run a casino , hen way far easier to legalise . or a miney institution , knowing the right men in the right places to help you , ofcourse for a big reward . Thankfully , sometimes they catch these criminals , they destroy their laundering circle .
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Italian mafia has control in many countries and when they evade tax or launder money... it makes healthy economy in those places to become sick. It causes damage at local or national level and then the authorities take action.
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everything that is close to italy or have something with italy,you know that is strange that you will have people who will invest money in some business like this,that they will try to launder money and then to spend or invest in something more!we all know how they earn money and what they do in life!
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When they are caught with money laundering and tax evasion all found assets or money must be confiscated. After that judge by system, punished & banned for 30 years to work in that country. Heavy punishments will make many seek legality.
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I am sorry that somebody got offended with my post,but will know who "invented" mafia and where all started,but ok!they work with everything and they dont care what it is,they just want to earn money!ofcourse they will invest money in buildings,in casinos in everything that goverment will have problems to follow them!
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Mafia always tries to fool systems of many countries, because they make money until authorities wake up and after that they transfer illegally to other parts of world and damaged parts can no longer recover damages that can not be found...
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These news remind me of early decades of the 20th century , lol . Crime organisations , mafia style ,which control directly or indirectly businesses , like casinos , to legalise their dirty money .Not good news for the casino industry , they create a false image and picture for the casinos , although the greatest majority of them , I would say 99% or more nowadays ,are legal businesses of rich businessman , offering chances for entertainment and big wins . This mafia story is so retro , lol
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maybe its retro,but you know that mafia will always take chance to invest money in something,if they can earn something from it or just to launder money from bad business!no matter that in todays world,where they can track everything,from smartphones to mail-s and other things,mafia will still do thing kind of things!
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Mafia is in most countries on this planet and tax fraud or evasion is always done. Governments themselves are to blame for this, because they demand taxes and duties much too big. When you are modest as an authority of a country, then people are legal. Illegal it multiplies when taxation authorities ask for a lot of money from businessmen.
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Ofcourse dule vu , these mafia families and their dirty businesses , as well as their attempts to legalise their activities or launder their winnings , is not sth new , it always has been in the newspapers all the previous decades , many raids by police forces in all over the world , not just sicely , lol .In the past these organisations were far too many , now they are much fewer , police doesn't tolerate them as they used to do in the 20th century
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No one can finally get rid of Italian mafia if politicians of some countries where they have business do not take actions. They have great power, influence, are very smart, very often certain things or even their business are confiscated, but have already made too much profit, so that losses are easily supported.
