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The Bank of the Underworld: Kingpins, Arms Traffickers, Pablo Escobar and Saddam Hussein

2022/6/21
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前“黑单位”成员穆斯塔法
卡拉奇报纸
卡索拉罗的朋友
外交政策杂志
沙特王子图尔基
穆罕默德·萨利姆
罗伯特·摩根索
阿卜杜勒·萨基亚
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主持人:本集讲述了巴基斯坦银行家阿加·哈桑·阿贝迪创建的BCCI银行如何成为一个庞大的国际犯罪网络,为世界各地的独裁者、毒枭和恐怖组织提供服务,并与美国中央情报局等机构有密切联系。BCCI通过洗钱、军火交易、毒品交易等手段积累了巨额财富,并利用其影响力渗透到美国等西方国家的政治和金融体系。最终,BCCI因其犯罪行为而被查封,但其造成的损害和影响却持续至今。 罗伯特·摩根索:作为曼哈顿地区检察官,我领导了对BCCI的调查,揭露了其历史上最大的银行欺诈案。司法部对我们的调查进行了阻挠,但我们最终获得了对阿贝迪和纳赫维的起诉。 沙特王子图尔基:在冷战时期,美国中央情报局因水门事件而受到限制,因此与沙特阿拉伯等国家合作建立了秘密间谍网络,BCCI为这些行动提供了资金支持。 前“黑单位”成员穆斯塔法:我曾在BCCI的秘密部门“黑单位”工作,参与了武器走私、毒品交易等非法活动。BCCI拥有广泛的国际网络,可以轻松地绕过边境检查和法律监管。 阿卜杜勒·萨基亚:BCCI威胁其员工保持沉默,并对那些试图揭露其犯罪行为的人进行报复。 卡索拉罗的朋友:记者丹尼·卡索拉罗在调查BCCI的过程中被杀害,他认为BCCI是各种金融交易的渠道。 穆罕默德·萨利姆:一些人认为BCCI是一家成功的穆斯林银行,其垮台是西方嫉妒的结果。 卡拉奇报纸:一些人认为BCCI的垮台是西方银行的阴谋。

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The episode introduces BCCI, a bank founded by Agha Hasan Abedi, which became notorious for laundering money for drug traffickers and corrupt rulers. The bank's operations and connections to high-profile figures are outlined.

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The Bank of Credit and Commerce International was headed by a messianic, Karachi financier named Agha Hasan Abedi, with deep, deep connections all round the world. So deep, in fact, that nearly every criminal mastermind and corrupt ruler in the world used his bank as it went deeper and deeper, turning into a 20 billion dollar bank of the underworld. Abedi had connections to intelligence chiefs and politicians, including officials as far as London and Washington in his deep, deep pockets. His client list, said critics, included the world’s most notorious despots and criminal kingpins—Noriega, Ferdinand Marcos, Saddam Hussein, Pablo Escobar. Some had another name for BCCI - the Bank of Crooks and Criminals—that is, if they live to tell the tale.

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