The latest round of defamatory attacks on Ayabatwa began with baseless allegations in a report sponsored by an organization called the Counter Extremism Project. Authored by Sir Ivor Roberts, the report portrays Ayabatwa as a man deeply engaged in all manner of illegal activities across the East African region and beyond. Then, the New Times, a newspaper owned by the Rwandan ruling party recycled the defamatory rhetoric. In light of his claim that his document is a credible tool for informing global decision-makers, Roberts’ report is a spectacular scandal. Sir Ivor Roberts Won’t Intimidate Tribert Rujugiro Ayabatwa ‘The Report titled…
Author: Mac Venucci
The New York Mafia What do you know about the history of the New York Mafia? You may be a Godfather fan but that doesn’t mean you know La Cosa Nostra? After more than ten years of skirmishes over territory between the five major Italian American crime families in New York, one man and one family emerged victoriously… Salvatore Maranzano, a bootlegger from Brooklyn and member of the Bonanno, declared himself the boss of all bosses: capo di tutti capi. This state of affairs didn’t last long, and Maranzano was slaughtered not long after this happened in 1931. Nevertheless, the…
Simple Path Financial has recently been flooding the market with a direct mail promoting its debt consolidation program. The problem is that the terms and conditions are at the very least confusing, and possibly even suspect. The interest rates are so low that you would have to have near-perfect credit to be approved for one of their offers. If you don’t qualify, you will likely be switched over to a debt settlement program. It’s extremely easy to end up with more debt than you can handle, especially if you’ve got the habit of financing all your purchases with a credit…
Who Was Robert Maxwell? Ian Robert Maxwell MC was born on 10 June 1923. His birth name was Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin Hoch, and he was a British MP, media proprietor, and fraudster. Maxwell was originally from Czechoslovakia and during his life he built himself up from a life of poverty to extreme financial success. After his death in 1991, it was found that his companies had been incredibly fraudulent, including misappropriation of his Mirror Group Pension fund. His daughter, Ghislaine Maxwell, was the girlfriend of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. As a young man, Maxwell was able to escape…
William Wrigley Jr, a Great American Entrepreneur William Wrigley (1861 to 1932) is known as the father of chewing gum. He brought it to the world by transforming a small soap-selling business into the leading global chewing gum manufacturer. William Wrigley Jr. was born on October 30, 1861 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to William and Mary A. Ladley, second-generation Americans. The Wrigley lineage stretches back to Saddleworth, a manufacturing town to the north of Yorkshire in the UK. Edmund Wrigley, William’s grandfather, was a woolen manufacturer, and his father went on to find great success making soap. By 1870, William Sr.…
On August 18th, “Lottery Lawyer” Jason Kurland was busted along with Christopher Chierchio, a reputed soldier for the Genovese Crime Family. Jason Kurland was a partner at the prestigious Long Island law firm Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman before his employment was terminated (after he was indicted). Jason Kurland advertised himself as the “Lottery Lawyer.” Jason represented many lottery winners throughout the country over the years with billions of dollars in combined winnings. Lottery winners gave Kurland and his law firm their lottery winnings so that Jason could advise them on how to safely invest their money. “Two years in…
When people initially saw the name Sylvester Stallone and Sharon Stone lined up together back in 1994 for the film The Specialist, it was expected that people got excited over the prospect.