Towers Full of Oligarchs and their Dirty Money

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BY TIMOTHY MCWHIRTER ON MARCH 16, 2017 Bloomberg published an article today entitled, “Behind Trump’s Russia Romance, There’s a Tower Full of Oligarchs.” It seeks to provide an explanation for Donald Trump’s friendly attitude toward Russia. It provides evidence the answer is that Russians buy a lot Donald Trump’s apartments and they do it with money that is often dirty.

The Bloomberg article just begins to pull the curtain on this story. This essay attempts to bring together the investigative reporting from several different sources. What we find is that the relationship between Trump’s businesses and money laundering goes back to the 1980’s. This relationship helps us understand why the Russians would be interested in helping Trump get elected.

Who Buys Apartments in the Trump Towers?
The Bloomberg article begins,

On the 78th floor: a Russian who once was accused of mob ties and extortion by an oligarch. On the 79th, an Uzbek jeweler investigated for money laundering who was eventually executed on the street in Manhattan. And four floors higher, a pro-Moscow Ukrainian politician whose party hired a Donald Trump adviser.

https://2016electioninvestigation.com/2017/03/16/towers-full-of-oligarchs-and-their-dirty-money/

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[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. And that's just in New York alone.

We're not even talking about Sunny Isles Beach, which is basically just one giant Russian mafia money laundering hub.