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Ivanka and Jared Project Ensnared by Fresh Scandal Over Accused Mobster
LAND GRABA dozen villagers say their land was wrongfully sold for the development by a Miami man with alleged mobster ties.
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Konomi is one of a dozen residents planning to seek a court order to halt the project, their lawyer, Kostandin Beko, told Reuters. The residents he represents were declared the rightful owners of the land by an Albanian court back in 2013, he said, but the matter has remained unresolved because that ruling was appealed by the man who has since sold the property.
That man, Artur Shehu, is a Miami resident who has claimed his familys ownership of the land dates back to the Ottoman Empire. Shehu, who fled Albania in 1999 and now reportedly resides in a Florida mansion, has been investigated in Italy for allegedly doing business in his homeland on behalf of Italian mobsters, according to the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project.
Albanian media reported Friday that Shehu is now also under scrutiny by anti-corruption prosecutors there probing large-scale money laundering. He has continued to do business in the country after receiving asylum in the U.S. decades ago.
Italian prosecutors are said to have also suspected him at one point of drug trafficking, though he has never been charged with a crime, as authorities in Italy said they did not have sufficient evidence. A close associate of his, however, was charged and convicted in 2018 of forging documents to steal land.
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/ivanka-and-jared-ensnared-in-fresh-scandal-over-luxury-project/
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Uncle Joe
Saturday
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I remember Ivanka stating "they just swam out and found this island," but the supposed seller
Uncle Joe
Saturday
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Sorry, I meant to include they are the epitome of a cocktail known as the "White Russian."
SalamanderSleeps
Yesterday
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dweller
(28,850 posts)1. Of course they are
Heres hoping Albania can hold them , interrogate them and keep them a few nights in holding cells .
Better yet , release them to the crowds of protesters
Princess Sparkle Pony and her Chud dork need a new outlook on their discovered paradise
✌🏻
Uncle Joe
(65,899 posts)2. I remember Ivanka stating "they just swam out and found this island," but the supposed seller
lives in a Florida mansion along with being suspected of having ties to organized crime.
I guess it is a small world after all.
SalamanderSleeps
(1,061 posts)3. Ambassador Highbeams married Prince Jared Fuckforall.
Their children are going to be gorgeous.
The entire Trump family are white trash with too much money.
SalamanderSleeps
(1,061 posts)4. Sorry, I meant to include they are the epitome of a cocktail known as the "White Russian."