SNIP from article "This article reported that Vladimir Plahotniuc had a controlling stake in three banks that were part of a scheme to defraud the Moldovan central bank of $1 billion. During the reporting of this story, we tried numerous times to contact the government of Moldova, and various associated officials, to confirm these and other facts, but got no response. After our story was published, a representative of Washington DC lobbying and public affairs firm, Podesta Group, contacted Forbes saying he was a representative of the Democratic Party of Moldova. He refuted Plahotniuc’s stake in the three banks, and implication in Moldova’s banking scandal . The article has been updated to reflect this information. The complete corrected article follows"
It's interesting that you say that. Maybe we should make a list, and then make it more visible for Google. When we see the list items on the web disappear, then we might know that we're on to something.
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zlomsocz ago
I found a random article on google talking about the podesta groups very close ties to the moldovan government.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2016/08/01/billion-dollar-theft-in-moldova-one-rich-bankers-crime-has-a-nation-doing-time/#38e8f38c7a4d
SNIP from article "This article reported that Vladimir Plahotniuc had a controlling stake in three banks that were part of a scheme to defraud the Moldovan central bank of $1 billion. During the reporting of this story, we tried numerous times to contact the government of Moldova, and various associated officials, to confirm these and other facts, but got no response. After our story was published, a representative of Washington DC lobbying and public affairs firm, Podesta Group, contacted Forbes saying he was a representative of the Democratic Party of Moldova. He refuted Plahotniuc’s stake in the three banks, and implication in Moldova’s banking scandal . The article has been updated to reflect this information. The complete corrected article follows"
it also says the podesta group employee was associated with a particular russian gang associated with human trafficking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solntsevskaya_Bratva
blind_sypher ago
If only they could censor more leads for us. They make it too easy.
Investigate1999 ago
It's interesting that you say that. Maybe we should make a list, and then make it more visible for Google. When we see the list items on the web disappear, then we might know that we're on to something.