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letsdothis1 ago

Bono also has an interest in a modern office block, Silberpalais, in Duisburg, which is the world’s largest inland port and is located near Dusseldorf, in Germany. https://www.irishtimes.com/business/bono-has-interest-in-a-shopping-centre-in-lithuania-paradise-papers-reveal-1.3280815

More on that here: Bono, the Duisburg silver palace and the Calabrian mafia https://www.weser-kurier.de/deutschland-welt/deutschland-welt-politik_artikel,-bono-das-duisburger-silberpalais-und-die-kalabrische-mafia-_arid,1666594.html

[google translated from German]

The U2 singer Bono is said to be the owner of several letterbox companies - although otherwise he likes to play the pop music Robin Hood.

In addition, the "Paradise Papers" reveal that U2 singer Bono also owns part of the Silver Palace in Duisburg. He is said to have invested in 2007 in the company "Nude Estates Limited", which does business across Europe. This company also bought in 2007 the Silver Palace in Duisburg, allegedly for 45 million euros from the German energy company Eon. Bono's shares in the construction should be worth 15 million euros.

The seat of the society lies according to Silberpalais website on the British channel island Guernsey. Among others, the steel and metal dealer "Klöckner & Co." resides in the building. In 1978, he built the 37,000 square meter building complex, which was then called "Silberburg" because of its shiny metallic design, as the company headquarters for its 1,500 employees. It became a "silver palace" only after the entry of the British.

The building was talked about nationwide in the morning of 15 August 2007. At that time, six people were shot in front of the pizzeria "Da Bruno", which was located on the ground floor of the complex near Duisburg central station. Due to its brutality, the case also caused a stir abroad. Background of the act was the feud of two hostile Ndrangheta families.