This sounds familiar to pizzagaters........
"Opium dens had been around in Washington, DC, for some time. Another Washington Post article talks about a September 1894 raid on one at 425 10th Street Northwest, where police were greeted by the sight of nine opium smokers “almost completely under the influence of the subtle drug.” Edward Williams, who gave his occupation as “gambling,” faced charges for keeping the place. The club was officially called the Excelsior Pleasure Club, a legitimate club that was incorporated as a front for the well-dressed patrons who visited regularly. Police had been looking for two “notorious opium fiends” named Matinee Charley and Gypsy Joe, but all they found were several government employees."
EVEN MORE INTERESTING....
The street address from the article still exists. The club no longer exists, but the location is next to ........FBI Headquarters. LOL!
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=425+10th+street+northwest+washington+dc&t=osx&ia=maps&iaxm=maps
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think- ago
You mean like Donald Trump let Deutsche Bank of the hook, the bank that has beome infamous for money laundering, and where he, incidentally, has accounts...
See also -
Deutsche Bank moves to distance itself from Jeffrey Epstein. Cohencidentally, they are mentioned in our posts on human trafficking...
septimasexta ago
After WW2, guess who controls Deutsche Bank......
Biggest German Bank Admits and Regrets Dealing in Nazi Gold ... "Aug 01, 1998 · Biggest German Bank Admits and Regrets Dealing in Nazi Gold. Deutsche Bank and Dresdner Bank base their rejection of the New York class-action suit on the assertion that their wartime officials had no knowledge of the origin of the gold, an assertion that leaders of German Jewish groups reject. The historians' report said there was ''no..." https://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/01/world/biggest-german-bank-admits-and-regrets-dealing-in-nazi-gold.html?mtrref=duckduckgo.com&gwh=B045E45E07DA08D976315A06EB0DB142&gwt=pay
"Founded in Berlin in 1870, Deutsche Bank played a major role in financing electrification and railway expansion in Germany as well as other countries. It continued to grow until Germany's defeat in the First World War and Allied demands for reparations put the country's banking system in a precarious position. To cope with the instability, Deutsche Bank merged with its main rival Disconto-Gesellschaft in 1929. The combined operation, now far and away the leading bank in Germany, weathered the Depression and ensured its political survival through the war years by providing financial support to the Nazi regime and removing the Jewish members of its board directors.
After the war, Allied authorities determined that Deutsche Bank had not only actively supported the Nazi regime but had also maintained close ties to officials such as SS chief Heinrich Himmler and had been involved in appropriating assets of financial institutions in countries overrun by the Nazis. The occupying forces divided the bank first into ten and then three regional institutions, one each for the north, central, and southern regions of West Germany. In 1957, however, the operations were reunited and allowed to function under the Deutsche Bank name once again." https://www.corp-research.org/deutsche-bank
"Back in 2016, I wrote an opinion piece recommending that all banks should measure their credit risk exposure to Deutsche Bank, because the globally systemically important bank was (and is) very interconnected with U.S. banks and other financial institutions (OFIs), often referred to as non-banks or shadow financial institutions. That same year, the International Monetary Fund emphasized that Deutsche Bank was a systemically important bank, meaning that if it fails, the repercussions will be felt widely and likely painfully. What I find truly incredible is that Deutsche Bank has been allowed to operate in the U.S. as long as it has. Deutsche Bank’s Board of Directors and senior executives have allowed the bank to be engulfed in numerous money laundering, weak controls, market manipulations, and fraud scandals. Deutsche Bank bankers’ greed has also blinded them from filing Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)." https://www.forbes.com/sites/mayrarodriguezvalladares/2019/06/16/deutsche-banks-impending-auf-wiedersehen-will-hurt-americans/#4354536110d6
think- ago
Yup. And POTUS let them off the hook. Embarassing.
septimasexta ago
And who controls Deutsche Bank now?
After WW2, were the Nazi removed "Jewish members of its board directors" allowed back into the bank board? Did the Allies give original Jewish control back to the bank?
"Although its leading representatives scarcely agreed with the ideology of National Socialism, they complied with the racist goals of the regime from the outset, putting up no resistance; the feeling of impotence and feebleness instilled in them by the aftermath of the 1931 banking crisis and the anti-bank ideology of leading Nazis was simply too great. Adaptation and a willingness to compromise were in their view the order of the day. For instance, by 1934 the three members of the bank’s Management Board whom the new government defined as Jews had been banished from this body. Only on the Supervisory Board was a Jewish colleague tolerated as late as 1938." https://www.db.com/company/en/media/Deutsche-Bank-History--Chronicle-from-1870-until-today.pdf
Who was this Supervisory Board "Jewish colleague" and why did the Nazis tolerate him?
Do you think Nazis still run Deutsche bank today?
septimasexta ago
"Deutsche Bank was founded in Berlin in 1870 as a specialist bank for foreign trade.[8] The bank's statute was adopted on 22 January 1870, and on 10 March 1870 the Prussian government granted it a banking license. The statute laid great stress on foreign business: "The object of the company is to transact banking business of all kinds, in particular to promote and facilitate trade relations between Germany, other European countries and overseas markets."[9] The bank's first domestic branches, inaugurated in 1871 and 1872, were opened in Bremen[10] and Hamburg.[11] Its first foray overseas came shortly afterwards, in Shanghai[12] (1872) and London[13] (1873). Already, at this early stage, the bank was looking further afield, making investments in North and South America, Asia, and Turkey. Major projects in the early years of the bank included the Northern Pacific Railroad in the US[14] and the Baghdad Railway[15] (1888). In Germany, the bank was instrumental in the financing of bond offerings of steel company Krupp (1879) and introduced the chemical company Bayer to the Berlin stock market. " http://bankinfousa.com/banks/44/Deutsche_Bank
"Jewish bankers played an important part in the development of joint stock banks. Ludwig *Bamberger and Hermann Markuse were among the founders of the Deutsche Bank (1870), which was active in financing German foreign trade." https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/banking-and-bankers