Italy

Article based on an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged money laundering - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Italy - that was filed at federal court in the USA on June 13, 2005. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Inga DiMatteo, a.k.a. Inga Evghenievna Rjumzeva; Aegon Trading Ltd., Ayaks Marketing Corp., Debor San Corp. Fun, Octavia Investment Corporation, Viclif Corp. Inc., Garant Tech LLC, Pakter Inc., Private Customers LLC, Regency Capital, Benex International Co. Inc., and Universal Components Bank Inc.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Ukraine into alleged customs fraud involving Braston Enterprises Corp.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged fraud - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Italy - that was filed at the federal court in the USA on July 8, 2005. Individuals mentioned in the request for assistance include Paolo Ruffi and Salvatore Giordano.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Italy into Paolo Ruffi for suspected involvement with receiving stolen goods and fraud concerning two paintings.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Italy into Russian national Inga Di Matteo and others for alleged money laundering.

Article based on an an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged fraud and money laundering - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Italy - that was filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Delaware on April 14, 2005. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Francisco Ambrosio, David Zilberstein, Atermon Holdings Ltd., Italgrani, and Deston Trading SA.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Italy into Francesco Ambrosio, David Zilberstein and others for alleged bankruptcy fraud and money laundering regarding the bankruptcy of an Italian company called Italgrani and its subsidiaries.

Article based on an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged racketeering and money laundering - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Italy - that was filed at federal court in the USA on December 30, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance are Anemolo-Cellamare, Ivan Babic, Stanko Subotic, Willow Aviation Inc., Jack Prewitt & Associates Inc., and Sdrecko Kestner.

Various recently-filed extradition requests from around the world.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged fraud - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Italy - that was filed at federal court in the USA on December 6, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Mario Granata, Anthony Di Napoli, Ferdinando Di Napoli, Ciro Di Napoli, Antonio Francavilla, Giovanni Esposito, Ciro Sannino, Marco Fiorentino, Vincenzo Fusco, Elvio Biondi, Le Calorie SRL, Pro-Fuel Corporation, Biofine Inc., Battle Memorial Institute, and Biometics Inc.

Case 1:04mc234 - Request from Italy for Judicial Assistance in Criminal Matters in the Matter of Anemolo-Cellamare, et al - U. S. District Court for the District of Delaware - December 30, 2004

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Italy into Mario Granata, Anthony David Di Napoli, Ferdinando Di Napoli, Ciro Di Napoli, Antonio Francavilla, Giovanni Esposito, Ciro Sannino, Marco Fiorentino, Vincenzo Fusco and Elvio Biondi for alleged financial fraud.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged money laundering - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Spain - that was filed at federal court in the USA on June 30, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Domingo Tarruella Dalmau, Roberto de Luca, Carlos Augusto Quintero Patino, Robert P. Gleusner, Brian Lennon, Ronald Reed, Manuel Lao Hernandez, Alicia Esther Franch, International Gaming Manufacturing, a.k.a. Leisure & Gaming Corporation; Forum Technology Ltd., Winner Group SA, J.L.M. Trading Corp., Hoboken Floramerica, Pacific Seafood Inc., Lakeview Flowers Inc., Surhtos Inc., Floramerica Inc., Big Plantain American Inc., L&G Corporation, Blazing Ltda, Enkor Business Corporation, Beauport Commercial, Atronic, Unidelca SA, Super Siete, Tuworld Inversora SA, Edsaco Ltd., Nova Atlantis SA, Consultoria International, Merrydown Ltd., Meadowside Management Ltd., Luis Flores, Barclays Bank, NationsBank International, Lloyds TSB Bank, ABN AMRO and Banco Ganadero.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Spain into Domingo Tarruella Dalmau and others for alleged money laundering.

Section 304 Petition for Assistance in Insolvency Proceedings in Italy by Enrico Bondi, as the Foreign Representative of Parmalat SpA, Parmalat Finanziaria SpA, Parmalat Netherlands BV, Parmalat Finance Corp. BV, Parmalat Capital Netherlands BV, Dairies Holding International BV, Parma Food Corp. BV, Parmalat Soparfi SA, Olex SA, Parmengineering Srl, Panna Elena Srl, Centro Latte Centallo Srl, Eliair Srl, Newco Srl, Geslat Srl, Contal Srl, Nuova Holding SpA, Hit SpA, Hit International SpA, Parmatour SpA, Coloniale SpA, Lactis SpA, and Eurolat SpA, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Article based on an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged fraud - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Italy - that was filed at federal court in the USA on March 15, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Parmalat SpA, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Citibank, Antonella Ioffredi, Silvia Cavallari, Web Holding Inc., Western Alps Foundation, Boston Holding Corporation, Boston Financial Corporation, Endeavours Fund, Latitalia Group Corporation, Louis Caiola, Heather Lee Harrison, Steven Alan White, Jeffrey Scott White, Epicurum Fund Management Service LLC, Cotton Wood Management Services Inc., Thomas B. Bratvet, Angela D. Williams, NYTE Investments LLC, Calisto Tanzi, Giovanni Tanzi, Anna Maria Tanzi, Fausto Tonna, Parmalat Capital Finance, Gian Paolo Zini, Heather Lee Harrison, Buconero LLC, Calisto Tanzi, Fausto Tonna, Luciano Del Soldato, Maurizio Bianchi, Lorenzo Penca, Claudio Pessina, Gianfranco Bocchi, Gian Paolo Zini, Giovanni Bonici, Stefano Tanzi, Franco Gorreri, Domenico Barilli, Giovanni Tanzi, Paola Visconti, Francesco Giufreddi, Luciano Silingardi, Fabio Branchi, Angelo Ugolotti, Donatella Alinovi, Claudio Baratta, Alberto Maurizio Ferraris, Curcastle Corporation, Carital Food Distributors NV, Bonlat Company, Hit International, and ITC&P SpA.

Eighty-six investors from 19 countries who claim to have invested more than $570 million in the Lancer Offshore Group have filed a lawsuit against its directors, administrator, auditor and prime broker. The three biggest claimants are all based in Montreal, Canada: Fondation Lucie et Andre Chagnon, a charity with a claim for $100 million; Bombardier Inc., the world's biggest train maker and third largest civil aircraft manufacturer whose pension fund has a claim for $68 million; and the University of Montreal's pension fund, with a claim for $67 million.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Italy into Calisto Tanzi, Fausto Tonna, Luciano Del Soldato, Maurizio Bianchi, Lorenzo Penca, Claudio Pessina, Gianfranco Bocchi, Gian Paolo Zini, Giovanni Bonici, Stefano Tanzi, Franco Gorreri, Domenico Barilli, Giovanni Tanzi, Paola Visconti, Francesco Giufreddi, Luciano Silingardi, Fabio Branchi, Angelo Ugolotti, Donatella Alinovi, Claudio Baratta and Alberto Maurizio Ferraris for alleged bankruptcy fraud and related crimes regarding Parmalat SpA.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into organized crime - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance by Italy - that was filed at federal court in the USA on January 8, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Luigi Bartolini, Spartaco Belotti, Alfredo Maini, Carlo Mancini, Lino Mancini, Enrico Nicoletti, Antonio Nicoletti, Massimo Nicoletti, Enrico Terribile, Stefano Taccini, Rodolfo Graffi, Rocco D'Agostino, Gianni Micalusi, Attilio Adorni, Vittorio Casamonica, Pietro Consalvi, Patrizia D'Agostino, Ruggero Di Clemente, Piero Lancianese, Lino Mancini, Alessio Monselles, Antonio Raponi, Eda Corsagni, Fabrizio Montali, Ermenegildo Scarapicchia, Fabrizio Spadoni, Vinicio Spinelli, Darlo Maria Vizzotto, Salvatore Mule, and Bernardina Tulli.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in France into the alleged forgery of works of art by French painter Gaston Orellana.

Order regarding application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Italy - for a criminal investigation into Juan Carlo Velazquez Fernandez.

Section 304 Petition for Assistance in Insolvency Proceedings in the Cayman Islands by Gordon MacRae and James Cleaver, as the Foreign Representatives of Parmalat Capital Finance Limited, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Two class action lawsuits have been filed in the United States against the Parmalat group, its officers and professional service providers. They were filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, one on January 5, 2004 and the other one day later and are likely to be consolidated at some stage.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Italy into Luigi Bartolini, Spartaco Belotti, Alfredo Maini, Carlo Mancini and Lino Mancini for allegedly laundering the proceeds of crime committed by an alleged criminal organization headed by Enrico Nicoletti and allegedly including Massimo Nicoletti, Antonio Nicoletti, Enrico Terribile, Stefano Taccini, Rodolfo Graffi, Spartaco Belotti, Rocco D'Agostino, Gianni Micalusi, Attilio Adorni, Vittorio Casamonica, Pietro Consalvi, Patrizia D'Agostino, Ruggero Di Clemente, Piero Lancianese, Lino Mancini, Alessio Monselles, Antonio Raponi and others.    

Nearly two years after the collapse of Enron, the collapse of the Parmalat food group has once again shed an unwelcome spotlight on the offshore sector of the Cayman Islands. Although it had nowhere near the level of Enron's more than 600 Cayman-registered subsidiaries, Parmalat nonetheless had a handful of subsidiaries or affiliated entities incorporated on the island, including an exempted mutual fund, and media reports have suggested one or more of them may have been used to hide assets for a group whose insolvency may be as much as €10 billion (US$12.6 billion).

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Switzerland into Marek Andrzei Hrycak for alleged investment fraud.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged fraud - pursuant to a request for assistance from Switzerland - that was filed at federal court in the USA on December 19, 2002. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Lothar Helmar Wilfried Trinks, Christina Kaiser, Detlef Spiess, a.k.a. Detlef Brettschneider; Rudolf Steiger, Menno Fischell, a.k.a. Wolfgang Fluck, Wolfgang Schlesinger, Wolfgang Burg, Wolfgang Fischell, Hans-Jurgen Nero, Wolfgang Zuburg, Rudi Dillmann, Sabine Doerre, Peter Bucher, Raoul Rossbach, a.k.a. Mike Foster, Louis Mayer, Dr. E. Mankwald, Philippe Le Boustier, Marco Barbieri, Iva Kampke, Jan Zwarts, Rudolf Steiger, Enrico Raimundi, Marina Zivkovic, a.k.a. "Maja"; Thierry Hurthin, Renate Josephs, Nezir Lekaj, a.k.a. Alberto; Jesenko Kresic, Joseph Reis, Corner Bank, Western Sierra National Bank, ABN AMRO, LZB Munchen, Liechtensteinische Landesbank, Migros Bank, US Overseas Bank & Trust Alliance Inc., US Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Bank of America, Banque IPPA & Associates, Hanover Investment and Management Corporation, Hanover Trust International Inc., Hanover Manufactures, Vermogensverwaltung Lothar Trinks, New York Investment Banking Corp., Hamilton International Capital Management Inc., MAAF Assurances France SA, AXA Assurances Luxembourg, MAAF Assurances France SA, and Internet Conten Service AG.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged money laundering - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Switzerland - that was filed at federal court in the USA on February 20, 2003. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance inlcude Claudio Boscaro, Santo Maesano, MTB Bank, HBO-Casa Cambiaria SA, OPM Trust and Consult, and Symphonia Suisse.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Switzerland into Claudio Boscaro and Santo Maesano for alleged fraud, forgery and money laundering

UK-based Capital City Finance Limited, which was formed on August 20, 2001 as a spin-off from the Imperial Consolidated Group, is three and a half months overdue with the filing of its annual return with Companies House for England and Wales; If clients of St. Vincent-licensed Omnicorp Bank needed further evidence that they are being taken to the cleaners by the bank's management, there has been plenty of it recently; Investment fraudster Tracy Calvin Dunlap, Jr. was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison on December 19, 2002 at the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.; Steve Saemmler Klein, who operates a dubious Belize-based offshore group known as Grupo CAT, has apparently gone missing; and Alyn Richard Waage, 56, of Canada, and James Michael Webb, 40, of California, were extradited on December 19, 2002 from Costa Rica to Sacramento, California to face numerous federal charges relating to the Tri-West Investment Club, an Internet-based investment fraud scheme that allegedly netted more that $60 million.

The British Columbia Securities Commission has scheduled a hearing for December 10 11, 2002 to consider applications to vary asset freeze orders relating to accounts at the Bank of Montreal in Vancouver that were frozen in 2000 as part of

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Poland into Mariella LLC for alleged tax fraud.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Italy into Marco Bourelly and Fausto De Berardinis for alleged bank fraud.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Italy into Mauricio Raggio and Rocio Zaldivar Mercado for alleged money laundering regarding the proceeds of corruption by the former Secretary of the Italian Socialist Party Benedetto Craxi, a.k.a. Bettino Craxi.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Switzerland into Hans Josef Ludwig, Georg Eduard von Boguslawski, Robert Schoch and Lidia Santangelo-Ortoleva for alleged fraud involving Henderson Pacific Private Bank and Henderson Pacific Financial Services AG.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Colombia into Guillermo Ortiz Gaitan and members of his family for suspected illegal enrichment, narcotics trafficking and money laundering.

Recently-filed warnings from securities regulators around the world.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Italy into Daniel Pludwinski and Laurent Formisano for alleged involvement in the counterfeiting and smuggling of works of art.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Italy into alleged tax evasion by Centrone Pietro & Figli.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Italy into ISS Research for allegedly illegally distributing Human Growth Hormone.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Italy into Marco Bourelly and Fausto de Berardinis for alleged bank fraud.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Italy into unknown persons for allegedly illegally and without authorization importing into Italy and selling dangerous products containing hormones.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Italy into Armando Cultrera, Vincenzo Cultrera, Carmela Cultrera, Roberto Cultrera, Isabella Albergo, Franco Giardano, Sonia Bonazzi, Loredana Capuano, Roberta Papini, Gianna Laura Boccaforno, Ettore Ragozzini and Mirella Tromba for alleged fraud.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Italy into Centrone Pietro & Figli for alleged fraud.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Italy into a scheme to defraud thousands of Italian victims whose credit card numbers were used without their authorization between January 1, 1999 and November 1, 2000.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Italy against unknown persons for "illegally and without authorization importing into Italy and selling dangerous products containing hormones".

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Italy into the alleged sexual exploitation of minors and the sale of pornography over the Internet.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Italy into Nicola Nocerino for suspected involvement in organized crime.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Norway into Christian August Mohr and Carmelo Salvatore Firetto for alleged investment fraud.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Italy into Giuseppe Lucchi for alleged money laundering.