UAE
BCCI’s
drug money laundering. The UAE and Hong Kong were major centres for
heroin money. Banks in the UAE catered for traffickers from the
golden crescent countries of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran. Hong
Kong banks received huge sums from traffickers in the world’s
leading opium producing regions, the golden triangle of Burma,
Thailand and Laos.
1966 –
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan became ruler of UAE, which was a
British colony. Around this time Abedi meets Zayed.
December
1971 - UAE gained independence with Sheikh Zayed as President.
1972 –
Abedi set up BCCI. Its main backers were Sheikh Zayed and the Bank of
America.
1972 –
Shell companies and offshore money laundering. BCCI was set up in
1972 by Agha Hassan Abedi. Backed by the Saudi Royal family and Zayed
bin sultan al Nahayan of UAE, (Nicholas Shaxson. Treasure islands
(c)2011 UK).
1973 –
After the 1973 oil shock, foreign and domestic banks opened hundreds
of branches in UAE. Making it one of the most overbanked countries in
the world.
1973-75 –
At the end of 1973, BCCI’s first full year of operation. It had 19
branches in five countries, of these 8 were in the UAE and 4 in the
UK. In 1975 BCCI had 64 branches in 13 countries, the UAE and UK had
the lead with 19 branches each.
October
1973 – Egypt and Syria attack Israel. The Yom Kippur war. UAE was
the first of several Arab countries to declare an embargo on oil
exports to the US, as punishment for its support of Israel. Over the
next few months OPEC quadrupled oil prices.
25
November 1973 – KLM airliner flying to New Delhi was hijacked to
UAE, three hijackers surrendered, their fate was unknown.
December
1976 – In Abu Dhabi the UAE celebrated its 5th
anniversary with a parade of mirage fighters, missiles and armoured
vehicles. While their ruler Sheikh Zayed pledged support for the
Palestinian cause and called for Arab solidarity against Israel.
1978 –
The UAE’s ambassador to Washington Hamad al-Midfa tried to manage
the press, with regards to the takeover -- BCCI takeover of
Financial General. In 1978 Zafar Iqbal was head of BCCE the UAE
affiliate of BCCI in which Zayed held a controlling interest. Iqbal
became BCCI chief executive in 1990. BCCI takeover of Financial
General was complete in 1982. First American .
1979 –
By 1979 the UAE had 430 bank branches or one for every 2,000
citizens. The highest ratio in the world.
23
September 1983 – A Gulf Air Boeing 737 from Karachi to Dubai
crashed near Abu Dhabi airport killing all the passengers and crew.
Was Abu Nidal behind the attack?
8
February 1984 – The ambassador of UAE was shot dead in Paris
France.
25
October 1984 – A diplomat from UAE was assassinated in Rome Italy.
20
September 1990 – BCCI moved its HQ from London to UAE after
refusing to release six month financial statements.
1991 –
19 June 2007 Financial Times. UAE owns 2.7% stake in Standard
Chartered with Istithmar corp, which paid $100 million to Cunards.
New capital Bank fraud, drug trade and espionage. George Winslow. In
these times. 30 Oct to 5 Nov 1991. (Left hook by Dean Hendeson. 8 nov
2014).
5 July
1991 – The Bank of England shut down BCCI. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan
al Nahayan. Pres of UAE. UAE had most of the BCCI financial records.
BCCI branches in UAE did not shut down, they just renamed to National
Union Bank. When BCCI closed it had at least $589 million in
“unknown deposits” in UAE. (BBC 5 Aug 1991).
9
September 1991 – Police arrest Naqvi and several other BCCI
officers at the banks main office in Abu Dhabi UAE.
1993 –
Stephen Collier a businessman in Auckland New Zealand, who is from
UAE. He was jailed for 16 years for violent sex attacks on at leat 8
women. 21 June 2012.
May 1993
– Jane Furlong went missing in New Zealand. She was going to
testify for the NZ police about Stephen Collier. A multi millionaire
from UAE, who was guilty of sex attacks on women. (NZ Herald 22 Sept
2013).
28 May
1993 – Jane Furlong's disappearance and murder, yet no arrests have
been made. The 17 year old was last seen on K road Auckland. Her body
was found at a Waikato beach in May 2012. (Radio NZ 25 June 2014).
6
February 1995 – Gulf economy BCCI deal buoys UAE stocks. Ahmad
Mardini. Inter press service.
1997- Dec
1999 – al Taqwa bank in Switzerland. Al Taqwa. Youssef Nada and
the Muslim brotherhood. Al Qaeda. Yousuf Abdullah al Qaradawi grand
mufti of UAE. (History commons).
1998 –
al-Qaeda accounts in the Dubai Islamic bank in UAE were closed under
pressure from the US.
8
December 2000 – The pilot of flight 77 which crashed into the
Pentagon's southwest side is believed to have been Hani Hanjour.
Several hijackers including Hanjour and al Mihdhar supplemented their
finances with credit cards drawn on Saudi and UAE banks. The FBI said
that Hani Hanjour arrived in San Diego from Dubai UAE on 8 December
2000 and left San Diego with al Hazmi for Arizona several days later.
Hanjour was in San Diego area with al Hazmi in December 2000. Hanjour
was not identified by an FBI informant who met with him. (The 9/11
investigations ©2004 S.Strasser public affairs reports).
April
2001 – al Qaeda UAE al Taqwa bank. Muslim brotherhood. Youssef
Nada. (History commons).
September
2001 – Pakistani UAE based, Saudi born Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi
(alias Mustafa Ahmed) coordinated finances for the 9/11 attacks.
11 Sept
2001 – CNN facts hijackers. United airlines flight 175. Fayez
Banihammad from UAE.
11 Sept
2001 – CNN facts hijackers 8 Sept 2014. United airlines flight 175.
Marwan al Shehhi from UAE.
11 Sept
2001 – Abdul Haq from Afghanstan in 1992. Abdul Haq went to UAE.
He walked through the twin gates and airlocked doors of the HQ of M16
in London’s Vauxhall, with Hamid Karzai, in the months before 9/11.
Abdul Haq was in UAE at 9/11. He was later captured by the Taliban in
Afghanistan and killed. (The 9/11 wars. Jason Burke ©2011).
11 Sept
2001 – In the late 1990s UAE's sheikh Zayed founded the Air Freight
company Flying Dolphin. Money laundering in Dubai, gold, banks and
the Muslim hawala banking system aka Barakaat with its global HQ in
UAE. Nov 2001. 11 Sept 2001 gold showed up in UAE. Billions from the
Afghan opium smuggling trade. Dubai gold was swapped for $US. (Left
hook by Dean Hendersn. 8 Nov 2014).
22
September 2001 – UAE severs diplomatic ties with the ruling Taliban
movement in Afghanistan.
7 Nov
2001 – al Taqwa and al Barakaat banks in UAE. Muslim brotherhood
and al Qaeda. Youssef Nada. (History commons).
2004 –
HBO documentary about enslaved child camel jockeys in Dubai. They are
malnourished boys, beaten and sodomized. (A crime so monstrous. E
Benjamin Skinner ©2008 UK).
19
September 2006 – Crackdown to stop illegal immigrants entering UAE
from Oman. Al-Hilli checkpoints security.
10
November 2006 – According to Italian police the accused Pakistani's
smuggled huge sums of money to different countries. With the help of
Indians based in UAE, the accused smuggled illegal drugs into Europe
via Turkey. Their group comprised Albanians who are also wanted. The
Pakistani embassy in Italy asked Italian officials to provide details
of arrested Pakistanis.
2007 –
Emirates NBD. Historical timeline. Emirates bank and National bank of
Dubai merged to become Emirates NBD. The largest bank in the Middle
East in terms of assets.
4 April
2007 – IPS news. BCCI, al Taqwa bank, Saudi Arabia, bin Laden and
al Qaeda.
2008 –
G lobal competition. The Zayed future energy prize. Flown to UAE .
The Zayed future energy fund was started in 2008, by the ruler of Abu
Dhabi, UAE, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan. (26 Jan 2015.
Southern View. Christchurch New Zealand. Bridget Rutherford).
2009 –
UAE, soldiers and laws for sex trafficking of women from Asia, into
brothels in Dubai, and Uzbekistan in 2009. Sex trafficking in UAE.
(Slavery inc. Lydia Cacho ©2010 UK).
20 May
2009 – Ros Lehtinan Iieana. Ros Lehtinen comments on the signing of
UAE nuclear agreement. House committee on foreign affairs.
July 2009
– Cash at an airport in Abu Dhabi, UAE, linked to a member of bin
Laden’s al Qaeda. Al Haramain, al Taqwa and WAMY, MWL and IIRO.
al Qaeda.
30 Nov
2009 – Haseeb Haider. UAE offers more funds to banks. Khaleej
times. (The shadow market. Eric J Weiner ©2010).
2010 –
The Burj Khalifa in UAE surpassed the Taipei China world financial
center to become the tallest building in the world. (The mystery of
the shemitah. Jonathan Cahn (c)2014 US).
Jan 2010
– The use of stolen UK IDs in the assassination of a Hamas official
in Dubai UAE in Jan 2010.
17
Aug 2010 – Blackwater founder moves to Abu Dhabi. New York Times.
2011 –
Gridlock, labour, migration and human trafficking in Dubai. Pardis
Mahdavi. ebook Sanford California uni press Worldcat database.
31
Jan 2011 – Hussein Salem was caught in Dubai with $500 million.
Globes.
20 Aug
2011 – Emirates 24/7. Global markets slide, EU. AFP.
23
October 2012 – Iran may be using Dubai UAE to hide all the gold its
trading with Turkey. Joshua Berlinger. Business insider.
2013 –The
UAE population is 9.346 million. PM is Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan.
World bank.
22 May
2013 – Woman sentenced to 15 years in Dubai jail for trying to
smuggle drugs. Gulf news UAE.
22 Sept
2013 – Jane Furlong disappeared in May 1993. She was about to
testify for the NZ police against Stephen Collier, a multi
millionaire from UAE who was guilty of many sex attacks against
women. NZ Herald. Bevan Hurley.
5 June
2014 – Jane Furlong cold case wound down. She was about to give
prosecution evidence against Stephen Collier. When she went missing.
Mr Collier is from the UAE. 3 news NZ.
28 June
2014 – Abu Dhabi stops three attempts to smuggle cocaine heroin
into UAE. 7 days.
1 July
2014 – A pimp preys on Australian women and is convicted.
Australian and New Zealand women are forced into sex slavery/sex
trafficking in Australia's Gold coast. Dubai UAE, Maimai Florida and
sex trafficking. A Florida jury. Daily mail UK.
18 Aug
2014 – Man arrested. Dubai policeman over drugs bust. Dubai UAE.
Officer arrested, trade of crystal meth.
8 Nov
2014 - Rothschild's BCCI shake house of Dubai. The BCCI Karachi
Pakistan branch was where the 'Black network' operated from. Abdullah
Darwaish and the UAE branch of WFC World Finance Corp. I July 1991
sheikh Zayed was worth at least $30 billion a year. Dubai money
laundering. (Left hook by Dean Henderson 8 Nov 2014).
20
May 2015 – 20 things that probably only happen in Dubai. Decadent
Dubai. Police with a fleet of luxury cars. Pixte.
19 Sept
2015 – The son of the PM of Dubai UAE, age 33, has died of a heart
attack. I read later that it was terrorists, not a heart attack.
Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum. CNN. Twitter.
5 Oct
2015 – There are at least 1,200 multi millionaires in UAE. Data
from wealth-x Dubai $255 billion. Emirates 24/7.
20
Oct 2015 - Paedophile. Six months jail for a security guard who sex
attacked an 8 year old girl in UAE. Salam al Amir sexually molested
the 8 year old girl. The National.
21 Oct
2015 – Five people have been jailed for 3 months in Dubai for human
trafficking. A misdemeanor crime, also fined and will be deported.
The National.
30
Oct 2015 – Bulgaria is to open a UAE embassy in Abu Dhabi. A
Bulgaria diplomatic. mission in UAE. Diplomatic relations since 1991.
3,500 Bulgarian citizens are in UAE. Novinite. Sofia news agency.
1 Jan
2016 – Huge fire erupts at Dubai hotel, near Burj Khalifa, the
worlds tallest tower. 16 people injued. My Sinchew. AFP.
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