UAE / Dubai: I was saying this 20 years ago on the old AOL horse racing boards....

[tector]

But we were supposed to ignore it "for the good of the sport."

http://www.theamericanconservative.c...ey-laundering/

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by tector

But we were supposed to ignore it "for the good of the sport."

http://www.theamericanconservative.c...ey-laundering/

For those who want to click on an actual news source: https://abcnews.go.com/International...haven-55826557 (The GQ piece below does a pretty nice job on another story involving money laundering and Dubai.)

Why were you talking about this on a horse racing message board? It's about real estate anonymity being used to launder money. I wouldn't doubt this means Kushner probably can't pry himself away from it. He's all about money laundering through property. Now Ivanka's old diamond business was used by an Emirati family to launder $100mil and I'm sure she was totes innocent, esp. since the guy she partnered with to launch it also introduced her to, drumroll please, Jared Kushner. https://www.gq.com/story/ivanka-trump-jewelry-business

Then there's this which I'm sure is totally above board and there's no dirty money changing hands to make it happen.

Over time, however, Dubai itself became a haven. The emirate's decision in 2002 to allow foreign ownership of so-called "freehold" properties drew a rapid construction boom that attracted developers from across the world, including President Donald Trump, whose name is on two golf course projects and villas.

He won't be doing anything to stop it. He's hip deep, trying to make money from the same people you're warning about. What's racing got to do with any of this? You warned about what, exactly? We're still BFFs with Saudi Arabia and their royal family is up to its eyeballs in a lot of things and, oh yeah, there was that whole thing with 9/11.

Out of curiosity were you anticipating the Russians laundering money through the NRA 20 years ago? That would've been super prescient.