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SOUTH
CYPRUS IS BLACK MONEY LAUNDERING CENTER (14.06.02)
According
to the Greek Cypriot daily "Alithia", concerning the money
laundering of the former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, eight offshore
companies operating in South Cyprus were proved to be related with his finance
network.
It
was stated in the Greek Cypriot daily that at yesterday’s issue of a Belgium
newspaper "Le Soir" there were news in this direction.
According
to Alithia, Le Soir referring to the report of International Criminal Court
Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte, stated that money was flowed by Milosevic to the
eight offshore companies in South Cyprus.
Le
Soir stated that 1 million DM, 80 million US$, 63 million Belgium Frank and
390 million Australian Shilling, in the account of eight offshore companies
which were collected from custom incomes were transferred into bank accounts
in Greece, South Cyprus, Germany, Australia, Switzerland and Luxembourg.
It
was stated that among the customers of the eight offshore companies in South
Cyprus, there are "Aviatrend" and "Neocom" who are defined
as arms smugglers by Interpol and that Neocom which belongs to Milosevic’s
brother and Tasos Papadopulos’ Law Bureau were enlisted in South Cyprus by
CIA on August 8, 11, 1997.
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