The conman who convinced his community he was a high flying barrister. Conmen Case Files: Stephen Klenczar s3e3: Bogus Barrister
He was in reality a seasoned conman. ibid.
Britain’s youngest conman who posed as a tycoon and swindled more than a quarter of a million pounds from the tender age of 13. Conmen Case Files: Cameron s3e4: Crime Prodigy: The 13 Year Old Conman
The long arm of the law were closing in. ibid.
A globetrotting Colombian whose crimes it’s estimated made him more than a million pounds in the last decade, and seen him named as one of the most gifted confidence tricksters in the world. Conmen Case Files s3e5: Juan Betancourt: The Perfect 5-Star Hotel Con
Five-star hotels his hunting ground and developed the ultimate strategy in order to effortlessly infiltrate their finest suites and raid their bountiful safes. ibid.
Prosecutors allege a love triangle gone fatal. Lover Stalker Killer, TV news, Netflix 2024
The defense is arguing a murder might not have even happened. ibid.
The one word that comes to mind is Monster. ibid. author
I [Dave Krouper] was certainly not looking for something serious … This [Liz Golyar] is my first real date in years and years. ibid. newly single and separated
One day Cari Farver came into my life … She was smart and sexy. ibid.
There was no sign of Cari … I get on with my life … Out of the blue I start receiving texts from her again. The messages started slowly but it ramped up: meaner, ruder, more threatening as time went on. Why was she harassing me? I just didn’t get it. ibid.
It turns out that Liz is being harassed by Cari. ibid.
One of the strangest, more unpredictable cases I’ve ever worked. ibid. rozzer
One of my windows was smashed out … On the bed was some clothes that belonged to Liz that were slashed with a knife, like murder style. ibid. Dave
Cari has set Liz’s house on fire. ibid.
At the time she went missing, Cari’s father was dying. ibid. mother
If we can figure out where the messages are coming from, we may be able to find out what happened to Cari. ibid. IT guy
Todd told us that Liz Golyar had been using his Wi-Fi for years. ibid. rozzer
It was Liz stalking me this whole time. ibid. Dave
In truth I did not suspect Amy [Dave’s ex] of shooting Liz. It sounded crazy but we suspected Liz did this to herself. ibid. rozzer
Details of Cari’s murder began pouring in. These emails seemed like a descriptor from the killer of what happened. ibid.
‘It’s an open wound for Italy, because the powers that be do want the country to know the embarrassing truth.’ Political Deception: The Years of Lead: An Italian Conspiracy, comment, Amazon 2017
‘The Italian state was responsible for the civil war in Italy.’ ibid. Vincenzo Vinciguerra
Zero Hour, Piazza Fontana Bombing: The start of what would become known as The Years of Lead … Friday, December 12th 1969, at 4.37 p.m. a bomb devastated the central hall of the National Agrarian Bank, the Piazza Fontana. Carnage ensued. 17 dead, 88 injured. Then within the hour, 4 further bombs went off in Milan and Rome. ibid.
The Piazza Fontana Bombing was the result of a conspiracy and the template for the wave of terror attacks to come. ibid.
The ‘black lead’ was the one that led to the far right. ibid.
‘The secret services played a twin role … They did not intervene … The secret services played a major role in muddying the waters by pointing the finger at those who were not the real culprits.’ ibid. comment
A strategy, one whose name gained great notoriety in 1969 – a Strategy of Tension. ibid.
Gladio, the double-edge sword: One of the best kept secrets of the post-war period. The codename for the secret army intended to lead the resistance against any potential Soviet invasion. ibid.
Italy never really settled its scores with fascism. ibid.
The bombs of 1969 aimed to cause chaos as a prelude to a show of military strength. ibid.
July 1970: A bomb on a train in Calabria: 6 dead, 50 injured. ibid.
May 1973: A grenade outside the Milan Prefecture: 4 dead, 52 injured. ibid.
1974: A bomb on the Italicus train between Rome and Brennero: 12 dead, 44 injured. ibid.
Secret protection ensured the impunity of the true perpetrators of this terrorist plot, a small fascist group called Ordine Nuovo, or New Order, a veritable nerve centre of black terrorism. ibid.
‘Rather as part of a hidden structure linked to the Italian and American secret services.’ ibid. Vincenzo Vinciguerra
Bologna Railway Station, Saturday August 2nd 1980, a bomb exploded: 85 dead, more than 200 injured. ibid.
If the instigators of the massacre were never discovered, it is undoubtedly thanks to the manoeuvres of this man, convicted of obstruting justice in the course of the Inquiry, Licio Gelli, the venerable master of a Masonic lodge known as Propaganda Due, or P2. ibid.
He was driven by a single motive: to keep the communists away from government. ibid.
Gelli emerged from the shadows in 1981 during the investigations into the collapse of a bank, implicating the Mafia, the Vatican’s banker, and P2. ibid.
‘Many people thought they had finally identified the brains behind all the horrific and criminal goings-on that had beset Italy during the post-War period. From Mafia activities to the terrorism. In reality, what was P2? It was a protected, secret, covet Masonic lodge which acted as a haven for the most authodox kind of Atlanticism.’ ibid. comment
The truth? Italy is still waiting for the judicial truth. ibid.
‘This war was sold to the American people based on falsehood and lies.’ Political Deception: History is a Lie that No-One Contests III: Iraq: A Veritable Imposture, comment
George Bush changes enemies. Osama bin Laden is replaced by Saddam Hussein. This about-face is the fruit of an incredible manipulation with catastrophic consequences for the world. ibid.
A conventional war in the most unstable region in the world. Ibid
The machinery of lies runs at full throttle for months. ibid.
‘The sales campaign that took place, I would characterize as aggressive deception.’ ibid. comment
In the end the yellow-cake dossier will have a remarkable fate. ibid.
Early 2003: The American government decides to present its great manipulation to the world. ibid.
The night of March 19th the war begins. ibid.
‘The whole narraitve that brought the United States and NATO and France and the UK into attack Libya was a lie.’ Political Deception: History is a Lie that No-One Contests IV: Killing Gaddafi!
Today, Libya is a lawless country, a transit route for migrants who dream of Europe, and a sanctuary for terrorists who threaten it. A heavy toll for a military intervention based on lies, and a pretext to eliminate an Arab potentate. ibid.
On March 19th France opens fire first, and its aircraft bombers destroy a column of four tanks in Benghazi … in reality an American sledgehammer intervention. ibid.
Barack Obama: He promised the American people to end military intervention in Muslim countries. But Obama is going to change his mind in the face of the revolt in Libya, and the formidable disinformation capaign that accompanies it. ibid.