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Transpacific - opens up a

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 23:22:05 +0000

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Transpacific - opens up a whole new can of worms (and a different airline)

Space aliens were involved in

Orion — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 21:39:24 +0000

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Space aliens were involved in the transatlantic slave trade?

Supersonic transport or

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 22:15:40 +0000

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Supersonic transport or tunnel through the earth? Normally it's 12 hours, but with space aliens assisting could be much faster.

There is a direct, five hour

Orion — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 20:42:21 +0000

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There is a direct, five hour journey from Nigeria to the continental United States. That history is not a mystery.

Lengthy Dec. 5 article by

artappraiser — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 09:58:34 +0000

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Lengthy Dec. 5 article by Caryn Dolley for the Daily Maverick of South Africa concerning the Black Axe branch in Cape Town and the arrests there, by the United States with the participation of South Africa after an international investigation by the United States and others starting in Ireland - has names of the arrested with "allegations they face in the U.S.:

#SouthAfrica
Black Axe, a crime syndicate operating in several countries around the world, has been exposed in South Africa via an international investigation that initially focused on Ireland.https://t.co/yByueq5z50 pic.twitter.com/WiXiHhKqzm
— Jasmine Opperman (@Jasminechic00) December 5, 2021

I believe this South Africa guy is quoting hear article or a similar one, has the same illustration of their logo:

BIG NIGERIAN MAFIA GROUP CALLED BLACK AXE OPERATING WITHIN OUR BORDERS.... pic.twitter.com/7hZTXnlCcZ
— Mthabi J Gwadiso (@Mthabi22416245) December 9, 2021

there were also these tweets coming from news info. at TimesLive.co. za, Oct. 20 on the main U.S./S.A. operation and Dec. 8 on a new Interpol-related single arrest:

Alleged leaders of a large transnational Nigerian syndicate called the Black Axe arrives at the Cape Town Magistrate court in two police vehicles for their first appearance after they were arrested in early morning raids in Cape Town on Tuesday. @TimesLIVE @SAPoliceService pic.twitter.com/ZetwJ6KJOl
— Esa Alexander (@ezaap) October 20, 2021

BREAKING: Black Axe member arrested by Interpol in Douglasdale, Johannesburg on Tuesday afternoon. The man will face extradition to the USA following an indictment on an FBI case for fraud, money laundering, and ID theft. @TimesLIVE
— Aron Hyman (@aron_hyman) December 8, 2021

They also did a 53-minute

artappraiser — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 09:21:50 +0000

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They also did a 52-minute video report on their work, which you can access on YouTube:

BBC's related piece: Black

artappraiser — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 09:11:35 +0000

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BBC's related piece: Black Axe: Leaked documents shine spotlight on secretive Nigerian gang, 9 hrs. ago

A violent mafia-style gang in Nigeria linked to murder and fraud has infiltrated the country's political system and launched a global scamming operation well beyond Nigeria's borders, according to thousands of hacked documents and testimonies seen by the BBC.

The "Black Axe" gang has been operating for decades in Nigeria and is among the country's most-feared organised crime syndicates. Membership of these syndicates, known as "cults" or "fraternities", is outlawed in Nigeria.

For the past two years, BBC Africa Eye has been following the Black Axe, speaking to former members and combing through thousands of leaked documents that appear to have been hacked from a number of prominent members of the group. It was not possible to verify the entire cache of hacked files, but key documents were verified by the BBC.

Among our findings were emails that suggest a prominent Nigerian businessman and 2019 APC party candidate for political office, Augustus Bemigho, was a senior member of Black Axe and was involved in orchestrating fraudulent internet scams netting millions of dollars.

The cache of documents contained more than 18,000 pages from an email account linked to Mr Bemigho, including emails that suggest he sent guidance on scamming to a network of collaborators on 62 occasions and communicated with others about specific scamming targets.

"We have removed him close to 1M dollar," says one email sent to Mr Bemigho, referring to a victim. The email contains the victim's full name, email address and number, and instructions on how to progress the scam.

The BBC tracked down two apparent scamming victims from Mr Bemigho's emails, who say they were defrauded of approximately $3.3m (£2.4m). Operations by international law enforcement agencies indicate that Black Axe's scamming profits may run into the billions. The BBC contacted Mr Bemigho but he did not respond to the allegations.

Some of the material in the leaked documents - showing the graphic results of the gang's activities - is too horrifying to publish. But the data paints a unique portrait of the Black Axe operations between 2009 and 2019, and suggests the gang has penetrated Nigerian politics in its home region of Edo State to a shocking extent [.....]

[....] In Africa, Europe,

artappraiser — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 08:45:20 +0000

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[....] In Africa, Europe, Asia and North America, Axemen are in our midst. You may even have an email from them in your inbox.

Our investigation began with a death threat - a spidery, hand-written letter, delivered to a BBC journalist in 2018. It was dropped by a motorbike rider on to the windscreen of the reporter's car. Weeks earlier, the journalist had been digging into the illegal opioid trade in Nigeria and had met a number of Black Axe members face to face. Later, a second letter was handed to the man's family. Someone had been tracking him and had found his home.

Did the threat come from Black Axe? How powerful is this crime network, and who is behind it?

Our search for answers led us to a man who claimed he had hacked tens of thousands of secret Black Axe documents - a huge cache of private communications, from hundreds of suspected members. The messages, which span 2009 to 2019, include communications about murder and drug smuggling. Emails detail elaborate and lucrative internet fraud. Messages plan global expansion. It was a mosaic of Black Axe criminal activity spanning four continents [....]

(excerpt from above, which also begins with Warning: Contains detailed graphic accounts of violence)