Arquimedes SÁEZ“My extortion ring has been vindicated....”
Ana Matilde GOMEZ“I will not pay a fine to delinquents...”
Russian Duma report implicates Monte Friesner in massive looting »
The Russian State Duma (parliament) issued a report last year in which Monte Friesner (Монте Морис Фризнер), Lawrence B. Heath (Лоренс Хиз) and their company Carlyle-Coutts Capital Corporation S.A. are accused of laundering massive amounts of stolen funds from the former Soviet Union. In Panama, the political and legal protection of Friesner’s scams continues.
Legislator José Blandón’s law firm protects scammer Monte Friesner »
While the pressure on Panama to clean up its legal system and corruption is mounting, a prominent legislator’s law firm is in bed with a convicted serial fraud artist from Canada.
Panama ambassador defends international outcast Martinelli »
Alemán’s defense of Martinelli is right out of the Goebbels propaganda textbook, along the lines of “Hitler built highways and the trains left on time”.
Gomez conviction another nail in Martinelli’s coffin »
The conviction of Ana Matilde Gomez, attorney general of Panama and prosecuted by Martinelli’s yes-men because she tapped the phone of a victim (at the victim’s request) of extortion by a corrupt prosecutor,is yet another act of political self-immolation by Martinelli and his clique of mobsters.
US government doesn’t trust Panama with espionage equipment »
The Panama government is using spying equipment for political espionage and to stay informed about legal cases against (affiliated) drug traffickers.
Oscar Ceville ordered illegal wiretaps himself »
Oscar Ceville, in charge of the prosecution of Ana Matilde Gomez, illegally ordered phones to be tapped and computers to be broken into, his former security chief has stated.
Panama’s tourism minister implicated in arms trafficking by Colombian authorities »
The picture of Salomon Shamah, who was born Colombian and naturalized Panamanian and is now minister of tourism and a key figure in Panama’s relations with Israel, is part of documentation revealed by Colombian sources in which also other members of Martinelli’s government are exposed. It is not clear when Colombia’s security service DAS pinpointed Shamah as part of the trafficking network that supplied Colombia’s various armed groups with weapons.
Case of jailed journalist ties into ANAM corruption under Martinelli »
The arrest and detention of 70 year old journalist Carlos Núñez López is related to a story he wrote about plans by Chiriqui businessman Enrique Luis Morales de Icaza to build a hotel in the midst of the Volcán Baru National Park; a plan that Martinelli’s ANAM has since approved.
Government prepares anti-gun law with new Spanish words in it »
The only ones who are totally unaffected by the law are the criminals. They never cared for licenses and other gun-rules anyway, so the new measures won’t change that much for them. Well done, Mulino!
CHAOS in the Assembly: Salami Fest in second debate »
We’re getting instant updates from environmental activists who have made their way into the National Assembly in an attempt to put an end to the “sausage law” that eliminates the need for environmental impact studies for Martinelli-approved projects; violates the workers’ right to strike and gives the police total impunity for whatever crimes they commit.
HORROR IN PEDASI »
Even before they are being given total immunity for crimes they commit, Martinelli’s police and immigration officials are already behaving as if they’re members of the infamous Zetas narco gang, according to a reader’s story about events in Pedasi.
Panama police may now legally kidnap and sell you to FARC »
Panama’s mafia rulers are passing a law during salami slapping sessions in the Assembly to “promote aviation”, which includes impunity for the police in case they commit a crime. Any crime.
Boquete don’t know where they’re a gonna go when the volcano blow »
Panama’s institute that monitors potentially dangerous volcanic activity isn’t updating its data, they’re collecting it in the wrong places and you have to write them a letter if you want to know anything.
Pizza Martinelli »
Our pizza government hasn’t just swept major corruption cases under the carpet; they also appoint their unqualified family and friends as ambassadors, consuls and in other high places, in true mafia fashion.
Stop dreaming: Martinelli can’t and won’t stop crime »
Today in Panama City a “Peace March” was being held, and president Martinelli, just back from Spain, promised there that he would finish off violent crime in three years and turn Panama into the most secure country of Latin America. Sounds great, but it won’t happen. It’s actually dangerous to believe him. Here’s why:
