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Drugs, firearms seized in Oklahoma City restaurant raid https://www.diningandcooking.com/restaurants/19823/ #drug #firearm #IceCustody #individual #investigation #investigator #koco #MoneyLaundering #OklahomaCityRestaurantRaid #OrganizedCrime #part #people #SeafoodHouse #SeafoodHouses #SeafoodRestaurant #SeafoodRestaurants #tie #TopHeadlinesdrugs #woodward

Everest’s “rescue” scam allegedly turned sick trekkers into a million-dollar insurance machine

Dear Cherubs, Mount Everest is already dangerous without anyone allegedly helping the mountain along. Nepalese police say a rescue-and-insurance network may have turned routine illness into a very profitable business, with fake helicopter evacuations and forged paperwork padding claims to international insurers.

According to OCCRP and AP, investigators filed organized-crime and fraud charges against 32 people in Kathmandu, including trekking-agency owners, helicopter operators, and hospital executives. Police say the scheme ran between 2022 and 2025 and relied on fake medical records, manipulated rescue logs, and helicopter flights that were billed as emergencies even when they may not have been.

HOW THE SCHEME IS SAID TO HAVE WORKED

The alleged playbook was as grimly simple as it was expensive: make climbers feel desperately ill, tell them they need an urgent descent, then send in a helicopter and invoice the insurer. The Independent reported that guides were accused of using baking powder or similar food tampering to trigger gastrointestinal distress that could look like altitude sickness or food poisoning. OCCRP said investigators described the same tactic in court filings, including allegations that trekkers were fed baking soda before being “rescued.”

That matters because on Everest and its surrounding routes, a real evacuation can be life-saving and very costly. AP noted that climbers are required to show proof of insurance covering helicopter rescue before permits are issued, which is sensible in a place where the nearest decent solution is often a very expensive aircraft. Sensible systems, unfortunately, are also very attractive to people with bad intentions and a calculator.

OCCRP reported that police records put the alleged take at at least $19.69 million in insurance money, with three rescue firms linked to the bulk of the losses. One company was accused of 171 suspicious rescues out of 1,248, while others allegedly filed scores of fake claims worth millions more.

WHY IT MATTERS

This is bigger than a single scandal on the “roof of the world.” It is a reminder that high-altitude tourism runs on trust: trust in guides, trust in hospitals, trust in rescue operators, and trust that when someone says “medical emergency,” the paperwork is not doing stand-up comedy behind the scenes. AP said authorities have kept investigating after the first arrests in January, while The Independent reported that the case is already drawing sharper scrutiny over Nepal’s rescue industry.

As noted by thisclaimer.com, Everest stories tend to travel fast, but this one travels with a particularly awkward aftertaste. If the allegations hold up in court, Nepal will have to prove it can protect both climbers and the rescue system itself, because the mountain is hard enough without anyone gamifying the emergency button.

Sources:
AP News — https://apnews.com/article/nepal-mountaineering-fake-rescue-scam-ca64426bfe3373d7840fdb1d95f93a0a
OCCRP — https://www.occrp.org/en/news/poisoned-trekkers-and-phantom-flights-nepal-charges-32-in-massive-himalayan-rescue-scam
Kathmandu Post — https://kathmandupost.com/national/2026/03/23/nepal-charges-32-in-fake-rescue-scam
The Independent — https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/mount-everest-climb-nepal-insurance-scam-sherpa-poisoning-b2952027.html
thisclaimer.com — https://thisclaimer.com

Also killed were a prison guard, an agent from the state prosecutor’s office & a woman whom García Harfuch did not identify. He also said some 30 criminal suspects were killed in Jalisco & 4 others were killed in Michoacan.

Several Mexican states canceled school on Monday, with local & foreign governments warning their citizens to stay inside after widespread #violence erupted.

#law #Mexico #CJNG #Cartel #DrugTrafficking #CriminalEmpire #OrganizedCrime #terrorism #geopolitics

25 Mexican National Guard troops left dead during the operation that killed #cartel leader '#ElMencho'

#Mexico #Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch said Monday 25 members of the Guardia Nacional were left dead in Jalisco in 6 separate attacks after the killing of Jalisco New Generation Cartel [#CJNG] leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes.

#law #DrugTrafficking #CriminalEmpire #OrganizedCrime #terrorism #geopolitics
https://apnews.com/article/mexico-jalisco-cartel-mencho-sheinbaum-trump-226e50edc33f981d5d6509acc7021ae5

Britské Listy:

"obchodování s lidskými orgány Palestinců ze strany Izraele" -- "více než tři desetiletí důkazů o tom, že izraelští lékaři odebírají orgány Palestincům v přímém rozporu s mezinárodním právem" -- "také k prodeji a zisku" -- "lékařští odborníci našli důkazy o krádežích orgánů" -- "rohovek, jakož i dalších životně důležitých orgánů, jako jsou játra, ledviny a srdce" -- "(IOF) byla viděna, jak odváží desítky těl z hrobů a ulic v okolí lékařského komplexu Al-Shifa a indonéské nemocnice v severní části pásma Gazy" -- "Obavy z krádeží orgánů z mrtvol vznesl Euro-Med Monitor" -- "americká antropoložka a aktivistka Nancy Scheper-Hughes rozhodla prošetřit to, co nazvala „rozvojem organizovaných transplantních zájezdů provozovaných podsvětními zprostředkovateli“ " -- "otevřeně přiznal, že při pitvách odebíral z těl kůži, kosti, srdeční chlopně, rohovky a další lidské tkáně, a uvedl, že rodiny s pitvami souhlasily, ale o těchto krádežích nebyly informovány." -- "se chlubil tím, co dělal" -- "Orgány se prodávaly komukoli"

https://blisty.cz/art/131669-strucna-historie-obchodovani-s-lidskymi-organy-palestincu-ze-strany-izraele.html

#organharvesting #israel #palestine #genocide #gaza #apartheid #organtrafficking #illegalorganharvesting #organtransplant #organtransplants #contempt #illegalorgantransplant #illegalorgantransplants #corpse
#organ #organs #blisty #britskelisty #britskélisty #organmarket #iof #idf #doctors #evidence #theft #organtheft #organrobbery #transplantation #transplant #cornea #liver #kidney #heart #grave #graves #massgrave #massgraves #alshifa #indonesianhospital #graverobbery #organizedcrime #autopsy #skin #bones #heartvalve #humantissue

For Toronto Cops, a ‘Deeply Disappointing’ Internal Bust

Seven Toronto police officers and one retired officer have been arrested and charged in an organized crime…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #arrest #arrests #Bribery #Canada #drugtrafficking #mobsters #Organizedcrime #police #policeofficers #Toronto #World
https://www.newsbeep.com/387604/

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Ukraine takes ‘effective measures’ to stop Russian infiltration near Dobropillia, Pokrovsk — How Ukraine is building a system of returning, reintegrating, and protecting children abducted by Russia — How Ukraine is building a system of returning, reintegrating, and protecting children abducted by Russia — We went to hell and back to achieve this result: SBU chief on Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb strike on Russian bombers … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/wednesday-august-13-2025/

https://www.wacoca.com/anime/1857004/ Sakamoto Days Part 2 | SAKAMOTO DAYS 第２クール (2025) | Official Trailer 2 🔫 ##animeseries ##comedyanime ##releasedate #2025 #2025Summer #2025SummerAnime #2025年夏開始の新作アニメ #Action #ActionAnime #AdultCharacters #Anime #AnimeTops #Comedy #manga #NewAnime #OrganizedCrime #organizedcrime #SAKAMOTODAYS第2クール #Shônen #trailers #ДниСакамото.Часть2 #アニメ #新作アニメ

@makkhorn
"...
“Al-Shifa Hospital is huge, and so we can hide there,” the terrorist says. He adds that when Israel strikes Gaza, Hamas terrorists take cover in schools, hospitals, and other locations that Israel attempts to avoid striking so as to not harm civilians.
..."

Hostages, taken by Hamas terrorists inside Israel are one "human shield" to deter or delay counteraction.

Regular Gazans are the other one.

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-770484
#Israel #Palestine #IsraelPalestine #AlShifaHospital #HamasHideoutCenter #HamasMassacres #HamasTerrorism #BabyKillers #Kidnappers #Terrorism #TerroristOrganization #OrganizedCrime #EndTerrorism #EndHamas

No wonder Clarence once ("jokingly") called Leonard "Richelieu" Leo the *third-most important man in the U.S.*.
The man most harmful to the American judiciary & Americans' human & civil rights.

"From those early discussions among Leo, Thomas and Crow would spring a billion-dollar force that has helped remake the judiciary and overturn longstanding legal precedents on abortion, affirmative action and many other issues. It funded legal scholars to devise theories to challenge liberal precedents, helped to elect state attorneys general willing to apply those theories and launched lavish campaigns for conservative judicial nominees who would cite those theories in their rulings from the bench."

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/10/ginni-thomas-leonard-leo-citizens-united-00108082?fbclid=IwAR0EX1zwNqF_CJwQ-HqIrV1yxRxw3aSzgHg4155BNxpoIeQMV97X9a5BJKw

#RuleOfLaw #CleanSCOTUS #GinniThomas #ClarenceThomas #LeonardLeo #Corruption #Bribery #InvestigateClarenceThomas #InvestigateLeonardLeo #InvestigateGinniThomas #DarkMoney #MoneyLaundering #TaxEvasion #OrganizedCrime #RICO #InvestigateTheSix #CodeOfConduct #SCOTUS_OIG #TermLimits #ExpandSCOTUS #JudicialIndependence #JudicialInsurrection

A dark web of dark-money jugglers, benefitting from the Citizens United ruling they had their sticky fingers in to legalize their covert shady financial & manipulative operations.

[Ginni] "Thomas, wife of a sitting justice, in concert with [Leonard] Leo, was secretly building the sort of dark-money front group that would soon be greenlit by the court’s decision. That group would be funded by Harlan Crow, the billionaire who spent decades secretly enriching the same justice who would sit on the case and the same spouse who would benefit from the outcome of the case. And the dark-money group founded by Ginni Thomas would go on to advocate for cases argued before the court as her husband heard those cases."

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/09/ginni-thomas-ethics-supreme-court-hats.html
#RuleOfLaw #CleanSCOTUS #GinniThomas #ClarenceThomas #LeonardLeo #Corruption #Bribery #InvestigateClarenceThomas #InvestigateLeonardLeo #InvestigateGinniThomas #DarkMoney #MoneyLaundering #TaxEvasion #OrganizedCrime #RICO #InvestigateTheSix #CodeOfConduct #SCOTUS_OIG #TermLimits #ExpandSCOTUS #JudicialIndependence #JudicialInsurrection

@_L1vY_ It's Donald Trump's clan, that has been involved in thousands of lawsuits over the decades.

Not anyone of the Bidens.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-tax-schemes-fred-trump.html
#RuleOfLaw #AccountabilityNow #JusticeMatters #Trump #CareerCriminals #CareerFraudsters #CriminalNetwork #OrganizedCrime #RICO #BankFraud #TaxFraud #WireFraud #InsuranceFraud #BetrayingAmerica #DefraudingAmerica

@LilHulkQ "GOP lawmakers'" (/obstructors') interference with Fani Willis's work would equate to an inadmissible attack on the Separation of Powers (Legislative vs Judicial branch).

"Powers of review and oversight of attorneys for allegations of misconduct is, in Georgia, like throughout the country, exclusively reserved for judges. This separation of powers works the same way in many other state constitutional frameworks."

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/03/georgia-republicans-fire-fani-willis-indicting-trump.html
#RuleOfLaw #AccountabilityMatters #JusticeMatters #Georgia #FaniWillis #RICO #GOP #CorruptIntent #BadFaith #OrganizedCrime #CriminalNetwork #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice #ObstructionOfJustice #TrumpAccessories #Insurrection #Rebellion #SeparationOfPowers #JudicialIndependence

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/8/24/headlines/politico_dc_investigating_far_right_judicial_activist_leonard_leo_and_his_dark_money_network

#Corruption #SCOTUS #federalistsociety #DarkMoney #FarRight #JudicialActivism #GOP #Republicans #Conservatives #Judges #Justice #Law #Criminal #Inequality #NationalStrike #Democracy #Money #BoughtAndPaidFor #Whores #Politics #PoliticiansInBlackRobes #DirtyMoney #OrganizedCrime #RICO #LeonardLeo