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Re:How Putin’s Oligarchs Bought London by abawany on Friday March 18, 2022 @07:39PM (#30729057)
Here is an example: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/may/03/uae-sheikh-acc... - from business associate to being tortured on tape. Edit: updated link with more context.
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Re:How Putin’s Oligarchs Bought London by thematrixturtle on Friday March 18, 2022 @08:06PM (#30729312)
The article above is 12 years old. You will be shocked -- shocked! -- to hear that the prince doing the torturing was judged innocent, while the brothers who published the tape were convicted of blackmail.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issa_bin_Zayed_Al_Nahyan

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