Word: liechtenstein
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...behalf of the country of Liechtenstein, Karl Schwärzler accepted the Economics Prize for his unabashed spirit of capitalism. His ground-breaking work has made it possible to rent the entire small European country for corporate conventions, weddings, and bar mitzvahs...
...countries like Jordan and Syria, and Saddam's half brother Barzan al-Takriti, who is thought to have managed the family's fortune from Geneva. Treasury officials also have designs on Aziz, who, though principally a foreign-policy expert, may have helped place regime funds in financial centers like Liechtenstein and Austria. --By Adam Zagorin and Mark Thompson
...sanctions. The U.S. seized $1.5 billion, but a huge hoard remains. John Fawcett, who investigated Saddam's finances for the Coalition for International Justice, notes that some European countries don't seem eager to sniff out Saddam's hidden money, since they would then face losing it: "Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg could be much more aggressive." Neither has France shown much zeal. And even after Saddam's regime fades, the allure of holding his money may not. THE BOTTOM LINE 'Look what Madonna did for bras: why can't people be like that with masks?' Prudence Mak-Borelli, Hong Kong...
...final destination was to two agencies, Creative Artists Agency (CAA) and the Gersh Agency. An actor friend had mentioned to me that CAA was designed to look intimidating, and with its overwhelmingly white lobby, towering Liechtenstein canvas, and severe I.M. Pei design. I had no choice but to agree...
...explains the pattern. A die-hard mafioso contacts a "mafioso businessman," who is the conduit to a "legitimate" businessman, who provides the ultimate cover to launder money through real enterprises all the way up to the stock market. The network stretches from Palermo to Milan to Switzerland, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein. "It's a chain," Ingroia says. "In our opinion, they are guilty of crimes at all levels." The man thought to be responsible for smartening up the Mafia quit school at age 10. Bernardo Provenzano, now 69, became the capo dei capi of Cosa Nostra after his boyhood buddy from...