• The Bank of the Underworld: Kingpins, Arms Traffickers, Pablo Escobar and Saddam Hussein

  • Jun 21 2022
  • Length: 56 mins
  • Podcast

The Bank of the Underworld: Kingpins, Arms Traffickers, Pablo Escobar and Saddam Hussein

  • Summary

  • The Bank of Credit and Commerce International was headed by a messianic, Karachi financier named Agha Hasan Abedi, with deep, deep connections all round the world. So deep, in fact, that nearly every criminal mastermind and corrupt ruler in the world used his bank as it went deeper and deeper, turning into a 20 billion dollar bank of the underworld. Abedi had connections to intelligence chiefs and politicians, including officials as far as London and Washington in his deep, deep pockets. His client list, said critics, included the world’s most notorious despots and criminal kingpins—Noriega, Ferdinand Marcos, Saddam Hussein, Pablo Escobar. Some had another name for BCCI - the Bank of Crooks and Criminals—that is, if they live to tell the tale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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