The Chiasso Conundrum - by David P. Crayford (2018), Part 16

Chapter Three

The Preliminary Court Hearing after Indictment

Having returned to Japan, via the island of Okinawa, on August 3rd 2009, coupled with the statement made by the Court appointed lawyer having learned of the premature departure from Italy by Yamaguchi and Watanabe, it was not expected that Yamaguchi or Watanabe would fly back to Italy, travel to Como, and be present at the September 16th 2010, court hearing. As it turns out that expectation was correct, Yamaguchi and Watanabe were long gone out of the reach of the Italian Authorities.

However, both Yamaguchi and Watanabe in not appearing before the court were actually seen to be destroying their own defence and substantiating the falsities of their various statements.

It has to be questioned as to why Yamaguchi and Watanabe did not turn up if what Yamaguchi had emphatically claimed was correct. He did state that he was the legal owner of all these Financial Instruments, so let’s get this straight. Most people if they were the real legal owners of anything which was subject to a court case, would turn up at the court if only to protect their interests in their legal ownership. I certainly would and no doubt the majority of people around the world would, so Yamaguchi and Watanabe are, in their expected absence ridiculing and denying their own statements, isn’t that perjury in its finest form. How many more lies told by Yamaguchi and Watanabe, are going to be uncovered within the evidence presented to the Como court by the prosecution?

Looking plainly at the situation, both Yamaguchi and Watanabe were heading, at quite an enormous speed, for conviction and possibly anything from a 2 - 10 year prison sentence.

As explained previously, Yamaguchi was just not going to face another prison sentence, no matter what, after having spent 12 years in a Japanese prison for fraud back in the 80’s and 90’s.

It also becomes plainly obvious that despite their so-called friendship and all the sweet talk to Alessandro Santi, they had abandoned Alessandro Santi in totality, and their own interests. The question now is whether, as stated previously, Alessandro Santi, at 73 years of age, is going to be the “Fall Guy” for the unlawful activities of Yamaguchi and Watanabe.

With the embarrassment of the Italian police and the courts, allowing both Yamaguchi and Watanabe to escape from justice, by what could be described partially as incompetence, they needed to seriously justify their own existence otherwise a substantial amount of tax payers money would be seen to have been totally wasted by the aforementioned incompetence, for which serious questions may be raised and for which “Heads might be forced to roll”. 

Alessandro Santi, who was now becoming increasingly nervous and severely worried by the fact that Yamaguchi and Watanabe had abandoned him to face the courts and charges alone, may now be forced by events to get the best deal possible that he and his lawyers could achieve.

This was a fact that Alessandro Santi admitted to a friend in an email prior to the court hearing in which he stated that, quote “He now realises he was conned by Yamaguchi and Watanabe whereby his so-called friendship with the two of them had diminished entirely and turned to hatred, having realised now that they were crooks of the highest order and had used him within their unlawful operations through coercing him with false stories at a time when he was totally vulnerable based upon his wife’s previous illness with cancer”.

Justice is about to be shown that it does not segregate the masterminds behind such crimes from those who are effectively innocent persons coerced by plausible stories of fantasies, lies, and wealth, some of whom may have been experiencing some distortion in their thinking by their own unfortunate recent or past experiences.  

In my opinion such consideration of the aforementioned facts should always be taken into account. In this case however, the embarrassment of the police and courts may take precedence over such consideration whereby Alessandro Santi becomes the “Fall Guy” and the case closed with satisfactory results for the Police and the courts, justifying their existence.

There is another salient point that applies to the majority of the people of the world, which is the cost or financial resources to be able to defend oneself in such court case. Lawyers do not appear to care where the money comes from provided they get paid. Remember Yamaguchi and Watanabe’s lawyer was a court appointed lawyer as they were foreigners, and so paid for by the Italian tax payers.

Alessandro Santi’s situation was totally different and he knew it.

Alessandro Santi was not a man of exceptional wealth facing a very expensive court case, a case that would take up a substantial amount of his time and the time of his lawyers. All in all an expensive situation that Alessandro Santi, like the majority of people, could not afford. Given the situation that Alessandro Santi found himself in, abandoned by the very two Japanese men he trusted and who he had greatly assisted, 73 years of age, having recently gone through a serious cancerous experience with his wife, and facing the possibility of being convicted and being sentenced to time in prison, the opinions open to him were very limited.

The question for Alessandro Santi was whether Yamaguchi and Watanabe would turn up for the court hearing to support him, brandishing hard evidence that they may have gained after arriving back in Japan. A situation that is unlikely given the circumstances. In one way it was one hope that would finally put this experience behind him. In another way and deep down in Alessandro Santi’s heart he knew there was nothing there for him to cling his hopes to as quietly, to himself, he agreed with the lawyer appointed by the court that neither Yamaguchi nor Watanabe would be seen or heard from again.

The morning of September 16th 2010 broke with sunshine and a warm breeze. Alessandro Santi was preparing himself, both physically and mentally, for attending the court.

Driving himself the short journey to Como, Italy, and preparing himself to meet with his lawyers, he finally arrived at the court well before court opening times to be briefed by his lawyers, but noticing that Yamaguchi and Watanabe were nowhere to be seen, not at that moment in time anyway.

The nervousness and concern was beginning to show when his lawyer confirmed that the lawyer for Yamaguchi and Watanabe was totally correct and that Yamaguchi and Watanabe had fled the country and had not turned up to the court. The case would be heard in their absence. Not much of a consoling effect for Alessandro Santi, but one he now had to face alone.

The case number was finally called by the clerk to the court. Alessandro Santi, his lawyers and the deputy duty court lawyer entered the courtroom, followed shortly after by the judge. “All Stand”, in Italian, was the call from the court attendant as the Judge entered the court through the door leading to the judge’s chambers.

The prosecutor rising to his feet explained to the Judge that neither Yamaguchi nor Watanabe were present and therefore the duty court lawyer would represent them as the previous court appointed lawyer had resigned from representing them, evidenced by a letter notifying the court, the prosecutor’s office and the police, dated 28th August 2010, for which a second accompanying letter attached to the first letter declared his resignation on the grounds that both Yamaguchi and Watanabe had left Italy and that his opinion was that their act was deliberate to avoid justice whereby he could not justify representing the two Japanese men. The prosecutor further notified the court that for the hearing the deputy duty court lawyer had been requested to stand in as defence lawyer for Yamaguchi and Watanabe.

Hearing the report of the prosecutor and unquestionably noticing the absence of the two Japanese men, the judge in her wisdom, decided that there was additional work for the prosecution and the police to undertake to determine whether Yamaguchi and Watanabe were intending to turn up at the hearing, or, whether they had deliberately evaded  justice and had no intention of turning up at this hearing or any future hearing.

The case was subsequently adjourned to October 12th 2010, with the judge explaining that there would be no further adjournments and the case would proceed on October 12th with or without Yamaguchi and Watanabe’s presence.

The Chiasso Conundrum - by David P. Crayford (2018), Part 15

According to the police reports, Yamaguchi, Watanabe, and a third Japanese person by the name of Shigeo Kaneko, had travelled to Italy on numerous occasions since January 2009, sometimes staying at the Montesole Hotel in Carimate (Alessandro Santi’s home town) and sometimes actually staying at Alessandro Santi’s actual home.

The smell from this dead rat is becoming stronger the more one reads of the statements made by Yamaguchi and the Official Police and Court reports.

In another statement of authorisation issued by Yamaguchi to Alessandro Santi, the following is stated, quote “The undersigned Akihiko Yamaguchi, owner of the Japanese passport nr. TF4658848, as legal owner of 5 Kennedy bonds, nr. AP11 025691 A, AP11 025962 A, AP11 025693 A, AP11 025694 A, AP11 025695 A for a total ammount of USD 5 billions.

I herewith authorize you to act in my name and to co-ordinate with your parties in Europe and in the United States the Privat Placement Programme (PPP) of the formentioned bonds, using the formentioned 5 Kennedy bonds with a nominal value of USD 5 billions, while the real ammount of the bonds is USD 17 billions per Bond.

Furthermore I herewith guarantee under my personal responsibility and under oath to be the legal owner of these 5 Kennedy bonds which are clean, of no criminal origin and free of pledge and duties. 

Consequently you are authorized to control the 5 bonds through your suggested banks in Europe or through your contacts at the FED in the USA to verify their validity and authenticity against my presentations and assurances (authorisations – illegible) and the certified copies of the 5 Kennedy bonds I’ve sent you or the original ones.

You are authorized to co-ordinate and to take the necessary measures of my accounts at the Trader Bank and in the correspondent banks as my agent together with your parties, except my final consent for any conditions or material term.

This authorisation letter is valid for 400 days starting from now. 

These documents are exactly alike even if they are copies.

I’d appreciate very much you attention while co-operating the formentioned matters. Yours faithfully”,

The issue here is not necessarily this authorisation or the content thereof. It is the fact that Yamaguchi purported to Alessandro Santi, and probably others as well, that he was an International Investor, carrying Financial Instruments with a value in excess of $1 trillion United States Dollars which he purports to be the actual legal owner of. Remember the fact that Yamaguchi is a former Senior Officer of the Japanese Ministry of Finance convicted of Fraud and incarcerated for his crime in 1984, which in fact was confirmed by the Japanese Authorities along with the fact that Yamaguchi had previously been convicted of fraud whilst in the employ of the Japanese Ministry of Finance and sentenced to 20 years for fraud, which ultimately was reduced to 12 years for good behaviour.

Yamaguchi, claiming to be the lawful and legal owner of all these Financial Instruments he would be substantially wealthy, in fact far wealthier than Bill Gates of Microsoft, and substantially wealthier than the Queen of England, as such, he would have no problem whatsoever in walking into any of the top World Banks who would welcome him with open arms and lay out the “Red Carpet” for him, if it were all true. In fact it is more than possible that such Banks would be deliberately and constantly stalking Yamaguchi for business.

In reality, Yamaguchi was not, is not, and never will be the owner of any of these Certificates / Bonds. He is however the holder of stolen property of substantial face value, but of no commercial value. Contradictory as that last statement may be, it is not as confusing as one may believe. These Certificates can only be utilised by the International Treasury Controller who is the Legal Heir, Owner, and Sole Arbiter of the Global Debt Facility. They can never be used, nor should they ever enter, the commercial financial system. The latter is the very reason why they have no commercial value whatsoever.

The reason why Yamaguchi, or anyone else if that matters when attempting to deal with such financial instruments; needs people like Alessandro Santi, Hans Horst, Dona Abdurrahim, and others, is because he is not who he claims to be and does not own what he claims to own, therefore if, and sometimes when the innocent people who were coerced into this assisting Yamaguchi, get caught, Yamaguchi can deny everything and run back to Japan to hide, leaving these innocent people to be the “Fall Guys” and take the penalties applied by any court. This type of scenario has happened many, many times previously over several previous decades, and no doubt will happen many times in the future as well until people learn either not to listen to such stories, or at least undertake a full investigation first before venturing forth.

Additionally, it has to be remembered that Yamaguchi is a convicted criminal whereby the world’s top banks would know all of this, or at least have access to such information, albeit brief. We have already seen that the Federal Reserve, US Treasury and the US Intelligence Agency deny Yamaguchi’s claims, and even state that they have no record of such a person, the Dragon Family, or even Watanabe.

Another weakness in what Yamaguchi claims is the actual aforementioned Letter of Authorisation. The question to be asked here is “How many thousands of people around the world have seen similar letters, giving them authority over something, or authority to undertake something for and on behalf of another person”. Usually, these are referred to as Power of Attorney documents, which if not produced by reputable and known lawyers for the respective parties, do not have much legal meaning at all.

Such letters are in abundant supply wherever one goes. They can be produced in minutes from a computer and printed on any letterhead that is necessary. The “key” here is that they can never be officially verified other than by the person who actually issues such letters. That should allow “Red Warning Lights” to glow instantly, or “Warning Bells” to ring continuously, but no, people still fall for this con trick because as previously stated, the “$” signs and greed take preference over common sense, the latter of which tends to be thrown asunder. 

“Get rich quick” schemes always tend to have some serious disadvantages to them, with the primary one usually being, “Go to jail. Go directly to Jail. Do not pass GO and do not collect 200”. All because common sense is thrown out of the window by the persons involved, which also means that the persons involved have reduced costs incurred, or to be incurred, by not using lawyers as independent third parties to prepare such documents.

From the Police and Court records, substantial information is available to the prosecution, which is not particularly necessary to reproduce here, as it generally carries the same “unlawful activity” message as that already expressed herein.  Such information includes further personal statements from Yamaguchi jointly with Watanabe and statements from Alessandro Santi, Official Reports both in respect of the persons arrested, and the Financial Instruments seized, all gained by the Italian Police from Official sources such as the Federal Reserve, US Intelligence Agency, a substantial amount of emails, Telephone / Text messages extracted by specialists engaged by the Police, airline flights and hotel records, and so on.

It is also clearly evident that Alessandro Santi had recruited other “Brokers” from various parts of the world including Russia, Ukraine, France, England, USA and Italy, to assist him to utilise these “Special Financial Instruments”.

What wasn’t known at the time was that not only did Alessandro Santi recruit others, but Yamaguchi was also doing the same thing, which is further explained in another chapter below.

There is no doubt that not one of these Brokers actually realised what they were handling with these “Special Financial Instruments”, least of all Alessandro Santi. Nor did they realise that they were openly involved, whether coerced or not, in unlawful activities. Whether they were knowingly involved or not, in such unlawful activities is questionable because reference to same is not made within the Police or Court records, which can be clearly seen as being focused mainly on Yamaguchi, Watanabe, and Alessandro Santi. 

Again, this methodology is very common in the “Broker” rings whereby the opinions of such “Brokers” were always the same, being that these were Financial Instruments and no different to any other Financial Instrument, whether Bank Guarantees, Letters of Credit, Bills of Exchange, Certificates of Deposit, etc, and readily usable because they were assumed to be of commercial quality as they were, wrongly and unlawfully, floating around within the commercial financial world.

Additionally, what always appears to apply is usually what I have stated earlier, naivety and greed with the “$” signs taking over from common sense within people who have very little knowledge, if any, of the bigger picture within the Financial World and especially this “Secret” financial world encompassing such Financial Instruments as held and carried by Yamaguchi and Watanabe.

The Chiasso Conundrum - by David P. Crayford (2018), Part 14

As part of the Combined International Collateral Accounts of the Global Debt Facility, the Japanese Government, through its Ministry of Finance, are the Custodians of the Dragon Accounts for which, when authorised to do so, it is the Japanese Ministry of Finance (there is the link to Yamaguchi within his claimed former position as Senior Officer within the Japanese Ministry of Finance) to authorise issuance of these Financial Instruments by the Central Bank of Japan against the accounts held under Custodianship by the Japanese Ministry of Finance. 

Furthermore, it is a specific former Military General who is Head Custodian of the physical assets of the Dragon Accounts which have nothing to do with the Japanese Government, or the Ministry of Finance, whatsoever. Authority to issue such Financial Instruments can only come from the Legal Heir and Owner of the Combined International Collateral Accounts of the Global Debt Facility, being the International Treasury Controller.

Confusing as this may appear to some, the structure surrounding all parts of the Accounts of the Combined International Collateral Accounts of the Global Debt Facility is quite simple in its structure, which was a structure developed by Emperor Hirohito of Japan in 1920 and submitted to the Committee of Royal Families for approval; to minimise all the risk factors that apply because of the gross failings of Human Beings.

In another statement, Yamaguchi claims the following, quote “I was given these Financial Instruments in the year 1997, by an ex Finance Minister of Japan, Mr Hiroshi Mitsuzuka and Ex Prime Minister of Japan, Mr Keizo Obuchi, and I am the owner of these Bonds and Certificates”. The Italian Financial Crime Police were able to establish that both the former Minister of Finance, Mr Hiroshi Mitsuzuka and the former Prime Minister, Mr Keizo Obuchi are now deceased persons. The cause of death is not known or recorded in the records / information received or viewed.

1997 certainly matches the time period when Yamaguchi was released from prison (1996) in Japan having been previously convicted of Fraud when in his claimed position of authority within the Japanese Ministry of Finance.

In respect of the deceased persons, Minister of Finance, Mr Hiroshi Mitsuzuka and the former Prime Minister, Mr Keizo Obuchi, such deaths, I prefer to speak of them as unexplained deaths, are not uncommon if such people have been involved in fraud or theft against the Global Debt Facility. It happens all over the world and very regularly so what you read in the mainstream press may not necessarily be the truth. Instead it may be a partial truthful story, or a cover story. Whatever, it is a “Warning” to all other Government or Bank Officials who may consider criminality against the Global Debt Facility as a quick and easy route to escape the drudgery of everyday life.

The interesting part of that statement that Yamaguchi was referring to was the Japanese 57 Series Bonds, is “I was given these Financial Instruments”. Yes, indeed he was by the former Minister of Finance, Mr Hiroshi Mitsuzuka and the former Prime Minister, Mr Keizo Obuchi who are now deceased. 

The question has to be asked as to why would anyone give Financial Instruments with a current value (Face value and Interest accrued) just slightly short of Twenty Billion United States Dollars per Bond / Certificate; to a person who had just served a prison sentence of twenty (20) years, reduced to twelve (12) years for good behaviour, for fraud? Was that the consolation prize for his twelve (12) years of his life expended in prison? Or were they just using Yamaguchi to redeem, or utilise these Japanese 57 series Bonds for their retirement and comfortable pension? We will never have the answers to those questions because of the deaths of both former Minister of Finance, Mr Hiroshi Mitsuzuka and the former Prime Minister, Mr Keizo Obuchi.

The next question is whether the persons who gave those Bonds / Certificates to Yamaguchi actually had the legal right, and legal title to those Bonds / Certificates in the first place to be able to give them to a third party. Publicly this question can never be answered because of the deaths of the two persons (givers) involved.

In fact, based upon the aforementioned structure of the Combined International Collateral Accounts of the Global Debt Facility and its known method of operation, those two deceased persons did not have the legal right, or legal title to these Bonds / Certificates as these particular Bonds / Certificates are STRICTLY Government to Government for known acceptable and authorized projects. Maybe that very situation accounts for, or is related to, the deceased part of the former Prime Minister and the former Minister of Finance.

Amongst the documents found in Yamaguchi’s briefcase was a “Curriculum Vitae” for himself:

Professional career:

Since the age of 18, I have been running a lot of companies. Instead of attending university, I thought I might have a challenging energy as far as business is concerned in order to become an important business man. This attitude is because of my strong sense of being independent and being very ambitious about my future when graduating at secondary school.

At the age of 20 I got married. I’ve owned and do run more than 30 companies in several commercial sectors as you can read in the attachment, among those the “Karaoke Bar” which was one of the biggest in Japan when I was 32. Before this I’ve been nominated Board of Director’s Representative of the “Public Foundation” of Japan at the age of 29. I’ve met Mr. Yoskida (Royal Family), the President of the DRAGON FAMILY (FUNDS) at the Japanese headquarter. It was him together with other senior members, who told me in detail about these funds, and I later became a secret member of this foundation.

Current position

Akihiko Yamaguchi

Vice Representative of the DRAGON FAMILY (WORLDWIDE)

Signature authorized by the DRAGON FAMILY

Notice how Yamaguchi fails to mention his former Senior Officer position at the Japanese Ministry of Finance. Not surprising at all because that would have destroyed any plausible story he had produced and relayed to others. 

Furthermore, Yamaguchi claims that he has owned and does run more than Thirty (30) companies in several commercial sectors. This statement alone is unbelievable because how, and why, should a man who claims he owns and runs more than Thirty (30) companies in several commercial sectors become involved in international criminal activities and who was incarcerated in 1984 for his fraud whilst, he claims, he was a former top official of the Japanese Ministry of Finance.  

The whole story just doesn’t make any sense whatsoever. However, lies never make any sense whereby the one who tells lies has to continue to tell lies to support his story, but Yamaguchi clearly appears to have forgotten the lies he told at the beginning.

Another salient point is the very last line “Signature Authorised by the Dragon Family”. Signature authorised for what? He certainly wasn’t the Account Signatory to the Dragon Accounts, so exactly what was Yamaguchi a signatory to, or for. Is it that some Senior members of some of the Dragon Clans, in years past, needed a “Stooge” to act for them in crimes against the Dragon Accounts with unlawful use of assets of same?

It is known, via a separate and very discreet inquiry to the Head of the Gold Dragon Clan, the result of which generated a response which clearly states that there were “Betrayers” inside the various Dragon Clans, who, if purporting to represent or be a signatory to the Accounts of the various Dragon Clans, would find themselves in serious trouble with the various Dragon Clans and the International Intelligence Services. Isn’t that exactly the situation that Yamaguchi and Watanabe find themselves in? Since their unauthorised departure from Italy and Italian justice, neither Yamaguchi not Watanabe have been heard from again. Are they just in hiding, or have they succumbed to their fate for failure and embarrassment. Another historic mystery that the answer of same may never be known.

Yamaguchi’s comments, quote “I have been running a lot of companies”, and “I’ve owned and do run more than 30 companies in several commercial sectors”, are also very interesting.

He has been running a lot of companies and owned and do run more than 30 companies. The emphasis here is on the word “do”. This is a word in the “present tense” not a word of the “past tense”, so in fact he appears to be quite a businessman and certainly would not be short of funds on the basis that he currently runs more than 30 companies in several commercial sectors. 

That being the case, it would be perfectly reasonable to assume that he held the financial means and was more than capable to finance his own unlawful operations in respect of these Financial Instruments. 

This was definitely not the case, as Alessandro Santi’s own statement clearly states that he assisted Yamaguchi and Watanabe financially on many occasions and in substantial amounts, plus he accommodated Yamaguchi and Watanabe at his own home on several occasions. The latter is confirmed by various emails extracted by the Police from Alessandro Santi’s computer hard drive. One of these emails sent as a response to a Volodymyr Dovbush on the 2nd May 2009, reads, “2009/5/2. I’m sorry Vlady. I had some trouble with skype. I’m at my home with Mr. Yamaguchi. We’ll try to call just to say hello. Mr. Yama and his assistant will stay at my home until Sunday morning. Maybe I can call you tomorrow. Bye, Sandro.  Sent by my Blackberry ”.

Another email communication, amongst many more, was sent from a Paresh Virani, of Indian origin; dated Sunday 3rd May, 2009, which reads, “Dear Alessandro, while Yama is with you, do you mind asking him if you can use his account at the HSBC in Hong Kong in order to deposit the bonds and to obtain the certification of the J bonds. Both, the platform and the trader are ready to start once having received the certification of the bonds. Regards+paresh”.

The Chiasso Conundrum - by David P. Crayford (2018), Part 13

The real problem here is that having stolen, or gained possession of these Financial Instruments by unlawful means, these “Special” Financial Instruments can not be utilised within the normal commercial market place, or by anyone who just seem to have some of these in their back pocket. It is soon realised by those trying, that nothing can be done with them as the normal commercial market place will never venture forth to handle such Financial Instruments. Let’s face it, Bank officials of the calibre capable of handling such matters, or a high percentage of them, have a very good job, good salary plus bonuses, a good pension when they retire, and they have families. They are certainly not going to give all of that up just for some wayward white knights who walk through the doors one day carrying a substantial number of these Certificates / Bonds for the unlawful purpose of attempting to cash them in, or depositing them on an account.

The only possibility of use and eventual wealth beyond anyone’s dream is to find a Bank, and / or Senior Bank Officer, who are prepared to bend / break the rules for a lot of money, and there are quite a number of those around the world. From East to West, North to South, such dubious practices by Bank and Senior Bank Officers are quite abundant. This is where the “Financial Broker” rings come into play. Many “Brokers” will take high or precarious risks that real professional people would run away from. These “Brokers” are usually the ones to source the dubious Banks, or Senior Bank Officers, for which if all runs correctly the “Broker” makes a handsome financial gain, but such situations are so rare that a meteorite crashing into planet earth would be far more of a occurrence.

In fact, the Banks around the world all know that should any of these Financial Instruments turn up on their desks, they are to notify the Law Enforcement Agencies without delay or any hesitation. These Law Enforcement Agencies will sometimes set up a “Sting” operation, or just simply arrest the holder of these Financial Instruments when they return to the Bank for a special meeting, not even suspecting what is in store for them. Even the rogue / crooked banks / bank officers will set up a sting operation whereby the “special meeting” with the Bank Officer will result in the Certificates / Bonds being confiscated and the “Broker” removed from the premises, only to find that the bank is using those very Certificates / Bonds for their own purpose and will probably make lots of money from them in conjunction with the likes of the Federal Reserve and their “Secret” Trading Programs which are only open to selected persons or organisations.

In another statement, extracted from the Police and Court documents, Yamaguchi states the following, quote “Because of this difficult and dangerous job I have been living without my family for 19 years, even if no one really does understand this situation. This is my destiny. My name has been acknowledged as signatory for the DRAGON FAMILY on behalf of the FED/US Treasury/UN/WB/BIS and other international organizations”.

Nice statement and impressive, but contrary in content to the statement made by the “Collective” parties of the Federal Reserve, The US Treasury, the US Intelligence Agency. If Yamaguchi was real and his stories genuine, even in the slightest way, the police would have no option but to release him with all Certificates / Bonds in hand. That was not the case whereby Yamaguchi and Watanabe were charged.

It may have been remotely possible that at one time Yamaguchi was the Signatory to the accounts of the Dragon Clans when he was engaged as a senior officer of the Ministry of Finance in Japan, and that was the possible reason why he was convicted of fraud back in 1984/5 and dismissed. In my professional opinion, this is extremely doubtful because I am aware of the structures used by the Collateral Accounts of the Global Debt Facility in respect of Signatories, Holders and Custodians. 

It is remotely possible that Yamaguchi was a signatory, of some description, within and on behalf of the Japanese Ministry of Finance, whom will not confirm or deny this point. This being the case and such a position being held by Yamaguchi, both his positions as the Signatory and Senior Officer, would have been removed entirely when he was convicted of Fraud and incarcerated for 20 years back in the early 1980’s (12 years in all, based upon the above extract from the Affidavit submitted to the Court).

In another statement from the Interpol Service of Japan, extracted from Police and Court documents states the following, quote “The Home Secretary through the General Authority Corps has informed that the collateral Interpol Service of Tokyo conveyed that all bonds in Japanese language are entirely fake, specifying that the Japanese Treasury has never issued such bonds and should therefore not exist legally”.

So, we have Yamaguchi who claims via legal statements that the Financial Instruments are genuine, and that he is the signatory to what he claims as the Dragon Family, when the Interpol Service of Japan in conjunction with the Japanese Treasury claims that such Financial Instruments in Japanese language are entirely fake.

In respect of the Japanese 57 Series Bonds that Yamaguchi was carrying in addition to the US Federal Reserve Notes and the Kennedy Bonds, I have to be fair to Yamaguchi and state that the Italian Police, knowingly or unknowingly, based part of their case on false evidence; have shown their total naivety in such matters. These Japanese 57 series Bonds are not, and never have been issued by the Japanese Treasury. They are actually nothing at all to do with Japan, and never have been. They are issued by the Central Bank of Japan, upon the instructions of the Japanese Ministry of Finance, but only following official instructions issued by the International Treasury Controller, because the Dragon Accounts are actually owned by the International Treasury Controller and held in Japan. In this case the Japanese Treasury and the Interpol Services of Japan are entirely wrong in this case to issue such statements that imply they are not responsible. It would have been better to have declined to issue a statement. Furthermore, the Italian Police should have contacted the International Treasury Controller for any information or verification regarding these Japanese 57 series Bonds. However, they didn’t, and this clearly defines the fact that the Japanese Police have absolutely no knowledge about such Certificates and Bonds, and rely entirely on information from persons or parties they believe to know about such things. As a result of this factor, a gross injustice has occurred against Yamaguchi and Watanabe, even though the story behind what they did, which contradicted the comments from all official channels,  fully supported their criminal activity and enhanced the fact that they were criminals and undertaking a substantial criminal activity.

The Japanese Treasury did not issue these Bonds. They never have done and never will issue such bonds, nor do they have authority over these Financial Instruments whatsoever, and will know nothing about them and therefore can not, and should not, make comments on such Financial Instruments.

The Japanese Treasury are responsible and knowledgeable only about, or for, Japanese Government Treasuries they are authorised to issue for and on behalf of the Japanese Government for sale Nationally or Internationally, the purpose of which is to raise funds for the Japanese Government via the normal financial markets.

The Bonds, Certificates carried by Yamaguchi and Watanabe, are NOT Japanese Government Treasury Certificates, nor are they United States Treasuries, or United States Bonds, and have nothing to do with the Revenues, Expenditure, of any Nation or its Sovereignty.

Either someone is deliberately and deceitfully avoiding the question here, or they genuinely have no knowledge of the Financial Instruments held by Yamaguchi. I personally believe it is a combination of both the above because we know that the US Intelligence Agency were involved from the day that the Italian Police contacted them at the US Embassy in Rome, regarding the Federal Reserve Bonds and the Kennedy Bonds. One group that should never be trusted is the US Intelligence Agency or any person who is an active part of same. They do and say exactly what they are told to do and say, irrespective of the fact whether it is the truth or whether it is false, because they have absolutely no authority whatsoever to speak, verify, or otherwise on behalf of the International Treasury Controller. Time and time again, people around the world have been imprisoned for several years because the US Intelligence Agency has legally stated that such Certificates / Bonds are fake, and they get away with it because they are the US Intelligence Agency.

It has to be admitted that there are many fakes floating around the world in the hands of persons hoping to redeem or use these Certificates / Bonds and become very wealthy overnight, so it should always be remembered that such Certificates / Bonds have no commercial value whatsoever.

The Chiasso Conundrum - by David P. Crayford (2018), Part 12

Yamaguchi in another of his statements to the Police, which is also prominent in the abundance of documents he passes around with the US Federal Reserve Notes, the Japanese 57 Series Bond, and the US Kennedy Bonds, also made known to at least one individual above, being Alessandro Santi, continuously states that he was the Finance Officer of the Dragon Family whereby the Dragon Family was fully known to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York whose responsibility it was to authenticate these Financial Instruments. This statement is so far from the truth it is unbelievable. The US Treasury can authenticate these instruments against the “Library Copies” held on their records. Other than that, The International Treasury Control can, and do, authenticate, and officially certify, such financial instruments.

Known only to a few, the Dragon Family, under a completely different name, is part of the Combined International Collateral Accounts of the Global Debt Facility, under Foundation Divine, but not under the description that Yamaguchi defines. In reality, when it comes to the Global Debt Facility, there is no such thing as the Dragon Family. 

The Dragons are made up of various Clans (Black, Blue, Red, Pink, Orange, Green, Gold, etc). The Primary Clan is the Gold Clan which consists of the heads of all the other Clans. It is in fact the Master Clan. Members of the Clans keep themselves quite and unknown, assuming a quite life within the communities they live. There is one over-riding member who is assigned as the Asset Protector on behalf of the Dragon Clans and the Global Debt Facility. That person is the only person relevant to the assets and accounts of the Dragon Clans.

The Dragon accounts are not even listed or known as the Dragon Family Accounts. There is a specific name for these accounts which only a few know of. Furthermore, it must be taken into account the fact that there are “Secret Codes” which are applicable to the “Dragon Accounts”, as there are with all other accounts within the Global Debt Facility. Those Codes are on record and are known only to a handful of people around the world. These Codes are changed from time to time to ensure the safety of both the assets and the accounts. Changes take place as and when required or necessary, especially at times when the Management and Administration of the Assets and Accounts change hands, as they did in January 1995 and May 2012. It is no different to changing the Code on the lock to the safe in ones office, or the Key Code to the digitally secure access facility. Anyone who believes they have the Codes, which were probably established back in the 1950’s, and they can still use them in 2018 have absolutely no idea what they are dealing, or involved, with and are living in their own fantasy world believing that they hold a high position of importance and status within the world.  

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the US Treasury, the BIS, and the US Intelligence Agency, along with others, would, without any shadow of doubt, know perfectly well of whom and what was referred to as the “Dragon Family”, yet in this “Collective Statement” all three of the mentioned parties actually deny any knowledge of the “Dragon Family”. Quite rightly so, because as stated previously herein, there is no such thing in existence as the “Dragon Family”.

Such a collective statement from the Federal Reserve, the US Treasury, and US Intelligence is perfectly in order and as such that statement destroys the content of Yamaguchi’s own statements. 

It could be asked as to why there is such conflicting evidence between Yamaguchi and this Federal Reserve collective, reference to the Dragon Family. There is a very simple answer that is applicable, which is the “Secrecy” which surrounds the Combined International Collateral Accounts of the Global Debt Facility, which in my opinion is largely unnecessary, but it prevents disclosure and therefore plausible deniability is the simplest way to achieve this.

Yamaguchi believed he could drop names and get their support in this matter. How wrong could he have been. By attempting this tactic he actually signed his own incarceration order.

The Federal Reserve, the US Treasury, and the US Intelligence Agency are known to be corrupt and deeply involved with substantial fraud against the Global Debt Facility over decades, but they are not going to admit it to anyone, and they certainly will not inadvertently admit it by openly supporting people like Yamaguchi and Watanabe.

With the evidence building up against both Watanabe and Yamaguchi it was becoming increasingly evident that neither Yamaguchi nor Watanabe, in their own defence, had a case to answer. They certainly were not getting any support within their defence, from the very organisations that they implied were associated, involved, or implicated in crimes connected or related to these Financial Instruments. That really is far too much to ask for at any time.

The third paragraph of the “Collective” statement is in fact quite normal, totally accurate and true, being, quote “Bonds and financial documentation similar to those seized have been used in the past for international fraud, especially the “Advance Fee Fraud”, well known on an international basis.

Many people throughout the world have been conned and / or coerced into criminal activities with Certificates and Bonds of this kind, and ended up losing their hard earned money and savings to dubious, but plausible, characters such as Yamaguchi and Watanabe. Millions, if not billions of US Dollars, and other currencies, totally lost because of the naivety of many persons for whom the “Dollar Signs” and the thought of immense wealth for doing nothing, take over from sheer common sense. There is an adage we use in Europe in connection to such matters, which is “When Dollar signs appear in the eyes of the beholder, Common Sense goes completely out of the window”, and how true that is, right across the world.

Inexperienced and totally lacking of knowledge in financial matters, let alone “Special” Financial Instruments, they venture forth with excitement believing for once they can escape the drudgery of everyday life, or the confines of their present existence, only to be caught and incur substantial financial loss, chaining them even more to their current existence. The Italians and citizens of other nations coerced by Yamaguchi and Watanabe, are no different to anyone else around the world, no matter what nationality they are, when they become involved in such matters as these. It is not easy to make money in this day and age, but if you get involved with criminal activities in the hope that you can ultimately remove yourself from the everyday drudgery and meagre existence, then eventually you will get caught and you will suffer from your criminal activities, especially reference to the Global Debt Facility because the dragnet is out and is staying out to catch everyone and anyone involved with crimes against the Global Debt Facility.

Some of these naïve persons, actually end up being the “Fall Guy” for the real criminals and are incarcerated for several years, a situation that Alessandro Santi could well find himself in if his defence fails to satisfy the Court, and one that Alessandro Santi was previously advised about, from an independent lawyer who eventually issued a Ninety Three (93) page Affidavit well in advance of the Court hearing on September 16th 2010, and which was never used in the court. What a waste of time and a leaning towards a legal injustice. After all, the Court, as well as the Financial Crime Police and the Public Prosecutor’s Office, although it will not be publicly expressed, will be annoyed and frustrated if Yamaguchi and Watanabe do not turn up for the preliminary hearing on September 16th 2010, so the question is, will Alessandro Santi be the “Fall Guy” and take the hit for all three of them?......Quite possible.

The Chiasso Conundrum - by David P. Crayford (2018), Part 11

The next question that arises is that of, if the Financial Instruments were real and genuine and the acts of Watanabe and Yamaguchi were real, genuine, and lawful, for what legitimate reason were the Financial Instruments concealed in a “Secret” compartment of the briefcase belonging to Yamaguchi. 

Knowing the Financial Instruments were real, what other reasons could there be for concealing these Financial Instruments in a “Secret” compartment of Yamaguchi’s briefcase. The one reason possible is that Yamaguchi and Watanabe were in unlawful possession of same as neither they, nor the “Dragon Family” were the legal owners of these Financial Instruments. Another reason is that under European Law and Italian Law, it is illegal to carry Financial Instruments, or copies thereof, through or across the borders of countries unless you are an authorised Bank Courier, or a Bonded Courier. Other than that, any other person or party would be committing a serious criminal offence under European Law. This is something so simple that even professional criminals will be fully aware of.

Such carrying of Financial Instruments should always be undertaken by legally registered Bonded Couriers, Bank Couriers, or, persons carrying the appropriate Diplomatic clearances and appointed by their “Sovereign” Nations / Entities to undertake such activities. That way, everything can be checked as it would be officially recorded within the administrative records of the party involved, whether Courier, Bank or Sovereign Nation / Entity.

Officially such “carrying” of Financial Instruments is frowned upon because it is wide open to fraudulent activities and should not happen at all, or if it does, on very, very rare occasions. There is a perfectly good system by SWIFT, EUROCLEAR, DTC, etc  that allows for the electronic transmission on a Bank to Bank basis of such Financial Instruments with full Bank Responsibility, whereby such transmissions are formally and officially recorded and registered. Any normal person carrying such Financial Instruments in the manner, or similar, to that of Yamaguchi and Watanabe, must immediately be considered as suspect on the basis that such activities are most likely part of a fraudulent operation. On that basis it must be highly reasonable to assume that what Yamaguchi and Watanabe were doing was unlawful, and in contravention of several laws. If all what Yamaguchi and Watanabe have stated is true and genuine, then why did they attempt to undertake an operation that automatically would be considered against the law and of a criminal nature. Why did they not use the SWIFT system, or a Bank Courier or Bonded Courier to transmit / transfer the Certificates / Bonds in their possession. The answer is that they couldn’t because they were not registered banks and not listed as members of such financial clearance system. What Yamaguchi and Watanabe were doing was illegal and they knew it was illegal, hence why the Certificates / Bonds were hidden in a false compartment of Yamaguchi’s briefcase, and why everything Yamaguchi and Watanabe have stated is completely false and used as a cover story in an effort to give them credibility. It just didn’t work and they were probably the biggest fools on the planet for even attempting it.

Carrying of Financial Instruments, in a matter undertaken by Watanabe and Yamaguchi, does invoke the highest of suspicions towards fraudulent activities, whereupon the discovery of same a full investigation would usually be undertaken by the Law Enforcement Agencies, no matter where in the world they are. No official records or registration within the administrative records of the applicable authority responsible would, without doubt, direct the focus of attention to an attempted Fraud.

Notice how Watanabe and Yamaguchi bring in a little name dropping, that being the “Federal Reserve Bank of New York”, obviously, to add credibility to their dubious activities. Unfortunately for both Watanabe, and Yamaguchi, neither appeared to realise that the Law Enforcement Agencies do have direct access to the Security Departments of all Central Banks and Commercial Banks to check such statements, and whether genuine or otherwise, they would deny any connection, knowledge, or otherwise.

The Financial Crime Police of any country are not that naïve to accept such an explanation / linkage, without checking, which is quite a simple task if undertaken by an authorised party or person. The Italian Financial Crime Police are no exception and did immediately undertake a request for verification of the statement with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, The US Treasury and the US Intelligence Service, whereby, and as extracted from the Police and Court records the following response statement was made:

After further in-depth examination of the involved persons and the seized documents (note n. 148-814-2269-S of October 2, 2009) the US Secret Service, finally shares the following information:

US Treasury Department as well as Federal Reserve Bank do rule out that YAMAGUCHI and WATANABE are (or have been) reliable employees or co-workers, and more precisely, that neither the Federal Reserve Bank nor the Federal Reserve System do make use of dismissed agents or reliable staff in order to act in their name.

SANTI Alessandro, HORST Hans, ABDURRAHIM Dona and the DRAGON FAMILY are not known to the US Secret Service’s archives. 

Bonds and financial documentation similar to those seized have been used in the past for international fraud, especially the “Advance Fee Fraud”, well known on an international basis.

That “Collective” statement from the US Intelligence Service, the US Treasury, and the US Federal Reserve, totally destroys Watanabe and Yamaguchi’s original statement to the Border and Financial Crime Police at Chiasso, Switzerland.

There is one very important and distinguishing phrase within that statement. Very carefully and precisely written to indicate something else which the US Intelligence Agency knew about but were not prepared to actually state, leaving it to the Italian Police Authorities to undertake their own investigation on the matter.

The phrase is, quote “neither the Federal Reserve Bank nor the Federal Reserve System do make use of dismissed agents”, with the focus being on the word “dismissed”.

“Dismissed Agents”, an interesting phrase, and a highly pertinent and relevant point, that holds a primary position in the evidence against Watanabe and Yamaguchi. In fact the Italian Police never picked up on this point but Alessandro Santi’s lawyers did and commenced making investigations in Japan through their associate lawyers.

Why were these words used in a “Collective” statement? There doesn’t appear to be a need if what Yamaguchi states was genuine. This “Collective” statement was clearly trying to indicate something which they did not want to expand on for one reason or another.

Extracted from a legal Affidavit submitted as evidence in the case against Watanabe, Yamaguchi, and Alessandro Santi, is the following:

16.2 Based upon the above, the records show that Mr Akihiko Yamaguchi was dismissed from his position with the Ministry of Finance and prosecuted for Fraud. The records indicate that this conviction was in 1984 / 1985 although there is no actual date or month attributed to same.

Mr Akihiko Yamaguchi was convicted of Fraud and sentenced to 20 years in prison. He was released from prison after 12 years, which based upon the above conviction date would have been sometime during 1996 / 1997. 

The above information was apparently forwarded to the Italian Financial Crime Police and the Public Prosecutor’s Office for inclusion in their case for the prosecution.

Also note the content of the second paragraph of the “Collective” statement, being quote “SANTI Alessandro, HORST Hans, ABDURRAHIM Dona and the DRAGON FAMILY are not known to the US Secret Service’s archives.”

 

So what does this actually mean in common language? 

It means that the persons or parties named are not on any record or register, positive or negative, with the Federal Reserve, US Treasury or the US Intelligence Agency. That statement creates yet another questionable situation, because, and we must not forget this fact, Yamaguchi and Watanabe in their joint statement to the Police stated the following, quote “as the Federal Reserve Bank was the ultimate authority over these Financial Instruments”. 

As these are “Special” Financial Instruments, which according to Yamaguchi and Watanabe the Federal Reserve had ultimate authority over, there would certainly have been a “Highly Confidential” record inside the Federal Reserve. In fact there is a “Special Department” inside the Federal Reserve which few people know about, that holds a complete register of all persons or parties legally authorised to handle such Financial Instruments, a small limited list in which there are very few names, yet the Federal Reserve deny all the parties involved and the authenticity of these Financial Instruments. It is therefore reasonably fair, and just to say that Yamaguchi, Watanabe, Alessandro Santi, Hans Horst, Dona Abdurrahim (the latter two names derive from the Mobile Phones of Yamaguchi and Watanabe), and even the Dragon Family are not on that small limited list and as such are not authorised to be handling, or in possession, of these Financial Instruments.

That in itself is a very interesting statement. Let’s forget about the three individual names and focus entirely on the reference to the “Dragon Family”.

The Chiasso Conundrum - by David P. Crayford (2018), Part 10

 Chapter Two

The Evidence

Confusing and varied to say the least, especially the various statements made jointly by Watanabe and Yamaguchi. Two people but one mouthpiece so that there was no evidential conflict between them.

No doubt from the time of their arrest (1st June 2009) to the hearing for indictment (27th June 2009) there was ample time to structure their story and even plan their escape from justice, after all, these were two con artists, one of whom Yamaguchi had already spent Twelve (12) years in prison for fraudulent activities back in the early 1980’s; and now the indicted suspect criminals were on the run from justice, fleeing back to their home country and the Government department and officials who had provided the Diplomatic Passports, for maximum protection against such justice.

Part of the joint statement by Watanabe and Yamaguchi, made at Chiasso, Switzerland to the Border Police and the Financial Crime Police stated, quote :

These Certificates and Bonds are real and genuine and we were taking them through to Switzerland for depositing in a Swiss Bank where the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, who knew all about these Certificates and Bonds would verify them, as the Federal Reserve Bank were the ultimate authority over these Financial Instruments.

Several points can be questioned within this part of the statement.

Let’s just look at the latter part of Yamaguchi and Watanabe’s joint statement here, quote “as the Federal Reserve Bank were the ultimate authority over these Financial Instruments”. 

As will be shown in the next chapter, part of the US Federal Reserve, US Treasury and US Intelligence Service, as extracted from Police and Court records states, quote “Bonds and financial documentation similar to those seized have been used in the past for international fraud, especially the “Advance Fee Fraud”, well known on an international basis”.

So what are they actually saying here, they are not saying that the seized Financial Instruments are real or that they are fake. All they are saying is that such financial documentation, as seized, are used for international fraud, indicating “Advance Fee Fraud”. The former of the above hits the “Nail on the Head” as these Financial Instruments have no commercial value (Yamaguchi’s own words in his statement to the Financial Police). In other words these Financial Instruments can not be utilised within the commercial banking system which would give them value. They can only be utilised by The International Treasury Controller as the Legal Heir and Owner of the Global Debt Facility.

According to the Police records there was no mention of evidence of “Advance Fee Fraud” being committed by Yamaguchi or Watanabe. However, Alessandro Santi in his evidence admits he paid substantial expenses for Yamaguchi and Watanabe whilst they were in Italy and Switzerland. That is as bad as Advanced Fee Fraud, as the police had decided, because Yamaguchi and Watanabe had used fraudulent statements to coerce Santi, and probably others as well, into providing substantial expenses and some accommodation so they could further their fraudulent activities. 

Were these Financial Instruments actually real and genuine Financial Instruments? 

The answer is that there are very few people in the world that know about such Financial Instruments, and even fewer that hold the authority to verify these Financial Instruments. Yamaguchi being a former officer of the Ministry of Finance of Japan would certainly know that the Japanese 57 Series Bonds were as real and genuine as the country, shaped like a knee length boot jutting out into the Mediterranean Sea. Additionally, with his experience in a Ministry of Finance, he would also know that the Kennedy Bonds and Federal Reserve Notes were also real and genuine.

Without any doubt whatsoever, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York who hold no power or authority whatsoever to undertake any verification of these instruments; would be almost certainly aware of these Financial Instruments and know that these Financial Instruments are real, after all, the majority of these Certificates, known as Federal Reserve Bonds (FRB’s), or Federal Reserve Notes (FRN’s), were actually issued by the Federal Reserve and their 12 national branches way back in 1933 and 1934.

The answer to the actual question is a reserved yes, subject to full and proper sight of same to determine their authenticity and legitimacy. There is a simple process, which if you know what to do and what to look for, will determine 95 - 98% as to whether these Certificates, Bonds, Notes etc, are genuine. Any fakeness / falseness about these Certificates / Bonds would show up immediately and without much effort expended.

The only thing one needs to look out for is the real fakes which although printed on the same paper, which America foolishly left behind in the Philippines and China, along with inks, boxes, printing plates etc; the fakes will show a different face value on the Certificate, Bond, Notes, etc, relative to the paper used, because the Filipinos who are responsible for printing the fake Financial Instruments always got the combination of printing plate and paper mixed up.

These particular Certificates / Bonds are in fact, Debt Obligation Certificates, Notes, Bonds, written / issued in favour of the Global Debt Facility, and are part of the Global Debt Facility.

The Federal Reserve Notes and the Kennedy Bonds are 100% Debt Obligation Financial Certificates issued by the United States through the Federal Reserve Bank and many of its branches in various states of the USA. (Note the use of the words by and through utilised here - there is a very big legal difference between the two words which actually defines who, or which party, carries the ultimate liability against these Financial Instruments). In this case, the issuer is not liable against these Financial Instruments. It is the Government that authorised the issuance of these Financial Instruments that is legally and financially liable for these Financial Instruments.

These Financial Instruments, exclusive of the Japanese 57 Series Bonds, are all written / issued against Gold and other precious metals owned by the Combined International Collateral Accounts of the Global Debt Facility, used by America to refinance the USA by underpinning the US Dollar utilising the Gold Standard, following the Great Depression of the 30’s, and for the upcoming change of the International Reserve Currency, at that time the UK Pound Sterling, to the US Dollar in compliance with the 1910 Jekyll Island Treaty (The Monster from Jekyll Island), the 1913 Establishment of the Federal Reserve as the Central Bank of America, the 1920 London Treaty, and ultimately the 1945 Bretton Woods Treaty.

The Japanese 57 Series Bonds, are slightly different, but again issued against Gold and other precious metals of the Combined International Collateral Accounts of the Global Debt Facility. The difference is in how these Bonds are used. They are in fact only usable by Governments for specifically approved projects, and are transmitted strictly on a Government to Government basis through the Central Bank of Japan on behalf of the issuer, being the Global Debt Facility, who is the Legal Owner of the accounts and assets behind, or that collateralise the accounts, which in turn is The International Treasury Controller as Legal Heir, and Owner, under International Treaty, of the Global Debt Facility.

The point here is that neither Watanabe nor Yamaguchi should have been in possession of these “Special” Financial Instruments. Neither were they the owners of these Financial Instruments. In fact, in one way or another, stated in simple terms, they were stolen, and had the Italian Authorities realised that at the time of arrest of the “Defendants”, the criminal charges applicable would have more likely been “In Possession of Stolen Property”, “In possession of Stolen Property with the intent to defraud”, “Criminal and Fraudulent Deception”, and so on.

The Chiasso Conundrum - by David P. Crayford (2018), Part 9

The following is the Japanese Police Report of the interrogation of Yamaguchi, dispatched to the International Police Cooperation Service (Interpol) in Italy:

*** Address 404-1-6-L Okusu, Minamiku, Fukuoka (but usually stays in a hotel). All bonds are authentic, they have been issued in 1934 in the US as the DRAGON Family has made some investments in the States.

The DRAGON Family has been founded in order to stabilize the world economic order, gathering all Jewish and Corean funds. The family holds 70% of all credits in the world. YAMAGUCHI is Vice President (n. 2) of the DRAGON Family and is Financial Administrator.

When he has been questioned in Italy, he has withdrawn the bonds before they could have been stolen and was intended to deposit them in a Swiss bank.

At the moment, these bonds do have no commercial value without the US Government’s permission, as a high number of bonds is involved. As the intention was to not create any confusion, no spreading of the situation was done.

There is a plan of negotiating with the President of the United States, BARRACK OBAMA, in order to make him pay thousands of billions of Yen as to the US debit and to further invest the money in building a bridge in Italy, the apparent reason of their trip to Italy.

The Federal Reserve Bank manages these bonds and the same can be confirmed by them.

As far as WATANABE Mitsuyoshi, ex Vice President of MERRIL LYNCH, is concerned, he too, was involved in business matters in Europe but is thought not be acquainted with the existence of the bonds. He is a friend of YAMAGUCHI since 15 years, and feels very sorry for him.***

Not the best, or convincing of reports by Yamaguchi if a serious interrogation by the Japanese Police had been undertaken. I would consider it more than a little feeble, and embarrassingly feeble to say the least, whereby it has to be questioned as to whether there was some influencing pressure exerted by some Japanese Government Departments or Officials, towards the police to ensure that a full investigation was not undertaken, considering that both Yamaguchi and Watanabe held Japanese Diplomatic passports. It has to be stated that corruption within Government and Government Authorities in the Far East is very prevalent and common, sometimes excessively so. Locals get away with most crimes if they pay a little money. Foreigners are not so lucky unless they have substantial funds available to pay corrupt officials. If not, then more serious charges are levied against them. A totally unwarranted situation but all very common in the Far East.

Such a thorough investigation, not only into the present situation but also the historic situation, would have visibly shown that a former Japanese Prime Minister (Mr Keizo Obuchi), and a former Japanese Finance Minister (Mr Hiroshi Mitsuzuka), both now deceased, together with others including the “Defendants” conspired to defraud, by their past actions, both the Global Debt Facility and several innocent people in Italy, and possibly other countries as well over several years, for their own financial benefit by utilizing these Financial Instruments through various naïve European Financial Consultants, Brokers, and Traders.

However, a brief plausible and convincing story from the “Defendants” carrying Japanese Diplomatic Passports, but far from the truth for which the Japanese Police would be unaware of at the time, on the grounds that the Financial Instruments the “Defendants” were carrying, and for which they were arrested for at the Italian / Swiss border, were in fact Financial Bonds and Certificates that are “Special” in nature, should not at any time find their way into the normal Commercial Financial Market, known about by only a few of the world’s top banks, the Federal Reserve of the USA, the US Treasury, The BIS, the Swiss Federal Finance Commission, The International Treasury Controller, Dr. Ray C. Dam, and just a handful of other people involved with the Global Debt Facility.

The above statement made by Yamaguchi to the Japanese Police is where Yamaguchi made a number of substantial mistakes whereby his lies stick out like the Eiffel Tower in the middle of a desert.

His first claim, quote “they have been issued in 1934 in the US as the DRAGON Family has made some investments in the States”, is known to be a complete fabrication. The Certificates / Bonds were not issued in the US. They were issued by the Federal Reserve, all Twelve (12) branches of the Federal Reserve, and several major banks such as J.P. Morgan, Wells Fargo, National City Bank, Goldman Sachs, Chase National Bank, and others. They were printed in the Philippines and stayed in the Philippines to be secreted away in purpose built Bunkers. They were issued to the Global Debt Facility on paper only, as the Certificates / Bonds were already printed and secreted away in the Philippines on behalf of the Global Debt Facility.

The “Dragon Family” had not made any investments in the States. The Certificates / Bonds were issued as collateral in the form of “Debt Obligation Certificates” in favour of the Global Debt Facility for the Gold granted to the USA for the rebuilding of its economy following the “Great Depression”.

His second claim, quote “The DRAGON Family has been founded in order to stabilize the world economic order, gathering all Jewish and Corean funds. The family holds 70% of all credits in the world. YAMAGUCHI is Vice President (n. 2) of the DRAGON Family and is Financial Administrator. There actually is no such thing as the “Dragon Family”. What Yamaguchi is referring to is a group of people attempting to steal and utilise the assets of the Global Debt Facility, mainly from one particular Dragon Clan, who were ostracised for their own attempted fraud. 

It should also be considered that the name of Yamaguchi is very prominent within the Japanese Yakuza (Mafia), so was Yamaguchi working for and acting on behalf of the Japanese Yakuza, or was this all set up by the Americans to make it appear that the various Dragon families were involved in this fraud by Yamaguchi and his associates.

The real family of Dragons is made up of various Clans (Black, Blue, Red, Pink, Green, and so on) with the heads of each Clan making up the Golden Dragon, the over-riding Clan of the families. It is not the “Dragon Family” as claimed by Yamaguchi. These Dragon Clans do not, and never will, make themselves known. They are hidden from public view / knowledge and although they are connected to the Global Debt Facility by the fact that they represent the various Royal Families of China, the assets of the various Clans are not owned by them, having been transferred to the Global Debt Facility over 100 years earlier. The Dragon Clans have no control over the assets, except for the fact that one of their number is a signatory only, with no power or authority over what they are signatory to.

How Yamaguchi can claim he is the Vice President and Financial Administrator totally amuses me. This is a man who spent Twelve (12) years of his life in prison for fraud and was caught in the process, with Watanabe, of criminal and fraudulent activities in Italy and eventually Switzerland had their plan to cross the border been successful. The Dragon Clans would never engage such a person because, despite his criminal record and recent activities he is not a member or descendant of any Chinese Royal Family.

His third claim is, quote “When he has been questioned in Italy, he has withdrawn the bonds before they could have been stolen and was intended to deposit them in a Swiss bank”. Yamaguchi was caught attempting to cross the border between Italy and Switzerland with the Certificates / Bonds hidden in a false compartment of his briefcase and had intended them to be used in fraudulent activities. The Certificates / Bonds had been confiscated by the Financial Crimes Division of the Italian Police so Yamaguchi did not, and never could, withdraw the Certificates / Bonds before they could be stolen.

His fourth claim is quote,”At the moment, these bonds do have no commercial value without the US Government’s permission, as a high number of bonds is involved. As the intention was to not create any confusion, no spreading of the situation was done.

There is a plan of negotiating with the President of the United States, BARRACK OBAMA, in order to make him pay thousands of billions of Yen against the US debt and to further invest the money in building a bridge in Italy, the apparent reason of their trip to Italy.”

Yamaguchi is right on one point, which is that these Certificates / Bonds do not have any commercial value whatsoever. They are in fact Debt Obligation Certificates that can only be utilised by the International Treasury Controller as Legal Heir, Owner and Sole Arbiter of the Global Debt Facility.

As for negotiating with the President of the United States, Yamaguchi is referring to George Bush Jnr and Dick Cheney. A second package of Certificates / Bonds given by Yamaguchi to Neil Francis Keenan were contained in a Brown Envelope affixed to which was a White Label upon which was type written “For the Attention of President George W Bush, and Dick Cheney” with several Japanese Seals in Red clearly visible both over the white label and brown envelope.

Refer the Photograph of same below as provided by Daniele Dal Bosco who ended up with this package, provided by a very nervous Neil Francis Keenan, who certainly wasn’t going to tempt providence by trying the same thing as Yamaguchi to get out of Switzerland with these Certificates / Bonds. 

Photographic Evidence:

His fifth statement, quote “The Federal Reserve Bank manages these bonds and the same can be confirmed by them.” shows that Yamaguchi knows nothing, or he only knows what he has been informed by someone else. Whatever, the above statement is totally incorrect and may have been made in the form of “name dropping” to show the Italian Police that he was important and dealing with important people and organisations. 

In reality, and in compliance with the various International Treaties executed by the Royal Families of the World, the Federal Reserve have absolutely no power, control, or official involvement in the issue of the Global Debt Facility or the operations of The International Treasury Controller. What is known about the Federal Reserve is that they have been unlawfully utilising such Certificates / Bonds ever since 1945. Initially under the Powers and Authorities granted to them by the TTTGC. However, after January 1995 any Powers or Authorities delegated to the Federal Reserve from 1945 onwards, ceased to exist upon the removal of the TTTGC through the non-extension and non-renewal of their Fifty (50) year term based upon the massive fraud and abuse of the Global Debt Facility undertaken during the TTTGC’s Fifty (50) year term; in favour of one experienced person appointed as International Treasury Controller, Legal Heir, Owner, and Sole Arbiter of the Global Debt Facility.

His Sixth statement, quote “As far as WATANABE Mitsuyoshi, ex Vice President of MERRIL LYNCH, is concerned, he too, was involved in business matters in Europe but is thought not be acquainted with the existence of the bonds. He is a friend of YAMAGUCHI since 15 years, and feels very sorry for him.***

That statement certainly doesn’t ring true at all. For anyone unlawfully holding any such Financial Instruments that hold no commercial value, they need an experienced and crooked International banker to assist them. Merrill Lynch, of which Watanabe claims to have been a Vice-President of, is an International Bank whereby Watanabe would have been experienced in International Banking and more than suitable, not only as a Fifteen (15) year acquaintance of Yamaguchi but also for his knowledge of International Banking and these particular Certificates / Bonds.

The question has to be asked as to why Watanabe would risk his position as Vice-President of Merrill Lynch, travelling with Yamaguchi all the way from Japan to Italy and then through to Switzerland, the latter of which never happened; just as a friend accompanying Yamaguchi. Watanabe did not risk his position with Merrill Lynch Bank at all. He was, and is, a former employee of Merrill Lynch Bank. An unbelievable story that just doesn’t stack up because Watanabe certainly knew the same contacts as Yamaguchi when one refers to the contents of the three (3) Mobile Phones that Watanabe had in his briefcase. 

When someone knows and works within the Global Debt Facility, and is fully aware of such Certificates and Bonds that are the property of the Global Debt Facility, that person knows very well that both Yamaguchi and Watanabe were lying so much, as if there was no tomorrow, that it was all an elaborate cover story for their unlawful activities and the only way they could possibly evade prosecution. 

Keith Francis Scott, former Special Global Envoy and Executor for Dr. Ray C. Dam, the appointed International Treasury Controller as of 20th January 1995, and then when Scott left the employment of Dr. Ray C. Dam in March 2008, he was appointed as Special Advisor to Akihiko Yamaguchi. Scott would also have known that Yamaguchi’s activities were illegal, but did Scott care, No, he was more interested in his own personal financial gain if Yamaguchi had succeeded in his crime. Keith Scott is also known, and on record, as a CIA operative, Australian Field Office.

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Realising that Watanabe and Yamaguchi had escaped from justice, a serious conviction and possible incarceration, the lawyer, Mr. Massimo Schipilliti, Court appointed and acting for Watanabe and Yamaguchi advised both the Court and the lawyers for Alessandro Santi of the fact that his clients had not turned up for their appointment the day after the initial court hearing whereby it was suspected that they had already left the country, adding that as their appointed lawyer he considered that, quote “these two people are not clean and would not be seen again”.

The Court had no option but to wait to see if Watanabe and Yamaguchi turned up for the preliminary hearing on September 16th 2010. The alternatives were expensive, and time consuming, which would involve extradition proceedings. This whole issue would automatically be passed to the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and their respective legal departments, but there would be no guarantee of success, whereby the cost to the Italian taxpayer would have been astronomical.

What could happen, or what might happen, can not be speculated upon. It was strictly a case of wait and see. Frustrating and annoying as this may have been for the court, the prosecution, and the police, there was no other option. Maybe they should have been more diligent and demanding at the time, which was not the case. Hopefully they will all get a lot tougher in the future if such situations arise again. 

In the meantime the prosecution and Alessandro Santi’s lawyers continued with their defence work.

Mr. Massimo Schipilliti, the Court appointed lawyer for both Watanabe and Yamaguchi, resigned his position as their appointed lawyer and advised the Court accordingly. 

The Chiasso Conundrum - by David P. Crayford (2018), Part 8

Watanabe and Yamaguchi’s lawyer returned to his office after making arrangements to meet with the “Defendants” the following day so that he could gain whatever further information or documents were required or necessary, and prepare a proper defence. Little did he realise what the “Defendants” had planned during their joint freedom whilst on court bail, leading to the fact that the lawyer would never see them again. Not only had they planned their escape from justice but they had made contact with another of their accomplices, a person by the name of Neil Francis Keenan, an Irish American who Yamaguchi had known for some time. 

PHOTOGRAPH OF YAMAGUCHI AND KEENAN IN A HOTEL ROOM WITH VARIOUS FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS LAID OUT BEFORE THEM:

Yamaguchi explained to Keenan, on a telephone call which was probably made from outside the Hotel, that they had been arrested at Chiasso and had ultimately been charged with serious crimes related to the Financial Instruments they were carrying. Yamaguchi also explained that they were on bail but had no intention of staying around for the actual court hearing. Keenan, very nervous and feeling that the telephone conversation with Yamaguchi may have been “Tapped”, got very scared after that conversation and started to plan his own escape from being arrested and ending up like Yamaguchi and Watanabe.

The “Defendants”, Yamaguchi and Watanabe, having agreed to meet with the lawyer the following day, had no intention to keep that appointment. It could be said that they had, whilst waiting for the indictment hearing and the interrogation, planned their escape from justice.

There was no way that Akihiko Yamaguchi was going to spend more time in the confines of a prison cell, but more on that later. Did they care about Alessandro Santi and what he had to face, obviously not, but that is how people like Yamaguchi and Watanabe work, playing on the ignorance of law and fact, and naivety of the subject they were involved with, along with their own selfishness and survival.

Neither did they have any intention of informing the lawyer of this fact, pretending that they would return to their hotel somewhere in Como, Italy, to stay for the night and meet with the lawyer in his office the following day.

Instead, after having a short break in a local Coffee Shop, returned to the hotel to collect their luggage and check out, immediately proceeding to the train station and purchasing tickets for the next train to Milan, a mere 42 kilometres away from Como and a maximum of 45 minutes train ride. When in Milan, the “Defendants” quickly booked their flights through to Rome and out of Italy through to Bangkok, Thailand and then onwards to Okinawa, Japan. So quick in fact that it was a well planned escape operation and no one would know that they had left Italy that evening, until of course, their failure to turn up the following morning to attend the appointment with their Court appointed lawyer. The escape plan from Italy being well planned and executed was completely different to the initial plan to carry Financial Instruments, carried in a hidden compartment of Yamaguchi’s briefcase, across the Italian – Switzerland border at Chiasso, which proved to be a total failure and not well planned at all. Whether this was an “Off the Cuff” reaction based upon their nervousness and desperation to evade justice, or, well planned in advance doesn’t present much of a question whereby an “Off the Cuff” reaction is the most probable.

None of the above is mentioned in any of the Police or Court documents as to which flight route Watanabe and Yamaguchi took on leaving Italy, but such information becomes irrelevant because their objective was clearly to leave the confines of the national borders of Italy as quickly as they could, and in any way possible, just to avoid justice. However, investigations through the immigration department in Bangkok, Thailand and Manila, Philippines, have Yamaguchi and Watanabe arriving on an Emirates Air flight (4th July) from Dubai. Then, Twenty Seven (27) days later leaving Bangkok on a Air Nippon flight (August 3rd) to Okinawa, Japan, and then sometime later through to Tokyo, Japan. Yamaguchi and Watanabe obviously spent Five (5) days in Dubai, a relatively safe place from Italian Law and discarding their nervousness.

What the above does indicate is that the whole process doesn’t say much for the thoroughness of the Italian Financial Crime Police, the Public Prosecutors Office, or the Crime Investigation Department appointed by the Public Prosecutors Office, or the Italian courts as both Yamaguchi and Watanabe should have incurred a “Red Notice of Blocking from Departure” at all Immigration / Emigration points at airports and sea ports to restrain the “Defendants” from leaving and evading justice, should any attempt be made to leave Italy by the “Defendants” prior to at least the date of the confirmed interrogation, being 30th June 2009. 

Having escaped justice, which the lawyer was unaware of until the “Defendants” had failed to turn up at his office for their appointment, the lawyer, in his own “I’m not surprised” manner, immediately informed the Court and the Crime Investigation Department by facsimile message, that the “Defendants” would not be present for the interrogation as they had already fled Italy and assumed to be on their way back to Japan. To their dismay, annoyance, and plainly a little humiliation to say the least, the Crime Investigation Department began checking all the transport systems (Railways and Airports), finally, with the assistance of the Italian Home Office – International Police Cooperation Service (Interpol) by the “Commando Generale” (General Command), they were informed by the Interpol Service of Tokyo, that the “Defendants” had arrived on the Japanese Island of Okinawa on August 3rd 2009.

It took Watanabe and Yamaguchi Thirty Five (35) days in total to arrive in Japan. Obviously, a disjointed flight route taken by them, considering the fact that a direct flight from Italy to Japan would be approximately 12 hours in total. Then the disjointed route factor should be taken into account including the relatively short stays in Dubai and Bangkok. The question now has to be asked as to why they spent 27 days in Bangkok, which is One (1) day short of the usual Visa on Arrival of Twenty Eight (28) days; instead of travelling through to Okinawa, Japan or Tokyo, Japan, within a few days after arriving in Bangkok. There are several well known criminal operatives in Bangkok dealing with such Financial Instruments similar to what Yamaguchi and Watanabe were carrying in Yamaguchi’s briefcase. One of those persons is Wilfredo Saurin, a well known crook who wrongly claims he is the son of the Sultan of Sulu, but has never proven it to anyone. He does work however for the crooked Federal Reserve in New York and is apparently a protected person, although not a Diplomat. Such situations are not uncommon as this type of person is working strictly for their masters, whereby to maintain protection at all costs, they will do as they are instructed to do.

Sulu itself used to be part of the Sultanate of Mindanao – North Borneo – and Sulu whereby the link here is that most of the Certificates / Bonds of the type carried by Yamaguchi and Watanabe were printed in the Philippines by the Americans in 1932/33/34 and then secreted away in purpose built Bunkers in Mindanao and a small amount of Bunkers in other parts of the Philippines. 

It is also known that Keith Francis Scott, former Chief of the Cabinet for Dr. Ray C. Dam, the first appointed International Treasury Controller; was a former close associate of Neil Francis Keenan, who is strongly connected to Yamaguchi, whose chief adviser was Keith Francis Scott, appointed by Yamaguchi following his departure from the OITC and Dr. Ray C. Dam in March 2008; were also loose associates of Wilfredo Saurin. All of them part of a pit of venomous snakes solely working for their own financial benefit.

The Interpol Service of Tokyo, having previously been informed, on the 22nd June 2009, by the International Police Cooperation Service (Interpol) in Italy that the “Defendants” were to appear in Court for Indictment on the 27th June 2009, which is a mandatory notification when Nationals from another country are involved; were immediately informed that the “Defendants” had prematurely left Italy without notice to the Court, or their lawyer in Como, Italy. The Interpol Service of Tokyo immediately notified all Japanese Immigration Authorities, together with copies of the “Defendant’s Passports provided by the International Police Cooperation Service (Interpol) in Italy, to be alert to the “Defendants” possible return to Japan, ordering their immediate arrest on arrival at any of the Japanese Immigration points.

Needless to say, upon their arrival at Okinawa Airport, Japan, on the 3rd August 2009, the “Defendants” were arrested and interrogated by the Japanese Police.

The Chiasso Conundrum - by David P. Crayford (2018), Part 7

Alessandro Santi arrived at the court slightly earlier than the others, accompanied by his lawyer. Yamaguchi and Watanabe arrived shortly after and straight away connected to the Court appointed lawyer who was already in the Court building.

Finally, after a considerable wait, to allow the Court to clear its schedules, as is usual; the two Japanese men, Yamaguchi, Watanabe, together with Alesandro Santi now referred to as “Defendants” appeared in the Court Room in front of a female Judge.

In a short hearing, the Public Prosecutor’s office briefly explained the Prosecution case to the court, which was travelling with $1 trillion USD face value worth of financial instruments hidden in a false compartment of Yamaguchi’s briefcase, contrary to Italian and European Law, with the intent to commit fraud. Watanabe and Yamaguchi’s Court appointed lawyer, Mr. Massimo Schipilliti together with Alessandro Santi’s lawyer presented their defence cases. 

ALESSANDRO’S DEFENSE STATEMENT TO THE COURT IS SHOWN BELOW (ITALIAN AND ENGLISH VERSIONS). YAMAGUCHI AND WATANABE’S DEFENSE STATEMENTS COULD NOT BE FOUND ON COURT RECORDS:

PROCURA DELLA REPUBBLICA

PRESSO IL TRIBUNALE DI COMO

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE

AT COMO COURT OF JUSTICE

N. R.G. 3718/09

P.M. Dott.ssa Daniela Meliota

Public Prosecutor Ms Daniela Meliota

Memoria difensiva

nell'interesse dell'indagato Alessandro Santi

Defensive memorial

in favour of the prosecuted Mr Alessandro Santi

Il sottoscritto Alessandro Santi, nato a Milano, il 4 settembre 1937, residente in Carimate, via della Fagiana, 12,  difeso di fiducia, nel procedimento di cui sopra, dagli avv.ti Giuseppina Satiro del Foro di Como e Stefano Putinati del Foro di Milano,

The undersigned Alessandro Santi, born in Milan, on 4 September 1937, and resident in Carimate, via della Fagiana 12, defended in the above proceedings by Lawyer Giuseppina Satiro of Como Court of Justice and Stefano Putinati of Milan Court of Justice,

ESPONE

DECLARES

Lo scrivente è stato Consigliere Delegato e Presidente di Interprogetti S.p.a., la prima società in Italia ad occuparsi del trasporto di impianti industriali.

The undersigned has been Managing Director and President of Interprogetti S.p.a., the first company in Italy to deal with industrial plant transportations.

La stessa nasceva grazie alla collaborazione con la Kuehne & Negel, società tedesca che si occupa di spedizioni internazionali e, per la quale, lo scrivente aveva lavorato per molti anni, assumendo il ruolo di vicepresidente della filiale italiana e ricevendo altresì importanti riconoscimenti, tra cui una medaglia d’oro per l’attività svolta.

The same company was born thanks to the partnership with Kuehne & Negel, a German company that deals with international shipping and for which the undersigned has worked for many years becoming the Vicepresident of the Italian branch and receiving important ackhowledgments, among with a gold medal for the good work done.

Nel 1995, abbandonati gli incarichi ufficiali presso la Interprogetti, il sottoscritto ne rimaneva consulente, continuando comunque a viaggiare in tutto il mondo.

In 1995, once left any official position at Interprogetti Spa, I undersigned chose to remain as a consultant for the same company still I kept on travelling all around the world.

Nel corso di uno di questi viaggi, negli anni 2001 e 2002 lo scrivente conobbe il Signor Mitsukoshi Watanabe, allora manager della Societa’ Merryll Linch a Tokyo.

During one of these travels, in the years 2001 and 2002 the undersigned met Mr Mitsukoshi Watanabe, at the time Manager at Merryll Linch Tokyo.

Ne nacque una cordiale amicizia con inviti sempre più frequenti a convegni e a cocktail organizzati, sia da importanti societa’ industriali, sia  da istituti economici finanziari, sia da enti governativi.

A nice friendship was born and we invited one another more and more often to conventions and cocktails organized by both important industrial companies, and financial economic institutes and government agencies.

In uno di questi convegni lo scrivente conosceva, tramite il sig. Watanabe, il sig. Akihiko Yamaguchi, il quale faceva parte della Dragon Family, Fondazione fino a quel momento completamente sconosciuta al sottoscritto.

During one of these meetings the undersigned met Mr Akihiko Yamaguchi, through Mr Watanabe, who was a member of the Dragon Family, a Foundation that I never heard of until that precise moment.

Con il tempo il Sig. Yamaguchi confidava allo scrivente che la Dragon Family offre progetti umanitari nel mondo, supportata da strumenti finanziari, certificati e bond emessi da Stati Uniti, Giappone ed Europa. Tali strumenti finanziari sono utilizzati dalla Fondazione come collaterali al fine di ottenere finanziamenti da dedicare solo ed esclusivamente ad opere e progetti umanitari.

With time Mr Yamaguchi confided to the undersigned that the Dragon Family offer humanitarian projects around the world, backed by financial instruments the likes of certificates and bonds issued by the USA, Japan and Europe. Those financial instruments are used by the Foundation as collateral with the purpose of obtaining liquidity for developing huminatarian projects only.  

Nell'anno 2006, il  sig. Yamaguchi comunicava al sottoscritto che la Fondazione intendeva utilizzare gli strumenti finanziari statunitensi e giapponesi in Europa e chiedeva allo scrivente di esserne il referente, proponendogli una percentuale nell’ordine del 2%, sulle transazioni andate a buon fine. Lo scrivente non avrebbe mai potuto riscuotere il compenso ma avrebbe dovuto devolverlo in opere umanitarie, previa presentazione di progetti di tal genere alla Fondazione deducendo le proprie spese.

In 2006 Mr Yamaguchi told the undersigned that the Foundation wanted to use in Europe some of their American and Japanese financial instruments and asked to the undersigned to be the local point of reference. He proposed to the undersigned 2% on each transaction that would be implemented. The undersigned would never personally profit from that money, instead he would have donated the entire amount to humanitarian projects, deducting personal expenses only.

Gli strumenti finanziari dovevano però essere approvati dalla Federal Reserve, se di provenienza americana, o dal Ministero delle Finanze Giapponese, se di provenienza giapponese. Al fine di conseguire le autorizzazioni, la Fondazione avrebbe dovuto fornire tutta la documentazione necessaria per dare corso all’iter burocratico.

The financial instruments though had to be approved by the Federal Reserve (for the US notes) or by the Japanese Minister of Finance (for the Japanese bonds). In order to get those approvals, the Foundation would provide all necessary documentation.

Pertanto, tutte queste transazioni potevano essere eseguite solo ed esclusivamente attraverso i summenzionati enti governativi e/o fondazioni umanitarie e mai a titolo privato.

So all these transactions could be implemented only through the above mentioned government agencies and/or through humanitarian Foundations. But never privately.

In estrema sintesi la procedura da seguirsi era la seguente:

In short, the procedure was the following:

1) la Fondazione stabiliva a quale Stato od Ente assegnare gli strumenti.

the Foundation decided which Country or Agency provide the instruments to.

2) la Fondazione inviava una comunicazione allo Stato-Ente prescelto offrendo attraverso propri strumenti la possibilità di usarli come collaterali per poi ottenere una linea di credito per poterla investire attraverso programmi Federali USA di cui i profitti sarebbero messi a disposizione per opere umanitarie.

the Foundation would communicate to the chosen Country/Agency that they could use those instruments as collateral in order to get a line of credit. That line of credit would be invested in US Federal Programs and the profits would be used for humanitarian purposes.

3) Senza questa procedura e senza la documentazione necessaria all'approvazione dello strumento finanziario la transazione non poteva essere eseguita.

The transaction could not be performed nor wiithout this procedure nor without the approval of the financial instrument.

4) Qualora questa procedura sopra menzionata non fosse stata approvata, gli accordi prevedevano la restituzione di tutta la documentazione al Sig. Yamaguchi.

In case the above procedure would not be approved, we agreed that the undersigned would give all the documentation back to Mr Yamaguchi.

Allo scrivente sono stati sequestrati n. 5 Bond, tutti di provenienza giapponese che erano nella sua disponibilità solo ed esclusivamente per scopi umanitari. 

5 Japanese Bonds which the undersigned hold in custody to be used for humanitarian purposes only have been confiscated.

4 Japanese Bond  No. A 1004/5/6/7 erano destinati al Governo Italiano per aiuti umanitari e 1 Japanese Bond No. A 1309 era destinato al Governo Ucraino.

4 Japanese Bonds N. A1004/5/6/7 were intended to support the Italian Government for humanitarian purposes; 1 Japanese Bond N. A1309 was intended to support the Ukrainian Government.

Si ribadisce ancora una volta che gli strumenti dovevano essere sottoposti all’attenzione degli Enti Governativi quando il Sig. Yamaguchi avesse inviato la documentazione necessaria. Se gli Enti e Governi a cui erano destinati questi strumenti non ottenevano tutte le autorizzazioni richieste dalla Fondazione Dragon Family, si doveva restituire il tutto.

I underline once more the fact that the instruments had to be offered to the Government Agencies once Mr Yamaguchi would have sent all necessary documentation. If the Agencies or Governments would not obtain all the authorizations requested by the Dragon Family Foundation, all documents would have been given back to Mr Yamaguchi.

La percentuale di competenza allo scrivente sarebbe stata pari al 2%, se le transazioni fossero andate a buon fine. Questa  sarebbe stata devoluta interamente all’Ospedale Ca’ Granda di Niguarda - Reparto Oncologico Falck, poiché in questo Ospedale è stata ricoverata la moglie del sottoscritto, colpita da un cancro maligno alla spalla destra. Grazie alla competenza ed amorevolezza di questo reparto la Sig.ra Bramani Elda è guarita.

The 2% that the undersigned would have received would be donated to Ca' Granda di Niguarda Hospital – Oncological Division Falck because in the same hospital the wife of the undersigned was accomodated when a malignant tumor at the right shoulder was diagnosed to her. Thanks to the competence and care of this department Ms Bramani Elda recovered her full shape.

Purtroppo ad oggi nessuna operazione finanziara si è potuta concretizzare, non avendo il Sig. Yamaguchi ottenuto le relative autorizzazioni richieste e prescritte e non avendo consegnato tutta la documentazione necessaria per l’utilizzo dei bond.

Unfortunately we never managed to perform any financial operation, both because Mr Yamaguchi never obtained the necessary authorizations and because he never provided all the necessary documentation to utilize those bonds.

Ovviamente i titoli, senza le prescritte autorizzazioni ed i documenti da allegare, non sono negoziabili e non hanno alcun valore commerciale. 

It's clear that the bonds are not negotiable and worthless without all the necessary authorizations and related documents.

Lo scrivente ha cercato di portare a conoscenza dell’Ill.mo Signor Giudice le nozioni in suo possesso volte a chiarire come, quando e perché i predetti titoli potevano e dovevano essere utilizzati.

The undersigned has tried to provide Her Honour the Judge all the information at his disposal in order to clarify how, when and why all those bonds could and should be used.

Con osservanza.

Yours respectfully,

Carimate, 25/01/2010      

Alessandro Santi

The Judge, satisfied that the evidence of the prosecution was sufficient in evidence, at that time, to indict the “Defendants” set a date for the preliminary hearing, being 16th September, 2010. Additionally, the Judge approved a request from Watanabe and Yamaguchi’s Court appointed lawyer for release on Bail which was granted, but both Watanabe and Yamaguchi were strongly warned to attend the interrogation which was scheduled for the 30th June 2009, three days after the Indictment hearing.

Acknowledging the Judge’s order and comments, all persons present left the Courtroom. The “Defendants” eventually left the Court building having had a short chat to their lawyer(s) outside in the lobby area.