Chapter 17 -  What You Need To Know About Real Estate & Terrorism Risk

Chapter 18 -  Solutions To New Regulatory Burdens and Risks
Case Study # 10 Inadequate Due Diligence
Case Study # 11  Be Careful When Banking Offshore
Case Study # 12  The Snitch Factor

Section Five - How To Build Safe Protected Wealth

Chapter 19 - New & Enhanced Post 9/11 Wealth Planning & Protection Techniques

Chapter 20 - How To Choose an Investment Or Wealth Planning Advisor 

Chapter 21 - The Swiss Inner Circle

Chapter 22 - Other Global Consultants, Publications & Organizations 

Section Six - You’ve Protected Your Wealth Now Restore Your Liberty 
 
Chapter 23 -  Back To The Articles: Restoring the Republic With the Swiss Confederation Institute     

Chapter 24 – FreedomFest: Where Free Minds Meet  

Chapter 25- Don't Delay: Start Today To Preserve Your Wealth & Liberty  

Chapter 26 - Are You Willing To Pay the High Price For Freedom?  

Case Studies  

Resource Guide  

About the Author  

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Of Course Monopolies Prefer To Destroy the Competition Rather Than Compete

"That's where the money is."   -- Willie Sutton, replying to a question about why he robbed banks

       By the year 2000, financial special interests had taken control of the situation through the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Financial Action Task Force On Money Laundering (FATF).  These organizations devised a three-pronged attack to destroy offshore asset protection, personal privacy, and the financial and investment competition in offshore money center jurisdictions. They warned that they would seek sanctions against tax havens unless they ended financial privacy in their sovereign jurisdictions and opened their doors to the U.S. and U.K. in order to go after “so-called” tax cheats.

       In response, the smaller nations benefiting from these investment trends complained, although they did not really assert much resistance. Realistically, how could they?  For example, the Bahamas could not stand up to the power of the U.S. government when every Caribbean nation remembered what happened to Panama when it resisted Washington, leading to the Washington invasion of Panama in 1989.  Noriega, a former partner with the U.S and CIA decided to go his own way, so the U.S. invaded and he was imprisoned in the U.S. until 2007 when he just might be released. I'm not saying that Noriega shouldn't have been in prison as many politicians and national leaders should and he was worse than most but his real crime in the eyes of the American political establishment was not following orders.

       This example of disobedience was not lost to the tax-haven politicians who, like politicians everywhere, wanted to remain in office and out of jail. Of course, the Iraq invasion, occupation, and subsequent capture and execution of Saddam Hussein is a current example of what can happen to a U.S. ally who decides to "go off the reservation."  Many Americans do not remember that Saddam was our major ally against Iran in the years following the Shah's abdication.  Moreover, the US supplied both the poison gas, as well as the targeting for his gas attacks against innocent civilians.

       To ensure that American offshore investors got the total picture, the coup de grace for the offshore jurisdictions took place in July of 2000 with the Anderson case.  In this instance, a San Diego couple (the Andersons) were held in contempt of court for failing to return assets that were held in a foreign asset protection trust. The failure of this offshore asset protection trust provided the excuse and precedent for many judges in the American legal system to threaten those utilizing offshore asset protection structures with imprisonment, until the money came back into the U.S. It did not seem to make any difference what the trust documents said or the legal regulations in the jurisdictions-- it was simply pay up or languish in jail. After all, many judges and lawyers despised offshore asset protection planning anyway because these jurisdictions made their jobs more difficult, not to mention the resulting loss in legal fees. 

9/11/2001 Was Bad For America But Good For the Regulators

"Terrorism is a direct response to the crimes our government has committed against foreigners (besides which, the actual terrorists are within our own government)….{concerning drugs}, If they didn’t exist, our government would have to invent them, the better to enact laws aimed at keeping the citizens ‘sinless and obedient.”   -- Gore Vidal

       Think back a few years to September 11, 2001. Who would have ever believed that a few Islamic terrorists and $250,000 delivered the greatest financial attack and threat to the Western world since the attempted Moslem conquest of Vienna in October of 1529?  Trillions were lost in stock market values and the world airline industry was crippled with many bankruptcies.  And then suddenly the screws began to turn even tighter on financial transactions worldwide, including the US, using the 9/11 attacks as the excuse.

       Although funding for terrorism using tax havens apparently played no part in the terrorist attack, this was the excuse used by Washington and the politicians to go after all remaining offshore tax havens and personal privacy remaining in the world today.  Often, Islamic terrorists use the traditional Islamic money transfer activity called "Hawala or Hundi" to move funds around the world which leaves no electronic fingerprint or paper trail. However, it is hard to read much about the terrorist money network because our politicians are using the terrorist attack as their excuse to curtail your financial and communications privacy and your access to offshore protected wealth.

       The horrible tragedy of 9/11 provided the public support necessary to completely destroy most remaining financial confidentiality.  Furthermore, the economies of many offshore money centers, that formerly had provided legitimate asset protection services and products as a way to generate revenue for their tiny islands, were shattered. The augmented scrutiny of offshore affairs and the increased reporting requirements of the IRS make it difficult for investors with secret or non-reported accounts to evade the system.  Moreover, the ability of Washington to manipulate politicians, regulators and laws of tax havens at will, only worsen the situation for investors trying to avoid paying taxes. Americans are required to pay taxes on their worldwide income and revenue like the citizens of most other countries and all Americans should pay their fair share of taxes.

       A good example of this intensified scrutiny is the recent IRS demand that all of the "private" credit card records from foreign providers be turned over. The wheels of justice (or injustice) turn slowly but they always turn in favor of the bureaucracy and against those Americans who either through greed, ignorance (not a very good excuse) or poor advice, have broken the law and not reported their earnings to the IRS. 

       Clearly, if you are a concerned American citizen who has attempted to safely and legitimately protect a portion of your wealth through the old style measures, it may be time to reconsider your options, your level of protection, and how the post 9/11 regulations and offshore world threatens your financial future.  Also if you believe you might have run afoul of a law or regulation with your previous asset protection efforts, it is time to get right with the Internal Revenue Service. The offshore world of investing and asset protection has certainly changed forever. Privacy and confidentiality are hard to come by these days, but Americans can still legitimately protect their wealth and assets both onshore and offshore with proper legal strategies. 

For Additional Reading and Research Regarding This Chapter

The War On Tax Havens by Ilana Mercer  www.ilanamercer.com/taxhaven.htm  My friend Ilana Mercer is always worth reading on this and other issues.

Tax Havens Are You For Us Or Against US? www.alternet.org/columnists/story/15362/  Arianna Huffington writes about “unpatriotic tax havens” but my question is shouldn’t sovereign small tax haven countries be patriotic and protect their own citizens and prosperity instead of buckling under to threats and demagoguery from the Washington Empire.

Merrill Scott and The Anderson Case www.protectyou.com/apn11-1.html Here you will learn more about the effects of the earlier mentioned Anderson Case and why tax planning and offshore protection that sounds too good to be true usually is.

Hawala  www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawala  An informal money transfer system used in Africa, Asia and the Middle East that is often utilized for illegal activities and terrorist elements.

The Moral Case For Tax Havens   www.lewrockwell.com/orig2/stewart2.html

Chapter 3 -Traditional Risks to the Wealth of High Net Worth Americans

Talking Points:  While we are faced with new threats to our wealth in the 21st century, traditional risks like lawsuits, high-pressure sales techniques and risky investments continue to plague all investors. In addition, we should add the dangers of some questionable financial jurisdictions, unethical promoters, and the growing political risks to your investments with a reminder that you can expect no reprieve from parasites of all persuasions after your hard earned wealth. 

"Familiarity breeds contempt - and children." -- Mark Twain

Greed & Revenge: The Lawsuit and Snitch Risk From Ex-Spouses, Business Partners, Friends and Confidants

"An American legal system that too often turns litigation into a weapon against guilty and innocent alike, erodes individual responsibility, rewards sharp practice, enriches its participants at the public's expense, and resists even modest efforts at reform and accountability."   -- Overlawyered.com

       Most Americans will find their wealth threatened on a regular basis from outrageous lawsuits from ex-spouses, partners, close friends, and confidants far more often than with other traditional risks.  The reason is the typical unwarranted lawsuit is just an attack on your assets by a greedy plaintiff and lawyer out for his cut; there is nothing personal in the effort other than greed.  With someone close to you, it is necessary to add the human emotions of revenge, hatred, anger and retribution. They do not simply want your money, but they are often out to destroy you and your life, and there is no better way to do this than to destroy you financially.

       The reason your wealth is so threatened has everything to do with human nature. All over the world people have the same problems with personal relationships, through friendships, marriages, and business associates. We Americans are not necessarily more greedy or lawsuit-driven by some primitive, defective genetic trait than our European cousins. The difference boils down to two simple and deplorable facts:

”When there are too many policemen, there can be no liberty. When there are too many soldiers, there can be no peace. When there are too many lawyers, there can be no justice.” - Lin Yutang (1895-1976), Chinese-American writer, translator, and editor.

1.  The United States has 90% of the lawyers in the world-- over one million, and far less than 10% of the world population.

2.  This special interest group exerts tremendous pressure and influence on our government and the regulatory environment. As a result, we are one of the only nations in the world that allows lawyers to work on a contingent fee basis and collect outrageous fees from punitive damage awards. 

Due to the extensive lobbying power of the legal profession and a court system that is favorable to this activity, I believe every American citizen is at real risk to the litigation disease that is sweeping the wealth of our nation into the dirty pockets of dishonest plaintiffs and an often prejudiced judicial process.  And I am not just talking about a certain type of investment; all of your wealth and property is threatened in the United States today. Even if it is in protected, domestic structures, such as annuities, that have some asset protection depending upon your state of residence, or home exemptions, real estate, retirement plans, or domestic trusts, there is no safe protected wealth in our nation today.  Frankly, the only real and protected wealth is outside the United States--away from a legal system that tends to transfer wealth from those who have earned it to plaintiffs and their lawyers out to take your property.

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Almost everything in life is just "smoke and mirrors" designed to cover up the primary function of parasite individuals, organizations, the government, many in the legal profession, most government employees and politicians which is to transfer the productive wealth and property from those who have worked for it in order to benefit others more inclined to steal it.  I guess theft is easier than producing or exchanging needed goods and services in the free market. - Ron Holland

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