06-04-2007, 09:31 PM
Goa leader's pals: Russian mafia <!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Land grabbing is one of the biggest issues dominating the Goa Assembly polls this time. And amid speculation about possible links between top Goan politicians and a foreign mafia, especially the Russian land and drug mafia, <b>Atanasio Monserrate</b>'s name is whispered both at the political and public domain.
On the basis of confessions by unscrupulous chartered accountants, lawyers and real estate dealers, a CNN-IBN Special Investigation bares this deep-rooted nexus .
Gajanan Korgaonkar, a real estate lawyer for foreigners, including the Russian land mafia, told the CNN-IBN Special Investigation team that he paid Rs 12 lakh bribe to Babush Monserrate for a land deal.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Augustus Monteiro, who fixed a land deal for Leonid Beyzer's Artlibori Resorts, says politicians were bribed to convert the farmland into settlement land. "Lots of ministers were involved. Lots of money was involved in the conversions," Monteiro confesses.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
On the basis of confessions by unscrupulous chartered accountants, lawyers and real estate dealers, a CNN-IBN Special Investigation bares this deep-rooted nexus .
Gajanan Korgaonkar, a real estate lawyer for foreigners, including the Russian land mafia, told the CNN-IBN Special Investigation team that he paid Rs 12 lakh bribe to Babush Monserrate for a land deal.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Augustus Monteiro, who fixed a land deal for Leonid Beyzer's Artlibori Resorts, says politicians were bribed to convert the farmland into settlement land. "Lots of ministers were involved. Lots of money was involved in the conversions," Monteiro confesses.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->