Who would have known? Street of the 40 Thieves” in the fictional Italian city of “Ali Babba”.
05/07/2021
Antonio Righi, or “Tonino The Blond,” was sentenced for money laundering and his ties with the Camorra organized crime group in 2017. He was also shown to be a director was Magnolia Fundaction UK, registered to an address in Soho’s Broadwick Street.
Its documents cite as a director a man with the surname
- “Il Ladro di Galline”, which translates as “The Chicken Thief”.
- He declares his occupation as “fraudster”, using the Italian word “truffatore”.
Among Magnolia’s directors is a nominee company called Banda Bassotti —
- The Italian name for the Beagle Boys gang of crooks in the Donald Duck cartoons.
Banda Bassotti’s address, also in Italian, translates as
- “0, Street of the 40 Thieves” in the fictional Italian city of “Ali Babba”.
Banda Bassotti — the gangsters in Donald Duck
Sources:
- https://archive.comsuregroup.com/occupation-fraudster-address-street-40-thieves-italians-mocked-uk-company-rules/
- https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/longform/mafie-europa/focus/gran-bretagna/
- https://www.standard.co.uk/business/occupation-fraudster-address-street-of-40-thieves-how-italians-mocked-uk-company-rules-a3589906.html
- https://www.occrp.org/en/29leaks/an-offer-they-couldnt-refuse
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