Mark Morales person
also: Morales, Mr. Morales
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Claims (7)
Mark Morales laundered_money_for
Gabon book_quoted
“He has moved missiles, shells, grenades, and vehicles to Ukraine. And he is far from the only weapons dealer with relationships with the Ukrainian government. Mr. Morales' weapons career ended after his indictment was unsealed in 2010 in a …”
▶ Operation Gladio- Ukraine weapons…WHERE @ 23:22
Mark Morales recruited
Volodymyr Koifman book_quoted
“Van Esch, V-A-N-A-S-H, a longtime advisor to the Ukrainian defense minister, to communicate to the defense ministry on behalf of global ordinance. Van Brunt said Ukraine's defense ministry confirmed the legality of the hiring. Morales is sa…”
▶ Operation Gladio- Ukraine weapons…WHERE @ 10:45
Mark Morales headed
Global Ordnance host_asserted
“who lives in Sarasota as an officer. He also has a guy by the name of Patrick Martin in Sarasota. And Carrie Morales, evidently his wife, is the vice president of this particular company. And then Mark Morales is the guy that's in charge. T…”
▶ Operation Gladio- Ukraine weapons…WHERE @ 30:18
Mark Morales funded
Ukraine book_quoted
“were present. The meeting revealed a quiet part of the Biden's administration's war strategy. The U.S. has provided Ukraine with over $40 billion in security aid, advanced armaments included, but the Pentagon depends on little-known arms de…”
▶ Operation Gladio- Ukraine weapons…WHERE @ 4:46
Mark Morales supplied_arms_to
Afghanistan book_quoted
“let's see, a year later, Mr. Morales started Global Ordinance, so that would be 2013, as an arms business consultancy, drawing on more than a decade of experience. He bought a defense contractor and delivered arms to the Pentagon for use ag…”
▶ Operation Gladio- Ukraine weapons…WHERE @ 24:28
Mark Morales supplied_arms_to
Syria book_quoted
“and Afghanistan, everywhere else. Mr. Morales' big break in Ukraine came early in the war. He had a warehouse full of ammunition in Bulgaria that the Pentagon had bought for use in Afghanistan. The Pentagon approved sending it to Ukraine in…”
▶ Operation Gladio- Ukraine weapons…WHERE @ 26:28
U.S. Department of Justice covered_up
Mark Morales host_asserted
“discussing bribes. But it says FBI agents badly botched the case and prosecutors ultimately dropped the charges. Now, what that translates to me is this guy's part of the CIA operation here. This guy is black marketing arms in addition to w…”
▶ Operation Gladio- Ukraine weapons…WHERE @ 18:06
Mentions (25)
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aspects of that today, which was the second part of yesterday's show that we never got to. So we're going to talk about that. We're going to start off with a Ukrainian newspaper article that talks about American arms dealer by the name of M…
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is making millions on supplying Ukraine with armaments with the help of senior sergeant of the Ukrainian army, who is paid to arrange meetings with his contacts in the government. The source of this particular article was the New York Times…
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test the boundaries of American and Ukraine corruption laws, prohibiting payments to government officials. Last month, about six men met, I don't know, I get about six, but whatever, met at a penthouse bar in one of Kiev's most luxurious ho…
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were present. The meeting revealed a quiet part of the Biden's administration's war strategy. The U.S. has provided Ukraine with over $40 billion in security aid, advanced armaments included, but the Pentagon depends on little-known arms de…
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and Soviet caliber, taken from all over the world. Morales and his colleagues' arms trade is notoriously shady and clubby, but it has become even less transparent when Ukraine cancelling anti-corruption rules that had been in place for year…
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The Pentagon has signed contracts worth about $1 billion with his company. The Pentagon has signed contracts of approximately $1 billion with a shady arms company in Florida. It's called Global Ordinance, mainly for ammunition supply. Accor…
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$200 million off of these contracts. However, Morales' company is being investigated by Ukrainian anti-corruption bodies in connection with the agreement that government officials called a failure. In 2009, the U.S. Justice Department accus…
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methods of bribing foreign officials on tape. Quote, you just got to be smarter than the government, unquote, he was saying on one recording. Bryant Van Brunt, the general counsel for Morales' company, Global Ordnance, said the company had …
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screams Azov Battalion because Ihor Kolomoisky was the governor of that province that was then on the front lines of the conflict. Koitman is a key figure to turn to for arms, one government official said, though it's unclear whether it is …
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It is not because of his military position other than the fact that he was in the Azov battalions. And these are most likely arms that were being bought by or for Ihor Kolomoisky's use of the Azov battalion. In Morales's company, Koipman's …
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But if he's the representative of the Azov battalions in the National Guard, it is not technically correct. The Ukrainian government allegedly knew about Koichman's work for global ordinance. Van Brunt said that Sergeant Koichman has been v…
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Van Esch, V-A-N-A-S-H, a longtime advisor to the Ukrainian defense minister, to communicate to the defense ministry on behalf of global ordinance. Van Brunt said Ukraine's defense ministry confirmed the legality of the hiring. Morales is sa…
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$65 million deal with an Egyptian seller to buy 200 vehicles. A person involved in the deal says, but the deal didn't consummate. At some point, Global Ordnance offered to provide similar vehicles at a similar price, earning the profits ins…
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It says half a dozen or so men gathered last month at the swanky Kiev. And the group included Ukrainian military and government officials. The center of attention was the host, which is Mark Morales, who regaled them with stories of his new…
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And it says Mr. Morales is among Ukraine's most important such suppliers. And let's see. There's a whole bunch of pictures in this. I'll send this article over to Bridget and Cousin It so they can post the New York Times one. It doesn't hav…
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It says the Justice Department, this was the interesting part to me. So it talks about Morales being 51 and a Pentagon go-to person for arms deals. Now, keep in mind, the Pentagon doesn't need anybody for arms deals. They can actually do th…
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and the charges are dropped, I can give you at least 200 of them that all point back to CIA assets or agents being the ones that were being investigated and then they were told that they can't prosecute them. This is something that comes up…
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needed massive amounts of arms, and Mr. Morales, who proved in Afghanistan and Syria that he could constantly acquire and deliver arms. As Ukrainian officials with national survival at stake welcomed back local arms dealers whom, before the…
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Um, after firing the defense minister, Rez Nepkov, Ukrainian officials are publicly questioning this method, this, the method of weapons at any cost strategy. Morales declined to be interviewed, but the general counsel said, basically, you …
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Last year, Global Ordnance posted a video on LinkedIn of Sergeant Coitman in uniform standing beside what he said was a mass grave. We need artillery. We need rockets, it was quoted as saying. He does not identify himself as an employee of …
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Ukrainian law generally prohibits military officials from engaging in paid work outside. And then asked to confirm that a State Department spokesman only added a new wrinkle. He said that he would not confirm the existence of investigations…
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And let's see. Arms dealers from around the world are competing with a limited supply of Soviet-style arms, mostly from Eastern European countries, to sell to Ukraine. With cash pouring in from Washington, Mr. Morales can afford to pay more…
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There are nothing illegal about outbidding competitors, but it shows how the Pentagon is shaping the global arms market and creating wealthy, politically connected weapons dealers. Ukrainian anti-corruption groups have said that billions of…
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He has moved missiles, shells, grenades, and vehicles to Ukraine. And he is far from the only weapons dealer with relationships with the Ukrainian government. Mr. Morales' weapons career ended after his indictment was unsealed in 2010 in a …
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Nation Gabon, G-A-B-O-N. So now I'm going to have to go look that up. He left the industry and about two years later sold items like outdoor furniture, which is funny because I'm going to tell you guys something in a second. And it says the…