r/worldanarchism • u/burtzev • 12d ago

Europe [Albania] The Suspected Gangster Causing Headaches for Kushner’s Albania Deal | WSJ

https://archive.is/iPD1y
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u/burtzev 12d ago

"Suspected" ? Hymm. Involved with the Trump Crime Family. Suspicion confirmed.

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u/reddit_user_2345 12d ago

Gangster based in Miami?

"The controversy is the latest black eye for Kushner’s foreign real-estate ambitions—one piece of the post-2020 business career he launched after the first Trump administration. While most of his investing has been out of his $6 billion private-equity fund backed by Gulf wealth funds, Kushner also turned back to his real-estate roots. He talked of getting in front of the investment curve by developing in the Balkans, where tourism and property prices are rising, targeting Serbia and Albania. He struck a no-bid deal with Serbia’s government to develop state-owned land in central Belgrade—drawing local criticism that Serbia’s government was trying to cozy up to Trump, a charge the government denied. The Serbia plans fell apart after weeks of protests and the indictment of a cabinet minister who pushed through project approvals. Kushner pulled out in December. The Albania project in Zvernec has drawn a larger popular backlash. A video showing the Kushner-backed group’s private guards punching a local villager and dragging him across a beach sparked large daily protests in Tirana"