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UN GATE / SDNY, Jan 1 – Turkey's Halkbank was indicted for Iran sanctions violations and money laundering on October 15 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. On October 21, Turkey named convicted former Halkbank executive Hakan Atilla as the new managing director of Borsa Istanbul.

  Now on January 1 from Albania, this piece of lawlessness: Albanian Police are attempting to deport Harun Celik, a 41-year old Turkish teacher wanted by the Turkish government on Gulen charges but whose extradition was denied by a court. But like in Guterres' UN, who cares about the law? Guterres had UN Lieutenant Ronald Dobbins twice target Inner City Press for ouster, and now ban for 547 days. Albania, crumbling like the UN's Libya government to Erdogan, just drove Celik to Rinas airport to fly him against his will to Turkey. In March 2018, Turkish intelligence service (MIT) detained six Turkish nationals with the cooperation of Kosovar authorities, and they were taken to Turkey where they were arrested.  As of March 2019, a total of 107 people with alleged links to the movement have been brought to Turkey since the failed 2016 coup, following extradition requests for 504 people sent to 91 countries. And when courts deny them, who cares? A fish rots from the head.

    The UN under Antonio Guterres is entirely dodging the controversy, eager as Guterres is to get a second term by not offending either the US or any other power, especially China but also including Turkey.

     Meanwhile Guterres' partner the UN Censorship Alliance (UNCA) has half of its content consisting of defense of Atilla and Erdogan, whether on assaults on the Kurds or violations of sanctions.

    Here's from what the US Attorney for the SDNY said (to some) about Halkbank on October 15: "The facts that emerged at the full, fair, and public trial of Halkbank’s deputy general manager, which culminated in a jury’s January 2018 guilty verdict against him, illustrated senior Halkbank management’s participation in this brazen scheme to circumvent our nation’s Iran sanctions regime.  As alleged in today’s indictment, Halkbank’s systemic participation in the illicit movement of billions of dollars’ worth of Iranian oil revenue was designed and executed by senior bank officials.  The bank’s audacious conduct was supported and protected by high-ranking Turkish government officials, some of whom received millions of dollars in bribes to promote and protect the scheme.  Halkbank will now have to answer for its conduct in an American court.”   Inner City Press, with or it seems without the evenhanded assistance of the SDNY US Attorney's Office, will continue to cover these cases. Watch this site.