italy - The Clever Shark https://clevershark.com Hi. My name is Tony Emond and I'm a blogger. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:25:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Now that’s some serious souvenir money. https://clevershark.com/2009/06/11/now-thats-some-serious-souvenir-money/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=now-thats-some-serious-souvenir-money https://clevershark.com/2009/06/11/now-thats-some-serious-souvenir-money/#respond Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:25:06 +0000 http://clevershark.com/?p=1914 The sports world is abuzz with Cristiano Ronaldo’s acquisition by Real Madrid for a record-setting 96 million Euro transfer fee, but I think the real important story of the day is the capture of two Japanese citizens in Italy who were bound for Switzerland with $134 billion in possibly-counterfeit US securities in $500M and $1B … Continue reading Now that’s some serious souvenir money.

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]]> The sports world is abuzz with Cristiano Ronaldo’s acquisition by Real Madrid for a record-setting 96 million Euro transfer fee, but I think the real important story of the day is the capture of two Japanese citizens in Italy who were bound for Switzerland with $134 billion in possibly-counterfeit US securities in $500M and $1B denominations.

Interesting how this story keeps getting blacked-out in the mainstream press, don’t you think? Methinks I detect Kim Jong-Il’s hand in this. North Korea has been turning out high-quality counterfeit US money for over a decade, and it was only a matter of time before they started working on the really valuable stuff. Still, it’s only speculation at this point. Still, is anyone in the market for shady $500M US bonds?..

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