Turkey Busts Mossad Ring, Arrests 15 Operatives; Turkey Sanctioned By Controversial FATF

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Successive timing of the two news appears to be just coincidence... despite some persistent conspiracy theories in social media since Iraq War era claiming that such financial bodies never sanctioned foreign-funded Israel over its alleged war crimes against people of "non chosen" races in Palestinian territories and therefore were "controlled by racist factions of Deep Zionism lobbies":

Turkey Busts Mossad Ring, Arrests 15 Operatives, Report Says

The fifteen alleged Mossad operatives worked within Turkish territory and were monitored 'for about a year,' the report notes

Istanbul on Wednesday.Credit: OZAN KOSE - AFP
Haaretz

Oct. 21, 2021

Turkey has arrested 15 suspects who have allegedly worked with the Israeli Mossad within its territory, the daily Turkish newspaper Sabah reported on Thursday.

According to the report, the suspects were arrested a month ago and have provided the Mossad with information on Turkish citizens and foreign students who study in the country.

The suspects provided information on students who will potentially work in the defense industry.
The pro-government daily also noted that the operation to arrest the suspects, who it said were all Arabs, was conducted by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) following a year-long counterintelligence operation.

Charges are expected to be pressed against the suspects, who were reported to have been divided into five cells, each comprised of three members.

The Daily Sabah said that they had been operating in four Turkish provinces and were all arrested during an MIT operation on the morning of October 7.

haaretz.com/israel-news/turkey-arrests-15-mossad-operatives-report-says-1.10314279

The Times Of Israel

Welcome to “ FATF-Grey List”- President Erdogan

Oct 24, 2021

BBC and several other media reports suggest that Turkey is put on “Grey List” by FATF.

al-monitor.com/originals/2021/10/global-finance-watchdog-adds-turkey-grey-list

This must come as a shock to Mr. Erdogan. BBC reports Mr. Erdogan’s reaction here:
bbc.com/news/world-europe-59023465

Un-Related

Has the FATF become a weapon of coercion for the west?
Oct 22, 2021

The inclusion of Turkey in the so-called list of grey countries that need increased monitoring once again raises eyebrows over the watchdog’s conduct.

The FATF decision to downgrade Turkey to a list of countries required to undertake sweeping measures to curb terror financing has once again raised a red flag about the impartiality of the Paris-based organisation.

The Financial Action Task Force announced on Thursday that Turkey had been included in FATF’s so-called grey list, a move that can scare off foreign investors.

Analysts say that the global financial watchdog has become selective in targeting countries where banks have weak compliance or controls to stop the illicit flow of funds.

“If they were fair in their treatment of all the countries, they would have put the UK in the FATF grey list,” said Hassan Aslam Shad, a Middle East-based lawyer who has studied the watchdog for years.

“But they will not do it. They have made up their mind and preconceived notions drive their decisions," he told TRT World.
The recently leaked Pandora Papers, a trove of documents from offshore companies, showed that two-thirds of the firms that corrupt politicians and bureaucrats use to hide their wealth are registered in the British Virgin Islands.

trtworld.com/magazine/has-the-fatf-become-a-weapon-of-coercion-for-the-west-50974