Get Real! wrote:bill cobbett wrote:Asil Nadir At the Old Bailey Charged with Theft & Fraud
This crook walked around barefoot until the 1974 Turkish invasion/occupation when he acquired a GC’s clothes making factory free of charge!
He literally went from pauper to “business man” overnight!
Yet he never bothered to come and find the legal owner of the factory he stole and offer him or his family; who were now penniless on the streets, something as a token of appreciation for his change of fortune!
This story disgusts me every time I think about it!
Yes it is disgusting, the worst example of profiteering from the Invasion and Occupation and from the misery of others and of downright theft.
As far as aware the clothing business, which started as a small back-street affair in East London, was legit in his family's ownership, but where it gets into Cyprob territory and of particular relevance to the people of such places as Morphou and Lapithos is in the matter of fruit growing, juice processing and packaging, as well as very real and large-scale support (at least in the early years) to the Illegal Regime.
... and all done with the help of institutional "investors" in places like the City of London who didn't give a damn about the underlying crimes in CY. Still at least it's a comfort they lost out big time.