Hot Money: Agent of Chaos Episode 8 - The Red Notebook
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Dec 26, 2023 Law enforcement cuts off the Kinahan cartel; a red notebook might reveal who killed the electrician; state-backed gangsters and connections to the Dubai Super Cartel; the transformation of the M-E-K; Asadi's involvement in bomb plots and assassinations in Europe; small business success stories and a boyband reunion; sanctions on Kinehans Transnational Crime Organization; defending democracy and the story of the Kinahan Family.
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Assassination Attempt in Istanbul
- Hussein Abadini, an Iranian activist, survived an assassination attempt in Istanbul in 1990.
- Multiple bullets hit him, but he miraculously survived due to a jammed gun and quick access to a hospital.
Hospital Threats
- Even in the hospital, Hussein wasn't safe; the would-be killers posed as friends and later as police to try and finish the job.
- Luckily, his real friends intervened, and a presidential visit heightened security, thwarting their plans.
Paris Bomb Plot
- During a 2018 Paris rally for the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), a bomb plot targeting attendees was foiled.
- Belgian police arrested two Iranians en route to the conference center with a bomb.