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Gold Bars Found on Board Private Aircraft #201514
07/31/2019 04:16 PM
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Re: Gold Bars Found on Board Private Aircraft [Re: ruralcarrier] #201516
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I believe the plane came from Venezuela?

Re: Gold Bars Found on Board Private Aircraft [Re: sxmmartini] #201517
07/31/2019 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by sxmmartini
I believe the plane came from Venezuela?

That is what is implied in the article.


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Re: Gold Bars Found on Board Private Aircraft [Re: ruralcarrier] #201518
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-from-central-bank-sources-idUSKCN1RL247

The jewelry stores in SXM would have had a large inventory of gold to make jewelry???

Re: Gold Bars Found on Board Private Aircraft [Re: ruralcarrier] #201521
07/31/2019 05:51 PM
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That reuters article says not only has gold been taken from banks but also gold stored in other countries. Maybe the gold on that plane was in SXM and they were attempting to move it elsewhere? Or was it found on a plane that had landed in SXM? That would mean maybe they were attempting to hide it on the island.

Re: Gold Bars Found on Board Private Aircraft [Re: ruralcarrier] #201524
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They must have been heading to St. Barth's to have lunch at the Nikki Beach Bar. It's the only possible answer.

Re: Gold Bars Found on Board Private Aircraft [Re: ruralcarrier] #201529
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The Dutch Caribbean has long been a notorious middleman for Venezuelan gold.

Re: Gold Bars Found on Board Private Aircraft [Re: SammyM] #201569
08/01/2019 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by SammyM
They must have been heading to St. Barth's to have lunch at the Nikki Beach Bar. It's the only possible answer.



I don't know. I don't think they had enough for lunch there. lol

Re: Gold Bars Found on Board Private Aircraft [Re: ruralcarrier] #201573
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This chart shows SXM top export is Gold to Belgium/ Luxembourg?

https://oec.world/en/profile/country/maf/


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