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Aliaume Leroy

Aliaume Leroy is currently in his final year of undergraduate studies at McGill in Political Science, Economics and History. Deeply interested in the studies of conflicts and international black markets, he has a particular weakness for nasty arms dealers, governments' "defence businesses" (a nice euphemism) and drug traffickers. His main regions of concerns are Africa, Latin America, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

Assessing Mexico’s Guerra al Narco

Aliaume Leroy Mar 16, 2015

A week ago, the Mexican government celebrated another success in its Guerra al Narco: the capture of two drug kingpins. Servando Gómez Martínez (picture on the left), a.k.a "La Tuta" was arrested in a somewhat peculiar manner in…
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HSBC: Des dealers d’ecstasy au trafiquant d’armes israélien

Aliaume Leroy Feb 22, 2015

Enquête. Dès 2002 et au moins jusqu’en 2007, HSBC Private Bank a été le théâtre d’une alliance entre des dealers d’ecstasy d’Atlanta et un trafiquant d’armes israélien, ex-fournisseur d’Al-Qaïda désigné comme blanchisseur de cartels…
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HSBC: From Ecstasy Dealers to an Israeli Arms Dealer

Aliaume Leroy Feb 22, 2015

From 2002 until 2007 at least, HSBC Private Bank was the scene of an alliance between Atlanta-based ecstasy dealers and an Israeli arms trafficker, former Al-Qaeda supplier and money launderer for Mexican cartels. Night was falling over…
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HSBC and Shimon Yelinek: Arms, Drugs, Diamonds and Terrorism

Aliaume Leroy Feb 16, 2015

#Swissleaks Shimon Yelinek is an Israeli businessman based in Panama. Behind this facade however, he is one of the most notorious criminals you may find among the clients of HSBC Private Bank (PB). An arms, diamonds and drug…
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HSBC et Shimon Yelinek: Armes, Drogues, Diamants et Terrorisme

Aliaume Leroy Feb 16, 2015

#Swissleaks Shimon Yelinek est un homme d’affaire Israélien basé au Panama. Derrière ce masque anodin se cache en vérité l’un des criminels les plus polyvalents que l’on trouve parmi les clients de HSBC à Genève: trafiquant d’armes,…
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John McCallum: From the McGill Economist to the Canadian Politician

Aliaume Leroy Feb 12, 2015

Last Thursday, 5th of February, the McGill Economics Students' Association hosted the Hon. John McCallum at the Faculty Club for a talk on the Canadian current economic situation. A well-known economist and politician, McCallum is not…
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Weekly Roundup: Beyond Conventional Thinking

Aliaume Leroy Dec 14, 2014

This week,the Online McGill International Review offered once more different perspectives on world issues to its readership. The writers challenged the conventional wisdom seen in most mainstream medias to deliver undiscussed, but…
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ISIL’s Second Source of Funding: Smuggled Antiquities

Aliaume Leroy Dec 9, 2014

It is no secret that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) makes about $1 million per day selling petrol from the oilfields it had captured during its striking advances in Iraq and Syria over the past three years. Much less…
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The Sudanese Foreign Policy: A Two-Faced Stratagem

Aliaume Leroy Nov 11, 2014

Unnoticed by the mainstream medias, recent leaked minutes from a secret meeting - held on 31 August 2014 and named the Military and Security Committee Meeting - between high-level security and military Sudanese officers offer insight…
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La Guerre Civile Sud-Soudanaise Vue de l’Intérieur

Aliaume Leroy Oct 13, 2014

En Décembre 2013, deux ans après l’indépendance, le Sud Soudan plongeait dans la guerre civile. D’abord une question de rivalité politique entre le Président Salva Kiir and son ancien Vice Président Riek Machar, le conflit sépara cependant…
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The South Sudanese Civil War: A Witness Account

Aliaume Leroy Oct 13, 2014

On December 2013, two years after its independence, South Sudan plunged into civil war. Rooted in a political rivalry between the President Salva Kiir and his former Vice President Riek Machar, the conflict soon separated the country along…
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