JAMMEH VS TAJUDEEN - 'A MASKESHFT FOR ECONOMIC CRIMES AND FINANCING OF TERRORISIM'
By An Insider
Mr. M’Bai, when I read through your article about theTajudeen being expelled out of Angola and the decision of the US Treasury Department's Decision to blacklist businesses associated with them within and outside the Gambia, I cannot help but control my emotions. Little did you know that Hussein Tajudeen better known as Tajco in the Gambia is a business exclusively controlled by Jammeh and his partly his wife. That is why there are lots of Moroccans working at the Tajco outlets. Hussien Tajudden is a just a front for Jammeh's money laundering schemes and he dances at the whims of Jammeh. He has various accounts scattered in most of the banks in the Gambia, but his main account is held at Trust Bank because Jammeh wants to see how his money is dispensed. You see Pa Nderry I know what I am saying.
I have been in the business of Banking for many years and know a lot about these Tajudeen issues. One Day I rightly remember when one of the General Managers XXXX came to the Manager at Banjul Branch and told him in my presence that even if Tajudeen sends a cheque (check) to the bank with just a 'Human Head' drawn on it, just pay without question. If you do not, you put your job and my job at a risk because the 'OGA' as Jammeh is termed has a hand in that business. So you seeTajudeen is just an instrument for the perpetuation of Economic Crimes and Money Laundering by Jammeh.
The way Tajudeen operates his account at Trust Bank is as follows: Cashiers go to his Banjul Office and collect sometimes up to D15 Million or sometimes even more. Sometimes the Bank has to wait for the Cashiers to return from the Tajudeen cash collection rather than withdrawing money from the Central Bank to serve its customers. When these monies are deposited in his account, the following day first thing in the money the money is either withdrawn or wired out of the country immediately.
So you see all the money Tajudeen makes leaves the Gambia at the earliest time possible. This is money laundering to the max. Tajudeen's business does not benefit the Gambian people but goes a long way to deplete our foreign currency reserves because when such huge amounts of money are wired out of the country they are done in Foreign Currency. Who can question this when this scheme is going a long way to benefit Jammeh through his overseas connections. The Central Bak cannot because they are just a 'Lame Duck' in the eyes of Jammeh.
To tell you the truth, Banks like Standard Chartered Bank are not very keen about Tajudeen's business because it does not benefit them but Trust Bank which we should pride ourselves as our own Bank values Tajudeen more than any corporate account holder or its staff. One of the cashiers actually told me that with Tajudeen even if they collected a bundle short of some Dalasis, they are made to pay for it be it their fault or not. This he said happens with the Tajco account only because of the importance the Bank places on Tajco.
Yet still the money goes in now and the next day it is wired out of the country. What does the country stand to benefit from such an account and a scheme. Why should such an amount be lodged in today and be wired out of the country immediately. This falls within the definition of money laundering and financing of terrorism. If the Tajudeen's are suspected of any act of Terrorism, then Jammeh knows something about this because they are untouchable in the Gambia and looking at the way they wire money out of the Gambia through their chosen Bank, their activities should be closely monitored.
Mr. Mbai, I have reason to believe beyond any shadow of doubt that Jammeh has firsthand knowledge of the activities of the Tajudeen's in our Diaspora and beyond. If at any time they are wanted for Terrorism activities, the ICC should also serve Jammeh an arrest warrant to answer to the charges because he is aiding and abetting the commission of the crime. I sincerely believe the activities of his various Kanilai businesses should be closely looked into with a view to blacklisting them as well because this man is not somebody the world should sit and watch. Even after the decision of the US Treasury Department to blacklist the Tajudeen businesses within and outside the Gambia, Jammeh still gives them a safe heaven in the Gambia. So we can justifiably argue that Jammeh is linked to Terrorism Financing. Man this guy has a lot on his sleeves. I rest my case.