12.07.2009
The “Riis”-family
–
renowned
aviators
or
gunrunners
and tax-evaders
The story
continues
Today we
will present to you a voice recording from early April 1985. In this tape you will hear a somewhat cryptic conversation
between Benedicte
Riis-Duryea and her alleged mother, Dagny Amelia Olsen
(aka Amelia Olsen, aka Amelia Riis). The conversation is in Norwegian. By
reading this transcript, while listening, you might get an idea of
what this is all about. Here is an unauthorised English translation of the conversation.
In brief
the late “Einar” Riis Johannessen had instructed Benedicte to pick up some 10
copies, not 15 copies, in New York. These copies were to be transported and
delivered to somewhere else “down there”. Benedicte complains about how heavy
and big those copies were, thus she suggested picking up these copies in two
turns, which gives us an idea of how “big” the delivery of ten copies really
was.
Listening
to Benedicte you will hear a monotone and unhappy young woman. It becomes
pretty clear that she has been acting in this line of work – most likely – for
years. There is no excitement in her voice, neither is there any joy nor fear,
besides her automatic question in the end of the conversation where she ask if
there is any chance of getting into trouble this time. The monotone voice gives
away parts of her personality: She most likely has been trained[1]
for this during her whole life, thus destroying her as a person.
Dagny
Amelia exposes herself a few times during the conversation, expressing that it
was of the most importance to have this delivery executed, and that the weight
of this delivery of 10 copies was of some 10 kilos (app. 20 pounds), in a bag.
A one
hundred dollar bill/note weighs approximately 1. gr. Thus $100.000 in 100
dollar bills, is weighing 1 kg. 10 kg would then be the equivalence of $1
million. This is just an educational guess and doesn’t necessarily have to be
correct. As we know that this family was into arms dealing and the trafficking of arms – there are also
indications that they were involved in drugs trafficking in the Central
Americas – this reference to 10 kilos could easily be the equivalence of $10
million. Most likely Benedicte was the errand
boy for her “father” where she was to move funds whenever needed.
We also
learn from this conversation that these two women have been talking to each
other in codes for most of their lives: ten Copies; ten Kilos; picking up more
than ten copies would complicate the whole thing; Instructions; the need for
doing the pick-up of “ten copies” in two turns! because it is so heavy and big
(ten copies, heavy, hm!); the alleged mother doesn’t know how the “situation”
is where her daughter use to live
(where does she live, and where does
she use to live? Most likely at a new
place for every new mission/operation in New York and elsewhere. And how likely
is it that a mother doesn’t know the situation where her daughter lives? And
what kind of situation is she referring to?); the “mother” has a plan B if the
pick-up of 10 copies fails (how on earth could Benedicte fail in picking up 10
copies? and why do you need a plan B to pick up 10 sheets of printed paper? and
why would 10 copies weigh 10 kg?). And finally; why would Benedicte ask her
mother whether there is a chance of getting into trouble by picking up,
“dragging around” and deliver 10 sheets of printed paper, reduced from 15
because it would be too heavy?
This
doesn’t smell. No, far from it, it’s just a solid proof of a money delivery, of
some dimension, that is to take place shortly after this conversation. A
pick-up in New York and a delivery – most likely in Miami or on some Island in
the Central Americas – that by no means could be executed through normal and
legal banking channels.
Basically
these two women are discussing one of many money transactions in this
family-business, where Benedicte is instructed and forced to pick up huge
amounts of money, bringing these funds to somewhere else.
Remember that
this family claims to have been flat broke since the late 1970’. You should
then immediately ask; What is this, then? Flat broke family discussing huge
cryptic money transactions taking place in New York? Rather unorthodox money
transactions, really, as the normal way of moving money would be to instruct
the bank to transfer the funds, and not instructing their 24 year old
“daughter” to drag around a bag full of money in New York.
From our
investigation we know that Dagny Amelia Olsen was sitting in Oslo talking to
her “daughter” in New York. Parts of the transaction was thus to take place in
New York. In the conversation Benedicte talks about “down there” when she
refers to where the delivery was to take place. At that time, in 1985,
Benedicte’s brother Patrizio Kenneth “Riis” had acquired his pilot license and
where flying around somewhere in the Central Americas with an aircraft,
Patrizio told his “father”, that was full of holes. That sounds like another
hot lead to their core business.
As far as we
can understand, the late “Einar” Riis Johannessen had placed his son in Miami
in order to teach him piloting their shipments. Read more about the business here.
According
to “Einar”, “Amelia” couldn’t even boil a pot of water. She was useless and not
capable of fighting, I was told. I understand now that this picture he was
painting about his family, was just a part of their manipulation, making a
smoke screen for whoever attempting to dig into their story/history.
According
to this voice recording “Amelia” was a tough hardcore business woman (agent?)
in a criminal environment, coordinating criminal operations, protecting her
“workers” and making plans if something would go wrong. Everything was
controlled from her little flat in Oslo, and of course from their head office
in Via San Filippo Martire nr.1/B, Rome.
Herman J Berge
Luxembourg
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