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US Customs seized ship owned by JPMorgan after $1B of drugs found on it

12 pointsby Deinosalmost 6 years ago

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ziddoapalmost 6 years ago
Reading the Reddit discussion on this was genuinely hilarious.<p>Many people seemed to be under the assumption, due to the headlines constantly blasting &quot;JPMorgan&quot;, that somehow high up officials of JP Morgan were the ones responsible for the organization, importation and offloading of the drugs and that somehow JPMorgan would be profiting from this illicit shipment.<p>Some people pointed out the fact that although this ship is under JPMorgan&#x27;s Asset Division, it is operated by Mediterranean Shipping Co. This was duly ignored with statements such as &quot;As if JPMorgan doesn&#x27;t know what is on their own ship&quot;. Which neglects the fact that JPMorgan handles trillions in assets and it is unreasonable to expect them to check shipping manifestos for ships operated by another company, for every ship they have invested in. In fact, I am unsure if JPMorgan would even be allowed to get those documents. Nor would a savvy drug trafficker list their cocaine on a shipment manifest.<p>Even this article seems to repeat JPMorgan numerous times. I&#x27;m no fan of big banks either, but let&#x27;s at least try to be realistic.<p>One of my favorite comments succinctly put it this way:<p>&quot;Clickbaity title. JPmorgan owns the boat like they own my car.&quot;
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dangalmost 6 years ago
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