http://www.neweurasia.net/culture-and-history/king-of-bling-from-the-city-of-stone/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:53:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.neweurasia.net/culture-and-history/king-of-bling-from-the-city-of-stone/comment-page-1/#comment-8497 www.neweurasia.net - Blogging Central Asia » Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:21:13 +0000 http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/?p=94#comment-8497 [...] in Kazakhstan, you call them ponds as they cover 60% of the city’s surface. Ben of neweurasia says that a recent visit of Kazakh President Nazarbayev to Moscow was used to ink some new deals on oil [...] [...] in Kazakhstan, you call them ponds as they cover 60% of the city’s surface. Ben of neweurasia says that a recent visit of Kazakh President Nazarbayev to Moscow was used to ink some new deals on oil [...]

]]> http://www.neweurasia.net/culture-and-history/king-of-bling-from-the-city-of-stone/comment-page-1/#comment-344 uzbekistan.neweurasia.net » Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:47:01 +0000 http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/?p=94#comment-344 [...] Last July Rumil picked up on an item from the New York Post about Jacob “The Jeweller” Arabo, purveyor of “bling” to Hip-Hop royalty and other celebrities. The Manhattan-based jeweller (website here) is a Bukharan Jew whose family emigrated to the US in 1979, initially living in Brooklyn before moving to Queens. Last July Arabo was arrested, and later indicted, on charges of laundering money for a Detroit-based drugs cartel called the “Black Mafia Family”. Arabo’s lawyers are reportedly trying to get former clients of the jeweller, including Jay-Z, Diddy, and David Beckham, to testify on his behalf. [...] [...] Last July Rumil picked up on an item from the New York Post about Jacob “The Jeweller” Arabo, purveyor of “bling” to Hip-Hop royalty and other celebrities. The Manhattan-based jeweller (website here) is a Bukharan Jew whose family emigrated to the US in 1979, initially living in Brooklyn before moving to Queens. Last July Arabo was arrested, and later indicted, on charges of laundering money for a Detroit-based drugs cartel called the “Black Mafia Family”. Arabo’s lawyers are reportedly trying to get former clients of the jeweller, including Jay-Z, Diddy, and David Beckham, to testify on his behalf. [...]

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