I might have reached my investigative limit. Have been very lucky so far though. If you are reading this, please, share it. All of this is public, but no one put together. This is how Reform, Farage, Cottrell, Towler and Harborne all come together.
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Start with the known: Cottrell served jail for playing cryptocrook in 2016, addicted gambler, moved to Montenegro, supports Farage logistically and financially. Police raid in Tivat last year, looking for crypto ATM at a place where he, his girlfriend and best friend almost live at, Salon Prive.
The police left because his solicitor, Ratko Pantovic, told them the place was owned by GTL/Hon Kong Yong (debatable, keep reading) and he fled the country using the name George Co. I thought it was strange. I have a background in financial services and thought there was something unusual here.
The authorities would probably not bother if Cottrell did not get involved with politics there. But he did. Again, financially and operationally. He called Gawain Towler to work there. Towler opened a company with the help of Pantovic, who also owns a company called Solutions, or GFS.
Towler said he worked for free. Local press said the PES party did not declare expenses related to his work. He produced videos for them. But why open a company, and why with GFS (it's their ☎️ in the contact)? Here you see him at an event which crowned Cottrell's girlfriend as Miss Montenegro.
Who was one of the jurors for the Miss event? Hon Kong Yong. Officially, the "owner" of Salon Prive, the casino raided by police in Tivat. Kong is ALSO represented by Pantovic. So is Cottrell. So is his BF, Gustaf Sander. Who, well, served as director for both Cottrell and Kong. More than that...
Sander did a weird back and forth ownership game with Cottrell, the owner of Private Family Office. Cottrell opened it, then Sander "bought" for €1 in 2020, then sold back to Cottrell in 2022. They are great friends. Sander is all over Cottrell's gf Instagram.
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