Overseas landholdings of the Marcos family
[4][12] According to Ricardo Manapat's book Some Are Smarter Than Others, which was one of the earliest to document details of the Marcos wealth,[13] lesser-known properties include gold and diamond investments in South Africa, banks and hotels in Israel, and various landholdings in Austria, London, and Rome.
[7] One of them, Jose Yao Campos, cooperated with the Philippine government and made an immunity deal, revealing how he fronted Marcos's investments both locally and abroad via numerous interlocking shell corporations.
[20] In 1986, The Washington Post reported that in coded cables between the Marcos Family and their alleged "front" in Manhattan, Gliceria Tantoco, the Crown Building was referred to using the secret code-word "Farragamo.
"[21] In July 1982 it was announced that "a small group of foreign investors operating as Voloby Ltd., a British Virgin Islands company" had bought the site of the Korvettes building at Herald Square for about $25 million, with the intent of turning it into a shopping center by 1983.
[4][23] According to The Washington Post, the Herald Center was referred to using the secret code-word "Midtown Cement" in coded cables between the Marcos Family and their alleged "front" in Manhattan, Gliceria Tantoco.
[24] In 1982, the Marcoses also purchased 40 Wall Street, a large historic building in New York's Financial District bought for $71 million through NYLand (CF8) Ltd., a shell corporation based in the Netherlands Antilles.
[26][27] In 1986, The Washington Post noted that in coded cables between the Marcos Family and their alleged "front" in Manhattan, Gliceria Tantoco, the 40 Wall Street building was referred to using the secret code-word "Bridgetown.
[4][21] In 1986, The Washington Post reported that in coded cables between the Marcos Family and their alleged "front" in Manhattan, Gliceria Tantoco, 200 Madison was referred to using the secret code-word "Lafayette.
The building was noted for having housed a big part of Imelda Marcos's art collection, and for the fact that its sixth floor was converted into a private disco for the Marcoses' guests.
