How Miha became extremely wealthy at the expensise of many bodybuilders.

When Mihael (aka Miha or Michael) was in his first twenties, he bought steroids from the British Dragon and sold them for a tenfold

His arrest on 25 July 2006 showed to the surprise of the owners/founders of the British Dragon that the DEA knew their names location and tapped their cellphones. After the tragic end of these two oeners of the British Dragon went to scrupelous induviduals and Mihael Karner was one of them.

Miha started websites, companies and underground laboratories with as sole purpose getting rich, very rich.He was not at all interested in the wellbeing and best interest of mostly young bodybuilders and stole their money. He opened and closed webshops to avoid detection by the community on the forums. Still you can find the names and banlaccounts of the Karner/Slivnik family all over the internet on scammerlists and threads.  Read the comments underneath

Both articles on Mihael will be updated very soon since we have much more pics documents and information..

He was a conartist and a thief, and from the money he robbed he lived a very wealthy life. And even more important he didn’t spoil it but invested it very well. He was involved in many importlines by example through Bulgaria which we disclosed in our book “Underground Anabolics”   More about that later, even because these counterfeited/faked human grade steroids now are sold by an other uncle. You can expect more details and analyses here later.

Michael Karner transferred before his arrest ownership of  land in Vič and to Belize

The Slovenian national Michael Karner, by the end of government in Austria with his wife Alenka Karner arrested for allegedly trafficking in steroids, two months before the ownership of more land in Vič transferred in Belize, one of his Slovenian companies, the land also owned Slivnik Teddy, the son of Danilo Slivnik, an famous tv-personallty and the uncle of the arrested Karners.

Mihael Karner did this after Austrian law enforcement agencies received a report on the investigation on Karner spouses from the U.S. Department of Drugs (DEA - Drug Enforcement Agency). This report, which contained a detailed inventory of Americans reselling chain between Thailand, Southeast Europe and the USA, Austria received it early August.

Karner bought between 2004 and 2007 the ownership of land in the vicinity of a former factory inVič  through his Slovenian companies Velinvestment and Nipl, he  transferred these companies to Belize in late October.This action was carried out simultaneously with the Austrian investigation.

There are several reasons  for this choice, Karner wanted to withdraw his interests in the companies because the Austrian authorities conducted an investigation to his  property. The companies Velinvestment and Nipl were by then owned by two companies in Liechtenstein (Panya Veloce Invest AG and Anstalt).

It should noted that the official custodian of one of them, is the local lawyer Gerold Hoop, who himself has two years of investigation by Austrian authorities to his business, known as the Hypo affair. In the investigation of suspicious transactions the Hypo bank, Austrian authorities failed to identify the actual  Carinthian owners of dozens of companies Hoop replaces Karner, and operates through the bank's business that is situated in Klagenfurt, most companies where transferred to "safer" Belize. This Central American state, harbors various international organizations and over the years is repeatedly placed on the blacklist of countries that do not  prosecute money laundering or terrorist financing.

Karner is very eager to demonstrate data to the media. Karner together with Uroš  Slivnik established already the 12th August two limited companies in Belize: Merideis International Investments Ltd., the sole owner of the Karner and Sagex Investment Group Ltd., whose shares are credited to Slivnik. Both  two months later became the owner of Nipl and Velinvestment companies, which are deducted both for a few thousand, although the nominal value of equity share in Velinvestment is more than one million euros. The said company has on the land in Vič two mortgages at 3.5 million, while one - due as early as 2010 - 10th March 2008 enrolled the Hypo Bank, the other on the same day as Karner  himself.

Beside his luxurious vacation home in Bath Kleinkirchenheim valued at 5 million euro, Karner is known to own a villa in Ljubljana, boat, property in Opatija, and unofficially some real estate abroad. .

In this story several questions remain open. In addition, now that it is not exactly clear whether and how to complete the Karner investigation. The U.S. carries out this investigation almost simultaneously as the Austrian authorities.  In the coming weeks they will probably also clarify the business relationships with family Slivnik. Karner and Danilo Slivnik, which in recent years dealing with construction, both the available data connecting the two transaction: the sale of houses in Rosewood Valley by the year 2006 from Slivnik for an unknown price sold to Karner (SMA's valued the villa at 768,645 euros) and residential construction project in the elite neighborhood Vič by the media in the past year "attributed" to Slivnik, Uros Slivnik  also worked for the Velinvestment company.

"We strongly deny the allegations that I was any business partner of Michael Karner," he said. When asked about his role in the project in Vič, he replied that "the only helped Karner twice with helpful advice." Or can he deny that their real estate transactions where financed with capital from Karner? " I have nothing to do with the family business. I never even inquired into the business from which I got the money paid for the house," replies Slivnik. Given his son's ownership Velinvestments, he said that "the company either way is not worth anything because it is burdened with a loan."

The famous Danilo Slivnik committed suicide with a gun.

07 Mar 2012

The Graz Higher Regional Court confirmed the 11 January ruling of the Klagefurt Provincial Court to extradite to the US Alenka and Mihael Karner, a Slovenian couple suspected of illegal import and distribution of anabolic steroids into the US.

The Karners' lawyer Roland Grilc stressed after the ruling that the Austrian Justice Ministry would have the final say in the issue, as he said the decision was political, according to the website of the daily Večer.

30/07/12

Austrian authorities were paid one million Euros in exchange for refusal to extradite steroid dealer to US

Lately a huge steroid chain was busted in Austria. It was determined that this company received 40 million Euros due to illicit distribution of steroids. Mihael Karner was claimed to be the leader of the steroid empire. The USA asked Austrian authorities to extradite this steroid dealer to the US. But the steroid dealer wasn’t extradited. Mihael Karner gave one million Euros to Austrian authorities that sent him to his native country Slovenia.

Slovenia’s laws differ from Austrian ones. According to the Slovenian Constitution, it is banned to extradite Slovenian citizens to another country. Mihael Karner turned out to be a lucky person. If he had not avoided the extradition to the USA, he would have probably gone to 40 years in prison.

Federal prosecutors started the investigation related to this drug ring in 2005. The steroid ring started to function earlier. Federal prosecutors determined that since 2000 till 2008 the company got 40 million Euros due to illicit drug trade.

Federal prosecutors learnt in 2005 that Mihael Karner and his wife were involved in illicit sale of steroids but they couldn’t prosecute them because the Karners were in Austria. But later steroid laws in Austria were altered due to suppression by the US. Furthermore, the US induced the arrest of Mihael Karner and his wife.

However the US puts efforts to enforce European countries and other countries of the world to extradite steroid dealers to the USA, it doesn’t have significant success in this area. But those who were involved in “Musclebear” and “British Dragon” were extradited from Cyprus and Thailand to the USA. That time the US celebrated its victory.

As for Mihael Karner, the USA thought that he would be extradited. That’s why it was a real shock for the US, when it was found that Karner reached Slovenia safely. So, the USA was defeated this time in the struggle against steroids.

3/7/ 2013

President Obama designates Asia Pharma owner under Kingpin Act  

President Barack Obama sent a letter to Congress that named six individuals and groups, including an alleged anabolic steroid dealer, under Kingpin Act sanctions. The letter merely names the people designated for sanctions, but an email on Friday from a Treasury spokesman explained why each person or group received the sanctions. Mihael Karner of Slovenia directs a worldwide steroid trafficking organization, according to the Treasury spokesman. In the past 10 years, Karner, relatives and associates all sold steroids via the Internet around the world, and created shell companies to hide the origin of the profits. Karner, his wife and his brother were indicted in Massachusetts federal court in 2010 on three counts of money laundering conspiracy, and importing and distributing steroids. He and his wife were arrested in Austria in December 2011. While fighting extradition, they were released on bail in April 2012, and then fled to their native Slovenia, which has no extradition treaty with the U.S., the spokesman said. The next month, he was declared a fugitive by the U.S. Justice Department, and by August, Austria issued arrest warrants for them both. Treasury’s spokesman said that though his trafficking organization has been disrupted, Karner continues to operate from Slovenia. The steroids are made in India and Greece, the spokesman said, and they’re shipped to customers in Eastern Europe and the U.S. Hundreds of websites advertising the steroids are managed in Malaysia under his umbrella company, which is called Asia Pharma.

"Dear Mr. Chairman: (Madam Chairman:) (Dear Representative:) (Dear Senator:) (Dear Mr. Vice Chairman:) This report to the Congress, under section 804(a) of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, 21 U.S.C. 1903(b)(1) (the "Kingpin Act"), transmits my designations of the following six foreign individuals and groups as appropriate for sanctions under the Kingpin Act and reports my direction of sanctions against them under the Act: Mihael Karner (Slovenia) Haji Khotwal Noorzai (Afghanistan) Luis Fernando Sanchez Arellano (Mexico) Los Caballeros Templarios (Mexico) Los Urabeños (Colombia) Los Cachiros (Honduras) Sincerely, BARACK OBAMA"

Malaysia denies it's home to Asia Pharma.

Asia Pharma Ltd, said to be a Kuala Lumpur-based pharmaceutical firm run by a suspected steroid trafficker from Slovenia with a worldwide operation, has an online presence here but is not registered nor authorised to trade in drugs in Malaysia, the Ministry of Health has said. Mihael Karner was last week reported by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) to be behind an umbrella company advertising sales of anabolic steroids in Malaysia called Asia Pharma, and was among six individuals and groups listed by US President Barack Obama as a significant foreign drug trafficker under its Kingpin Act. “Investigation conducted locally indicates that Asia Pharma does not have a physical address in Malaysia and the listed local phone number is not in service,” Mohd Hatta Ahmad, who is director of enforcement in the Health Ministry’s pharmaceutical services division, said in an email reply to The Malaysian Insider’s inquiry. “Also the steroids were not brought into nor exported from Malaysia [sic] soil. It is probable that the said company reside [sic] its server locally without being legally nor physically registered in Malaysia,” he added. A check on Google by The Malaysian Insider shortly after the WSJ reported Obama’s sanctions showed Asia Pharma to be a limited liability pharmaceutical company in Kuala Lumpur with a local phone and fax number but did not list a physical or mailing address. On its home page, the company said its main goal was the manufacture and sale of affordable yet high-quality generic pharmaceutical products to developing countries that cannot afford the expensive proprietary drugs. Most of its 56-listed products dealt with male and female hormone treatment. It claimed the mission of “Asia Pharma Ltd is to improve the efficiency of healthcare systems worldwide by providing them more drugs of the same quality for the same money.” Mohd Hatta said the Health Ministry’s checks on Asia Pharma also turned up empty as it was not registered as a pharmaceutical company with the Drug Control Authority, which is under the Control of Drugs and Cosmetics Regulations 1984 (CDCR). “This company is therefore not authorised to trade in pharmaceutical products,” he said. The trade of steroids is regulated in Malaysia under the Poisons Act 1952, Mohd Hatta said. He explained that drugs such as steroids, which affect both male and female hormones, are classified as poison and therefore all sale or purchase requires a government licence, but stressed that “online trade of poisons including steroids is prohibited in Malaysia.” He also said the Health Ministry will be working with other government agencies to clamp down on Asia Pharma if there was evidence to show the company had used a Malaysian server. Mohd Hatta said those convicted of violating the CDCR can be sentenced to a maximum fine of RM25,000 or three years’ jail for the first offence. Those convicted of subsequent offences under the law face up to five years’ imprisonment or double the fine. Those found guilty of trading in poisons, like steroids, without a licence, can be sentenced to RM5,000 or two years behind bars, he added. The WSJ had reported that Karner, his wife and brother were charged in a Massachusetts federal court in 2010 on three counts of money-laundering conspiracy, and importing and distributing steroids. Karner was reported to have since fled back to his native Slovenia from where he is continuing his operations despite the US authorities’ actions, the daily cited an unnamed US Treasury official saying. In calling for sanctions, Obama was reported to have invoked the Kingpin Statute, properly called the Continuing Criminal Enterprise (CCE) Statute, a US federal law aimed to dismantle criminal narcotics enterprises that function like legitimate businesses. The WSJ reported Obama had imposed sanctions against six individuals and groups, including Karner, an alleged anabolic steroids dealer. According to the international business news and current affairs daily, Karner heads an international organisation that sells anabolic steroids on the Internet and has created shell companies to hide the origin of the profits. An anabolic steroid is known as a performance-booster and consumed for cosmetic purposes but which can severely damage a person’s health in the long run. Bukit Aman is also investigating Asia Pharma but its initial findings have led it to a wall, according to federal Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department deputy director Datuk Haris Wong Abdullah. Contacted yesterday, he told The Malaysian Insider the police had in hand the original source of information regarding the allegation but said the reports linking Malaysia to a global anabolic steroid trafficking ring run by Karner were incorrect. “I’ve got the text from the original source and who issued it... it is not correct what was reported. “There was nothing about the drug. And we are investigating the company,” he said of Asia Pharma when contacted, adding: “It does not exist, only a virtual address.” Haris said as far as the police were concerned, there is no steroid trafficking operation in the country, but added that investigations were ongoing. Asked if the police would speak to the WSJ about its report, he asked back: “Why should we?”

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