While we continue to wait for the Preliminary NTSB report on the Boulder City crash that killed both pilot Doug Gilliss and passenger Richard A. Winslow (really guys…2 weeks now?) I give you this little treasure.
Previously I mentioned that when Riggs went to prison in Hong Kong (for traveling on a fake passport) he was traveling there in some sort of plan to steal Rhino horn in South Africa to sell to people in Hong Kong. All we had at the time was an article from the Atlanta Business Chronicles that outlined some of it.
But now..I have this book. Contraband: South Africa and the International Trade in Ivory and Rhino Horn.
I received it today so I’ve only had a chance to glance through it but let me tell you. Dave Riggs is one of the main stars. This book was published in 1995 by an investigative journalist named De W. Potgieter. It is currently out of print although the author told me he is currently working on a new edition to be published hopefully in late 2012. It’s not easy to get your hands on a copy, but I will be sitting down tonight to start reading it and I’ll be back with a full report.
I firmly believe that someone who would conspire with “godfather-like Chinese figures and their smuggling networks” to sell Rhino horn and apparently with corrupt law officers is not a person who would suddenly become a law abiding citizen. And the activities of Riggs since that time seem to support that belief.
I’ll share soon.
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Which brings me to my question. Is it possible Riggs is a “dirty asset” for the CIA or other agency and this is how he realizes so much immunity?
I actually heard a rumor that he is(or was) an informant for the FBI. Someone mentioned on here somewhere that the reason he was transferred from Leavenworth to Seagoville was because he was ratting out other inmates. Can’t prove it, don’t know. But I would think at some point he’d wear out his usefulness IF that’s the case.
It really does make you wonder though doesn’t it?
Read the 1080 page court record of Riggs Kansas City scams in the National Archive in Lenexa, Kansas. It leaves no doubt that Riggs was a snitch. There is much documentation proving this. There are letters from Riggs asking for an early release from Leavenworth/Seagoville for his “Service” to the government. He also snitched his way out of a drug transporting bust which has been confirmed by a former DEA agent.
Riggs has been an informant without a doubt.