Category: Financial & Economic

• The Bolshevik Treasure Escape

  A post-Soviet conspiracy theory alleging that, as the USSR collapsed, Communist Party and KGB officials secretly moved state gold, hard currency, and other hidden reserves into foreign banks and black accounts — including accounts in the United States — to finance a future shadow Soviet network.

• The Illuminati

  The Illuminati conspiracy theory posits that a secret society of elites controls world events from behind the scenes, manipulating governments, financial systems, media, and culture to advance a hidde

• Bilderberg Group

  An annual, off-the-record conference of world elites that critics allege functions as a shadow global government.

• Iran-Contra Affair

  A confirmed political scandal in which senior Reagan administration officials secretly facilitated illegal arms sales to Iran and diverted the proceeds to fund Contra rebels in Nicaragua, violating both an arms embargo and congressional prohibitions.