Intelligence Assets and Offshore Graves- Gods banker Mr Calvi ,Mr James William Durrant the Masonic Treasurer , MP Hugh John Simmonds Conservative party treasurer and Mr Robert Maxwell murders part1.
- jordandurante81
- Dec 14
- 21 min read
What I am now sharing with the public is deeply troubling and carries significant personal risk. After six years of independent investigation into my grandfather’s unsolved murder, I have uncovered evidence suggesting that his death was not an isolated event, but part of a wider pattern connected to other high-profile murders.
One such case is that of Roberto Calvi, known as “God’s Banker.” In my view, Calvi knew my grandfather well. The nature of their connection, the financial context in which they operated, and the circumstances surrounding their deaths raise serious and unresolved questions.
Below, I set out how each of these murders connects to the financially motivated killing of Mr James William Durrant, who was murdered on 26 October 1988 at 12 Cranes Park Avenue, Surbiton. The evidence points toward common methods, shared offshore financial structures, missing assets, and intelligence-linked relationships that demand proper scrutiny.
This work is shared not only in pursuit of justice for my grandfather, but in the public interest.
Mr Roberto Calvi - Murdered on June 17th 1982.
Roberto Calvi (13 April 1920 – 17 June 1982) was an Italian banker, widely known as “God’s Banker” due to his close financial dealings with the Holy See. A native of Milan, Calvi served as chairman of Banco Ambrosiano, which later collapsed in one of the most significant political and financial scandals in Italian history.
Calvi was found dead in London in June 1982, hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge. His death remained highly controversial for decades and was ultimately ruled a murder following two coroners’ inquests and an independent investigation.
The handling of Calvi’s death bears troubling similarities to the murder of Mr James William Durrant. In Mr Durrant’s case, the killing was not properly recorded in the public domain for many years. When Jordan Durante later contacted the police to report new information, he was repeatedly told that the murder had not occurred at 12 Cranes Park Avenue, Surbiton, despite documentary evidence to the contrary.
These parallels raise serious questions about how financially sensitive deaths are initially investigated, recorded, and, in some cases, obscured.
There are further notable parallels between Roberto Calvi and Mr James William Durrant that warrant careful examination.
Mr Calvi served in the air force of his country, while Mr Durrant was a Royal Air Force Squadron Leader who undertook special duties during the Second World War, working within an RAF intelligence unit.
Both men also had documented connections to the Vatican. Mr Durrant is known to have met the Pope on two occasions during the Second World War, while Mr Calvi maintained long-standing and well-established relationships within the Holy See, arising from his banking activities.
In addition, Mr Calvi was a member of the Propaganda Due (P2) Masonic lodge in Italy, a clandestine lodge later exposed for its involvement in political, financial, and intelligence-related scandals.
Strange now the Grand Hall allow the Italian Freemasons to rejoin the Grand Hall of Freemasonry since Jordan's contact with them , link below.
Mr Durrant, for his part, served as Treasurer of the Anglo-Dutch Lodge of Freemasons for several decades, a position he held until his murder. Mr Durrant joined the Freemasons on March 15th 1954.
These overlapping backgrounds—military intelligence, Vatican connections, financial responsibility, and senior Masonic roles—form part of a broader pattern examined throughout this investigation.
The Anglo-Dutch Lodge of Freemasons was an international lodge whose membership included Freemasons from the Netherlands, England, Italy, the United States, and other jurisdictions. Historical records indicate that the lodge was formed during a period of intense geopolitical tension and that one of its underlying aims was to oppose the spread of communism, particularly during and after the Second World War.
It is within this international and intelligence-adjacent context that Mr Roberto Calvi and Mr James William Durrant are believed to have crossed paths.
Both men held senior financial positions within influential institutions. Mr Calvi controlled vast sums of money as chairman of Banco Ambrosiano, while Mr Durrant served for decades as Treasurer of the United Kingdom Freemasons’ charities and as Treasurer of the Anglo-Dutch Lodge of Freemasons.
In my assessment, the circumstances of both deaths raise disturbing similarities. Mr Calvi was murdered in London in a manner that some researchers have interpreted as carrying symbolic or ritual elements. Mr Durrant’s murder, likewise, involved injuries that—in my view—are consistent with symbolism associated with the 33rd degree of Freemasonry. Of particular concern is the later appearance of a Masonic maul in a Masonic museum in Kent, near Tenterden—a name that coincides with the designation name used within Mr Durrant’s murder investigation which is called Operation Tenterden. This coincidence warrants further independent scrutiny.
There are also notable financial parallels. Following Mr Calvi’s death, millions of pounds were found to be missing from Banco Ambrosiano and related offshore structures. After Mr Durrant’s murder, significant assets connected to his trusts and companies also remain unaccounted for.
Both men made extensive use of offshore financial jurisdictions, and in both cases, the trail of money becomes increasingly opaque after their deaths.
A further anomaly arises from naming coincidences. Mr Calvi changed the name of his bank to [name withheld], which is the same name as Mr Durrant’s fund manager—an entity that later self-appointed itself as trustee following Mr Durrant’s murder. The significance of this overlap remains unexplained.
The unnamed fund manager referred to above has, for decades, been associated with organisations and initiatives publicly described as being involved in the global fight against communism. The scope, purpose, and beneficiaries of this activity will be examined in detail in future publications as part of this investigation.
Evidence to be released will explore historical links, overlaps, and shared infrastructure between this organisation and individuals connected to international intelligence operations. This includes material indicating that the same organisational structures were also used by aviation networks later associated with Pablo Escobar, a matter that raises serious questions about oversight, dual-use financial systems, and accountability.
These connections are not presented as conclusions, but as lines of inquiry supported by documentary and testimonial evidence that will be made available for independent scrutiny.
It is also of significant concern that funds belonging to Masonic charitable organisations were, at various points, administered and managed by this same unnamed entity. The overlap between ideological activity, financial control, and post-mortem trust administration raises serious questions about governance, conflicts of interest, and transparency.
The identity of this organisation, its historical role, and its financial relationships will be fully disclosed in due course, supported by documentary evidence.
This work proceeds cautiously but deliberately, with the intention of placing verifiable facts into the public domain in a structured and responsible manner.
Taken together—international intelligence links, senior Masonic financial roles, offshore structures, missing assets, and unresolved violent deaths—these parallels form a pattern that, in my view, cannot reasonably be dismissed as coincidence.
This investigation seeks transparency, accountability, and an independent re-examination of facts that have remained obscured for decades.
Finally, it is notable that press coverage at the time of these deaths used the same headline in relation to both Mr Roberto Calvi and Mr James William Durrant:
“Masons Murder Mystery.”
The repetition of this headline, applied to two separate deaths in different years and circumstances, is striking. It raises an important and unresolved question: did the press at the time possess information that could not be fully reported, or were there limits on what could safely be printed?
This investigation does not claim to answer that question outright. Instead, it places the historical record, the language used by contemporaneous media, and the surrounding facts side by side—allowing readers to draw their own conclusions based on evidence rather than speculation.
Murder of Mr James William Durrant -October 26th 1988.
Above Mr Durrant's headline from the newspapers shows a headline the same as Gods banker 'Masons murder mystery'.
Below is a photograph of Mr James William Durrant during the Second World War, shown in his Royal Air Force uniform, together with a limited extract from his official war record that I have been able to locate.
In addition, an independent war historian’s report is included, setting out their own professional assessment and commentary on Mr Durrant’s activities during the war. The restricted nature of the surviving records, when viewed alongside the historian’s analysis, raises further questions about the scope and sensitivity of Mr Durrant’s wartime duties.
These materials are presented to provide historical context and to assist readers in forming an informed understanding of Mr Durrant’s background.
Above a war historian's report on Mr Durrants limited war record.
Mr James William Durrant served in what would today be described as an RAF intelligence unit, undertaking duties beyond conventional operational service during the Second World War.
As part of this investigation, questions also arise regarding individuals and organisations that later became involved with Mr Durrant’s financial affairs after his death. Mr Paul Halliwell, who has been publicly identified in historical records as a CIA asset, is a relevant figure in this context. It is my understanding that Mr Halliwell would have been known to Mr Durrant, particularly given later developments involving the fund manager that self-appointed itself as trustee following Mr Durrant’s murder.
That fund manager relied on an in-house lawyer, Mr Freeman, who has been described in contemporaneous sources as a protégé of Mr Halliwell. This overlap between intelligence-linked individuals and post-mortem trust administration raises serious governance and oversight concerns.
Further evidence to be published will examine how this same fund manager is linked, through intermediaries including John, to financial structures associated with Savings and Loans monies stolen from the United States, funds that multiple investigations have linked to CIA-connected operations and organised crime. These monies were allegedly moved through offshore companies and trust service providers controlled or administered by John.
These financial flows connect directly to the Black Eagle Trust, which will be addressed in detail in a dedicated post supported by documentary material.
This investigation does not ask readers to accept conclusions on trust alone. It seeks to place verifiable records, historical reporting, and financial documentation into the public domain so that these relationships can be independently examined.
It is also important to note that John was in business with Mr James William Durrant, a relationship that was confirmed via a Subject Access Request (SAR) made to Sir Edward Davey by Jordan Durante. This confirmation directly contradicts later denials and is a material fact in understanding the financial context surrounding Mr Durrant’s murder.
Evidence further indicates that Mr Durrant was involved in a substantial land purchase in the United States. Supporting this, one of Mr Durrant’s companies was later renamed Alaska Leisure Limited, a change that strongly suggests overseas property interests and international financial activity.
A particularly troubling financial event occurred on 27 December 2002, when $74 million was purportedly repaid by John to an address in Lingfield Avenue, Surbiton—the street immediately adjacent to Cranes Park Avenue, where Mr Durrant was murdered. This transaction has since been described by John’s own accountant as a false repayment.
Despite the seriousness of this disclosure, no effective action appears to have been taken by the authorities. The reasons for this inaction remain unexplained. It is a matter of public record that John has been described in historical material as having intelligence connections, a factor that raises further questions about oversight, accountability, and equal application of the law.
These matters form part of a broader evidential record that this investigation continues to assemble and place before the public.
On the night of 26 October 1988, the same night that Mr James William Durrant was brutally murdered at his home during a late-night meeting, John’s wife filed for divorce in the United States. The timing of this filing is notable and forms part of a wider pattern examined in this investigation. Despite the seriousness of the surrounding circumstances, John has never been properly investigated, with authorities repeatedly declining to act. Questions therefore arise as to whether John’s documented status as an intelligence asset, reported in multiple sources, influenced the level of scrutiny applied.
Mr Durrant had made use of offshore financial jurisdictions from at least the 1960s, and possibly earlier. After his murder, millions of pounds connected to his estate, trusts, and companies remain unaccounted for, a situation that persists to this day. This mirrors other cases examined on this site, where unresolved deaths are followed by significant missing assets.
Of particular concern is the production of an unsigned trust deed after the original murder investigation was closed. This document does not contain Mr Durrant’s name, his family’s names, nor his signature, yet it purports to divert the entirety of his lifetime personal wealth to Masonic charitable entities.
The Durante family sought the removal of Mr Edward Jonathan Smalley from his position as executor of the estates of Mr and Mrs Durrant, on the basis that, since 1989, he had failed to obtain full accounts or any payment from the impostor trustee, and had never passed funds or proper information to the true beneficiaries.
Despite these failures, the application was dismissed. A UK judge, brought in to determine the matter, ruled in Mr Smalley’s favour. As a result of that decision, any monies that Mr Smalley may now recover from the impostor trustee are permitted to be retained by him as legal fees, rather than being distributed to the beneficiaries so what was the purpose of all these trusts Mr Durrant set up for his family ?
The practical consequence of this ruling is that the Durante family remains denied access to the Durrant accounts, company records, and the true history of what happened to the estate assets, despite decades having passed since Mr Durrant’s murder.
The working relationship between Mr Smalley and the impostor trustee—which has remained largely unexamined—will be analysed in depth in future publications. Of particular significance is the fact that John was a secret shareholder in the sister company of the impostor trustee, a matter that raises serious concerns about conflicts of interest, transparency, and control. This issue will be fully aired with supporting material in due course.
These events highlight how procedural decisions and professional relationships have combined to prevent beneficiaries from obtaining answers, accountability, or justice.[Black Eagle trust activity to be shown soon].
The provenance, legality, and timing of this document raise serious questions. Extensive documentary material relating to Freemasonry and its financial structures is now prepared and will be released to the public shortly.
It should also be noted that Mr Durrant would have known Commander Alfred Hudson, a Second World War naval officer and intelligence-linked lawyer who later worked on the Isle of Sark, near Jersey and Guernsey. Family records place both men within the same wartime intelligence milieu and later within the same small offshore legal and financial environment, operating in a jurisdiction little known to the wider public but central to offshore activity.
Taken together—late-night meetings, unexplained timing, offshore structures, missing money, post-mortem documents of questionable origin, and tightly connected intelligence-era networks—these facts raise serious issues that have never been properly examined.
Further evidence will be published imminently.
MURDER OF MP HUGH JOHN SIMMONDS - NOVEMBER 15TH 1988
Former Thatcher aide in suicide
21st March 1989
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A SOLICITOR who had worked as a speech writer for Mrs Thatcher killed
himself hours before investigators unmasked him as having defrauded
clients of ''many millions'' of pounds, an inquest was told yesterday.
Mr Hugh Simmonds, 40, who was awarded the CBE for services to the
Conservative Party, attached a hosepipe to the exahaust of his Metro
car.
Mr Simmonds, who had tried to become an MP, was found dead in a wood
at Amersham, Buckinghamshire, six miles from his home in Beaconsfield.
Mr Geoffrey Green, a solicitor employed by the Law Society to look
into Mr Simmonds' affairs, said he had discovered very significant
deficiencies running into many millions of pounds.
The money had been defrauded from clients. Even the #26.35 Mr Simmonds
had paid to buy the hosepipe with which to kill himself had been bounced
by a credit card company.
The coroner, Mr John Roberts, heard that Mr Simmonds did not tell his
wife anything about the trouble he was in.
The coroner recorded a verdict of suicide.
In my view, MP Mr Hugh John Simmonds did not die of natural causes but was murdered, only two and a half weeks after the murder of Mr James William Durrant. The close timing of these deaths, when set against their respective backgrounds and activities, raises serious and unresolved questions.
The book referenced above was written by Mr Simmonds’ former business partner and their law firm, with the stated aim of seeking justice for Mr Simmonds and bringing greater clarity to the circumstances surrounding his death. I hope that my own work will reach the author in the United States in due course, as the cases intersect in several important respects.
Mr Simmonds is widely described in historical and journalistic sources as having operated as a government-approved financial intermediary, facilitating sensitive international financial transactions on behalf of the United Kingdom. He is also reported in multiple accounts to have acted as an MI6 asset or agent, placing him firmly within the world of intelligence-linked finance.
When viewed alongside the murders of Mr Durrant and Mr Roberto Calvi, Mr Simmonds’ death forms part of a broader pattern involving intelligence services, offshore finance, missing money, and sudden deaths, none of which have been satisfactorily explained.
This investigation does not seek to sensationalise these events, but to ensure that they are properly examined, documented, and subjected to independent scrutiny.
Mr Hugh John Simmonds made extensive use of offshore financial jurisdictions, both in his work for private clients and in transactions carried out on behalf of the UK government. Offshore structures formed a central part of his professional activities.
Mr Simmonds also served as Treasurer of the Conservative Party, placing him at the centre of political finance during a period of significant international financial and geopolitical activity.
Despite continuing questions, Mr Simmonds’ death remains officially recorded as a suicide. This classification has never been subjected to a full public re-examination in light of subsequent disclosures.
Records connected to Margaret Thatcher’s offshore financial arrangements link back to the same fund manager associated with Mr James William Durrant—an entity that later self-appointed itself as trustee following Mr Durrant’s financially motivated murder. This overlap raises serious questions about continuity, influence, and control within offshore financial networks.
Following Mr Simmonds’ death, substantial sums of money were found to be missing from accounts linked to his law firm, with no clear or satisfactory explanation provided.
Like Mr Durrant, Mr Simmonds was involved in a major United States land transaction, further underlining the international scale and similarity of their financial activities.
Mr Simmonds also operated within circles connected to arms trading, and multiple sources indicate that he possessed highly sensitive knowledge relating to international defence contracts and financing.
At the time of his death, the BAE Systems arms programme with Saudi Arabia—widely known as the Al-Yamamah arms deal—was fully underway. This deal has since become one of the most scrutinised arms transactions in British history, due to its scale, secrecy, and use of offshore mechanisms.
When viewed collectively—offshore finance, political treasury roles, missing funds, US land deals, arms-trade connections, and unexplained deaths—the parallels between Mr Simmonds and Mr Durrant form part of a wider pattern that has yet to be adequately examined.
This investigation places these facts and questions into the public domain to allow for independent review and accountability.
Timeline: BAE corruption probe | |
Arms deals with Saudi Arabia have been worth billions to the UK The furore over the SFO's decision to drop a corruption probe into a £6bn arms deal with Saudi Arabia is the latest twist in a 20-year saga. 1985 Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine signs the first phase of the Al Yamamah arms deal with the Saudi government. The deal covers the supply and support of Tornado and Hawk jets and a massive airbase construction programme, and is estimated to be worth £50bn. 1988A further formal understanding concerning Al Yamamah is signed between the UK and Saudi Arabia. 1991Saudi Tornado jets fly alongside RAF Tornado bombers in the First Gulf War. May 2004The Guardian newspaper alleges that BAE Systems has won the deal with the aid of a secret slush fund. It claims Ministry of Defence police are investigating payments totalling £60m made during the course of the Al Yamamah deal by BAE Systems. November 2004BAE Systems confirms it is being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), but strenuously denies any wrongdoing. December 2005BAE Systems confirms it has agreed to supply Saudi Arabia with 72 Eurofighter jets. Talks to finalise the deal continue throughout 2006. 1 December 2006French planemaker Dassault confirms it is in talks to sell the Rafale, a key rival to the Eurofighter, to Saudi Arabia. BAE Systems admits that talks with Saudi Arabia over the Eurofighter deal have slowed down. 14 December 2006The Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, announces that the SFO is dropping its investigation. 6 January 2007Saudi Arabia's Defence Minister Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud says the country is looking forward to gaining delivery of the 72 Eurofighter jets "very soon". 17 January 2007OECD says there are "serious concerns" about the British probe being dropped. 29 April 2007MPs warn that Britain's reputation for fighting corruption may have suffered "severe damage" because of the dropping of the fraud inquiry. 7 June 2007A BBC investigation finds that ex-Saudi ambassador to the US, Prince Bandar bin Sultan - who negotiated a £40bn arms deal between Britain and Saudi Arabia - received secret payments for over a decade. Prince Bandar "categorically" denies receiving any improper payments and BAE says it acted lawfully at all times. 8 June 2007 The attorney general, Lord Goldsmith, denies claims in The Guardian newspaper that he concealed from an international anti-bribery watchdog the existence of secret payments to a Saudi prince. 11 June 2007 The BBC learns that Lord Woolf, the former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, will head an independent review of business practices at BAE. 26 June 2007 BAE says it is the subject of an anti-corruption probe by the US Department of Justice that will look at its compliance with anti-corruption laws including its business "concerning the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia". |
I now turn to matters relating specifically to the trustee and executor of Mr and Mrs Durrant’s estates in the Isle of Man, which are separate from the fund manager issues discussed above and involve a different jurisdiction.
In the Isle of Man, the executor and trustee was Mr Edward Jonathan Smalley. Two facts connected to Mr Smalley’s professional history are particularly concerning.
First, Mr Smalley previously served as a director of companies known as Spitfire Insurance and RO Insurance, alongside his fellow executor Mr George Stuart (now deceased). These companies operated within specialist insurance and risk sectors closely associated with defence and overseas activities.
Second, a former staff member, Ms Ita McArdle, later also became a director of the same corporate entity. That entity is now better known as BAE Systems Overseas Limited, a company central to major international defence contracts.
These historical directorships and professional overlaps raise serious questions about the intersection of estate administration, offshore jurisdictions, defence-linked corporate structures, and long-standing professional relationships connected to the Durrant estates.
The relevance of these connections is explored further below, supported by corporate records and contemporaneous documentation.
Mr Smalley and John share the same registered address in one offshore jurisdiction and have operated within the trust service–providing industry for decades. Both are lawyers, belong to the same age cohort, and have worked in the same specialist offshore sector from the 1980s onwards. Public records and historical material also place both men within networks linked to the international arms trade.
Despite these substantial overlaps, Mr Smalley denied knowing John during proceedings in the Isle of Man courts.
However, a Subject Access Request (SAR) disclosed to Sir Edward Davey confirmed that John was in business with Mr James William Durrant. The same disclosure indicated that John’s involvement became formally visible primarily in the aftermath of Mr Durrant’s murder, particularly in relation to the family trusts.
Given that Mr Smalley acted as executor of Mr Durrant’s estate from 1989 onwards, it follows that John and Mr Smalley would, by necessity, have had repeated professional dealings over many years in connection with trust administration, asset control, and related legal matters.
This apparent contradiction—between sworn denial and documentary evidence—raises serious questions about disclosure, candour, and the accuracy of testimony provided to the court. It also reinforces concerns that key professional relationships connected to Mr Durrant’s estate and trusts have not been fully or transparently acknowledged.
These issues form part of a broader pattern examined throughout this investigation, in which overlapping offshore roles, long-standing professional connections, and post-mortem control of assets demand closer independent scrutiny.
Records also show that companies connected to Robert Maxwell link back to Mr Richard Alan Costain and Mr George Stuart.
Mr Costain was the individual who dissolved one of the Durrant family companies in the Isle of Man and who issued mortgages from family-connected companies during his period of involvement. Mr Costain has since been convicted of fraud for offences of this nature, a matter of public record.
Despite this, lawyers acting in the Isle of Man have asserted that Mr Costain’s actions did not affect the Durrant family trusts. This position is difficult to reconcile with the documented corporate dissolutions, mortgage activity, and Mr Costain’s later criminal conviction—issues that have already been addressed elsewhere on this site with supporting material.
The connection between Maxwell-linked corporate structures, Mr Costain, and Mr Stuart, when viewed alongside the handling of the Durrant companies and trusts, raises serious questions about oversight, accountability, and the accuracy of assurances provided to the family and the courts.
These matters form part of a broader pattern examined throughout this investigation, where individuals later found guilty of financial misconduct were nevertheless placed in positions of control over family assets, with lasting consequences.
It is also important to note the circumstances surrounding Mr Patrick Paul O’Neil, who acted as commissioner of oaths in relation to the dissolution of the family company Bookham, an action carried out with the involvement of Mr Richard Alan Costain who dissolved Bookham without the families knowledge or consent.
Shortly after this role, Mr O’Neil was arrested on allegations of child abuse. Within weeks, he travelled to Scotland, where he later died after sustaining a stab wound to the abdomen and falling from Eccles Bridge. Reports at the time stated that no knife was recovered at the scene, although rope was found.
The official account of these events has raised significant questions. In my view, the unusual combination of circumstances surrounding Mr O’Neil’s death warrants closer scrutiny. I emphasise that this interpretation represents my opinion, based on patterns observed elsewhere in this investigation, rather than an established finding.
Given Mr O’Neil’s proximity to the dissolution of a family company and the subsequent sequence of events, this episode forms part of a wider context that, while difficult to believe at first glance, becomes increasingly concerning when examined alongside the broader body of evidence set out on this site.
For transparency, a link to contemporaneous reporting is provided below so readers may review the publicly available information for themselves.
Commander Alfred Hudson was a decorated Second World War naval officer who later practised as a lawyer on the Isle of Sark, a small and close-knit jurisdiction. Family-held attendance notes and records show that Mr Hudson and Mr James William Durrant were both present in Sark during overlapping periods, making it highly likely that they knew one another.
Both men were Second World War veterans with intelligence-related service, and both continued to operate within specialist legal and financial environments after the war. The documentary material held by the family places them within the same geographic and professional sphere.
Of particular significance is the fact that Commander Hudson is connected through professional and corporate links to Mr George Stuart (fellow trustee to Mr Edward Jonathan Smalley) and to Mr Richard Alan Costain. These connections indicate that individuals later involved in the administration and control of the Durrant family companies and trusts were operating within intersecting professional networks that predated Mr Durrant’s murder.
When these links are viewed alongside the evidence relating to the USD $74 million transaction, a further pattern emerges: all of the principal individuals connected to that transaction also had prior connections to, or knowledge of, Mr Durrant.
Taken together, these overlapping relationships—wartime intelligence service, shared jurisdictions, post-war legal and trust activity, and subsequent financial events—suggest that Mr Durrant was not operating in isolation. Rather, he appears to have been known to, and surrounded by, a tightly connected group of individuals whose roles become increasingly significant when examined in the aftermath of his murder.
Murder of Mr Robert Maxwell - November 5th 1991.
There are also compelling reasons to believe that Mr Robert Maxwell and Mr James William Durrant would have known one another.
While Mr Maxwell was alive, he used a specific fund management company to administer his financial affairs. That same company later self-appointed itself as trustee following Mr Durrant’s brutal murder. The recurrence of the same organisation in both cases raises serious questions about prior relationships and continuity of control.
Mr Maxwell is also known to have had a close professional relationship with John, who was involved in Mr Maxwell’s trusts and business affairs after Mr Maxwell’s death, mirroring John’s post-mortem involvement following Mr Durrant’s murder.
In both cases, substantial sums of money were missing after death. Mr Durrant’s estate and trusts were left with unexplained losses, while Mr Maxwell’s death was followed by the exposure of major pension fund deficits and financial scandals affecting thousands of employees.
Further overlap exists at company-director level. Mr Durrant and Mr Maxwell shared the same family-linked company director, Mr Neil [name withheld], who held positions within corporate structures connected to both men.
When taken together—shared fund management, overlapping trusteeship, the involvement of the same intermediaries after death, missing money, and common directorships—these facts suggest that the financial and professional worlds of Mr Durrant and Mr Maxwell were not separate. Instead, they appear to have operated within intersecting networks that continued to exert control long after both men were dead.
These connections are presented here as matters requiring independent examination, not as conclusions, and form part of a broader pattern explored throughout this investigation.
There is substantial historical commentary suggesting that Mr Robert Maxwell operated as a covert or multi-aligned intelligence asset, a role that mirrors John. Both men appear in records and reporting connected to overlapping intelligence, financial, and geopolitical spheres.
Mr Maxwell was also linked to activities associated with the Iran–Contra operations, undertaken during the Cold War under the stated objective of countering communism. This places him within the same ideological and operational context as the fund manager that later self-appointed itself as trustee, as well as Mr Roberto Calvi, Mr Hugh John Simmonds, and Mr James William Durrant, all of whom were engaged—directly or indirectly—in anti-communist efforts during that period.
Following Mr Maxwell’s death, it was reported that the Bulgarian government was owed approximately USD $200 million. Evidence to be released will examine how this liability connects to the same self-appointed trustee referenced elsewhere on this site, and why this obligation remains unresolved decades later.
It has also been widely reported that Mr Maxwell used intermediaries to conceal large sums of money, with Mr Jeffrey Epstein later identified in public reporting as one such individual. If correct, this would imply that Mr Epstein would have been aware of—and potentially connected to—the same fund management organisation used by Maxwell and by Mr Durrant. The subsequent death of Mr Epstein adds further gravity to these unresolved financial and custodial questions.
Of additional concern are symbolic and documentary anomalies. Queen Elizabeth II is referenced in connection with the USD $74 million transaction, while a fraudulent and unsigned deed produced after Mr Durrant’s murder references King George V. The appearance of senior royal names in such contexts is highly unusual and raises serious questions about how and why these references were deployed.
What is set out here represents only a fraction of the material that will be made public. As further evidence is released, I believe the public will reasonably expect that lawyers and professionals involved in the affairs of the individuals named above—each connected to missing money and unresolved deaths—are held fully accountable under the law.
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These were Mr Vaart of the Netherlands and Anna Kingsland-Jones, Jordan Durante’s mother. Their appointments, the circumstances in which they were displaced, and the implications for the administration of Mr Durrant’s estate and trusts will be examined in detail.
This next release will place contemporaneous documents and records into the public domain to clarify who Mr Durrant trusted while alive, and how those wishes were later overridden.
Further material will follow.
Thank you for reading.
Kind regards,
Jordan Durante
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