Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

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ZERZETSEN Torture - Is a HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE
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The WIKI has now been SUPERSEDED by the newly published ZERZETSEN TORTURE REPORT. This free paper contains updated information and is easy to read. To view or download this paper, just click on the file below:


For the new Web Site, click on this URL:

http://zerzetsen.wikispaces.com


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This case is not unique. Examples of where zerzetsen torture has happened to others are outlined below. This chapter also shows why Zerzetsen is legally defined as torture. For actual examples of Zerzetsen threats, click on Chapter 5.

This chapter of the Wiki covers the following topics:


  • Precedents – Other cases of Zerzetsen by MI5/6 & CSIS
  • Why Zerzetsen Torture is a Human Rights Abuse?
  • How Strong is the Proof of Torture and Cover-up?
  • Grosvenor and its Establishment Relationships


Precedents – Other cases of zerzetsen by MI5/6 & CSIS

The following 10 points show examples of where zerzetsen has happened to others – top journalists, senior diplomats, company chairman.It is not as uncommon as you think. In each of these cases you can Google their details into the internet, and see it for yourself. The pattern of zerzetsen is remarkably similar. Kick the tire, and see for yourself:
  • In an article published on 10 Oct 2004 in the prestigious UK Sunday Times headlined “Lies, Threats and Whistleblowers” journalist Liam Clarke reports how honest UK police officers were persecuted by UK intelligence using Zerzetsen tactics to keep them quiet. Mr. Clarke describes the case of a former special branch police officer – a whistle-blower. He is subjected to death threats and he can’t find work. Sounds familiar? It does to me. Referring to this zerzetsen treatment, Mr. Clarke says (quote) about the use of Zerzetsen in the UK alone“it is a phenomenon I have witnessed many times before”.

  • 13 years ago UK mainstream newspaper “The Independent” reported that a Police Chief, John Alderson, former Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall had voiced concern about the direction that MI5 was heading, stating - MI5 .. infiltrate organizations, people's jobs and lives. They operate almost like a cancer. At the moment the acorn of a Stasi has been planted” Zerzetsen was developed by the former GDR secret police "The Stasi" to persecute dissidents. Canada’s equivalent of MI5 - CSIS - was formed in 1984 with the assistance of MI5 using similar techniques.

  • Then there is former UK–Foreign Office whistleblower Mark Higson who was persecuted to his death as described in Chapter 1 of this wiki. He is not the only former foreign office whistleblower currently being persecuted. Zerzetsen is more common than one thinks.

  • Closely parallel to zerzetsen, but not involving the intelligence services, is gang stalking. One individual has compiled a list of over 800 victims of gang stalking. Some years ago it was widely reported that Tony Pellicano (subsequently imprisoned) made a business of terrorizing enemies of his Hollywood clients.

  • As former Astra Chairman and CEO, Gerald R. James, wrote in reference to his persecution following whistleblowing that was embarrassing to MI5, MI6 – “ I was subjected to harassment, burglaries ... surveillance, bugging, telephone tapping … my family suffered considerably … my brother was killed in an accident never satisfactorily explained

  • Citing other cases like Matrix Churchill, Ordtec, Euromac, Atlantic Commercial, BNJ, SRC, Forgemasters, Walter Somers, Polly Peck, Foxley Ferranti/ISC, BCCI, Maxwell, as well as Astra, Mr. Gerald R. James writes that they – “all involved the gross abuse of power by Government, concealment of key evidence, intimidation, threat .. perversion of the course of justice” He then goes on to discuss the cover-up conspiracy stating – “Politicians and civil servants and other leading figures who get out of line can be surveyed or bugged and then threatened, blackmailed, framed up or worse”.

  • A review of the book “Unperson, A Life Destroyed” quotes how this award winning journalist, Denis Lehane, refused to work undercover for the CIA andMI5 who, in revenge – “spread [false] rumors that he was insane, an alcoholic and a serial rapist …. He was [ later on in London] arrested on a trumped-up charge of terrorism, forbidden to choose any lawyers, tried in his absence and condemned to a psychiatric prison”—Mr. Lehane is no madman and was hastily released after another journalist began a TV documentary on his story. This is a severe form of ZERZETSEN by the UK’s MI5 intelligence agency and even the STASI were not as filthy as this. To see the book review, click on:
    http://www.quartetbooks.co.uk/bookpages/unperson.html

    Quote from: Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights – “Direct threats to him/her [the victim] or to a relative are by far the most common form of torture.” Referring to the “abuses” developed in the late GDR that it called “Zerzetsung”, the Center goes on to state – they [zerzetsung] could easily, inconspicuously be implemented by “democratic systems”

  • On May 31, 2006 Journalist Colin Freeze in Canada’s “The Globe and Mail” points out that CSIS has used something similar to a milder form of zerzetsen, though he doesn’t use the word zerzetsen. Under the headline “lacking a case, CSIS disrupted suspects life” Apparently – “officials adopted ... diffuse and disrupt methods ... clients complain of harassment by authorities … followed everywhere by Canadian agents”.

  • A former Canadian intelligence insider has recently (July 2010) written to several journalists (one of whom copied me) claiming that CSIS is currently using Zerzetsen to persecute other victims, including himself. Apparently CSIS calls Zerzetsen “D & D” (disrupt & diffuse).


The Stasi produced huge documentation on Zersetzung (note the spelling is different); some of it can be viewed (in German) using internet search engines. Anna Funder wrote an excellent book (in English) called “Stasiland”. And note journalist Liam Clarke’s statement that he had seen use of zerzetsen by UK intelligence “ many times”.

Why Zerzetsen Torture is a Human Rights Abuse?

Zerzetsen is torture and as such is a severe abuse of human rights. It is a breach of the UN Convention on Human Rights, of The EU Code, and of most countries own human rights laws. Both through the involvement of MI5, MI6, CSIS in carrying out the crimes, and in their cover-up conspiracies, the Governments of the UK and Canada are practicing torture. Prime Minister Harper and former Prime Minister Blair are aware of the facts.

By definition - “Torture means any act or omission by which pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person” One severe act such as threatening ones family members is usually enough to demonstrate mental torture, though usually there is a pattern. We have had both – many times over.

Definitions of torture

The UN Convention against Torture defines torture as –torture means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as …intimidating or coercing him or a third person … when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official.”

The Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture, ratified by 17 nations of the Americas, defines torture more expansively than the UN Convention Against Torture – “Torture shall be understood to be any act intentionally performed whereby physical or mental pain or suffering is inflicted on a person for … a means of intimidation … as a preventive measure … or for any other purpose. Torture shall also be understood to be the use of methods upon a person intended to obliterate the personality of the victim or to diminish his physical or mental capacities, even if they do not cause physical pain or mental anguish.

Proof Zerzetsen is torture as defined


The former East German secret police, the STASI, deliberately designed zerzetsen (or zersetzung) to be torture. They designed zerzetsen to cause severe and prolonged suffering (without leaving marks) as a tool to use against dissidents. Zerzetsen is by the Stasi’s own definition – torture.

There are two components that are necessary to prove torture:

(1) Severe and Prolonged suffering - Acts that cause severe suffering, such as a pattern of prolonged threats against one’s family.
(2) State Involvement - Involvement of officials of the State in the acts of torture – such as the intelligence services MI5, MI6, CSIS directly in some of these acts – or of police, officials and politicians in covering them up (so that they are never investigated, and therefore assist the torture to continue).

Severe and prolonged suffering:

You only have to look at Chapter 1. of this Wiki under the paragraph heading “What it is like to be a victim of zerzetsen” to see a pattern of severe and prolonged suffering

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Then go to Chapter 5. of this Wiki headed

Zerzetsen Death Threats - Psychological Torture” to see a list of some of these horrible crimes, with dates, witness names, etc. It defines the threats into four categories, and provides details within each category:
(1) - Direct Threats: such as shots fired, recorded death threat messages, vehicles smashed into property, etc.
(2) - Indirect threats: a thousand threats such as street theatre, continuous surveillance, following/stalking, harassed out of apartment, etc.
(3) – Ongoing bureaucratic harassment, and
(4) The cover up conspiracy.

Click on Chapter 5. Look at all the files of evidentiary documentation that Chapter 5 links to. Note the huge number of threats and how much evidence there is to verify them.

You will have no doubt - these threats constitute severe and prolonged suffering.

State Involvement:


Go to Chapter 7
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Role of MI5, MI6, and CSIS Intelligence Agencies in Zerzetsen”. Look at all the items in this chapter together – They show clear proof of involvement of MI5/6 & CSIS in the torture.
Then go to Chapter 4. “Government Cover-up Conspiracy – UK and Canada”. Note the links in this chapter to the documentary evidence that is available. Clear proof that those two governments are covering this up. Indeed in the case of the UK government, there is also proof that they were threatening me directly to stop me complaining about the cover-up
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Torture in UK and Canada proven – Severe and prolonged suffering; being carried out by the intelligence services and covered up by two governments.



How Strong is the Proof of Torture and Cover-up?

Details of the types of threats can be seen by clicking on 5. Zerzetsen Death Threats / Psychological Torture under Table of Contents in the left margin.

The Criminal Process in summary

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I was criminally defamed after I chose to leave Grosvenor International (in 1986). I had been Group Controller based in its then Head Office in Vancouver, Canada. The first Zerzetsen – its purpose to make me unemployable and impoverished. I was never employed in Canada again. An economic crime, since the defamation was done professionally, fraudulently concealed from me and is associated with criminal intimidation. I have no idea why I was defamed. I had done an excellent job. An HR consultant has suggested: they saw you’re choosing to leave them as rejection, and they decided to reject you. Other leavers from this company would also find derogatory comments circulating behind their backs.
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Starting in 1999, 10 years of criminal offences followed to stop me complaining. In 2001 I fled to the UK and the threats got worse. In 2006 I returned to Canada and the threats continue.
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ZERZETSEN threats were developed by the STASI to persecute dissidents.
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MI5 / MI6, CSIS are using Zerzetsen in UK & Canada.
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Government Ministers involved in a Cover-Up to protect the MI*s.


How strong is the proof of Torture?

As outlined later in this wiki:

  • 3rd party evidence (i.e. independent of family testimony) proves that 17 major threatening incidents have happened. Include corroborative evidence from family members for verification and about 50 threatening incidents are proven. For a transcript of some of the death threats click on A Few Examples of Zerzetsen Threats.pdf and see Item 5 on Table of Contents (zerzetsen death threats / psychological torture).

  • The cover-up conspiracy is 100% provable from 3rd party evidence. Cover-Up by the State is as much criminal intimidation as it is cover-up. The message the Authorities are sending with their cover-up conspiracy is - “The State is not going to protect you or investigate. You are on your own”. Those who are covering it up must know who the criminals they are protecting from justice are! Documentary proof of the cover-up is available on pdf. File: For Canadian cover-up
click on Letters re PM Harper that Prove a Cover-up Conspiracy in Canada.pdf For UK cover-up click onLetters re Cabinet Minister Blears et al that Prove a Cover-Up Conspiracy in UK.pdf And see Item 4 on Table of Contents (Government Cover-up Conspiracy - UK & Canada).

  • Clear proof of MI5, MI6 & CSIS using Zerzetsen threats in UK & Canada. Click on Chapter 7 on Table of Contents (Role of MI5, MI6, CSIS intelligence agencies in Zerzetsen).

  • Some of the threats have linkage back to other incidents. There seems to be two direct linkages – to Grosvenor and to Government. For example: (1) In a private telephone call to my daughter, I referred critically to then Chairman of Grosvenor (Duke of Westminster). Minutes later I received a threatening phone call, and the next day my daughter was threatened. (2) In 2004 I sent a complaint to the Grosvenor Trustees and 4 incidents followed, 3 within 24 hours of their receiving the complaint. Other items of linkage were brought to police attention. And then there is linkage designed to stop me complaining to government and embarrassing cabinet ministers


Grosvenor and its establishment relationships

There are few companies as well connected as Grosvenor. Grosvenor is one of the largest property companies in the world, and has been in business for over three hundred years. Its Trustees and Directors are a “who’s who” of the world’s high establishment and include a former Governor of The Bank of England. Their owner and Chairman of their Trustees is The Duke of Westminster. A former Deputy Chief of UK Defence Staff he is Prince Charles’ closest friend. The UK & US Press has reported that he has boasted about his close intelligence connections. An article in the prestigious “Daily Mail” dated 11/2/2007 and headlined “The Duke of Westminster: so rich and so very foolish” provides some background. Grosvenor was run day to day by another man who went on to run The Duchy of Cornwall, Prince Charles's largest income source. The Chairman of their Board of Directors is also influential and is the titled heir of a former UK Prime Minister. A prominent Lawyer referring to Grosvenor has said “That organization has fartoo much power.


Grosvenor International - MI6 - Slander

After this executive left Grosvenor International, he was defamed behind his back and blacklisted. The effect on his career was devastating; the lies rendered him unemployable in Canada. Since this executive had high earning potential, it has caused enormous financial damage. The year before this executive left, another ex-executive had been blacklisted – He was told that a former Chairman commissioned the intelligence services (MI6) to blacklist this other ex-executive. Years later a third executive left and devastating derogatory rumours circulated about him too.

The executive had decided he did not want a long term career with Grosvenor, as there were a couple of things he was not comfortable with. He knew that the company had slandered other leavers and did not think it possible to job search without Grosvenor knowing (the MI6 relationship). So he gave the company six months notice (giving himself time to look around openly), and worked like a Trojan to ensure the smoothest possible transition. He had done an excellent job for Grosvenor, and had an excellent career track record before joining Grosvenor. As written references show, he had headed up financial reporting and corporate accounting for one of Canada’s top 10 multinationals, and had a history of achievement and promotion in various positions since qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with what is now a Big 4 firm.

During the notice period, he was twice asked by Grosvenor to reconsider his resignation, and he refused to do so. He expected the job search to be smooth since he had been courted by head-hunters in the past – in fact he had already been blacklisted.


There was no logic to the slandering – the 1st zerzetsen; though other executive leavers too were slandered. His wife thinks that it was petty jealousies in the Vancouver office that got out of hand – an HR consultant has suggested “they saw your leaving as rejection of them, and decided to reject you. They don’t even think it was a big deal since it only took them a 30 second phone call to MI6.” There is absolutely no logic to it, except they didn’t like leavers.

UK Press has reported that MI6 has a “dirty tricks” section called I/OPS that is used to run defamation / character assassination campaigns for its friends. Under Table of Contents in the left margin, click on “Chapter 3 – The Big Lie Strategy” for details.

Roderick Russell
#207, 1733 – 27 Ave. SW
Calgary AB T2T 1G9 Canada
403.229.0864


Feb 2010