{"id":152569,"date":"2025-10-14T16:04:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T23:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=152569"},"modified":"2025-10-14T16:04:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T23:04:03","slug":"vfs-exclusivity-becomes-mafioso-monopoly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2025\/10\/14\/vfs-exclusivity-becomes-mafioso-monopoly\/","title":{"rendered":"VFS Exclusivity Becomes Mafioso Monopoly"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Prof. Hudson McLean<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>VFS Global Exclusivity Monopoly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LankaWeb \u2013 THE VISA SCAM IN SRI LANKA PT 3 &lt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2025\/10\/11\/the-visa-scam-in-sri-lanka-pt-3\/\">https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2025\/10\/11\/the-visa-scam-in-sri-lanka-pt-3\/<\/a>&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&lt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2025\/10\/11\/the-visa-scam-in-sri-lanka-pt-3\/\">https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2025\/10\/11\/the-visa-scam-in-sri-lanka-pt-3\/<\/a>&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LankaWeb \u2013 THE VISA SCAM IN SRI LANKA PT 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Owned by<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&lt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackstone.com\/\">https:\/\/www.blackstone.com\/<\/a>&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blackstone: Home<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&lt;blob:https:\/\/mail.yahoo.com\/8694f221-4e5c-42ed-beb2-ee2f4a93f3ec&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blackstone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-blackstone wp-block-embed-blackstone\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Bupx98U6pP\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackstone.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Home&#8221; &#8212; Blackstone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blackstone.com\/embed\/#?secret=ybqMnSLr4M#?secret=Bupx98U6pP\" data-secret=\"Bupx98U6pP\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&lt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackstone.com\/\">https:\/\/www.blackstone.com\/<\/a>&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Home &#8211; Blackstone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blackstone is the world\u2019s largest alternative asset manager, serving institutional and individual investors by b&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&lt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vfsglobal.com\/en\/general\/board-member-zubin-karkaria.html?from_section=1\">https:\/\/www.vfsglobal.com\/en\/general\/board-member-zubin-karkaria.html?from_section=1<\/a>&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Governments | About | Executive Board | Zubin Karkaria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VFS Global<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vfsglobal.com\">https:\/\/www.vfsglobal.com<\/a> \u203a general \u203a board-member-zu&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VFS Global, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland and Dubai, UAE is a portfolio company of Blackstone, the world&#8217;s largest alternative asset manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blackstone is the world&#8217;s largest alternative asset manager, with more than $1 trillion in AUM. 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