Peter Hargitay - Spindoctor to the world

The Pilar Del Caribe was left to rot in Kingston harbour.

In April 1987 Peter Hargitay was detained by police at Miami airport. It was a big story in Jamaica.

He was arrested on an Interpol warrant, accusing him of fraud in Hungary.

Later the US authorities indicted him for cocaine trafficking.

He was committed to prison for seven months by a Florida judge because of fears that he might flee.

Subsequently he won an acquittal.

Meanwhile there was still controversy – and mystery - over the CEA shipping company.
It was taken over by a company named Rocky Mountain International. They were very critical of Hargitay – but later had their shares suspended and legal action taken against executives by the Securities and Exchange Commission. It’s hard to judge if Hargitay was culpable – or a victim.

He returned to Zurich and became a partner in a ‘dirty tricks’ private detective agency, the abi company. He offered ‘military and government level surveillance’ services to his clients.

Here is its website. He is the Swiss-Hungarian Senior Partner on the ‘Profiles’ page

Here’s a story about that agency.

Prior to publication Mr Hargitay was sent – as media law requires – a letter posing the questions that motivated the article. He was given the opportunity to explain, deny – say whatever he wanted. That is called ’being fair.’

Instead of dealing with the questions he lost control and exploded in rage. Many readers took his reply ‘If you are man enough (!) we can meet face to face . . .’ as an invitation to a duel or physical fight.

He also said he would ‘let me know when and where.’ Thirteen months have passed and no explanations have been forthcoming.

Now his lawyer claims that he is not given the opportunity to answer questions prior to publication!