Isabel Vincent
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Isabel Vincent is a Canadian
investigative journalist who writes for the New York Post, an alumna of the University of Toronto
Varsity
newspaper, and the author of several books.
. Two young Canadians, David Spencer
and Christine Lamont
, had been convicted of Diniz's 1989 political kidnapping and confinement and sentenced to 28 years each in Brazilian prisons.
Vincent's writing was highly critical of Canadian media and their assumption that Lamont and Spencer must be innocent, attributing those assumptions to prejudices about Brazil. These writings brought Vincent a large amount of open hostility from the Canadian journalism establishment. However, a fellow investigative journalist, Caroline Mallan of the Toronto Star
, also found strong evidence of Lamont's and Spencer's guilt, which she detailed in her own book Wrong time, wrong place?. In 1996, Lamont confessed that she and Spencer had participated in the kidnappings.
For her work on the Lamont/Spencer case, Vincent received the Canadian Association of Journalists' Award for excellence in investigative journalism and a Southam Fellowship.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
investigative journalist who writes for the New York Post, an alumna of the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
Varsity
The Varsity (newspaper)
The Varsity is one of the main student newspapers of the University of Toronto. In publication since 1880, it is the second-oldest student newspaper in Canada....
newspaper, and the author of several books.
Lamont/Spencer case
During the 1990s, as a correspondent for the Globe and Mail, Vincent wrote several articles and a book, (See no evil) about the Abílio dos Santos Diniz kidnapping case in BrazilBrazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. Two young Canadians, David Spencer
Kidnapping of Abílio dos Santos Diniz
In December 1989, Abílio dos Santos Diniz was the victim of a political kidnapping, that took place on the day of the first Brazilian democratic presidential elections after a military dictatorship....
and Christine Lamont
Kidnapping of Abílio dos Santos Diniz
In December 1989, Abílio dos Santos Diniz was the victim of a political kidnapping, that took place on the day of the first Brazilian democratic presidential elections after a military dictatorship....
, had been convicted of Diniz's 1989 political kidnapping and confinement and sentenced to 28 years each in Brazilian prisons.
Vincent's writing was highly critical of Canadian media and their assumption that Lamont and Spencer must be innocent, attributing those assumptions to prejudices about Brazil. These writings brought Vincent a large amount of open hostility from the Canadian journalism establishment. However, a fellow investigative journalist, Caroline Mallan of the Toronto Star
Toronto Star
The Toronto Star is Canada's highest-circulation newspaper, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its print edition is distributed almost entirely within the province of Ontario...
, also found strong evidence of Lamont's and Spencer's guilt, which she detailed in her own book Wrong time, wrong place?. In 1996, Lamont confessed that she and Spencer had participated in the kidnappings.
For her work on the Lamont/Spencer case, Vincent received the Canadian Association of Journalists' Award for excellence in investigative journalism and a Southam Fellowship.
Books
- See no evil : the strange case of Christine Lamont and David Spencer Reed Books Canada, 1996. ISBN 0-433-39619-9
- Hitler's silent partners : Swiss banks, Nazi gold, and the pursuit of justice Toronto : A.A. Knopf Canada, 1997. ISBN 0-676-97093-1. Vintage Canada, 1998. ISBN 0-676-97141-5. Also published in German translation, as Gold der verfolgten Juden : wie es in den Schweizer Tresoren verschwand und zur Beute der Banken und Alliierten wurde / Isabel Vincent ; aus dem Amerikanischen von Klaus Fritz, Norbert Juraschitz und Thomas Pfeiffer. München : Diana Verlag, c1997, ISBN 3-8284-5003-2 and in French translation, La Suisse, les avoirs juifs et le secret bancaire / Isabel Vincent ; traduit de l'américain par André Dommergues et François Tétreau. Paris : L'Archipel, 1997. ISBN 2-84187-079-0
- Bodies and Souls: The Trafficking of Jewish Immigrant Prostitutes in the Americas. Random House Canada, 2006. ISBN 0-679-31162-9, ISBN 0-679-31163-7. Details the gang Zwi MigdalZwi MigdalZwi Migdal was an organization of Jewish white slave traders based in mostly Argentina, which engaged in trafficking of women from the shtetls of Eastern Europe.-Origin of the name:...
in forcing women to become prostitutes. - "Gilded Lily: Lily SafraLily SafraLily Safra is a Brazilian-Monegasque philanthropist and social figure who attained considerable wealth after four marriages. Her net worth is estimated at $1 billion, ranking her as the 701st richest person in the world according to Forbes in 2009...
, The Making of One of the World's Wealthiest Women" Harper, 2010. ISBN 978-0-06-113393-0