Zeppelin operation: within the Adani counter for Hindenburg Research

Hindenburg Research, the Criminal Financial Company that challenged the Adani Group, has its name from the famous balloon that separated the fire upon his arrival in New Jersey in 1937.

In January 2023, Hindenburg published a huge report describing the Adani group, one of the largest blocs in India, led by one of its richest men, as “the biggest deception in the history of companies”.

The repercussions were rapid: stock prices fell, as the market value was eliminated more than $ 150 billion at the lowest point, and the largest general offer was delivered to the group. For a moment, it seemed as if the Empire of Gotam Adani was on the edge of the abyss.

But this impression did not last long. The group organized a quick return, and published a mixture of public relations, legal maneuvering, and strategic tactics to meet the investor’s repercussions.

The return has been strengthened through a secret operation, which is believed to have included assistance from the Israeli Intelligence Agency, according to the people who were briefed on this issue.

The Hindenburg report, which accused the Adani group of manipulation and accounting fraud, just one week before Guitam Adani in Israel to end a $ 1.2 billion deal to obtain Haifa Port.

The privatization of Haifa Port was the largest and most ambitious infrastructure in Israel and the financial pledge in 2020s. Initially, 18 providers of international offers expressed their interest, but only five were erased to make final proposals.

The winning offer – after passing the strict security examination of Israel – came from a joint venture between Gadot Masofim for Chemicals Ltd, Adani Ports and Indival Quality Zone Ltd, with the Indian company that holds the majority share.

Bids, evaluation and resources took 18 months long – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was present on January 31, 2023.

Since the Hindenburg report dominated the headlines of the international newspapers, a special conversation was revealed in a modest room in the port of Haifa.

According to the sources, a senior Israeli leader, Adwani, interrogated the allegations that the Indian billionaire answered firmly as “absolute lies.” It is believed that the outgoing president is Armuni-and a former high-level official-he was present during the stock exchange.
Some within the Israeli establishment looked at the Hindenburg report as a deliberate attempt to undermine the Haifa Port deal, which Tel Aviv considered strategically vital to the economic corridor of the East and the paper in India-which is the weight of a budget for the increasing Chinese influence in the region.

At the homeland, Adani worked on the additional work to restore the narration by reducing debts through pre -payment and borrowing payment, reducing threatened founder’s shares, bringing both shares to the meadow and promoter investor, and re -focusing attention on the group’s basic companies.

The sources said that the Palaille, the Xieblin operation appeared – secret investigations were launched to detect the internal works of Hindorg research and expose those who support them.
They said that the New York offices in Hindenburg Research and its founder, Nathan “Nate” Anderson, the approved legal financial analyst, watched.

The previous informed of the intelligence soon began to link the points because they stumbled on a complex network of active lawyers, journalists, hedge funds and political figures – some of them are linked to Chinese interests, while others are mediums for power in Washington.

The sources said that the spies had infiltrated a hypothesis in the Oakberok Terras neighborhood, a small town in Illinois outside Chicago, which led to the detection of encrypted communications between the alternative asset management companies that they mainly hold in India, Europe, Europe and Australia.

The sources said that Adwani had seen the secret process during his private visit to Switzerland in January 2024.

Adani did not interact with noise – a response to the strategy. A team of lawyers and intelligence consultants was assembled to work along with observation in the United States. The influential figures in the administration have been briefed on this issue.

In Ahmed Abad, he created a high -tech control room with online experts and analysts. The legal team worked through international capitals.

By October 2024, the Zeppelin file on the ADANI cooperative network is enlarged to 353 pages. Later that year, documents that were leaked on the claim of links between American agencies and media platforms that were pushing hostile accounts were shown.

In late November of that year, the US Department of Justice, the Securities and Stock Exchange Committee accused Gotam Adwani and the main executives of being part of the alleged bribery scheme to secure renewable energy supply contracts in India. Adani has denied all allegations.

At the same time, the Adani Group has prepared to launch legal measures in the southern province of New York, against Hindenburg Research and Nathan Anderson. A legal summary of seven pages, prepared by a white shoe law firm, was sent to Anderson’s office.

The sources said that a meeting between Adani legal brokers and Hindenburg officials was proposed, but it was not clear whether the meeting was in the textile building in 295 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.

On January 15, 2025, Hindenburg Research has officially announced the closure of operations.

It may not be a series of complete Zeppelin operations-counter-attack in the modern era that combines business, diplomacy and electronic strategy-but it will definitely be considered the most daring return strategy in the world of corporate.