Armand Van Ghysegham

Armand Van Ghysegham was a book publisher operating under the name Aba-Vangh and the owner of two esoteric bookstores in Brussels, Belgium. Ghysegham appeared to have been the primary focus of the investigation into the Abrasax Institute rather than the institute itself. Ghysegham seemingly spent much of his time in Thailand. Police went to search one of his bookstores during the Abrasax Institute raids in December 1996 but found the property vacant with a "for rent" sign. Ghysegham's publishing company Aba-Vangh had declared bankruptcy in 1995, the same year John Stamford faced trial in Belgium.¹

The X-Dossier contains summary interviews with three of Ghysegham's former employees conducted between 21 December 1996 and 14 January 1997. All three said Ghysegham was a pedophile who frequently visited Thailand for this purpose, and one stated he had been involved in child trafficking. All three said he participated in black mass rituals held at the Abrasax Institute. Two mentioned Ghysegham had a wealthy benefactor named Dessy who was his mistress, identified as Forges de Clabecq, a member of a wealthy industrialist family who owned a controlling interest in Forges de Clabecq.¹

Connection to John Stamford

Shortly after the interviews with Ghysegham's employees, a note dated 16 January 1997 appeared in the X-Dossier linking John Stamford to Ghysegham. The note from PJ Turnhout stated that an anonymous witness said the Stamford file was linked to Dutroux-Nihoul, describing the Stamford dossier as worldwide dissemination of the pedophile idea with trafficking in organs of foreign children on the sidelines. The witness handed over a copy of a VLAN advertisement for Aba-Vangh, identifying Van Ghysegham as a friend of Stamford. The connection between Ghysegham and John Stamford established a direct link between the Abrasax Institute and the Spartacus Network.¹