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It is interesting to note that the man named by Kofi Annan to investigate this shocking scandal, Paul Volker, is associated to Power Corp.'s International Advisory Council. Considering the bank chosen by the UN to administer the funds was BNP Paribas, which is controlled by Power Corp., one wonders if Annan really does want to get to the bottom of the corrupt morass. - Leo - Jan. 18 International Advisory Council 2003 |
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PARIS - A French court acquitted energy giant
Total, its chief executive, a former minister
and more than a dozen other defendants of corruption charges in
connection with Iraq's
Oil-for-Food Programme. (AFP)
US taxpayer 'bailed out' BNP Paribas
A video taken from inside the area of Desmarais, Sagard, has just surfaced on YouTube, courtesy of Anonymous hackers. (QMI) MORE: Hacking draws attention of police Link between business and political power
Galloway may face criminal inquiry LONDON - Scotland yard is to take the first steps toward a possible criminal investigation against George Galloway, who faces an 18-day suspension from the Commons over his financial links to Saddam Hussein's regime. PREVIOUS: Standards and Privileges - Report Iraq charity given improper cash |
TORONTO - In 2006, the Australian judge who presided over a royal commission into that country’s role in the UN oil-for-food affair recommended that Norman Davidson Kelly be investigated by police. No charges were ever filed. Fast forward 7 years, and Davidson Kelly is now chairman of the board of Shoal Point Energy. (CBC)
How the Desmarais family clinched its power play ROME - The blockbuster merger of Suez SA and Gaz de France SA, formally announced yesterday, has put Montreal's billionaire Desmarais family at the centre of the world's third-largest power utility. The family's impeccable investment and political connections paid off: The Desmarais got there with a little help from their friends - Albert Frere, their European partner and agent, and none other than Nicolas Sarkozy, the new President of France. (Globe & Mail)
UN Procurement Scandal: Ties to Saddam and Al Qaeda NEW YORK - It now appears that while doing business with the UN, IHC Services had links both to Saddam Hussein’s old sanctions-busting networks, and to a Liechtenstein-based businessman, Engelbert Schreiber, Jr., known among other things for his ties to a figure designated by the U.N. itself as a financier of Al Qaeda. (Fox) PREVIOUS: A secret sales deal Taste of oil for food and its chefs | ||
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Canada blew whistle GATINEAU - New revelations are emerging in a "wheat-for-weapons" scandal rocking his government back home, which could have been prevented if a Canadian official's warnings about illegal Australian payments to Saddam Hussein had been heeded in January 2000. |
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Wyatt sentenced to year in prison NEW YORK - Texas oilman Oscar Wyatt, 83, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison on Tuesday for conspiracy in the U.N. oil-for-food scandal, becoming the most prominent figure jailed over corruption in the program to buy oil from Saddam Hussein's Iraq. (Reuters) |
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Martin has private UN meeting UNITED NATIONS - After a vacation in Europe, former prime minister Paul Martin met privately yesterday with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan -- a day before the UN chief unveils major proposal for a management shakeup at the organization. Judge denies bail for Tongsun Park |
Chairman Mo resurfaces to blow horn Strong: Didn't know the "money was from Iraq" The U.N. Money for Smog Program Time to say ‘So Long’ to the UT Strong evidence for an investigation Documents show peril Annan faced in scandal No better place to hide than China China 'Coal Man' Strong back on radar screen | ||
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Memo suggests Oil-for-food link UN - The committee probing the UN oil-for-food program announced Tuesday it will again investigate Secretary-General Kofi Annan after two e-mails suggested he may have known more than he claimed about a multimillion-dollar UN contract awarded to the company that employed his son. |
Louise find yourself another world E-mails contradict Annan on Oil-for-Food UN's spreading bribery scandal Oil-for-food chief 'took bribes' | ||
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Europeans accused in Iraq report NEW YORK - A U.S. Senate committee probing the defunct U.N. oil-for-food program in Iraq alleges that two politicians from Britain and France received millions of dollars worth of oil allocations from Saddam Hussein's regime. (CNN) |
Completing the French Connection UN Procurement Official resigns Fired UN official seen as fall guy | ||
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Maurice Strong resurfaces in China "Chairman Mo' trades North Korea for China |
Judge blocks ex-prober from giving oil-for-food docs to Congress Oil-for-Food investigator quit on principle | ||
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Former UN oil-for-food chief indicted NEW YORK - Former U.N. Oil-for-Food chief Benon Sevan has been indicted in New York federal court for allegedly taking bribes under the program from Saddam Hussein's regime. (Fox) |
Oil-for-Food: It's all relative A gem laid out in Paul Volcker’s tabled Interim Report: Director of the discredited Oil-for-Food Program Benon Sevan, helped steer oil contracts to a relative of former UN Secretary General Boutros-Boutros Ghali. | ||
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Annan says right body harming UN UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has accused the UN Human Rights Commission of failing to uphold human rights and said a new, permanent body is needed. (BBC) Report: Annan didn't influence contract Annan's #2 blocks Oil-for-Food scrutiny Annan to discipline two oil-for-food officials Annan orders disciplinary action after report |
Obama names Power Corp adviser WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday named former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker to lead a new financial panel to advise him on ways to help steer the US out of a recession upon taking office. Volcker panel to correct Frechette omission How Power Corp. found itself caught up Paul Ddesmarais' web of influence over Canada | ||
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Why the PM won't talk about human rights "With Jean Chretien's administration it was very difficult," says Mr. Samdup, president of the Canada Tibet Committee. "No matter how hard we tried, people said, 'you know what, Chretien is so connected with his family business interests, with the Desmarais and all of them, when it comes to China, you have no hope.' " (Ottawa Citizen) BACKGROUND: Chretien hooks up with shady Chinese firm Welcome to the Peoples' Republic of China on Canadian soil |
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UN audits show repeated Oil-for-Food woes NEW YORK - Audits of the troubled U.N. Oil-for-Food program show a systemic failure by the United Nations to adequately oversee the program, resulting in contractors overcharging millions of dollars. (Fox) |
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