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U.S. Indicts Russian U.N. Official
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| Sept 2, 2005
Posted on 09/02/2005 4:16:24 PM PDT by paradoxical
NEW YORK — A Russian diplomat who chairs a powerful United Nations (search) budget committee was accused in an indictment Friday of helping hide hundreds of thousands of dollars in payouts from companies seeking U.N. contracts.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Russia
KEYWORDS: oilforfood; un; unoilforfoodscandal
With all the horrible hurricane news I did not want this to go unnoticed 2nd try at 1st thread, sorry for any errors
To: paradoxical
The FBI arrested Kuznetsov on Thursday, less than a month after arresting another Russian U.N. official over alleged money laundering. He was awaiting arraignment Friday in Manhattan federal court.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan waived Kuznetsov's diplomatic immunity at the request of U.S. authorities, U.N. associate spokesman Farhan Haq said. Kouznetsov heads the General Assembly panel that oversees the U.N. budget
Very good to see!
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posted on
09/02/2005 4:24:48 PM PDT
by
badpacifist
(Question Authority of public schools. Which thought police have your kids?)
To: paradoxical
Sure this guy is a typical UN klepto-weasel. But why does the US have standing to prosecute him under US law here? Isn't he doing international bribery?
Just trying to understand the chain of legal logic here.
To: Pearls Before Swine
probably mail fraud/wire fraud and money laundering.
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posted on
09/02/2005 4:33:59 PM PDT
by
bdfromlv
(Leavenworth hard time)
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