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Prosecutors alleged the Jordanian unit paid kickbacks to win electricity business in Iraq under the United Nations oil-for-food program.
ABB to Pay $58 Million Over Bribery Claims Brent Kendall 2010
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You can reasonably predict how U.S. authorities will respond when they hear about at least credible allegations of corruption by companies and people within the jurisdiction of the U.S. Presumably there will be international pressure at the OECD among the developed exporting economies sort of like what we saw with the oil-for-food scandal.
Former Enforcer Sees Looming Fights Dionne Searcey 2011
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Chief among them is Maurice Strong, his former patron and until recently a top United Nations official who has been implicated in the oil-for-food scandal.
Canada 2009
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Total did, however, transport and market a lot of Iraqi crude during the U.N.'s oil-for-food program.
High Friends In Low Places Christopher Helman 2011
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It soon became clear that al-Madina had sidelines laundering money for Iraqi officials and their partners as part of the U.N.'s oil-for-food scam.
Don't Bank on Beirut Bret Stephens 2011
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It soon became clear that al-Madina had sidelines laundering money for Iraqi officials and their partners as part of the U.N.'s oil-for-food scam.
Don't Bank on Beirut Bret Stephens 2011
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Investigations by Republican-led congressional panels in the last decade helped spur an independent investigation into the U.N.-run oil-for-food program in Iraq.
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Total did, however, transport and market a lot of Iraqi crude during the U.N.'s oil-for-food program.
In Oil Quest, Total Makes High Friends In Low Places Christopher Helman 2011
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Investigations by Republican-led congressional panels in the last decade helped spur an independent investigation into the U.N.-run oil-for-food program in Iraq.
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Total did, however, transport and market a lot of Iraqi crude during the U.N.'s oil-for-food program.
High Friends In Low Places Christopher Helman 2011
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