The looting of Russia

By David E. Kaplan and Christian Caryl

WASHINGTON, August 3, 1998 — "Can you take a look at this?" asked Joe Davidson's supervisor at the FBI, handing him a file. Davidson cracked

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"… cha for Bychkov — a charge Bychkov denies.Golden ADA also wired money to Belgium, Liechtenstein, and Israel, as well as Bermuda, where Kozlenok built himse …"

"… s to be from Zaire, to avoid taxes and to mislead De Beers. “Everyone in Belgium got rich,” said one Belgian cop. Belgian police had begun their own prob …"

"… own: In September 1995 he packed his belongings and made a hurried exit to Belgium.As Kozlenok was fleeing San Francisco, Viktor Zhirov was just arriving. At …"

"… k proved as poor a fugitive as he did a diamond merchant. After fleeing to Belgium, he traveled to Athens last January using a fake Greek passport and was pr …"

Romanian weapons modified in the U.S. become scourge of Mexican drug war

By Rick Schmitt and Rick Young

Center story focused on Romanian weapon now targeted by Feinstein legislation

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"… e AR-15 assault weapon, and two guns made by Fabrique Nationale Herstal of Belgium, including a sleek, compact rifle called the PS-90.The relatively modest p …"

Vice president's quarters draws fund-raisers' bucks

By Russ Tisinger

WASHINGTON, December 14, 1999 — A man's home might be his castle, but for Al Gore, the vice president’s official residence is more than that

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"… ry Ron Brown at a summit on the worldwide information society in Brussels, Belgium. Steven Rattner – $10,000 Steven Rattner, who until recently wa …"

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Jacques Monsieur arrested in Turkey

By Alain Lallemand

BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 14, 2002 — A Belgian man alleged to be one of Europe's biggest gunrunners -- and who has threatened to reveal secrets

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"… r than to say that Monsieur was ready to face the Belgian judges. …"

"… Monsieur, also known as the Marshal, was arrested in Istanbul on Saturday. Belgium, which has indicted him on charges of arms trafficking, is seeking his ext …"

About this project: Looting the Seas

Looting the Seas is a two-year project by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists looking at the forces that are rapidly d

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"… ed sources in ten countries. Our partners include BBC World News, Le Soir (Belgium), Stern (Germany), The Sunday Times (United Kingdom), and Il Fatto Quotidi …"

"… urt documents, regulatory reports, and corporate records in ten countries: Belgium, Croatia, France, Italy, Malta, Spain, Japan, Tunisia, Turkey, and the Uni …"

Mixing oil and politics is formula for Newt’s “solutions”

By Marianne Lavelle

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich isn’t running for president this year, but due to a gusher of support for his campaign to promote opening

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"… 000 (having raised more than $100,000), Brauer was appointed ambassador to Belgium by Bush in 2001. He was a Bush Ranger in 2004.• Fred Malek, the private …"

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Alleged arms trafficker has long record

By Kate Willson

Maybe you caught the latest news on arms trafficking: a Belgian man widely believed to be one of Europe’s top arms merchants has been indict

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"… ng and money laundering. Turns out the trafficker, one Jacques Monsieur of Belgium, was the subject of a detailed report in 2002 by the Center’s Internatio …"

"… eased, only to be arrested five months later in Istanbul and extradited to Belgium on charges of arms trafficking. He faces six counts in the U.S. indictment …"

Africa's 'merchant of death' sold arms to the Taliban

By Phillip van Niekerk and André Verlöy

WASHINGTON, January 31, 2002 — Victor Bout, the Russian arms trafficker whose clandestine sales of weapons of war to some of the bloodiest r

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"… ports. Between 1995 and 1997, the company’s operating base was Ostend in Belgium, an airport frequently cited by human rights groups for hosting companies …"

"… ered at least 40 tons of weapons from Ostend to Afghanistan, but Bout left Belgium after details of the shipments were reported in the local media, including …"

Arrested Italian cell sheds light on Bin Laden's European network

By Leo Sisti and Maud S. Beelman

WASHINGTON, October 3, 2001 — On a cold winter night last January, on the outskirts of Milan, Italian anti-terrorist police intercepted a fr

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"… that authorities say links alleged Bin Laden loyalists in Italy, Britain, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Spain and France.Since the September 11 terrorist a …"

"… Bin Ladens al Qaeda network have been detained in Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, Britain and the Netherlands. The extent of that network remains unclear.B …"

"… , identified as a naturalized Belgian of Tunisian origin, was convicted in Belgium in the mid-1990s for his involvement in an Algerian terrorist group and la …"

"… terrorist group and later questioned in connection with the 1991 murder of Belgiums former deputy prime minister.U.S. intelligence also believes Maaroufi was …"

The Montenegro connection

By Leo Sisti

“My little cat … I’m going crazy without you …. You have repeatedly betrayed me, I think …. Little cat, when are you coming? ... I love you,

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"… il 2006, Montenegro is now fully independent, but some EU nations, notably Belgium and Germany, remain skeptical that the country is ready to join the West. …"

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