Cheney led Halliburton to feast at federal trough

By Knut Royce and Nathaniel Heller

WASHINGTON, August 2, 2000 — Under the guidance of Richard Cheney, a get-the-government-out-of-my-face conservative, Halliburton Company ove

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"… e of parliament.A Russian-American specialist on business practices in the former Soviet Union who has worked with the White House and Pentagon told The Public i that th …"

Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part five

For months, disarray was the hallmark of Vice President Al Gore's campaign. Last October 6, he moved his campaign to Nashville from Washingt

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"… ense Department strategy toward Russia, Ukraine and other republics of the former Soviet Union. A nuclear weapons expert, he has written numerous books, some warning of …"

Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part one

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2000 — It is no surprise and nothing new in the land of the spin and the home of the sound bite that each and every can

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"… as chief negotiator in the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) with the former Soviet Union. He was the U.S. ambassador to West Germany from 1985 to 1989. Burt was th …"

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Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part four

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2000 — Throughout his political career, Bill Bradley has defined himself by what he is not. ...

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"… ith Eastern Europe. Despres helped coordinate Bradley’s 1985 trip to the former Soviet Union. He told the Center there have been a few “intense and focused meetings …"

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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"… had focused on how high-ranking officials and mob bosses were looting the former Soviet Union of its precious resources. He walked back into his boss’s office. “I w …"

"… the FBI realized it needed to deal effectively with law enforcement in the former Soviet Union. Being a cop in Russia is a thankless job: Pay is low, cars and basic gear …"

An invitation to launder money

By Georg Mascolo

HAMBURG, Germany, November 8, 1999 — Whoever wishes to hide funds from the grips of tax authorities will find willing assistants in the Prin

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"… at his trade toils legitimately: “We don’t take any clients out of the former Soviet Union, and we don’t take unannounced clients, or those that show up with suitc …"

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FBI tracked alleged Russian mob ties of Giuliani campaign supporter

By Knut Royce

WASHINGTON, December 14, 1999 — The Center for Public Integrity is investigating how billions of dollars of allegedly corrupted money from t

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"… nvestigating how billions of dollars of allegedly corrupted money from the former Soviet Union have found a haven in the United States, despite strict anti-laundering la …"

"… City Economic Development Board.Kislin is not alone among emigres from the former Soviet Union who have successfully established themselves in the United States while la …"

San Francisco bank linked to laundering probe at Bank of New York

By Knut Royce

November 9, 1999 — FROM ALL OUTWARD APPEARANCES, Boris Avramovich Goldstein is a model immigrant, a successful businessman in the San Franci

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"… inancial institutions to sift the good from the bad money flowing from the former Soviet Union, especially when they aggressively compete for those deposits. The bank no …"

"… an Bahgjet Pacolli. Among the hundreds of contracts he has received in the former Soviet Union was one to remodel Yeltsin’s residence in the Kremlin, as well as adjace …"

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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"… weapons sold to the Taliban, other than that they were from stocks of the former Soviet Union.The Center’s findings — part of a larger investigation into the commer …"

"… nistan when his air force regiment was disbanded during the breakup of the former Soviet Union. A 1991 graduate of Moscow’s Military Institute of Foreign Languages, Bo …"

Inside the shell: Drugs, arms and tax scams

By Gerard Ryle

The man behind shell companies linked to arms deals, drug lords and tax fraud.

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"… on this frailty, just as it feeds on the cast-off planes and pilots of the former Soviet Union. Adding to the intrigue over the seized flight 4L-AWA in Bangkok was that …"

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