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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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07QUITO2351 | ECUADOR: FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN LATIN AMERICA [...] (U) The Ambassador has identified Matthew Meadows as Quito's participant in the Fighting Corruption in Latin America Conference (reftel). He coordinates anti-corruption efforts at post and is deeply involved in our 212f process. He will be able to participate actively in the discussion while [...] | 2007-10-22 16:56:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR PINR PGOV OTRA EC |
07QUITO2416 | ECUADOR: FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN LATIN AMERICA [...] (U) The Ambassador has identified Matthew Meadows as Quito's participant in the Fighting Corruption in Latin America Conference (reftel). He coordinates anti-corruption efforts at post and is deeply involved in our 212f process. He will be able to participate actively in the discussion while [...] | 2007-10-30 15:19:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR PINR PGOV OTRA EC |
07RIGA651 | LATVIAN SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT EMSIS' $10,000 [...] (C) Summary: Parliament Speaker Indulis Emsis may be on the verge of being charged with corruption for receiving a USD 10,000 cash payment in fall 2006. He and his office allege no wrongdoing and have been eager to get their version of events to us. If the transaction was clean, it demonstra [...] | 2007-08-31 14:28:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KCOR LG |
07RIGA685 | THE LEMBERGS CASE: TAKING DOWN A MINI-GARCH [...] (C) Summary: The story of Aivars Lembergs is one of post-independence Latvia's most compelling yet morally troubling tales. To much of his electorate in Ventspils, Lembergs is the brilliant protector of the city's autonomy and the great provider of prosperity. To successive Lavian government [...] | 2007-09-12 14:46:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KJUS KCOR PHUM LG |
07RIGA723 | LATVIAN ANTI-CORRUPTION CHIEF SUSPENDED [...] Summary: Prime Minister Kalvitis has suspended and initiated a disciplinary case against Aleksejs Loskotovs, the head of the Latvian Anti-Corruption Bureau (KNAB). The charges stem from the alleged discovery of "continued and serious violations concerning the use and accounting of operative fin [...] | 2007-09-27 14:53:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR KCRM LG |
07RIGA731 | PREVENTING FURTHER LATVIAN BACKSLIDING ON RULE OF [...] (C/NF) Summary: One year ago, we said that the outcome of Latvia's parliamentary elections in October 2006 would be key to determining whether Latvia would continue to move forward to strengthen the rule of law or regress to old and non-transparent ways of doing business. Developments since [...] | 2007-09-28 11:40:00 | Embassy Riga | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KCOR PINR PHUM LG |
07RIGA741 | FURTHER WORRYING STEPS ON RULE OF LAW IN LATVIA [...] (S/NF) Summary: Additional developments on rule of law in Latvia only add to our concern. Late September 28, we became worried that there was a move afoot within the Latvian government to sack prosecutor General Maizitis. We strongly warned senior levels of the GOL against such a move, noting [...] | 2007-10-02 14:54:00 | Embassy Riga | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KCOR SNAR LG |
07RIGA771 | GOVERNMENT MOVES TO DISMISS ANTI-CORRUPTION CHIEF [...] Summary: In a closed meeting on October 16, the Latvian government supported the dismissal of Aleksejs Loskutovs, the chief of the Latvian Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) on the grounds of his unsuitability to continue to hold his position. They made the decision after an ad h [...] | 2007-10-17 14:17:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR KCRM LG |
07RIGA811 | Legal issues in the Loskutovs case [...] Summary: The case of Latvia's anti-corruption bureau (KNAB) chief Aleksejs Loskutovs has engendered much discussion of various legal issues. There are two very distinct issues at play, suspension and dismissal. While inter-related in the politics of the case, from a legal standpoint they are [...] | 2007-10-29 15:57:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR LG |
07RIGA827 | Loskutovs update [...] Summary: Continuing to search for ways to avoid a vote on the fate of anti-corruption bureau (KNAB) chief Loskutovs, the Saeima legal affairs committee told the government it needed to bolster its case for dismissal and the government pulled back its request for the parliament to dismiss Loskut [...] | 2007-11-06 05:26:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR KCRM LG |
07ROME130 | ITALY'S POSITION ON OECD WORKING GROUP ON BRIBERY [...] (SBU) EcMin met January 19 with Francesco Borgomeo, Chief of Cabinet at the Ministry of Justice, to discuss Italy's views on the OECD's Working Group on Bribery (reftel). Borgomeo stated that the GOI agrees as to the effectiveness of the Working Group. He added that Italy will continue to wo [...] | 2007-01-22 11:47:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KCOR OECD IT |
07SANJOSE649 | COSTA RICAN PROSECUTOR READY TO INDICT FORMER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Costa Rican federal prosecutor's office is finally ready to indict former president Rafael Angel Calderon (PUSC) for corruption allegations stemming from a 2001 loan from the government of Finland to the Costa Rican social security fund (INSS). If convicted, he could face [...] | 2007-04-03 22:24:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KCOR FI CS |
07SANSALVADOR360 | EL SALVADOR: LEADERS FOR CHANGE, THIRD-PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Populist San Miguel Mayor Wil Salgado (reftel),worried that his National Conciliation Party (PCN) will cut a deal with the ruling ARENA party not to run a presidential candidate in 2009, is exploring other options, including an alliance with moderate FMLN and former FMLN mayor [...] | 2007-02-27 22:40:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ES KCOR PHUM PINR |
07SANTODOMINGO1692 | REQUEST FOR 212(F) VISA REVOCATION FOR CORRUPT DOMINICAN CONSUL IN HONG KONG [...] (SBU) This is an advisory opinion requesting the revocation of the B1/B2 nonimmigrant visas issued to Casilda Teonilde CASADO DE CHEUNG; her husband, Pak Shing CHEUNG; her brother, Roger CASADO ALCANTARA; and her children, Yin Mey, Yin Ney, Sheung Leung, and Jean Ney CHEUNG CASADO, under the Presid [...] | 2007-07-13 11:01:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | SECRET | CVIS OPRC PHUM KCRM KCOR CH DR |
07SANTODOMINGO1710 | DOMINICAN POLITICS III #31: ESTRELLA LEAVES PRSC, [...] (U) This is the 31st cable in our series on Dominican politics in the 3rd year of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. ESTRELLA LEAVES PRSC, PARTY DOESN'T CARE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. (SBU) Eduardo Estrella, 2004 presidential candidate for the third-ranked [...] | 2007-07-17 17:29:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KCOR DR |
07SANTODOMINGO2458 | ATTENDEES FOR LATIN AMERICAN CORRUPTION CONFERENCE [...] AmEmbassy Santo Domingo will be sending two officers to the Fighting Corruption in Latin America Conference, to be held Friday, Nov. 2, in Washington: USAID General Development Officer Stephen Brager and DOS Political Officer Michael Garuckis. BULLEN [...] | 2007-10-30 18:10:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PGOV OTRA KCOR |
07SANTODOMINGO2721 | DOMINICAN BANKING: RECENT BANK FRAUD CONVICTIONS [...] SUMMARY: Recent convictions in the Banco Intercontinental (Baninter) bank fraud case demonstrate improvement in the fight against impunity in the Dominican Republic, especially when viewed in the light of previous bank fraud prosecutions. End Summary. 2. BACKGROUND: Fraudulent accounting [...] | 2007-12-11 20:01:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PGOV PREL KJUS KCOR DR |
07SANTODOMINGO28 | DOMINICANS FIGHT CORRUPTION - MUCH BARK, LITTLE BITE, SHOOTING SNAFU WITH JUSTICE OFFICIALS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-08 11:16:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM KJUS DR |
07SANTODOMINGO733 | SENIOR DOMINICAN OFFICIALS IMPLICATED IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: High-level officials in the Dominican Ministries of Foreign Relations and Migration use their positions to facilitate human trafficking and alien smuggling schemes, according to media reports, DHS investigations and Embassy contacts. Those implicated include the Assistant Secreta [...] | 2007-03-30 23:06:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PGOV PHUM SMIG KCOR KCRM CH DR HA HK |
07SARAJEVO500 | BIH STATE COURT UPDATES PART TWO: TERRORISM, [...] INTRODUCTION: This is the second of two cables summarizing cases currently before the BiH State Court. This cable summarizes organized crime, corruption and terrorism cases underway in the BiH State Court. Cases underway in the War Crimes Chamber were reported previously (REF. B). These cab [...] | 2007-03-05 14:24:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KCRM KJUS KCOR KAWC PHUM PINR BK |
07SEOUL809 | ROKG SUPPORTS GLOBAL FORUM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-20 07:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP OTRA AORC ECON KCOR KCRM KJUS KS |
07SKOPJE27 | BUNGLED MACEDONIAN ARMS SHIPMENT TO BULGARIA: [...] (C) Macedonian police intercepted and halted a shipment of military weapons bound for Bulgaria on December 14, claiming that the trucks lacked the proper paperwork and the required police escort. The shipment of machine guns and mortars was the last of four shipments of excess weapons the M [...] | 2007-01-12 16:12:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KOMC MASS PREL MK |
07SKOPJE492 | MACEDONIA: PROGRESS PROSECUTING CORRUPTION CASES [...] (SBU) In recent months, Macedonia's justice system has convicted defendants on corruption-related charges in four separate, unrelated court cases. Several former government officials were among those convicted. Encouragingly, the courts demonstrated improved efficiency in these cases (in par [...] | 2007-06-22 11:38:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR KCRM KJUS PGOV MK |
07SKOPJE615 | MACEDONIA: COURT NETS "BIG FISH" CORRUPTION CASE [...] (SBU) The July 18 conviction and sentencing to four years in prison for former Export Import Bank director Metodija Smilenski demonstrates that the Macedonian judicial system is capable of swift, efficient, and non-partisan action. One of Macedonia's "big fish" corruption case defendants, Smi [...] | 2007-07-26 15:59:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KJUS KCOR MK |
07SKOPJE699 | MACEDONIA: PARLIAMENT CONFIRMS EX-PM'S IMMUNITY [...] (SBU) On August 20, the Macedonian Parliament voted to revoke the immunity of former Prime Minister and current opposition MP Vlado Buckovski. Buckovski is being investigated by the Macedonian authorities for alleged irregularities in procurement while he was Minister of Defense in 2001 (Ref [...] | 2007-08-24 11:27:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR MK |
07SOFIA1166 | INFLATION, CURRENT ACCOUNT CAUSE CONCERN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IMF officials announced revised statistics on Bulgaria September 21, estimating annual inflation of eight percent and a current account deficit of 20 percent of GDP in 2007. Finance and banking sector officials remain confident in the Bulgarian economy's fundamentals including [...] | 2007-09-25 14:29:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EINV KCOR BU |
07SOFIA582 | BULGARIA GRAPPLES WITH GROWING CORRUPTION SCANDAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's establishment has been rocked by a far-reaching corruption scandal that involves high-ranking magistrates and government officials and may potentially lead to changes in the Socialist-led government. The high-profile case already forced PM Sergei Stanishev to sideline [...] | 2007-05-11 15:05:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR BU |
07SOFIA643 | MEP ELECTION RESULT WOUNDS PM STANISHEV, BUT NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Stanishev,s Bulgarian Socialist Party fared surprisingly poorly in the May 20 European Parliament (EP) elections, while Sofia Mayor Boiko Borissov,s new party made an impressive political debut, edging out the Socialists for first place. The poor election result, coming on the [...] | 2007-05-23 14:58:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR BU |
07SOFIA678 | PM SACKS PARTY LEADERSHIP, MOVES DECISIVELY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a decisive move aimed at curbing corruption and re-asserting his authority, Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev accepted June 2 the resignation of Economy and Energy Minister Roumen Ovcharov, whom he had previously sent on a forced leave due to his involvement in a high-p [...] | 2007-06-04 15:25:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR BU |
07SOFIA817 | BULGARIA: SOFIA MAYOR STILL TRYING TO BE ALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Sofia Mayor and GERB leader Boyko Borissov recounted his recent trip to the United States, dismissing the story that GERB mischaracterized A/S Dan Fried's "support" for the party as a provocation from hostile media. He met with both Int [...] | 2007-07-03 11:19:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR BU |
07SOFIA863 | BULGARIA: AMBASSADOR'S JULY 16 MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER STANISHEV [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-18 15:22:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM NATO KCRM KCOR ECON ENRG LY BU |
07SOFIA962 | BULGARIA TO INTRODUCE FLAT INCOME TAX [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's center-left government approved the introduction of a flat 10 percent income tax on July 29. This move, largely unexpected from a socialist-dominated government, aims to boost domestic economic activity, stimulate investment, and curb the grey economy. Business o [...] | 2007-08-08 13:56:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EINV KCOR BU |
07STATE148496 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR PRESS GUIDANCE ON THE [...] (U) 1. The Department has reviewed Post's suggested Press guidance (ref a),and provides the following approved guidance if Post is asked for comment on the verdict in the Farhad Aliyev trial. 2. (SBU) As the trial of former Minister of Economic Development Farhad Aliyev wraps up (ref a),[...] | 2007-10-24 21:25:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR KPAO AJ |
07STATE52621 | GUIDANCE ON FARHAD ALIYEV AND ALI INSANOV CASES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-19 22:42:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AJ KCOR KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL |
07SURABAYA3489 | SURABAYA ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING OPERATIONS RESULTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the recent Muslim celebration Ied Adha and Christmas holiday season, Surabaya police conducted two anti trafficking operations resulting in the arrest of seven suspects for attempting to traffic six children and two women into debt prostitution bondage and smuggling from [...] | 2007-12-31 05:02:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PHUM ELAB EAID KJUS KCRM KCOR |
07SURABAYA39 | SOUTH SULAWESI: PLAYING POLITICS WITH SHARIAH LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: The November 5 gubernatorial election in Indonesian Vice President Yusuf Kalla's home province of South Sulawesi is both a battle within the local Golkar party and a referendum on the implementation of Shariah law in the province. An internal local Golkar dispute now pits the cu [...] | 2007-09-21 08:40:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID |
07SURABAYA42 | LOMBOK'S AHMADIYAH SECT: DANGEROUS OR ENDANGERED? [...] (SBU) Surabaya Pol/Econ Officer and Pol/Econ Assistant traveled to the island of Lombok in the province of West Nusa Tenggara, from September 11 to 13. While there, they met with 127 members of the religious sect Ahmadiyah at their refugee barracks in the provincial capital Mataram. In Febru [...] | 2007-09-28 12:36:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID |
07SURABAYA43 | MANADO--ALL BROTHERS [...] (SBU) Summary: North Sulawesi has long maintained a reputation for tolerance and calm, despite being surrounded areas best known for ethnic and religious conflicts. During a September 25-27 visit to Manado, Surabaya Principal Officer discussed with local leaders, academicians, and the media Nor [...] | 2007-10-01 07:06:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM KISL KCOR ID |
07SURABAYA51 | EAST NUSA TENGGARA--MUSLIM RADIO AND POLITICS IN A CHRISTIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: In Christian dominated East Nusa Tenggara (NTT),Muslim residents play an important political role. The Chairman of NTT's Indonesian Islamic Council told visitors from ConGen Surabaya that relations between religious and ethnic communities have stabilized on the island of West T [...] | 2007-10-10 10:07:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID |
07SURABAYA53 | EAST NUSA TENGGARA: CAMPAIGNS, CORRUPTION AND CREATIVITY [...] (SBU) Surabaya Pol/Econ Officer and Pol/Econ Assistant met with the leadership of Golkar and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) during a recent visit to East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). These political parties currentQold 21 and 12 seats respectively of the 55 total seats in NTT's Pr [...] | 2007-10-15 10:10:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID |
07SURABAYA54 | EAST NUSA TENGGARA: CAMPAIGNS, CORRUPTION AND CREATIVITY [...] (SBU) Surabaya Pol/Econ Officer and Pol/Econ Assistant met with the leadership of Golkar and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) during a recent visit to East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). These political parties currently hold 21 and 12 seats respectively of the 55 total seats in NTT' [...] | 2007-10-15 10:10:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID |
07SURABAYA55 | EAST NUSA TENGGARA: WEST TIMOR'S PERFECT STORM--REFUGEES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Surabaya Pol/Econ Officer and Pol/Econ Assistant met with local officials and NGOs involved in the resettlement of refugees from Timor Leste in the cities of Kupang and Atambua, in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) during a October 2-5 visit. After our meetings in Atambua near the borde [...] | 2007-10-16 09:32:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TT PGOV PHUM KCOR ID PREF |
07SURABAYA57 | SOUTH SULAWESI: JUSUF KALLA PICKS HIS GUBERNATORIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 15, Vice President and Golkar National Chairman Jusuf Kalla strongly urged Golkar elites in South Sulawesi to support incumbent Amin Syam and his running mate Mansyur Ramly in the November 5 gubernatorial elections. Public reaction has been negative, suggesting that t [...] | 2007-10-18 03:32:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID |
07SURABAYA59 | NORTH MALUKU: FISTICUFFS AND FALSE STARTS MAR GOVERNOR'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Violence and confusion continues to plague the race for Governor and Vice Governor in the Province of North Maluku. The official start date for the campaign has changed three times amid violent physical assaults and accusations of favoritism on the part of the Provincial Electi [...] | 2007-10-22 11:11:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID |
07SURABAYA72 | GOLKAR'S POLITICAL MACHINE APPARENTLY FAILS IN SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Consulate General Surabaya Pol/Econ Officer, Pol/Econ Assistant and two Political Officers from Embassy Jakarta observed the first direct gubernatorial elections in South Sulawesi Province on November 5. The apparent defeat of incumbent Amir Syam by his Vice Governor Syahrul Ya [...] | 2007-11-13 09:28:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID |
07SURABAYA74 | SOUTH SULAWESI: ELECTION RESULTS ARE IN, THE LOSERS SUE, [...] (SBU) Summary: The November 16 official announcement of election results failed to dampen controversy surrounding who won the race for South Sulawesi Governor. Now abandoned by national Golkar Party leadership, defeated incumbent Amin Syam and Vice Governor candidate Mansur Ramly have annou [...] | 2007-11-16 10:21:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID |
07TASHKENT1807 | FORENSIC LABORATORY WANTS USG TRAINING [...] (C) On October 11 poloff and INL LES visited the Main Forensic Laboratory of the Ministry of Health to formally deliver INL-funded equipment as part of an ICITAP-administered project to upgrade the forensic laboratory. Laboratory Chief Dr. Zaynutdin Giyasov expressed his gratitude for the ass [...] | 2007-10-19 06:29:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT2063 | WMD PORTAL DETECTION IN UZBEKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-03 11:05:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET//NOFORN | MNUC KNNP PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR KZ KG UZ |
07TASHKENT2081 | UPDATE ON WMD PORTAL DETECTION IN UZBEKISTAN REF: A. STATE 163194 B. TASHKENT 2063 Classified By: DTRA Fred Carter and Poloff Steven Prohaska for reasons 1.4 (b, d). [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-05 11:17:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET//NOFORN | MNUC KNNP PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR KZ KG UZ |
07TASHKENT2090 | MFA PLEDGES TO FOLLOW UP ON WMD PORTAL DETECTION [...] (S/NF) Charge met with First Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov on December 6 to discuss the WMD portal detection incident of November 30 in Uzbekistan (reftels B and C). He delivered a diplomatic note and questionnaire requesting additional information about the detection. Nematov explained th [...] | 2007-12-06 13:03:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET//NOFORN | MNUC KNNP PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR KZ KG UZ |
07TASHKENT2171 | WMD PORTAL DETECTION UPDATE: LEGAL RESTRICTIONS ON OPENING THE RAIL CAR REF: A. STATE 163194 B. TASHKENT 2063 C. TASHKENT 2081 D. TASHKENT 2090 Classified By: DTRO Chief Fred Carter and Poloff Steven Prohaska for re asons 1.4 (b, d). [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-27 11:42:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET//NOFORN | MNUC KNNP PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR KZ KG UZ |
07TASHKENT276 | DOWN AND OUT IN THE FERGHANA VALLEY [...] (C) Summary: On a recent visit to all three Uzbek provinces of the Ferghana Valley, Poloff visited bazaars, schools, and hospitals, meeting a wide range of market traders and local government officials. Men were conspicuously absent from the bazaars, with most working abroad or fearing arres [...] | 2007-02-16 12:28:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI ECON ELAB KCOR KCRM PGOV PHUM EAID UZ |
07TASHKENT277 | DOWN AND OUT IN THE FERGHANA VALLEY [...] (C) Summary: On a recent visit to all three Uzbek provinces of the Ferghana Valley, Poloff visited bazaars, schools, and hospitals, meeting a wide range of market traders and local government officials. Men were conspicuously absent from the bazaars, with most working abroad or fearing arres [...] | 2007-02-17 03:39:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI ECON ELAB KCOR KCRM PGOV PHUM EAID UZ |
07TASHKENT722 | SENIOR POLICE OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: A Ministry of Internal Affairs Lieutenant Colonel has been sentenced to ten years in prison for seeking a bribe from a trafficking victim. The state-controlled press published a detailed account of his arrest. The official had threatened the victim with three years in prison a [...] | 2007-04-06 11:19:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KCOR KWMN UZ |
07TASHKENT799 | MAFIA BOSSES HAIL "SALIM THE GREAT" [...] (C) Summary: A well-connected contact distantly related to mafia chieftain Salim Abduvaliyev has given Post a DVD of Salim's May 2006 birthday party held at his mansion outside Tashkent. The guests consisted of Russian, Georgian, and Ukrainian mafia and criminal figures including Lev Chorny ( [...] | 2007-04-18 10:50:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KCOR PGOV PINR KZ UZ |
07TEGUCIGALPA1322 | VISAS DONKEY: CORRUPTION 212 (F) VISA REVOCATION, [...] (C) Post seeks a security advisory opinion under Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act in accordance with Proclamation 7550, suspending entry in to the United States of Honduran/Argentine/Italian citizen Marcelo Antonio Chimirri Castro(DPOB: 05 March 1966, Argentina). Informati [...] | 2007-08-06 23:20:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | KCOR KCRM CVIS ECPS KJUS |
07TEGUCIGALPA1325 | CORRECTED COPY: VISAS DONKEY: CORRUPTION 212 (F) [...] (C) Post seeks a security advisory opinion under Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act in accordance with Proclamation 7550, suspending entry in to the United States of Honduran/Argentine/Italian citizen Marcelo Antonio Chimirri Castro(DPOB: 05 March 1966, Argentina). Informati [...] | 2007-08-07 17:18:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | KCOR KCRM CVIS ECPS KJUS |
07TEGUCIGALPA1785 | CHIMIRRAZO: HONDUTEL DIRECTOR OUT; HOUSE AND [...] (C) On November 9, Honduran police simultaneously raided the state telecommunications (Hondutel) offices across the country and the residences of Hondutel Director Marcelo Chimirri and other officials. The search warrants were executed in response to a legal complaint of illegal taping of pho [...] | 2007-11-13 21:59:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | PGOV SOCI KCOR HO |
07THEHAGUE529 | GLOBAL FORUM V: DUTCH WILL NOT SEND FORMAL [...] (SBU) The Dutch will not send a formal delegation to the April 2-5 Fifth Global Forum on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity (GF V) in Johannesburg, South Africa. Hans van Bodegraven, Director of Customs and Consumer Finance at the Dutch Ministry of Finance, told Econoff March 21 the [...] | 2007-03-23 14:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KCOR KJUS AORC ASEC OTRA OVIP PREL UN |
07TUNIS1025 | ROBERT SMOLIK SPEAKS ON GOOD GOVERNANCE AND [...] (U) During his three day visit (July 9-11) to Tunisia, FSO and Diplomat-in-Residence Robert Smolik addressed a wide range of audiences, including businesspeople, academics, students, media, GOT officials, and members of civil society groups on the topic of "Good Governance and Economic Growth." [...] | 2007-07-31 15:24:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO ECON KCOR TS |
07ULAANBAATAR703 | MONGOLIA'S NEW CABINET: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY [...] (S) This cable provides analysis of the new 16-member Cabinet of Mongolian Prime Minister S.Bayar and identifies the Ministers' strengths, weaknesses, likely objectives and challenges. A separate cable will follow on the balance of power in Parliament and political parties' prospects for succ [...] | 2007-12-20 06:12:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | SECRET | PREL MARR ECON SENV KCOR SOCI PGOV MG |
07VILNIUS648 | LITHUANIA'S CORRUPT MEDIA HURTS EVERYONE, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Some media outlets in Lithuania, newspapers especially, extort politicians and businessmen using rewards of positive coverage and the threat of negative coverage. Media corruption damages media credibility, undermines Lithuania's democratic institutions, and intimidates politicia [...] | 2007-09-13 13:26:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON KCOR LH |
07VILNIUS742 | USPASKICH RETURNED FROM RUSSIA, RUNNING FOR [...] (C) Summary. On September 26, Viktor Uspaskich -- businessman turned politician, former Economy Minister, and fugitive for his alleged fraudulent use of campaign funds -- returned from Moscow to Lithuania. He was immediately detained and is currently under pre-trial house arrest for six mont [...] | 2007-10-18 08:12:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR LH RS |
07YAOUNDE1036 | CAMEROON: "BIYA WILL SOON MAKE DECISIVE CHANGES TO [...] (C) Summary. Flush with an overwhelming parliamentary majority, President Biya will move quickly and decisively to prove he is serious about rooting out corruption and improving governance, predicted Gregoire Owona in an August 13 lunch with Charge and Poloff. Owona, a senior official at t [...] | 2007-08-17 07:18:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KCOR EAID CM |
07YAOUNDE1071 | CAMEROON'S INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS TELL FOREST [...] (SBU) Summary. Cameroon's Forestry Minister (MINFOF) was caught off-guard when EU representatives responded to his August 22 appeal for donor assistance by suggesting that the Government of Cameroon's problem is "not money, but will." The ambassadors encouraged Ngolle to continue MINFOF's fi [...] | 2007-08-29 13:35:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KCOR SNAR PHUM PARM EAID PGOV CM |
07YAOUNDE1090 | CAMEROON PRIME MINISTER SEEKS USG INPUT FOR [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni asked Charge on September 4 to share the list of personnel suggestions that then-Ambassador Marquardt provided during his July 6 farewell call on President Biya (ref B). Inoni said Biya wanted to consult the list before making final decisions for u [...] | 2007-09-04 13:04:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR CM |
07YAOUNDE1097 | UNPRECEDENTED PUBLIC DISSENT IN CAMEROON'S RULING [...] (SBU) Summary. The longstanding image of President Paul Biya's ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) as a disciplined monolith was shaken when veteran CPDM official and National Assembly representative Adama Modi publicly opposed the CPDM's candidate during August 31 elections [...] | 2007-09-05 12:36:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR PINR CM |
07YAOUNDE1109 | CAMEROON: BOLD STROKE FOR COMPETENCE, [...] (C) Summary. President Biya on September 7 ordered a major cabinet reshuffle, dismissing 14 ministers -- including a number of the most notoriously corrupt and inept -- and refashioning two ministries to create a Ministry of Finance and a Ministry of Economy, Planning and Rural Development. [...] | 2007-09-10 13:47:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PREL PINR CM |
07YAOUNDE1116 | FORMER CANADIAN PM ON CONGO BASIN VISIT, ENDS UP [...] (SBU) Summary. Former Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin visited Cameroon September 9-12 on a familiarization trip in his new role as a co-chair (with Kenyan Minister and Noble Laureate Wangari Maathai) of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP). In a meeting where donor representatives [...] | 2007-09-12 11:34:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID KCOR ECON CM |
07YAOUNDE1160 | CAMEROON JUSTICE MINISTER WELCOMES AMBASSADOR, [...] (U) Summary. Cameroonian Vice Prime Minister and Minister for Justice Amadou Ali welcomed Ambassador Garvey in a September 20 courtesy call and said that continued cooperation on anti-corruption was the most important way for the USG to help Cameroon's development efforts. Ali also invited [...] | 2007-09-21 10:11:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCOR PHUM PINR CM |
07YAOUNDE1198 | CAMEROON CONTINUES TO RANK POORLY ON GOVERNANCE [...] (U) Summary: The week of September 24 brought three new studies reinforcing Cameroon's reputation for poor performance on corruption and governance. Cameroon scored 138 out of 179 on Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index, 154 out of 178 in the World Bank's Doing Busines [...] | 2007-10-04 06:25:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV ECON ETRD CM |
07YAOUNDE1234 | CAMEROON CORRUPTION INVESTIGATIONS: RECENT [...] (C) Summary and action request. The Ambassador's recent meetings with Cameroon Vice PM/Minister of Justice Amadou Ali and Canadian High Commissioner Jean Pierre LaVoie provided new information relevant to USG participation in Government of Cameroon (GRC) anti-corruption investigations (ref [...] | 2007-10-15 13:06:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PREL PGOV CM |
07YAOUNDE1235 | CAMEROON CORRUPTION INVESTIGATIONS: WHO IS DOOH [...] (C) Summary. Francis Dooh Collins is Justice Minister Ali's chosen interlocutor with foreign governments regarding the anti-corruption investigation Ali is spearheading (reftels). Although some of Dooh Collins' outlandish claims have given us reason to doubt his credibility, he has succeed [...] | 2007-10-15 13:08:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PREL PGOV CM |
07YAOUNDE1236 | CORRUPTION: CAMEROON SUBMITS MUTUAL LEGAL [...] (C) Summary. Cameroon's Minister for Justice has signed a mutual legal assistance (MLA) request asking the USG to provide information from USG records and American institutions relevant to corrupt acts committed by Cameroonian officials. We anticipate that USG officials will identify a num [...] | 2007-10-15 13:10:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PREL PGOV CM |
07YAOUNDE128 | U.S. INVESTMENT IN CAMEROON: MAJOR PROGRESS IN 2006 [...] (U) 2006 was an excellent year for U.S.-Cameroon commercial relations, and we enter 2007 with literally billions of dollars of pending U.S. investment on the table. In February we signed an Open Skies agreement; Geovic and Hydromine, two firms with large multi-year mining projects, made impor [...] | 2007-01-30 13:49:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EMIN ECON KCOR EAIR EPET CM |
07YAOUNDE1308 | CAMEROON: BIYA STILL AN ENIGMA AFTER 25 YEARS [...] (C) Summary: Nationwide events on November 6 will fete the anniversary of Cameroonian President Paul Biya's 25 years in office. Biya survived over two decades filled with political turmoil and economic crisis. While preserving unity and a measure of stability, he has performed poorly in g [...] | 2007-11-02 13:41:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM PREL PINR ECON KCOR PGOV PHUM TBIO |
07YAOUNDE1315 | CAMEROON: COUP JITTERS [...] (C) Summary. In an October 30 meeting with the Ambassador, the Dutch and British Chiefs of Mission said they would report to their capitals the allegations of a coup attempt or staged coup attempt in Cameroon. The source of this information is of questionable reliability and coup rumors ar [...] | 2007-11-06 06:21:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM KCOR MOPS PGOV PINR PREL |
07YAOUNDE1374 | CAMEROON'S FIU SEEKS CLOSER TIES WITH US [...] (SBU) This is an action request for INL. See para. 5. 2. (SBU) In a November 14 conversation with Poloff, Hubert Nde Sambone, the Director of Cameroon's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) said he was eager to build working relationships with USG counterparts and to begin the process of jo [...] | 2007-11-21 12:49:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EAID ECON EFIN KCOR PTER CM |
07YAOUNDE1449 | TRANSPARENCY BAROMETER: CAMEROONIANS ARE CHAMPION [...] (U) More Cameroonians bribed public officials in the last year than any other nationality surveyed, according to Transparency International's (TI) just-released 2007 Global Corruption Barometer, a survey of corruption in 60 countries, including five in sub-Saharan Africa. Seventy-nine percen [...] | 2007-12-12 08:47:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KCOR ETRD EAID PGOV CM |
07YAOUNDE1497 | CAMEROON'S JUSTICE MINISTER ON CORRUPTION LEGAL [...] (C) Ambassador joined the Canadian and Dutch COMs on December 18 for a joint meeting with Cameroonian Vice Prime Minister/Minister for Justice Amadou Ali focused on the GRC's request for legal assistance (ref b) in pursuing overseas bank accounts of Cameroonians tied to corruption. Explainin [...] | 2007-12-27 12:29:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PGOV PREL CM |
07YAOUNDE179 | CAMEROON'S DIPLOMATS: IN THE COUNTRY'S DISSERVICE, [...] (C) The recent death of Cameroon's long-serving Ambassador to the E.U. resparked recurring public and media commentary on Cameroon's dramatically stagnant diplomatic corps. More than a dozen Cameroonian ambassadors have occupied their positions for more than 10 years, several have been in p [...] | 2007-02-13 11:47:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM CVIS KCOR KFRD PINR PREL NI |
07YAOUNDE227 | CAMEROON: POSSIBLE SUCCESSORS TO PRESIDENT BIYA [...] (SBU) President Biya's 74th birthday (February 13, 2007) revived speculation about who might succeed him, especially if were not to complete his term in office (which ends in 2011). The latest round of succession talk began last year following his spring 2006 illness (Ref. A),and his final [...] | 2007-02-22 13:05:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV CM KCOR |
07YAOUNDE382 | IMF/WORLD BANK MISSION GIVES CAMEROON HALF-HEARTED [...] (C) Summary. IMF Mission Chief Dan Ghura said publicly on March 15 that Cameroon's performance is "globally" on track, but the IMF's bland public pronouncements obscure some shortcomings in Cameroon's financial governance. Most troubling was the relapse in 2006 of extra-budgetary spending [...] | 2007-03-27 10:51:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL KCOR ECPS CM EPET |
07YAOUNDE386 | EITI: CAMEROON'S OIL REVENUES COME OUT OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Cameroon's participation in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) process has meant unprecedented transparency into the accounts of the National Hydrocarbon Company (SNH) -- worth as much as $1.4 billion annually--but important short-comings remain. After [...] | 2007-03-28 09:06:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR EPET EFIN ECON CM |
07YAOUNDE442 | CAMEROON GETS CORRUPTION WATCHDOG, BUT WILL IT [...] (C) Summary. One year after establishing the National Anti-Corruption Commission (CONAC),President Biya on March 15 nominated a slate largely consisting of ruling CPDM party apparatchiks to CONAC's Coordination Committee. It will be headed by Paul Tessa, a longtime Presidency confidante. [...] | 2007-04-09 13:28:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PGOV ECON PREL CM |
07YAOUNDE445 | CAMEROON: BIYA ON ELECTIONS AND WAR AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: President Biya claims he is still hard at work against corruption, and that he will fire and arrest some of his most corrupt ministers (and his incompetent transport minister) before election day. Finding lieutenants who are both clean and competent seems to be a huge challeng [...] | 2007-04-09 16:25:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM PREL PGOV KCOR PINR |
07YAOUNDE446 | CAMEROON'S RULING PARTY SHUFFLED; DIFFERENT SUITS, [...] (C) President Paul Biya's April 4 shuffle of CPDM Party leadership amounted to internal housekeeping triggered by the need to replace an ailing senior leader and to shore up CPDM support among some constituencies in the run-up to legislative and municipal elections later this year. Changes [...] | 2007-04-10 06:32:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KCOR CM PINR |
07YAOUNDE493 | CAMEROON OPPOSITION LEADER ON ELECTIONS, [...] (SBU) Bernard "Ben" Muna, head of the newly formed opposition coalition Alliance of Progressive Forces told Charge April 16 that he feared "generalized violence" if the July legislative and municipal elections are fraught with fraud. Pointing to violence that has broken out recently among ru [...] | 2007-04-17 16:26:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CM KCOR PINR |
07YAOUNDE539 | POACHERS BEWARE: CAMEROON'S LAST GREAT APE IS ON [...] (U) Summary. Cameroon's Last Great Ape (LAGA) organization deploys passionate staff and proven law enforcement techniques to achieve spectacular results in prosecuting wildlife traffickers in Cameroon and, increasingly, the Central African region. In their unorthodox pursuit of wildlife tr [...] | 2007-04-27 10:49:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KCOR SNAR PHUM PARM EAID PGOV CM |
07YAOUNDE667 | KENYA AIR CRASH PUTS CAMEROON'S GOVERNANCE [...] (C) Summary. The May 5 crash of Kenya Airways flight 507 (reftels) brought to stark relief some of the worst characteristics of governance in Cameroon. Although the event would have challenged even a capable government, Cameroon's response was hampered by many of the same factors that impe [...] | 2007-05-29 11:19:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR EAIR PREL CM PGOV |
07YAOUNDE731 | CAMEROON: HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN DEBT RELIEF HAVE [...] (C) Summary. Seven years after the beginning of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) debt relief process, the hundreds of millions of dollars specifically allocated for pro-poor development projects have had "no impact" according to the Cameroonian official charged with piloting the p [...] | 2007-06-07 08:24:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCOR PREL PGOV EAID CM |
07YAOUNDE732 | CAMEROON: USG SHOULD AVOID ASSOCIATION WITH [...] (C) We believe that fundamental USG interests are undermined when USG officials -- and those of other groups of which we are members -- associate publicly with Polycarpe Abah Abah, Cameroon's current Minister of Economy and Finance and undisputed paragon of corruption. Abah Abah is a master [...] | 2007-06-07 08:49:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR EFIN PREL CM PINR |
07YAOUNDE741 | WHILE NOT PRETTY, CAMEROON'S ELECTION PREP IS [...] (C) With less than fifty days before voters go to the polls on July 22, the Government of Cameroon's handling of critical elements of the pre-election period has been marred with procedural irregularities. Some observers are questioning the government's commitment to democratic reform, poin [...] | 2007-06-08 10:39:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR PHUM CM |
07YAOUNDE904 | CAMEROON ELECTIONS: THE NEXUS BETWEEN CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary. High-level corruption is intrinsic to democratic politics in Cameroon. With Cameroonians going to the polls on July 22, critical USG interests in improving governance and democratic processes are affected by the nexus between grand corruption and the financing of political part [...] | 2007-07-20 16:51:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PGOV PREL PHUM PINR EAID CM |
07YAOUNDE910 | CAMEROON ELECTIONS: DISAPPOINTING AT FIRST BLUSH [...] (C) Summary. Cameroon on July 22 held dual legislative and municipal elections; initial, anecdotal reports indicate that President Biya's ruling party will hold onto its strong majority in the National Assembly and in municipal councils throughout much of the country. Though it is too early [...] | 2007-07-23 13:39:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR PINR EAID CM |
07YAOUNDE929 | CAMEROON: ELECTION "TRENDS" SHOW A MASSIVE RULING [...] (U) Cameroon's Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization (MINATD),Hamidou Yaya Marafa, announced unofficial "trends" for the July 22 legislative and municipal elections the day after the voting. Marafa shared the Government of Cameroon's (GRC) official assessment that the [...] | 2007-07-26 16:39:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR PINR EAID CM |
07YAOUNDE951 | CAMEROON ELECTIONS: SHINE COMES OFF RULING PARTY [...] (C) Summary. Less than two weeks after the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) party claimed crushing victories in July 22 parliamentary and legislative elections, a strengthening chorus of complaints from opposition and civil society groups and even discord within the CPDM [...] | 2007-08-02 06:55:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR PINR EAID CM |
07YAOUNDE993 | CAMEROON ELECTIONS AREN'T OVER UNTIL THE SUPREME [...] (SBU) Summary. More than two weeks after the July 22 parliamentary and municipal polls, the official ballot count is complete. The results will not be released, however, until the Supreme Court has rendered decisions on 103 complaints filed by various political parties. Many observers spe [...] | 2007-08-07 11:56:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR EAID CM |
07YEREVAN126 | SURVEY FINDS ARMENIANS LESS TOLERANT OF CORRUPTION [...] Armenians are becoming less tolerant of corruption, according to a Transparency International Armenia (TIA) survey released January 31. The most striking symbol of their mounting dissatisfaction was respondents' answers to a question regarding the most visible and common manifestation of Arme [...] | 2007-02-06 06:19:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KCOR SOCI AM |
07YEREVAN65 | KOCHARIAN SCOLDS TAX AND CUSTOMS OFFICIALS [...] (U) President Kocharian took an unusually hard stance with Customs and Tax officials during an annual January meeting with key government officials. He said the tax and customs services lacked the will to combat the shadow economy and described their work as "unsatisfactory." Despite some suc [...] | 2007-01-17 13:02:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV KCOR AM |
07ZAGREB1092 | TWENTY SIX ARRESTED FOR CORRUPTION IN LAND [...] (C) Summary: The Croatian Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organized Crime (USKOK) arrested 26 people on December 11 following a year-long corruption sting in the Zagreb land registry office. The accused include six employees of the land registry, several court officials, lawyers [...] | 2007-12-20 15:13:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR HR |
07ZAGREB243 | MORE COORDINATION AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING BUT [...] (C) Summary: The recent establishment of an inter-ministerial working group on money laundering is a positive development in Croatia's weak institutional framework for tackling economic crime. The aim of the new working group, comprised of eleven different ministries, agencies and offices is [...] | 2007-03-09 10:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KCOR KTFN HR |
08ABIDJAN403 | COTE D'IVOIRE: COCOA SECTOR OFFICIALS ARRESTED AS [...] (U) Summary: Twenty-three top officials of the cocoa/coffee sector were indicted on June 13 on charges of embezzlement, breach of trust, misuse of corporate assets, fraud, and forgery. As of June 23, 12 of the 23 were under arrest. Those arrested include close associates of the ruling FPI pa [...] | 2008-06-25 08:51:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD KCOR KJUS PGOV IV |
08ABIDJAN439 | COTE D'IVOIRE: JUSTICE FOR THE RICH AND POWERFUL [...] (C) Summary. Cote d'Ivoire's judicial system is broken and not likely to be fixed soon. The President of the Ivorian Bar Association told Ambassador that the judiciary is filled with corrupt judges. Court decisions are not published and judges' copies of their decisions are sent to persons out [...] | 2008-07-07 18:40:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KDEM KJUS PGOV IV |
08ABIDJAN522 | THE FORCES NOUVELLES AND THE DIAMOND TRADE IN [...] (C) Summary. During a recent visit to Bouake and Seguela, Emboffs probed the issue of whether control of the region's diamonds was a factor in the recent clash between factions of the Forces Nouvelles (FAFN). Emboffs met with Deputy FAFN Chief Wattao, who said that the Forces Nouvelles wer [...] | 2008-08-04 13:18:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN PGOV MARR KCOR PREL ECON IV |
08ABUJA1018 | (C/NF) NIGERIA: NORTHERN SUPPORT FOR YAR'ADUA [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Maitama Sule (strictly protect),former Nigerian ambassador to the United Nations (1979-1983) and confidant of President Umaru Yar'Adua, averred that the northern political elite is increasingly apprehensive about Yar'Adua's health and his capacity to continue to govern, and i [...] | 2008-06-03 08:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KCOR NI |
08ABUJA1023 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR MAY 1-15, [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of May 1-15, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Elections: Tribunals, Reforms, Re-runs -- Corruption -- Human Rights, TIP -- National Assembly -- Narcotics and Law Enfo [...] | 2008-06-03 15:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET ETRD KJUS KCOR NI |
08ABUJA106 | NIGERIA: POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JANUARY 1-15, 2008 [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of January 1-13, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Election Tribunals -- Corruption -- Niger Delta -- ECOWAS -- National Assembly -- Human Rights, Labor, Refugees - [...] | 2008-01-16 16:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF EFIN ETRD EPET KCOR MASS ELAB |
08ABUJA1079 | NIGERIA: NEW EFCC CHAIR AFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Sanders paid a courtesy call on newly confirmed (June 5) Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairwoman Farida Waziri on June 10, where she underscored the importance the U.S. places on the EFCC maintaining its vigor and fight against corruption, noting tha [...] | 2008-06-11 13:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN KCOR NI |
08ABUJA1095 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR MAY 16-31, [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja ConGen Lagos compilation of May 16-31, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Military Matters --Environment --Energy --Aviation --Debt --Fiscal Responsibility -- [...] | 2008-06-12 11:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET ETRD KCOR MOPS NI |
08ABUJA1245 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 1-15, [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja ConGen Lagos compilation of June 1-15, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- National Assembly -- The Presidency -- Niger Delta -- Oil and Gas -- General Economic News -- Other Important Issues [...] | 2008-06-26 09:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET ETRD KCOR MOPS NI |
08ABUJA1287 | NIGERIA: CODEL BERMAN VISITS HOUSE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 28, a CODEL, led by House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) Chairman Howard Berman and the Ambassador visited the Nigerian National Assembly to meet with members of the Nigerian House of Representatives. Discussions included the progress and challenges of electoral reform [...] | 2008-07-03 10:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM OREP NI |
08ABUJA1331 | NIGERIA: EFCC CHAIR WAZIRI'S FIRST MONTH, SOME [...] (C) SUMMARY. One month after Farida Waziri's June 5 Senate confirmation as new Chairwoman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) the jury is still very much out on Waziri's true intentions and any fallout her leadership choices will have on the EFCC as an institution; we belie [...] | 2008-07-11 13:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA1356 | NIGERIA: FONMIN ON NIGER DELTA, EFCC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador met with Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe on July 11 to demarche on Zimbabwe (Refs A and B). She also took the occasion to execute requested demarche on the Niger Delta, and address U.S. concerns over recent redeployments at the Economic and Financial Crimes Com [...] | 2008-07-16 14:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM KCOR NI |
08ABUJA1465 | NIGERIA: WAZIRI REQUESTS ASSISTANCE, CHANCE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador met with EFCC Chairwoman Farida Waziri on July 21, noting USG concerns about Waziri personally, her ability to strengthen the EFCC, and recent personnel redeployments. The Ambassador stressed Waziri's need to prove her bonafides to the U.S. through concrete results. [...] | 2008-07-29 17:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN KCOR NI |
08ABUJA1550 | NIGERIA: IBORI ASSOCIATE APPOINTED TO PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) Summary. Internet news site Sahara Reporters broke the news on July 31 that former Delta State Governor James Ibori's former Commissioner of Finance David Edevbie was appointed Principal Secretary to President Umaru Yar'Adua. Ibori (as reported reftels) is under investigation in Nigeria a [...] | 2008-08-06 17:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRIM NI |
08ABUJA1551 | NIGERIA: FORMER EFCC OFFICIALS DEMOTED, [...] (C) SUMMARY. There have been three separate actions taken this week against former officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Press reported on August 6 that members of the State Security Service (SSS) visited the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIP [...] | 2008-08-06 17:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA1573 | NIGERIA: EFCC DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO ATTORNEY [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings August 7, CDA presented reftel demarche expressing our concerns about developments at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to Attorney General (AG) Michael Aondoakaa and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Baba Gana Kingibe. She [...] | 2008-08-08 17:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN KCOR SNAR NI |
08ABUJA1574 | NIGERIA: EFCC DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO WAZIRI [...] (C) Summary: Charge delivered reftel demarche to Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairwoman Farida Waziri on August 8. Waziri called the USG position "unfortunate" and maintained that much of the issue with USG concerns is perception. She expressed concern for how cases were [...] | 2008-08-08 17:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA1595 | NIGERIA: EFCC DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge d'Affaires delivered reftel demarche on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to Minister of Foreign Affairs Ojo Maduekwe on August 8. The FonMin had already received the information from the demarche through a dispatch from the Nigerian Embassy in Washington [...] | 2008-08-11 17:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR EFIN SNAR NI |
08ABUJA1665 | WAZIRI RESPONDS TO DEMARCHE ON GON BACKSLIDING [...] (C) Summary. Embassy received a written response from Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairwoman Farida Waziri to Ref B demarche, which was delivered on August 8 (Ref A). Post found two of Waziri's claims particularly questionable: a professed ignorance of corrupt formern off [...] | 2008-08-21 13:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA182 | FRAUDSTERS IN THE NIGERIAN NASS? YAR,ADUA SUPPORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Nuhu Aliyu, Chair of the Committee on Security & Intelligence and retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, sent shock waves through the National Assembly (NASS) and country during a debate on the direction and tempo of the GON's war on corruption. Senator Aliyu threaten [...] | 2008-01-29 15:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA184 | ALIYU WILL NOT PUBLICLY NAME FRAUDSTERS IN NASS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff and INLOff met with Nuhu Aliyu, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Security and Intelligence, to discuss his recent disclosure that he had overseen fraud investigations of current members of the National Assembly while he served as Deputy Inspector General of Police in cha [...] | 2008-01-30 08:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA2035 | NIGERIA: EFCC CLARIFIES STATUS OF EX-GOVERNORS' [...] (C) Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman Farida Waziri's response October 13 to a question on the prosecution of 31 former governors (a number provided to the press by former EFCC Chairman Nuhu Ribadu prior to the May 2007 elections) at a roundtable discussion on the adverse [...] | 2008-10-15 15:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRI NI |
08ABUJA2107 | NIGERIA: RUMORS FROM THE NIGER DELTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16, Poloffs met with Olafemi Aduwo (protect),founder of the Rights Monitoring Group. In a rambling conversation, Aduwo made several claims about former Chief of Defense Staff Owoye Azazi and imprisoned arms dealer Henry Okah which were both interesting and, though unv [...] | 2008-10-27 11:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR EPET KCOR NI |
08ABUJA2149 | PRESIDENT OF NIGERIAN APPEALS COURT: NO MISCONDUCT [...] (C) Justice Umaru Abdullahi, President of the Federal Court of Appeal, told PolOff on October 30 that the committee of the National Judicial Council has found no evidence of misconduct by Appeals Court Judge Zainab Bulchukwa. Chief Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi requested the National Judicial Co [...] | 2008-10-30 16:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KCOR NI |
08ABUJA217 | NIGERIA: POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JANUARY 16-31, 2008 [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of January 16-31, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Elections: Tribunals, Reforms, Party Politics -- Corruption -- Niger Delta -- Military Affairs -- National Assembl [...] | 2008-02-04 09:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB EPET MOPS KCOR SENV NI |
08ABUJA2224 | NIGERIA: FEELING THE HEAT, EFCC CHAIR TRIES TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Within the last week, the EFCC has revisited three high-profile corruption cases, with some ending in new arrests and arraignments. The surge in EFCC activity comes on the heels of EFCC Chair Farida Waziri's controversial remarks at an October 13 anti-corruption conference regard [...] | 2008-11-13 12:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA2248 | NIGERIA: EFCC CHAIR WAZIRI REVEALS SERIOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador spoke to EFCC Chair Farida Waziri by phone on November 10 to discuss ongoing EFCC anti-corruption efforts and deliver USG benchmarks for cooperation. The conversation revealed little substantive detail on EFCC efforts, and instead revealed much more about the seri [...] | 2008-11-17 06:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA2249 | NIGERIA: FORMER EFCC CHAIR RIBADU BRIEFS THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Former EFCC Chair, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, met with the Ambassador on November 10 at the Ambassador's residence. (DCM and PolOff attended.) Ribadu criticized the current state of Nigerian political affairs, blaming President Yar'Adua for most of the country's woes and describing hi [...] | 2008-11-17 06:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA23 | NIGERIA: POL/ECON UPDATES FOR DECEMBER 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nigeria's fragile democracy continues to face several challenges. Domestic and international observers assessed the April elections, which brought President Umaru Yar'Adua (of the People's Democratic Party, PDP) to power as marred by gross irregularities, intimidation of voters [...] | 2008-01-07 07:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM KCOR KJUS NI |
08ABUJA2307 | NIGERIA: FURTHER HARASSMENT OF FORMER EFCC CHAIR [...] (S) SUMMARY: In the latest attempt to discredit Former EFCC Chairman Nuhu Ribadu, he and his family were physically escorted away from his graduation ceremony from the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Jos on November 22. On November 24, Ribadu came to the Embassy [...] | 2008-11-25 06:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA2325 | MEETING WITH YAUKU ON RIBADU AND OTHER ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-26 17:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KCOR KDEM NI |
08ABUJA2331 | NIGERIA: RIBADU REITERATES THREAT AND NEED TO FLEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In two late night conversations on November 27, former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chair Nuhu Ribadu told the Ambassador that he felt he was in much greater danger than he did earlier in the week when he spoke with DCM (ref B). In response to a question from th [...] | 2008-12-01 06:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA2332 | NIGERIA: RIBADU REITERATES THREAT AND NEED TO FLEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In two late night conversations on November 27, former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chair Nuhu Ribadu told the Ambassador that he felt he was in much greater danger than he did earlier in the week when he spoke with DCM (ref B). In response to a question from th [...] | 2008-12-01 06:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA2348 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES RIBADU ISSUE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a luncheon at the home of Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe on Sunday, November 30, the Ambassador had a private one-hour meeting with the FonMin to discuss the GON's total mishandling of issues surrounding former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chair Nuhu Rib [...] | 2008-12-02 11:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM KJUS NI |
08ABUJA2350 | NIGERIA: NFIU GIABA DELEGATES TELL ALL [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: INLOff was briefed on the developments relating to NFIU Director A.B. Okauru's resignation by two members of the Nigerian delegation at the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) Plenary in Dakar, Senegal on November 19. According to th [...] | 2008-12-02 13:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA2369 | ICPC RAISES ANTI-CORRUPTION AWARENESS, BUT LOWERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolCouns and PolOff (notetaker) met with Executive Member Dr. Uriah Angulu of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on November 21 to discuss the USG's concerns with Nigeria's stalled progress on anti-corruption. He acknowledged that the [...] | 2008-12-05 10:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA2391 | NIGERIA: NFIU DIRECTOR ON PUBLIC RELATIONS TOUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to a request from Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Secretary Emmanuel Akomaye for a working meeting on operational matters, he and newly appointed Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) Director, Norman Wokoma called on DepPolCouns, INLOff, and PolO [...] | 2008-12-11 14:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA313 | NIGERIA: POL/ECON UPDATES FOR FEBRUARY 1-14, 2008 [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of February 1-14, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Elections: Tribunals, Reforms, Party Politics -- Corruption -- Niger Delta -- Military Affairs -- National Assembl [...] | 2008-02-20 07:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET PHUM EFIN ETRD KCOR KDEM ELAB MOPS |
08ABUJA320 | (S/NF) NIGERIA: KANO BUSINESSMAN ALLEGES YAR'ADUA [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: XXXXXXXXXXXX alleged a close association between President Yar,Adua and Katsina native and rumored smuggler Dahiru Mangal. XXXXXXXXXXXX claimed Mangal is the President's "Mr. Fix It," taking care of "anything filthy" Yar'Adua needs done in addition to smuggling items for sever [...] | 2008-02-21 06:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KCOR NI |
08ABUJA345 | NIGERIA: AN ANALYSIS - YAR'ADUA AND HIS GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: This is the first in a series of two analytical cables that will take a close look at President Yar,Adua and his government during their first eight months in office, providing a report card of how we think he and his administration have done. This will be followed by a "Look Ah [...] | 2008-02-22 15:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR KCOR ECON KPKO NI |
08ABUJA456 | (S/NF) NIGERIA: PDP POLITICO ON YAR'ADUA [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Isyaku Ibrahim (strictly protect),a founding member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and PDP Board of Trustees member, but also a strong critic of the party's current ruling group, alleged that President Yar'Adua directed Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petrol [...] | 2008-03-07 15:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS KCOR NI |
08ABUJA484 | THE INTERNATIONAL ANTICORRUPTION AND GOOD GOVERNANCE ACT [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following in response to reftel. 2. (U) Host country efforts to combat corruption and improve transparency/acountability in 2006/2007: Former President Olusegun Obasanjo initiated a broad agenda to tackle corruption, including enforcement of existing anti [...] | 2008-03-12 13:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR KCRM SNAR NI IZ |
08ABUJA511 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON ACTING EFCC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador made a courtesy call February 11 on Ibrahim Lamorde, acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),in a public show of support for the institution after the assignment of Executive Chairman Nuhu Ribadu to study leave. She underscored U.S [...] | 2008-03-17 16:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KIPR EFIN ECON NI |
08ABUJA527 | NIGERIA: CORRUPT COURTS SLOW EFCC INVESTIGATION OF [...] (C) Outgoing Chief of the EFCC External Cooperation Unit Ibrahim Mohammed (strictly protect) on March 11 confirmed press reports that former Rivers State Governor Peter Odili secured a "perpetual injunction" restraining the EFCC from arresting, detaining or prosecuting him -- in effect extendi [...] | 2008-03-20 15:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR KJUS KCOR NI |
08ABUJA573 | NIGERIA: HEALTH MINISTRY SCANDAL - YAR'ADUA CLEANS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Minister of Health Adenike Grange and her deputy, Gabriel Yakubu Aduku, submitted their voluntary resignations on March 25 amidst charges of corruption. In an unprecedented "housecleaning," President Yar'Adua ordered the indefinite suspension of the Permanent Secretary, Director [...] | 2008-03-28 14:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TBIO KCOR NI |
08ABUJA578 | CODEL SHELBY MEETS WITH ACTING EFCC CHAIRMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senators Shelby, Gregg and Corker met with Acting Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Executive Chairman Ibrahim Lamorde on March 17 in Abuja. Ambassador, EconCouns and INLOff also attended. The meeting focused on the activities of the EFCC regarding corruption, money [...] | 2008-03-31 16:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV OREP PREL KCOR EFIN ECON NI |
08ABUJA630 | NIGERIA: MINISTER OF STATE SHARES HIS VIEWS ON THE ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary. Senators Shelby, Gregg and Corker, along with the Ambassador, met with Minister of State for Finance Aderemi Babalola on March 17. The meeting focused on the financial sector and efforts towards combating money laundering and terrorist financing. Babalola told the Senators that [...] | 2008-04-07 14:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV OREP KCOR PREL NI |
08ABUJA637 | NIGERIA: MINISTER OF STATE SHARES HIS VIEWS ON THE ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary. Senators Shelby, Gregg and Corker, along with the Ambassador, met with Minister of State for Finance Aderemi Babalola on March 17. The meeting focused on the financial sector and efforts towards combating money laundering and terrorist financing. Babalola told the Senators that [...] | 2008-04-08 09:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV OREP KCOR PREL NI |
08ABUJA714 | (C) NIGERIA: CONSULTANT ALLEGES BANKOLE INFLATED [...] (C) Musa Ibrahim (strictly protect),consultant to the National Assembly (NASS) on its Policy Analysis and Research Project, told PolOff April 15 that the House of Assembly's January declaration claiming recovery of $2.5 billion in unspent funds from various GON ministries (Refs A & B),ahead [...] | 2008-04-17 13:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KCOR NI |
08ABUJA760 | NIGERIA: BIWEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR APR 1-15, [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of April 1-15, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Election Tribunals -- PDP Politics -- Corruption -- National Assembly -- Economic News -- Oil and Gas -- Other News [...] | 2008-04-24 07:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET ETRD KJUS KCOR NI |
08ABUJA77 | NIGERIAN INSIDERS EXPLAIN RIBADU'S REMOVAL FROM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-11 14:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR NI |
08ABUJA799 | NIGERIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: SUPREME COURT MAY [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: On April 29, the Supreme Court convened its inaugural session in the appeals of presidential candidates Muhammadu Buhari (All Nigeria People's Party, ANPP) and Atiku Abubakar (Action Congress, AC) against President Umaru Yar'Adua (People's Democratic Party, PDP). Chief Justice [...] | 2008-04-30 17:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS KCOR NI |
08ABUJA863 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR APR 16-30 [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of April 16-30, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Elections: Tribunals, Reforms, Re-Runs -- PDP Politics -- Corruption -- Niger Delta -- National Assembly -- Economi [...] | 2008-05-12 08:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET ETRD KJUS KCOR NI |
08ABUJA898 | NIGERIA: NEW EFCC CHAIR APPOINTED, EX-GOVERNORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Federal Government announced the appointment of former Assistant Inspector General of Police Farida Mzamber Waziri as the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on May 15. Waziri is well respected among law enforcement and was, in fact, the officer in c [...] | 2008-05-16 13:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN KCOR SNAR NI |
08ABUJA946 | NIGERIA: ACTING EFCC AND NFIU CHAIRS ON WAZIRI [...] (C) SUMMARY. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Acting Chairman Ibrahim Lamorde and Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) Director Asishana Bayo Okauru told Poloff, INLoff and Legatt on May 18 and 19 that current Kwara State Governor Bukola Saraki (who is also head of the G [...] | 2008-05-23 14:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN KCOR SNAR NI |
08ABUJA962 | NIGERIA: YAR'ADUA GOVERNMENT'S REPORT CARD AT ONE [...] (S) This is the second cable in our series to address U.S. Mission Nigeria's analysis of President Yar'Adua's performance as head of state. Our first report card on him appeared at just over the halfway mark of his first year in office (ref A). This cable looks at what he has or has not done [...] | 2008-05-28 18:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PINR KCOR PREL ECON NI |
08AMMAN1153 | AS FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE DEADLINE PASSES, MANY [...] (C) Summary: Under Jordan's Financial Disclosure Law adopted in 2006, parliamentarians and other government officials had until April 13 to disclose their assets to the Ministry of Justice. As of the deadline, 63% of MPs have met the requirement. MPs we talked to were mostly resigned to com [...] | 2008-04-17 13:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KCOR JO |
08AMMAN1455 | LAND DEALS GENERATE A DEBATE ABOUT TRANSPARENCY [...] (C) Summary: Three recent land deals by the state to foreign investors have raised questions among the public about transparency in Jordan. The alleged sale of the King Hussein Medical Center (and an adjoining military complex),the cancellation of a deal to construct a casino on the Dead Se [...] | 2008-05-13 10:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KCOR AE JO |
08AMMAN1731 | JORDAN TRANSPARENCY ROUNDUP - AS ACCOUNTABILITY [...] (C) Summary. Institutions designed to increase transparency and accountability in Jordan are starting to flex their bureaucratic muscles. The audit bureau released a report outlining its activities in 2007, and the Anti-Corruption Commission announced that it had referred its first cases fo [...] | 2008-06-10 12:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KCOR JO |
08AMMAN1984 | KING LASHES OUT AT CONSERVATIVE CRITICS IN A BID [...] (C) Summary: In an extensive interview with the quasi-official Petra News Agency, King Abdullah defended Jordan's economic opening while acknowledging the squeeze it temporarily places on average citizens. Facing off against armchair critics, the King gave a detailed rationale for land sale [...] | 2008-07-02 15:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM KCOR JO |
08AMMAN2673 | AWADALLAH FACES MORE HITS FROM THE RUMOR MILL [...] (C) Summary: Royal Court Chief Bassem Awadallah, long an object of anti-Palestinian, anti-reformist anger and resentment, is facing yet another round of malicious gossip and slander designed to compel his ouster. This time, the allegations focus on a guilt-by-association link between Awadall [...] | 2008-09-15 12:28:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV KCOR JO |
08AMMAN604 | JORDAN'S ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION SHOWS SIGNS OF [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is showing tentative signs of life. The ACC's chair told Post that the institution is now digging into casework after securing a new building and a full complement of staff. Some in the donor community, however, are deeply skeptical of t [...] | 2008-02-26 06:50:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM JO |
08ASHGABAT1432 | TURKMENISTAN'S CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY: A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As a longtime Turkmenistan expatriate resident recently observed, Turkey's arrangements with Turkmenistan let them get away with a lot, but Turkish companies -- particularly construction companies -- are also vulnerable to arrest, deportation, and other unpleasantries when thi [...] | 2008-11-03 14:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EIND KCOR TX TU RS |
08ASHGABAT217 | DOING BUSINESS IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A resident American businessman explained how he is able to navigate the local business culture, where paying bribes and corruption are endemic. The only way he is able to avoid paying bribes and still do business is to work with another foreign company (usually Turkish) as lead o [...] | 2008-02-12 08:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KCOR TX |
08ASHGABAT739 | TURKMENISTAN: ELITE APARTMENTS - II [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Turkmenistan is acknowledging the emerging problem of skyrocketing real estate prices. New elite apartments that have yet to be built are now selling for 2.4 - 3.2 billion manats (the equivalent o [...] | 2008-06-10 09:01:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI KCOR TX |
08ASTANA2380 | KAZAKHSTAN: 2008-2009 INCSR REPORT, PART 1 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to reftel, please find below Part 1 of the 2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) for Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan is still affected by the expansion of international drug trafficking [...] | 2008-12-02 01:58:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ |
08ASTANA2447 | KAZAKHSTAN: 2008-2009 INCSR, PART II, FINANCIAL CRIMES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel, the text of Part II of the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering for Kazakhstan follows. The INCSR currently covers only the first n [...] | 2008-12-10 14:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN KCRM KCOR SNAR KZ |
08ASTANA352 | KAZAKHSTAN: TYPHOON COUNTER-NARCOTICS OPERATION [...] Summary: Law enforcement agencies of Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, with the assistance of Afghanistan, broke up one of the largest Central Asian trafficking organizations. As a result of the multi-stage operation "Typhoon" conducted over the past three years, law enforcement [...] | 2008-02-20 03:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ |
08ASTANA358 | KAZAKHSTAN: DRUG AND CRIME REPORT FOR 2007 [...] According to the Statistics Committee of the Procurator General's Office, 10,502 drug-related crimes were committed during 2007. The number of individuals that committed these crimes decreased 1.2% to 8,147. Drug seizures in 2007 decreased 6.2% from the previous year. Total seizures in 2007 w [...] | 2008-02-21 09:51:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM KZ |
08ASTANA362 | KAZAKHSTAN: 2007 INL END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] In 2007, Post provided equipment to GOK institutions throughout Kazakhstan. These include the Statistics Committee of the Procurator General's Office, the Ministry of the Interior's Committee on Combating Narcotics, the Legal Institute of the Ministry of the Interior, Border Guard Service of [...] | 2008-02-22 09:17:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCOR KCRM PREL KZ |
08ASTANA366 | KAZAKHSTAN: USE OF MOBILE GROUPS ON THE BORDER [...] Summary: The Kazakhstani Border Guard Service (BGS) is interested in establishing mobile border guard groups to combat both trafficking and corruption. End Summary. 2. On November 29, Lieutenant-General Nikolai Rybalkin, Deputy Head of the Border Guard Service of the Russian Federal Secu [...] | 2008-02-22 13:28:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ |
08ASTANA473 | KAZAKHSTAN: ASSESSMENT TRIP [...] Summary: From February 25 through 27, Post assessed the premises of the Border Guard Service in two cities for the establishment of a new classroom. The Border Guard Divisions on the Kazakhstani-Russian border discussed additional needs with the representatives of the Embassy and the Interna [...] | 2008-03-11 01:47:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ |
08ASTANA665 | KAZAKHSTAN: RECORD DRUG SEIZURE ON BORDER [...] Summary: On the morning of March 27, the Customs Service of Kazakhstan seized 537 kilos of heroin, the largest single seizure ever recorded in the country. This single seizure is also larger than the total amount of heroin seized in Kazakhstan last year. The drugs were seized at the Kairak [...] | 2008-04-02 04:47:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ |
08ASTANA672 | KAZAKHSTAN - CSTO COUNTER-NARCOTICS MEETING [...] Summary: On March 27, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan (MVD) held a meeting in Astana of the Coordination Council of the Heads of Competent Bodies on Combating Illegal Drugs Trafficking (CCBCD) of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). The participants discussed th [...] | 2008-04-03 11:17:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM KZ |
08ASTANA823 | KAZAKHSTAN: ADDITIONS TO 2007 INL END USE MONITORING [...] In response to Reftel A, Post is providing additional information on equipment provided to the GOK. 2. Computers at the Financial Police Academy. INL provided 25 computers to the Financial Police Academy in Astana. End-use monitoring was conducted during training at the Academy in Novemb [...] | 2008-04-25 09:31:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCOR KCRM PREL KZ |
08BAGHDAD1071 | CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION AT PORT NOT YET CREATING [...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Minister of Trade's concerns that Prime Minister Maliki's April 3 decision to put all staff at the Port of Umm Qasr on leave for investigation of corrupt practices may lead to shortages of wheat, rice and other Public Distribution System (PDS) commodities throughout the [...] | 2008-04-07 14:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD EWWT EFIN ECON PGOV KCOR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1084 | D/PM BARHAM SALIH MEETS NEW EMBASSY [...] (C) Summary: In his introductory call on D/PM Barham Salih, AMB. Lawrence Benedict described his mission as identifying how the U.S. could best support GOI anti-corruption initiatives. AMB Benedict asked for D/PM Barham Salih's cooperation in this endeavor. D/PM Barham Salih welcomed AMB [...] | 2008-04-08 11:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON KCOR PGOV PREL IQ |
08BAGHDAD1202 | ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Following on the heels of a flurry of anti-corruption activity by the Government of Iraq (GOI) over the past three months - the GOI,s first conference on Anti-Corruption (AC) in January, and a second conference in mid-March hosted jointly by UNDP and the World [...] | 2008-04-17 15:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IQ KCOR PGOV UN |
08BAGHDAD1588 | ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Beginning with the GOI,s Anti-Corruption Conference in January there have been a number of newsworthy events on the anti-corruption front so far in 2008. The January Conference was followed by a UN Office of Drugs and Crime meeting in mid-March timed to coincide with the signing and rat [...] | 2008-05-24 06:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PGOV ECON EAID IZ |
08BAGHDAD1843 | COUNCIL OF REPS BALKS AT BUDGET SUPPLEMENTAL [...] (C) Summary and comment: Government spending in Iraq needs to be authorized by the Council of Representatives (COR). Only one supplemental spending bill, that to establish DPM Salih's Higher Reconstruction Committee and provide it with USD 5 billion for unspecified projects, has been submitted [...] | 2008-06-18 08:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV KCOR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1963 | ALAQ HIGHLIGHTS PRIMACY OF INSPECTORS GENERAL IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a June 25 meeting with visiting INL consultants and ACCO staff, Joint Anti-Corruption Commission (JACC) chairman and Council of Ministers Secretary General Ali Alaq stressed his interpretation of the ministries' Inspectors General (IG's) as the vanguard of Iraq's anti-corruptio [...] | 2008-06-27 04:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ KCOR KCRM PGOV EAID PREL |
08BAGHDAD208 | NEW CPI COMMISSIONER FAVORS TRANSPARENCY AND TERM LIMITS [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Days after his appointment as the head of the Commission on Public Integrity (CPI),Judge Raheem Al-Ugaili sounded consistent themes in interviews with local media and meetings with emboffs. Speaking frankly of the danger public corruption poses to Iraqi soci [...] | 2008-01-25 13:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ KCOR PGOV EAID PINR |
08BAGHDAD2122 | PENDING LEGISLATION WOULD FURTHER PLACE CORRUPTION [...] (C) Pending legislation before the COR would codify control by the Prime Minister,s office over Iraq,s Inspectors General (IG,s) and the Commission on Integrity (COI),two of the GOI,s politically independent, albeit nascent, anti-corruption agencies. Current drafts of the legislation would e [...] | 2008-07-08 12:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KCRM PGOV EAID PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD2682 | ENTRENCHED CORRUPTION IN KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-21 13:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KCOR KCRM PGOV EAID PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD2731 | ENTRENCHED CORRUPTION IN KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ [...] (S) Anti-Corruption Coordinator, Lawrence Benedict, Embassy Baghdad Anti-Corruption Coordination Office (ACCO) and Erbil RRT officers met August 11-14 with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) officials, non-governmental organizations, and representatives of the private sector to gauge the corr [...] | 2008-08-25 11:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KCOR KCRM PGOV EAID PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD3087 | INSPECTORS GENERAL SEEK TO CLARIFY THEIR ROLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Numerous Iraqi Inspectors General (IGs) have voiced to us confusion about their oversight role and frustration with other Iraqi entities either at the ministerial or national level to usurp the IGs' monitoring authorities. How the IGs develop is subject to pending legislation [...] | 2008-09-25 09:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KCRM PGOV EAID PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD3166 | BAYJI OIL REFINERY DG TAKING ACTION AGAINST FUEL [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) In a September 18 meeting Bayji Oil Refinery (BOR) Director General Ali Obeidi (protect throughout) told PRT and Joint Security Station officers (JSS) that he has made progress in shutting down corruption and black ma [...] | 2008-10-01 11:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL KCOR PTER PINS IZ |
08BAGHDAD3596 | SIX INSPECTORS GENERAL RELIEVED OF DUTIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Council of Ministers issued orders in mid-October firing one Inspector General and putting five others into early retirement following performance audits of the IGs conducted by the Board of Supreme Audit. Another IG expects to be relieved of his duties, while the head of the [...] | 2008-11-13 12:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KCRM PGOV EAID PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD3903 | INSPECTOR GENERAL UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following an article in the New York Times suggesting a slew of firings and early retirements of Iraq's Inspectors General (IGs) were politically motivated, the heads of the Commission on Integrity (COI) and the Board of Supreme Audit (BSA) strenuously defended the integrity of t [...] | 2008-12-14 11:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KCRM PGOV EAID PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD4047 | LABOR IG DETAILS MASSIVE SOCIAL WELFARE FUND FRAUD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hameed al-Zaidi, the Inspector General of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, announced to the Iraqi press the widespread corruption within his ministry in which, he estimated, 70 percent of funds allocated to the ministry's social welfare program were siphoned off. Al-Za [...] | 2008-12-28 14:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | KCOR KCRM PGOV EAID PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD4058 | SUMMING UP IRAQ'S YEAR OF ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih declared in January that 2008 was to be Iraq's year of combating corruption but Iraq has made only incremental gains in doing so. Salih issued an 18-point plan to fight administrative corruption that was issued in the PM,s name, of which four [...] | 2008-12-29 14:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KCRM PGOV EAID PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD4067 | AMBASSADOR AND DPM SALIH DISCUSS FALLING OIL [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and EMIN delivered a letter from Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt to Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih on December 28. In a wide-ranging discussion, Salih noted with alarm that the GOI's oil exports in 2009 will most likely not exceed 1.6 million barrels per day [...] | 2008-12-30 15:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV KCOR EPET IZ |
08BAGHDAD68 | AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 7 MEETING WITH IRAQI [...] (S) During a January 7 meeting with Ambassador Crocker, Samir Sumaidaie, the Iraqi Ambassador to the U.S., sought to establish shared U.S.-GOI priorities in the lead up to the Ambassador's upcoming testimony to Congress. The Ambassador told Sumaidaie the most significant bilateral issue at han [...] | 2008-01-10 03:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS ECON KCOR IZ |
08BAGHDAD767 | 2008 IAGGA: IRAQ'S Anti-Corruption Efforts in 2006-2007 [...] Summary. While the corrosive effects of public corruption continue to plague Iraqi society, the Government of Iraq (GOI) recently has taken a number of positive steps aimed at ameliorating this problem. Cognizant of the fact that corruption endangers the stability and security of the state, [...] | 2008-03-14 13:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ KCOR KCRM PGOV EAID PREL |
08BAGHDAD877 | UN ANTI-CORRUPTION CONFERENCE (MARCH 17-18, 2008) [...] (U) Summary. As part of its portfolio of activities to support good governance, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP),in coordination with the office of Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih, organized an international Anti-Corruption Conference in Baghdad on March 17-18, 2008 at al-Rash [...] | 2008-03-23 12:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID IZ KCOR PGOV PREL SOCI |
08BAKU461 | GOVERNMENT "SHARKS" PUSH LARGE AMERICAN INVESTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a sign of the difficult business environment in Azerbaijan, a major foreign investor has decided to sell its investment and leave Azerbaijan. Russia's Baltika Breweries, a subsidiary of Carlsberg, announced the purchase of Baku Castel on May 15. CEO of the local brewery Baku C [...] | 2008-05-16 12:59:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN KCOR PREL PGOV AJ |
08BAKU496 | KOREAN COMPANIES FACE CHALLENGES IN AZERBAIJAN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the press has reported that South Korean companies are winning major construction and transportation deals, the Baku-based Director of the Korean Ministry of Construction and Transportation Yong Seog Kim reports that Korean companies are facing problems in concluding the [...] | 2008-05-30 10:43:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR EFIN ETRD AJ |
08BAKU559 | SCENESETTER FOR DRL A/S KRAMER'S VISIT TO BAKU, [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev and his closest advisors are still perturbed over what they perceive as a series of slights from the USG, which they view as inconsistent with our bilateral partnership. They are expressing their anger through a new, tough line on democracy and human rights iss [...] | 2008-06-18 08:34:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR AJ |
08BAKU560 | SCENESETTER FOR DRL A/S KRAMER'S VISIT TO BAKU, [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev and his closest advisors are still perturbed over what they perceive as a series of slights from the USG, which they view as inconsistent with our bilateral partnership. They are expressing their anger through a new, tough line on democracy and human rights iss [...] | 2008-06-18 08:34:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR AJ |
08BAKU61 | OPPOSITION JOURNALIST RECEIVES SIX-YEAR PRISON [...] (SBU) On January 21, the Court of Grave Crimes convicted opposition Bizim Yol newspaper correspondent Mushvig Huseynov of accepting a bribe (Criminal Code article 331),and sentenced him to six years' imprisonment. In addition to the prison sentence, the court banned Huseynov from engaging in [...] | 2008-01-24 08:56:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR AJ |
08BAKU627 | BUSINESS LEADERS EXPERIENCE ONGOING CHALLENGES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Business and IFI leaders gave visiting Special Representative for Economic and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud an overview of increasing problems in Azerbaijan's business climate, stating that in some instances, corruption and monopolistic practices were on the rise. They agree [...] | 2008-07-02 12:03:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV KCOR PREL AJ |
08BAKU649 | EEB/CBA MERMOUD DISCUSSES EPC AND COMMERCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings with GOAJ officials, Special Representative for Economic and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud proposed a September 8 meeting of the Economic Partnership Commission; Minister of Finance Sharifov indicated that the date could be difficult due to GOAJ budget preparation [...] | 2008-07-08 06:11:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV KCOR PREL AJ |
08BAKU70 | RUMORS SWIRL OF MINISTER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since his 2005 appointment as Minister of Economic Development, Heydar Babayev's political influence and personal financial wealth have been growing. Many attribute his appointment to his close personal relationship with President Ilham Aliyev; the two studied in Kyiv and are ru [...] | 2008-01-28 11:39:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ETDR ECON WTRO PINR PGOV KCOR PREL AJ |
08BAKU77 | AZERBAIJAN'S OPAQUE PROCUREMENT SYSTEM [...] (C) Summary: Although Azerbaijan is in the midst of a massive public investment program to overhaul its physical and social infrastructure, the GOAJ does not have a transparent tendering system to administer this program. Formal tendering -- done by the State Procurement Agency -- usually is [...] | 2008-01-30 06:58:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PGOV KCOR AJ |
08BAKU80 | EEB/CBA SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MERMOUD DISCUSSES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) In a meeting on January 22, Department of State Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud, the Ambassador and Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov discussed preparations for the second annual Econo [...] | 2008-01-31 04:02:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EAID PREL ENRG KCOR AJ |
08BAKU98 | JAILED EX-MINISTER FARHAD ALIYEV REPORTEDLY [...] (C) According to his lawyers, jailed former Minister of Economic Development Farhad Aliyev suffered a myocardial infarction at approximately 0500 on February 4 while in the custody of the Ministry of National Security (MNS). Isakhan Ashurov, one of Aliyev's attorneys, called Emboff at approxi [...] | 2008-02-05 12:40:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR AJ |
08BAMAKO822 | MINISTER OF ENERGY AND MINES RESIGNS AMID FRAUD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-01 14:15:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR ML |
08BAMAKO942 | NORTHERN MALI POLICE BLOTTER AND EVENTS CALENDAR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-16 15:00:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PINR ASEC KCOR PHUM ML |
08BAMAKO943 | MALI'S ANTI-CORRUPTION AUDITOR HAS AUDIT PROBLEMS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-16 15:00:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM ML |
08BEIJING3742 | FOURTH SESSION OF THE ANTICORRUPTION WORKING GROUP [...] (C) The Anticorruption Working Group (ACWG) of the U.S.-China Joint Liaison Group (JLG) for Law Enforcement Cooperation held its fourth session in Beijing and Nanjing September 16-18. Interagency participants from the United States and China discussed the Mutual Legal Assistance Agreement (ML [...] | 2008-09-26 07:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM KFRD KJUS CH XB |
08BEIJING3779 | IMPLEMENTING CHINA'S ACTION PLAN TO COMBAT [...] (C) As part of its effort to combat trafficking in persons (TIP),China is working to implement its National Plan of Action (NPA) issued by the State Council on December 13, 2007. Both the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Civil Affairs are coordinating a national plan to combat [...] | 2008-09-29 07:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KTIP PGOV KWMN PREL KCOR KCRM KFRD KJUS |
08BEIJING4394 | China reluctant to engage on EITI [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. Post delivered background paper in reftel demarche by fax to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) International Affairs Division, the National Energy Administration (NEA) International Cooperation Division, and the Ministry of Land and Resources (MOLAR) International Coop [...] | 2008-12-02 05:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON ENRG EPET EMIN KCOR CH CA AS |
08BEIJING4602 | CHINA/EITI: SUPPORTIVE IN PRINCIPLE, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. In a discussion with EEB DAS Douglas Hengel in Beijing, a Foreign Ministry official said the objectives of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) are consistent with China's efforts to promote corporate social responsibility. He welcomed inviting China's Nati [...] | 2008-12-19 03:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EMIN ECON SENV KCOR CH |
08BELGRADE1040 | SERBIAN AUTHORITIES ARREST RULING PARTY MAYOR FOR [...] (SBU) Popular ruling party mayor Goran Knezevic was arrested October 1 and charged with participating in a criminal conspiracy. The arrest comes less than a month after statements by top officials of the ruling Democratic Party (DS) announcing a crackdown on corruption. The media and observers [...] | 2008-10-03 15:48:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR SR |
08BISHKEK478 | KYRGYZSTAN - NOTES FROM THE SOUTH [...] (U) Summary: On April 29, 2008, Ambassador Yovanovitch traveled to Osh, Kyrgyzstan and met with representatives from the Osh Governor's Office, members of local political parties, and the Kyrgyz Drug Control Agency's Southern Command. Water shortages, rolling black-outs, rising prices and cor [...] | 2008-05-15 06:20:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KCRM KCOR SNAR KG |
08BOGOTA918 | COLOMBIA RESPONSE TO 2008 IAGGA REPORT [...] The GOC continues to make progress on fighting corruption and increasing accountability and transparency. In the past two years, the GOC took significant steps to reform its criminal justice system, increase transparency in public expenditure, modernize public procurement, and ensure account [...] | 2008-03-07 23:55:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR KCRM CO |
08BRASILIA160 | GOVERNMENT PUSH FOR FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS TAX [...] (SBU) Summary. In the months-long unsuccessful effort to renew the tax on financial transactions ("CPMF"),the Lula administration tried to win congressional votes by distributing jobs and federal funds, meddling in the legislative agenda, and seeking favors for key legislators. The episode [...] | 2008-01-31 15:55:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM KCOR EFIN BR |
08BRASILIA41 | BRAZIL: LITTLE HOPE OFFERED ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Summary: In commemoration of International Anti-Corruption Day, the regional office of the United Nations' Office on Drugs and Crime together with the University of Brasilia sponsored a roundtable with senior Brazilian government officials from the judicial and legislative branches, medi [...] | 2008-01-07 17:56:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCRM KCOR KDEM BR |
08BRASILIA855 | Brazil: Do All the Corruption Scandals Matter? [...] (SBU) Summary. Fresh scandal news appears daily in major newspapers, and there are now investigations into at least seven major corruption scandals involving politicians. Experience suggests courts and congressional inquiries will mete out little or no punishment. The constant parade of cor [...] | 2008-06-25 16:37:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM KDEM EAIR BR |
08BRATISLAVA582 | SLOVAK TELECOMS REGULATOR: I WAS FIRED FOR HONESTY [...] (C) The head of the Slovak telecommunications authority was removed by Parliamentary vote last week, following a dispute over the contract to build the infrastructure for digital television broadcast. Branislav Macaj (PROTECT) alleges that he was ordered by the highest levels of government to [...] | 2008-12-12 15:37:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECPS EINV KCOR PREL LO |
08BUCHAREST117 | BLAND JUSTICE: JUDICIAL INSIDERS DECRY WEAK EC [...] (C) Summary: A recent European Commission interim report on judicial reform in Romania provoked disappointment in many judicial circles, with pro-reform activists hoping for a sharper rebuke of recent backsliding. Based on comments from many local contacts, we have prepared a "parallel report" [...] | 2008-02-13 13:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN KCOR KJUS PGOV PREL RO |
08BUENOSAIRES1052 | ARGENTINA: WHA A/S SHANNON AND AMBASSADOR WAYNE [...] (SBU) Summary: WHA A/S Shannon and Ambassador Wayne met with Argentine Chief Justice Lorenzetti on July 11 to discuss bilateral cooperation in the area of judicial reform. Lorenzetti praised the Argentine Supreme Court's close cooperation with the Embassy and the U.S. Supreme Court, citing a [...] | 2008-07-31 12:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS KCOR AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1176 | ARGENTINA: NEW DETAILS ON ANTONINI-WILSON'S [...] (C) Summary: On August 12, 2008, Hector Fernando Colella, President of Argentine courier firm OCA S.A., provided Emboffs with new details concerning the charter flight brought Guido Alejandro Antonini-Wilson and the now in-famous cash stuffed suitcase to Buenos Aires. Colella's business partner, [...] | 2008-08-20 17:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL SNAR KCOR VZ AR |
08BUENOSAIRES129 | ARGENTINA PERSPECTIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: As part of outreach efforts during recent friction in U.S.-Argentine relations, Ambassador held one-on-one discussions with key players on the Argentine scene. In each, he explained the U.S. perspective on discord over the Miami court case and on bilateral relations. Inte [...] | 2008-02-04 15:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EINV EPET KPAO KCOR MARR VZ AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1314 | ARGENTINA: ARMY CHIEF BENDINI, A KIRCHNER ALLY, [...] (C) Summary: Argentina's Cabinet Chief Sergio Massa announced late on September 18 that General Bendini, Army Chief of Staff for the past five years, had resigned. The resignation and its acceptance by the President followed by only hours the decision of a Federal Appeals Court in Comodoro Ri [...] | 2008-09-19 21:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM MARR KCOR SNAR PHUM AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1401 | ARGENTINE WITNESS IN MIAMI TRIAL CONTINUES TO [...] (SBU) Sumary: After ten days in Miami, former Airport Security Police Officer and witness in the Antonini-Wilson case, Maria Lujan Telpuk returned to Buenos Aires on October 9 and continued (reftel) to question the way the FBI intercepted and interviewed her at Miami International Airport on S [...] | 2008-10-10 18:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCRM KCOR SNAR AR |
08BUENOSAIRES146 | ARGENTINA'S DIPLOMATIC "CAR TALK" SCANDAL ROLLS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: "Car Talk" continues to fill the daily press with new twists in allegations of illegal diplomatic car sales. The Supreme Court is expected to announce it found insufficient evidence against foreign diplomats to warrant its involvement in the case, somewhat vindicating the diplo [...] | 2008-02-07 15:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT KLIG KCOR KTIA ODIP PREL ASEC KREC AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1550 | ARGENTINA: ANTONINI-WILSON CLAIMS NESTOR KIRCHNER [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Argentine daily "La Nacion" prominently published November 9 a lengthy exclusive interview with dual U.S.-Venezuelan citizen Guido Antonini-Wilson (A-W),who was intercepted by GOA authorities in August 2007 with a suitcase stuffed with $800,000 arriving on a c [...] | 2008-11-12 20:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR KCOR KLIG CJAN AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1665 | ARGENTINA: ENVIRONMENT SECRETARY EXITS GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Controversial Environment Secretary Romina Picolotti resigned on December 2, reportedly at the request of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK). Picolotti is replaced by Homero Maximo Bibiloni, an environmental attorney. Presidency sources quoted in the press stated t [...] | 2008-12-05 12:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SENV KCOR AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1672 | ARGENTINE APPEALS COURT AGREES THERE IS [...] (SBU) An Argentine appeals court upheld the (reftel) July 3 determination by Judge Daniel Petrone that there is not enough evidence to prosecute or to acquit former Argentine government official Claudio Uberti in the "Valijagate" investigation, involving the infamous Venezuelan suitcase carryi [...] | 2008-12-09 19:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR KCOR CJAN AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1742 | ARGENTINES NOT SHOCKED THERE'S CORRUPTION GOING [...] (SBU) Summary: German company Siemens' December 15 guilty plea with the U.S. Department of Justice-Fraud Section, over corrupt practices, including payments of bribes to officials in previous Argentine governments, has provoked sustained attention in the Argentine press but no major reaction fr [...] | 2008-12-23 19:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR PREL EFIN AR |
08BUENOSAIRES178 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH CHIEF CABINET [...] (C) Summary: On February 12, Ambassador lunched with Argentina's Chief Cabinet Minister Alberto Fernandez (AF) in the first in a newly initiated series of monthly lunches developed to help manage U.S.-Argentine relations. Topics covered included working with A/S Shannon and others to foster [...] | 2008-02-14 17:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EINV EPET KPAO KCOR MARR VZ AR |
08BUENOSAIRES462 | ARGENTINE VALIJAGATE INVESTIGATION MOVING SLOWLY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Argentine investigation into the origin and destination of USD 800,000 seized from a Venezuelan-American passenger arriving on a chartered flight from Caracas last August continues to move forward slowly. A new judge has been assigned to oversee the money laundering and cu [...] | 2008-04-10 12:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS PREL SNAR KCOR VZ AR |
08BUENOSAIRES519 | PRESIDENT CRISTINA KIRCHNER ON BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. In a very friendly April 10 meeting, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) indicated great pleasure at the warm reception which President Bush had given Argentina's new Ambassador and expressed support for the vision of U.S. policy in the region described by A [...] | 2008-04-22 16:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EINV EPET KPAO KCOR MARR VZ |
08BUENOSAIRES520 | ARGENTINE CABINET CHIEF SUPPORTS IMPROVED [...] (C) Summary. Argentine Cabinet Minister Alberto Fernandez told A/S Shannon on April 10 that he firmly supports the improvement in bilateral dialogue and cooperation, saying "we need to have good relations with the USG." Fernandez placed high priority on attracting U.S. investment and on reso [...] | 2008-04-22 16:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EINV EPET KPAO KCOR MARR VZ AR |
08BUENOSAIRES522 | A/S SHANNON AND AMCHAM REPRESENTATIVES SHARE [...] (SBU) Summary. Assistant Secretary Shannon and Ambassador Wayne met with members of American Chamber (AmCham) Executive Committee to discuss the companies, observations and concerns about the Argentine business climate, market opportunities and challenges. AmCham representatives were unanim [...] | 2008-04-22 19:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EINV EPET KPAO KCOR MARR VZ AR |
08BUENOSAIRES531 | THE ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT AND THE MEDIA: BIASED [...] (C) Summary: Argentine government is continuing its crusade to pressure the media group Clarin over allegedly biased reporting, and questioning its powerful position in the print, TV, cable and radio. While others in the media share concerns about Clarin's dominant position, observers genera [...] | 2008-04-23 19:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EINV KPAO KCOR AR |
08BUENOSAIRES646 | ARGENTINE PROSECUTORS SEEK TO TRAVEL TO THE U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine press indicates local prosecutors are looking to travel to the U.S. to gather evidence for their investigation into the infamous Venezuelan suitcase with US$800,000 seized by GOA officials in August 2007. Articles published in La Nacion on May 11 and 12 provide new i [...] | 2008-05-15 18:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS PREL SNAR KCOR VZ AR |
08BUENOSAIRES714 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTIVIST [...] (U) Summary. The Ambassador met with Laura Alonso, Executive Director for Argentine NGO "Citizen Power" (Poder Ciudadano-PC) and discussed its ongoing efforts to promote government accountability and transparency at the federal and local levels. Alonso explained PC's on-going efforts to inv [...] | 2008-05-23 21:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KCOR PHUM ELAB AR |
08BUENOSAIRES743 | ARGENTINA: NEW VALIJAGATE EVIDENCE IS FRONT-PAGE [...] (C) Summary: "Valijagate" is once again news in Argentina. The Argentine press is reporting new evidence in the investigation, including cell phone records of supposedly traced calls from a key suspect to the presidential residence, contradictory testimony implying more significant links betw [...] | 2008-05-29 19:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KJUS PREL SNAR KCOR VZ AR |
08BUENOSAIRES748 | ARGENTINA'S JUDICIAL BRANCH INCREASINGLY SUBJECT [...] (SBU) Summary: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is cementing control over the judicial branch by legislating discretion and political criteria into judicial processes. New legislation approved on May 21 increases executive branch influence over the filling of vacant judgeships, and a [...] | 2008-05-30 17:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KCOR AR |
08BUENOSAIRES86 | ARGENTINA: UPDATE ON SKANSKA CORRUPTION CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. Judicial investigations continue into alleged bribery and tax evasion by the local affiliate of Swedish construction multinational Skanska in the expansion of Argentina's northern and southern natural gas pipelines. The courts appear to be approaching the indictment phase, desp [...] | 2008-01-25 14:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR EPET EINV ASEC SNAR OECD AR |
08BUENOSAIRES946 | ARGENTINA: JUDGE RULES LACK OF EVIDENCE AGAINST [...] (SBU) Argentine Judge Daniel Petrone determined on 3 July that there is not enough evidence to prosecute or to acquit former Argentine government official Claudio Uberti in the "Valijagate" investigation, involving the infamous Venezuelan suitcase carrying USD 800,000 and seized by Argentine cu [...] | 2008-07-08 20:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR KJUS PGOV PREL SNAR VZ AR |
08COLOMBO370 | SRI LANKA: RAIN HURTS RICE CROP; PRICES RISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Torrential rains are damaging paddy yields in the main rice growing areas of Sri Lanka, with as many as 15,000 hectares lost. Domestic prices are up in wholesale markets and sharp increases in retail prices have started and will continue unless international supplies can be as [...] | 2008-04-10 02:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV KCOR KMCA PGOV CE |
08COLOMBO638 | SRI LANKA: POWER SECTOR BADLY NEEDS REFORM, [...] Summary: The state owned Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) is the primary provider of electricity to Sri Lanka. The company is plagued with inefficiencies and a spiraling debt. Sri Lanka is dependent on petroleum products to produce 60 percent of its electricity. The price of production is sky [...] | 2008-07-02 11:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EINV KCOR KMCA PGOV CE |
08COLOMBO730 | SRI LANKA: TREASURY SECRETARY OFFERS TO RESIGN FOLLOWING [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 28, P. B. Jayasundera, Treasury Secretary, handed in his resignation following a Supreme Court judgment that severely criticized his role in the privatization of Lanka Marine Services (LMS),a government-owned bunkering company. Jayasundera, Rajapakse's primary economic [...] | 2008-07-29 12:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EINV KCOR KMCA PGOV CE |
08COLOMBO753 | SRI LANKA: GSL WEAKENS CORRUPTION OVERSIGHT BY APPOINTING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a move that is likely to encourage further government corruption, chairmanships of Sri Lanka's parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) were recently awarded to government ministers. These committees have been traditionally [...] | 2008-08-13 08:55:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV KCOR PGOV CE |
08COTONOU196 | BENIN: CRISIS IN MICROCREDIT SECTOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Benin (GOB) dismissed the Director General of PADME, a microcredit institution, for mismanagement disclosed by a report from the Financial Audit Office (IGF). The Director General (DG) and the employees of PADME denied all allegations of mismanagement and malfeasa [...] | 2008-04-08 06:12:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR KMCA BN |
08COTONOU617 | BENIN: LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL INERTIA HAMPER GOB [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Judicial inertia and active resistance in Benin's National Assembly temper the positive impact of President Boni Yayi's ambitious anti-corruption and economic governance agenda. Political gridlock continues as opposition parties consolidate control of the National Assembly wrestl [...] | 2008-09-29 13:47:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KMCA PINR BN |
08DAKAR1011 | PRESIDENT WADE FIRES BUDGET MINISTER AFTER REVELATIONS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 7 cabinet meeting, President Wade fired Budget Minister Ibrahima Sarr and named Mamadou Abdoulaye Sow, a career Senegal Treasury official, as the new Minister. The Presidential decree to remove Sarr -- which came just hours after Wade met the IMF Resrep -- fol [...] | 2008-09-02 17:09:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV ETRD EAID KCOR SG |
08DAKAR1046 | FINANCE MINISTER REGAINS CONTROL OF SENEGAL,S UGLY [...] (S) Summary: During an August 25 courtesy call, Senegal's Finance Minister Abdoulaye Diop revealed to the Ambassador that he had "wrested control" of Senegal's public finances from the Budget Ministry, subordinate to the Finance Ministry. In doing so, the former budget Minister, and ally of [...] | 2008-09-10 17:31:00 | Embassy Dakar | SECRET | EFIN KCOR EAID ECON PGOV SG |
08DAKAR1140 | INVESTIGATING SENEGAL'S BUDGET BLACKHOLE [...] (C) Summary: A special investigative IMF team came to Senegal to look into a budget crisis caused by revelations of massive extra-budgetary commitments. To bring back even a semblance of balance, the government must cut USD 240 million in expenditures and raise USD 360 million. The IMF does [...] | 2008-10-03 11:15:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL EAID ECON SG |
08DAKAR1432 | SENEGAL MEETS DEADLINE BUT PROBLEMS REMAIN AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: Senegal's Finance Minister, Abdoulaye Diop, has been scrambling to meet the prior actions and find new financing to cover the country's internal debt in advance of the IMF Board's judgment on the country's Policy Support Instrument (PSI) second review, scheduled for December 19. [...] | 2008-12-16 16:26:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EAID PGOV KCOR FR SG |
08DAKAR154 | DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - FIRST QUARTER FY2008 [...] Following is Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the first quarter of FY 2008. Responses are keyed to Ref A. 2. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Senegal is a secular republic with a strong presidency, weak legislature, a compliant judiciary, and multiple weak political parties. The [...] | 2008-02-07 13:20:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC KCOR SG |
08DAKAR529 | DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - SECOND QUARTER FY2008 [...] Following is Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the second quarter of FY 2008. Responses are keyed to Ref A. 2. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Senegal is a secular republic with a strong presidency, weak legislature, a compliant judiciary, and multiple weak political parties. The [...] | 2008-05-08 07:35:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC KCOR SG |
08DAKAR530 | DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - SECOND QUARTER FY2008 [...] Following is Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the second quarter of FY 2008. Responses are keyed to Ref A. 2. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Senegal is a secular republic with a strong presidency, weak legislature, a compliant judiciary, and multiple weak political parties. The [...] | 2008-05-08 07:35:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC KCOR SG |
08DAKAR588 | CORRUPTION AND MONEY LAUNDERING IN GOS SALE OF [...] (S) Senior Senegalese and IMF officials have confidentially shared with us their concerns that the government, apparently with President Abdoulaye Wade's blessing, is preparing to enter into a privately negotiated, potentially corrupt deal to sell the government's holdings in Sonatel, Senegal [...] | 2008-05-21 16:28:00 | Embassy Dakar | SECRET | EFIN EINV KCOR PGOV PREL EAID SN |
08DAKAR675 | BUDGET MINISTER TRIES TO REASSURE CHARGE ON GOS' [...] (S) Senegal's Budget Minister Sarr attempted to reassure Charge that the government's proposal to sell its large stake in Sonatel is being carefully studied with an eye to preserving the national interest. The impression he gave, however, was that the Presidency is determined to sell, and li [...] | 2008-06-10 15:04:00 | Embassy Dakar | SECRET | EFIN EINV KCOR PGOV PREL EAID SG |
08DAKAR732 | BUDGET MINISTER TRIES TO REASSURE CHARGE ON GOS' [...] (S) Senegal's Budget Minister Sarr attempted to reassure Charge that the government's proposal to sell its large stake in Sonatel is being carefully studied with an eye to preserving the national interest. The impression he gave, however, was that the Presidency is determined to sell, and li [...] | 2008-06-20 12:35:00 | Embassy Dakar | SECRET | EFIN EINV KCOR PGOV PREL EAID SG |
08DAKAR824 | SENEGAL BALKS AT PASSING TERRORISM FINANCING LAW [...] (S) SUMMARY: The UEMOA Council of Ministers has approved a uniform law (directive) by the regional Central Bank for countering the financing of terrorism (CFT). The law has been forwarded to Senegal and other member states for ratification by country parliaments. According to Senegal's Finan [...] | 2008-07-15 11:57:00 | Embassy Dakar | SECRET | PTER KTFN ECON PGOV PREL KCOR SG |
08DAKAR825 | AN INSIDER'S CRITICAL VIEW OF PRESIDENT WADE'S [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a June 28 lunch at a local restaurant with Econ Counselor, one of President Wade's Financial/Economic Advisors, Habib Mbaye, quietly offered a starkly negative view of Wade's policies and priorities, and also the corrupt influence of the President's son, Karim. Mbaye (str [...] | 2008-07-15 11:58:00 | Embassy Dakar | SECRET | PGOV PREL KCOR ECON KMCA SG |
08DAKAR866 | SENEGAL/TERRORISM FINANCING LAW - MORE CONCERNS [...] (S) Summary: Despite professional and perhaps personal risk, Senegal's Minister of Finance, via the IMF Resrep, wants the USG to know that President Wade does not want to move forward with required counter-terrorism financing legislation. Wade is reportedly worried about the enhanced invest [...] | 2008-07-28 07:48:00 | Embassy Dakar | SECRET | PTER KTFN ECON PGOV PREL KCOR SG |
08DAMASCUS142 | REACTIONS TO MAKHLUF DESIGNATION [...] (S) Summary: The February 22 designation of Rami Makhluf pursuant to E.O. 13460 generated considerable discussion, but Syrian media coverage has been minimal. Makhluf's defiant announcement on BBC Arabic radio that the designation was tantamount to a medal of honor was as close to an official [...] | 2008-02-26 16:33:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | ECON EFIN EINV KCOR PGOV SY LE |
08DAMASCUS146 | CORRECTED COPY: REACTIONS TO MAKHLUF [...] (S) Summary: The February 21 designation of Rami Makhluf pursuant to E.O. 13460 generated considerable discussion, but Syrian media coverage has been minimal. Makhluf's defiant announcement on BBC Arabic radio that the designation was tantamount to a medal of honor was as close to an official react [...] | 2008-02-28 13:07:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | ECON EFIN EINV KCOR PGOV SY LE |
08DAMASCUS149 | MAKHLUF PARNTER DETAILS DAMAGE CONTROL OPS INSIDE [...] (S) Summary: An Iraqi-British businessman with extensive dealings in Syria told us that his company is preparing to sever its relationship with Rami Makhluf's Cham Holding Company in an approximately USD 100 million joint venture (in which Cham Holding owns a 65 percent share) in response to [...] | 2008-02-28 16:20:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETTC PGOV SY KCOR |
08DAMASCUS177 | REVERBERATIONS CONTINUE FROM MAKHLUF DESIGNATION [...] (C) The continuing fallout from the designation of Rami Makhluf, President Asad's first cousin, has exposed nascent fissures in the Syrian business community. A senior Alawite told us he had already sold his own shares in Gulfsands and intends to completely divest from Cham Holding in order to [...] | 2008-03-13 17:36:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN KCOR PGOV SY |
08DAMASCUS199 | SYRIAN BUSINESSMEN AND E.O. 13460: A STRATEGY TO [...] (S) Post proposes an operational strategy to use E.O. 13460 to expose and exploit Bashar al-Asad's domestic economic vulnerabilities (ref A). These include the growing influence of a Syrian business class resentful of increased regime extortion despite Bashar's promised economic reforms, the [...] | 2008-03-20 11:25:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | EFIN EINV ETRD ETTC KCOR PGOV SY LE |
08DAMASCUS226 | PRIVATE SECTOR EAGER TO ENGAGE VISITING [...] (C) From March 25-27, Post hosted Mr. Chuck Mills, CEO of Salera Capital, as a visiting State Department speaker. Despite lacking official approval from the Ministry of Culture, audiences from all strata of the Syrian private sector turned out for Embassy-scheduled events. While younger audie [...] | 2008-04-03 15:30:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PPD SY KCOR |
08DAMASCUS559 | SUPPORTING SYRIA'S EMERGING PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (C) After 45 years of Baathist socialism, private enterprise is gaining momentum in Syria. Over the past 18 months, the SARG has enacted six major economic reforms that were long advocated by international consultants but bitterly resisted by Baath Party apparatchiks. Encouraged by the refor [...] | 2008-08-07 16:16:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ETTC KCOR PGOV SY |
08DAMASCUS70 | MAXIMIZING THE IMPACT OF RAMI'S DESIGNATION [...] (S/NF) As Washington moves towards designating Rami Makhlouf, Embassy Damascus recommends that the Department's roll-out strategy focus on linking his corrupt activities to consequences suffered by the Syrian people (see para 11). In some of the largest economic sectors -- electricity, petrol [...] | 2008-01-31 10:27:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | ECON EINV EPET ETTC PGOV PINR KCOR SY |
08DAMASCUS73 | SARG STUMBLING THROUGH FUEL CRISIS [...] (C) Unseasonably cold weather, perhaps the coldest January in the last decade, has increased Syrian demand for heating fuels. Anecdotal information from Syrians, and our own observations, convey a situation in which increased demand, particularly for diesel (mazout),has exhausted supplies and [...] | 2008-01-31 17:18:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV SY KCOR |
08DARESSALAAM582 | MEDIA REACTION: Corruption in Tanzania [...] The September 10, 2008, edition of two English language Tanzanian dailies "This Day" and "The Citizen" carried editorial commentaries positive of U.S. policy of denying safe haven to corrupt public officials and those private sector members who corrupt them. This follows a September 8 U.S. Mi [...] | 2008-09-10 14:13:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR KCRM KCOR TZ |
08DHAKA1025 | HOME ADVISER DISCUSSES RAB ENGAGEMENT, [...] (C) Home Affairs Adviser M.A. Matin welcomed prospects for engagement between the USG and the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a September 23 meeting with the Ambassador. He also welcomed a USG inter-agency assessment of Bangladesh's border controls. Matin was pre-occupied, however, with the a [...] | 2008-09-29 05:45:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PTER PINR KCOR MARR MASS KCRM |
08DHAKA114 | WITH SHEIKH HASINA'S TRIAL SET TO START, KHALEDA [...] (U) SUMMARY. The extortion trial against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of the Awami League has again been given the green light, despite delaying tactics on the part of her lawyers. Meanwhile, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) prosecutors are putting the finishing touches on charges agai [...] | 2008-01-24 11:13:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCOR KDEM BG |
08DHAKA1143 | VISAS DONKEY CORRUPTION 212(F) (RAHMAN, TARIQUE) [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Embassy is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Presidential Proclamation 7750, suspending the entry into the United States of Tarique Rahman (aka Tarique),born on November 20, 1967 in Bangladesh. The Embassy belie [...] | 2008-11-03 10:08:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CVIS ECON KCOR KCRM KFRD PGOV PREL |
08DHAKA292 | CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS REMAIN A TENSE AND TROUBLED [...] (C) SUMMARY. The political situation in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) remains tense, and in spite of positive statements by the government, the peace accord continues to languish. POLOFF and AIDOFFs recently visited the CHT under the auspices of the UN Development Program to assess the hu [...] | 2008-03-05 07:53:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCOR KDEM BG |
08DHAKA315 | BANGLADESH CONTRIBUTION TO REPORT ON FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN [...] The following is draft text on Bangladesh for the Congressionally-mandated report on fiscal transparency in countries receiving USG assistance. 2. While the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) demonstrates a commitment to financial transparency and accountability, its public accounting system [...] | 2008-03-12 06:19:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL PGOV KCOR BG |
08DHAKA350 | BANGLADESH CONTRIBUTION TO 2008 INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) The following is the draft text on Bangladesh for reporting under the International Anticorruption and good Governance Act. 2. (U) Following the declaration of a state of emergency in January 2007, the Caretaker Government took several significant steps to address government corruption. [...] | 2008-03-20 09:09:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR BG |
08DHAKA501 | BANGLADESH SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (C) Your visit to Bangladesh comes at a critical juncture in the Caretaker Government's term. The Government has begun a dialogue with the political parties to set the stage for parliamentary elections by the end of 2008, to institutionalize reforms initiated after the Government came to pow [...] | 2008-05-05 11:36:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER KCOR BG |
08DHAKA502 | BANGLADESH SCENESETTER FOR COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) Your visit to Bangladesh comes at a critical juncture in the Caretaker Government's term. The Government has begun a dialogue with the political parties to set the stage for parliamentary elections by the end of 2008, to institutionalize reforms initiated after the Government came to pow [...] | 2008-05-05 11:43:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL POGV ECON EAID KCOR BG |
08DHAKA628 | SHEIKH HASINA SET TO DEPART BANGLADESH JUNE 12 [...] (S) Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is now set to depart Bangladesh the morning of June 12 local time, according to her personal staff. She is scheduled to arrive in Boston the evening of June 12 local time. Her staff said they expected she would stay in the States for a couple weeks, m [...] | 2008-06-10 11:52:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PINS KDEM KCOR OVIP ASEC BG |
08DHAKA632 | HASINA RELEASED FROM PRISON, SET TO FLY TO THE [...] (SBU) The Government of Bangladesh (GOB) June 11 released former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from prison "temporarily" until August 6. In its release order, the GOB cited a medical board's finding that Hasina required medical treatment abroad as the reason for her parole. Media and other so [...] | 2008-06-11 12:21:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PINS KDEM KCOR ASEC OVIP BG |
08DHAKA639 | HASINA EN ROUTE TO BOSTON [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina departed Dhaka the morning of June 12 as scheduled; she plans to arrive in Boston at 1825 local time June 12. In meetings with leaders of her party, the Awami League, following her release from prison June 11, Hasina instructed her deputies to participa [...] | 2008-06-12 10:24:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PINS KDEM KCOR OVIP ASEC BG |
08DHAKA656 | IMPRISONED FORMER PM KHALEDA ZIA REMAINS DEFIANT [...] (C) Nearly a week after Awami League President Sheikh Hasina was paroled from prison to seek medical attention abroad, a deal to free imprisoned Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia appears elusive. Complicating matters are Khaleda Zia's insistence that her two jailed son [...] | 2008-06-18 01:29:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PINS KDE KCOR BG |
08DJIBOUTI1032 | DJIBOUTI: SENATOR FEINGOLD DISCUSSES REGION, [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a December 18-21 CODEL in Djibouti, Senator Feingold discussed Djibouti, Somalia, and regional concerns with top GODJ and Somalia officials. In meetings with President Guelleh, Foreign Minister Youssouf, and members of Djibouti's civil society, the Senator focused on the s [...] | 2008-12-23 12:47:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PGOV PREL PHSA PTER PHUM EAID ECON KCOR |
08DJIBOUTI684 | DJIBOUTI MCC ROUNDUP: SUBSTANTIAL FY2008 PROGRESS [...] SUMMARY: In FY2008, Djibouti made significant strides in several areas measured by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) indicators. Some of Djibouti's achievements--such as holding free and fair legislative elections that brought two more women into parliament, organizing a national semi [...] | 2008-08-26 11:22:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PHUM SOCI SENV KCOR KMCA KWMN |
08DJIBOUTI885 | DJIBOUTI ON FY09 MCA SCORES: THE BALL'S IN OUR COURT [...] (U) SUMMARY. In delivering advance copies of Djibouti's FY2009 Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Scorecard to GODJ officials (per reftel),Post welcomed Djibouti's Presidential-level commitment to improving indicator performance. In light of Djibouti's slight backsliding in FY2009 scores, Pos [...] | 2008-11-11 15:03:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PHUM SOCI SENV KCOR KMCA KWMN DJ |
08DJIBOUTI924 | DP WORLD CEO BULLISH ON DJIBOUTI INVESTMENTS [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, Dubai Ports World (DP World) CEO Mohammad Sharaf outlined DP World's growing investments in Djibouti and throughout the region. Sharaf said that the multimillion-dollar Doraleh Port project was on track to receive its first ships in Decem [...] | 2008-11-20 11:54:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EWWT PHSA PREL KCOR DJ XA |
08GRENADA155 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT DECEMBER 14 - 20, 2008 [...] Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. Begin GWAR text: a. Good Governance, Transparency, and Accountability The Commonwealth Secretariat is assisting Grenada and other regional governme [...] | 2008-12-24 20:56:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR EFIN GJ |
08GUATEMALA775 | GUATEMALA'S PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION DILEMMA [...] (U) Summary: Soaring gasoline prices, increased violence against bus drivers, and protracted talks of a fare increase are among the factors placing Guatemala's public transportation system under increasing strain. Bus owners demand greater government subsidies to offset their increasing expe [...] | 2008-06-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN ENRG PGOV SNAR KCRM KCOR ELAB ECON GT |
08HANOI1135 | CPV EXTERNAL RELATIONS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN: HANOI'S [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 30, CPV External Relations Commission (ERC) Chairman Tran Van Hang told the Ambassador that the Party is pleased with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's late June visit to the United States because of the substantive agreements reached. On the DPRK, the Chairman relay [...] | 2008-10-02 09:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM |
08HANOI1166 | GVN TO PUT ANTI-CORRUPTION REPORTERS ON TRIAL [...] (C) Summary: The trial of two journalists for their reports on a major corruption scandal is slated to take place in Hanoi on October 14 and 15. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) changed the charges against the two from "abuse of power in performing official duties" to "abusing democratic freed [...] | 2008-10-10 09:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI VM |
08HANOI1185 | VIETNAMESE JOURNALISTS WHO EXPOSED CORRUPTION FOUND GUILTY [...] (SBU) Summary: After a day and a half of testimony, the Hanoi People's Court on October 15 found two reporters who exposed a major corruption scandal guilty of "abusing democratic freedoms." The court sentenced Thanh Nien newspaper's Nguyen Viet Chien to two years in prison and sentenced Tuoi [...] | 2008-10-16 10:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM |
08HANOI1253 | THAI BINH COMMUNES: ONCE DYSFUNCTIONAL, NOW EXEMPLARS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On a recent visit to several villages in Thai Binh Province, Poloff found local officials striving to implement the "Grassroots Democracy Ordinance," which enshrines greater transparency in budgets and allows more villager participation in local decision-making. According to the [...] | 2008-11-10 03:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KCOR ECON KPAO SOCI PREL VM |
08HANOI1264 | AMBASSADOR EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT VIETNAM'S DRAFT PRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Minister of Information & Communications (MIC) Le Duan Hop on November 6, 2008. The Ambassador expressed concern about the Government of Vietnam's (GVN) draft press law, urged that private sector companies in Vietnam participate in the upcoming 2008 ICT [...] | 2008-11-14 05:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT ECON TSPL KCOR KPAO SOCI PGOV PHUM PREL TBIO |
08HANOI1298 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY GRILLS GVN ON SOES, SETS BUDGET AND VOWS [...] (U) Summary: The National Assembly (NA),in its October 15 to November 15 session, came down hard on mismanagement in Vietnam's state-owned sector, approved a 2009 budget deficit of $5.1 billion, and reformed Vietnam's luxury tax regime, which will affect U.S. automakers adversely but create op [...] | 2008-11-25 10:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN EINV KCOR KPRV PGOV VM |
08HANOI1329 | PRIVATE SECTOR TELLS VIETNAM TO RAISE ITS GAME DURING [...] (U) Summary: Local and foreign businesses told the Government of Vietnam to streamline red tape, intensify consultations with the private sector, accelerate investment licensing and shore up its competitiveness as ways to blunt the impact of the global economic crisis. The mining and energy s [...] | 2008-12-05 08:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON EIND ELAB ENRG KCOR VM |
08HANOI152 | DEEPENING COOPERATION ON LEGAL REFORM: THE AMBASSADOR MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Judicial Affairs Committee Chairwoman Le Thi Thu Ba discussed with the Ambassador how the USG and GVN can deepen cooperation on judicial and legal reform in Vietnam. Laws on enforcement of civil and criminal court judgments must be revised so th [...] | 2008-02-12 09:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM |
08HANOI159 | IMPLEMENTING GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY: THE VIEW FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Vietnam's (GVN) Ordinance on Grassroots Democracy (OGD),which took effect last April, is a small step towards participatory local government within the context of the GVN's top-down, centrally controlled government structure. In a recent visit to provinces in [...] | 2008-02-14 04:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KCOR ECON KPAO SOCI PREL VM |
08HANOI296 | GVN'S ANTI-CORRUPTION CZAR SAYS HANOI WANTS INCREASED [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 6, the Ambassador met the head of Vietnam's Government Inspectorate (GI) Tran Van Truyen, a key player in the Government of Vietnam's (GVN) fight against corruption and an ally of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. Truyen said he welcomed cooperation with the USG, and adde [...] | 2008-03-13 07:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM |
08HANOI414 | POLITBURO MEMBER SEEKS ANTI-CORRUPTION TRAINING FOR PARTY [...] (SBU) In an April 9 meeting with Ambassador, Politburo member Nguyen Van Chi asked for U.S. help in selecting American institutions with expertise in anti-corruption work which could cooperate with Vietnam to enhance its capacity in that regard. The Ambassador and Chi discussed Hanoi's fight a [...] | 2008-04-10 09:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM |
08HANOI482 | EXPANDING HANOI'S JURISDICTION HIGHLIGHTS VIETNAM'S [...] (SBU) The GVN's handling of the expansion of Hanoi municipality underscores the fact that, despite recent talk of decentralization, decision-making in Vietnam remains very much a top-down affair. As Hanoi's explosive growth continues, the Communist Party of Vietnam has initiated a jurisdiction [...] | 2008-04-25 09:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM |
08HANOI516 | STILL LUCID AT 97: GENERAL VO NGUYEN GIAP TALKS EDUCATION [...] (SBU) On April 25, the Ambassador and General Vo Nguyen Giap discussed efforts to increase educational exchanges between the United States and Vietnam. After imploring the Ambassador to work to bring the overall relationship to an even higher level, Giap echoed the Ambassador's desire to see m [...] | 2008-05-05 09:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM |
08HANOI535 | AMBASSADOR EXCHANGES VIEWS ON HUMAN RIGHTS, CHINA WITH [...] (SBU) On May 2, CPV External Relations Commission (ERC) Chairman Tran Van Hang told the Ambassador the ERC welcomes the positive developments in U.S.-Vietnam relations, especially in trade, investment and education. He appealed for Vietnam to be granted GSP and agreed that many recently opened [...] | 2008-05-08 09:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL CM VM |
08HANOI541 | POLITBURO MEMBER COMMENTS ON AMBASSADOR'S PRIORITIES AND [...] (SBU) On May 5, influential Politburo member and Standing Member of the Secretariat Truong Tan Sang met the Ambassador to discuss U.S.-Vietnam relations, the Ambassador's priorities for his tenure in Vietnam and economic issues. The "consensus" within Vietnam's governing circles is that Hanoi [...] | 2008-05-08 10:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL CM VM |
08HANOI550 | DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES PM'S VISIT, HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On April 29, Deputy Prime Minister and Politburo member Truong Vinh Trong discussed with the Ambassador Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's planned visit to the United States, the cases of political dissidents Le Thi Cong Nhan and Bui Kim Thanh and Government of Vietnam (GVN) efforts against [...] | 2008-05-12 03:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON TBIO PGOV SOCI PREL KCOR KHIV KPPAO |
08HANOI569 | VIETNAMESE PRESS AND PUBLIC CONTINUE TO FIRE AWAY ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Widespread criticism continued in the Vietnamese press and blogosphere over the arrest of two journalists for their reporting on the PMU-18 corruption scandal and high-profile figures have offered their support to the journalists. The case is widely seen as reflecting power strug [...] | 2008-05-14 10:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM |
08HANOI632 | CAN PROMOTING HO CHI MINH'S "MORAL EXAMPLE" CURB [...] (C) In response to "rampant corruption," GVN leaders have undertaken a national drive to convince people to follow Ho Chi Minh's "moral example." A central-level Party steering committee, which includes several Politburo members, meets regularly to assess the campaign's progress. However, CPV [...] | 2008-05-30 09:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR KPAO PHUM PGOV VM |
08HANOI654 | STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISE REFORM KEY TO IMPROVING THE BUSINESS [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Vietnam (GVN) got an earful of solicited advice from domestic and foreign businesses on how to improve its business climate at the GVN-sponsored Vietnam Business Forum on June 2. Commonly-cited prescriptions included redoubling efforts against corruption and red [...] | 2008-06-04 08:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN EINV KCOR KPRV PGOV VM |
08HANOI672 | ARRESTED JOURNALISTS PAWNS IN CPV POWER STRUGGLE [...] (C) Summary: While contacts report that state-controlled media outlets have been ordered to cease reporting the story, outrage over the arrest of two journalists who broke a major corruption scandal in 2006 continues. At a Swedish Embassy-organized "Dialogue on Anti-Corruption" attended by sc [...] | 2008-06-06 09:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM |
08HANOI746 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY'S ECONOMIC AGENDA PURSUES TRANSPARENCY [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam's 12th National Assembly jumped right into the debate over how to improve the country's macroeconomic situation, grilling ministers and publicly grumbling about the country's economic management. In the end, the Assembly fell in line behind the Government's macroeconomic [...] | 2008-06-24 09:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN EINV KCOR KPRV PGOV VM |
08HANOI783 | PROMINENT VIETNAMESE BUSINESS LEADER DISCUSSES [...] (C) In late June, Poloffs met Le Thien Thanh, who like many children of leading Vietnamese communists, is a wealthy businessman and General Director of the Thien Mien Company. Thanh's father, Le Duan, was General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) for close to 30 years and is sa [...] | 2008-07-03 10:00:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM |
08HANOI865 | GVN CLAMPDOWN ON PRESS CLAIMS MORE VICTIMS [...] (SBU) Two popular State-controlled but reformist newspapers based in Ho Chi Minh City that ran stories on corruption replaced editorial leaders and the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) recently interrogated the paper's chief editors. While the dailies portrayed the moves as nothing out of the [...] | 2008-07-24 09:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM |
08HANOI947 | PRESIDENT TRIET REPORTEDLY ILL, AGAIN; PM DUNG [...] (C) Well-placed contacts say President Nguyen Minh Triet's prostate cancer has reappeared, but they provide different accounts as to whether he offered to resign. Our contacts tell us Politburo members do not want Triet to step aside because they worry that, given recent economic problems, lac [...] | 2008-08-14 09:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ECON KCOR KNNP KPAO MARR MASS PGOV PHUM |
08HARARE1133 | ZIMBABWE PASSPORT REGISTRAR IN DENIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a meeting on December 16, Zimbabwe Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede denied the existence of any problems with Zimbabwean passport controls. Instead, he boasted of Zimbabwean passport security features that insured individual identity, and blamed Zimbabwe's excessive passport p [...] | 2008-12-19 06:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT PGOV KCOR KFRD ZI |
08HILLAH24 | KARBAL HUMAN RIGHTS ORGINIZATION MEETS PRT KARBALA RULE OF [...] (U) This is a PRT Karbala Reporting Cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: On Thursday, March 13, 2008, Karbala PRT Rule of Law (ROL) Coordinator, met with Mr. Ahmed Sadiq Al-Mosewy (Karbala Human Rights Organization Coordinator/Justice Network for Iraq Prisoners),Mr. Nabeel Mohammed Hassan (Deputy Chie [...] | 2008-03-23 18:51:00 | REO Hillah | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR PGOV PHUM PREL IZ |
08JAKARTA1081 | Scenesetter for Attorney General Mukasey visit to [...] (SBU) Summary: Department of Justice assistance programs are essential to Indonesia's continued democratic development. Over the past ten years of its democratic transition, Indonesia has worked to establish the laws, institutions, and procedures for sustained governance reform and rule of law [...] | 2008-06-03 09:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR ECON ID |
08JAKARTA1098 | KEY OFFICE SEEKS TO RESTORE CREDIBILITY AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Attorney General Hendarman Supandji is attempting to restore his office's credibility as a key prosecutor goes on trial for alleged bribery. A new Deputy AG is making substantial changes in how corruption cases are handled and the AG has recently replaced 40 district office hea [...] | 2008-06-05 04:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
08JAKARTA1173 | ATTORNEY GENERAL MUKASEYQS VISIT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 9, 2008, Attorney General Mukasey visited Jakarta to meet with Attorney General Supandji, Indonesian National Police (INP) Chief Sutanto, and other Indonesian officials. While issues of terrorism remained high on the agenda, AG Mukasey also focused on cooperation rega [...] | 2008-06-16 08:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KJUS KCOR |
08JAKARTA1306 | CORRUPTION UPDATE -- ANOTHER LEGISLATOR ARRESTED; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI's independent Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested another Member of Parliament (MP)--the eighth this year--on accusations he assisted a company win a contract worth more than $3 million. In other corruption-related news, the former Governor of the Bank of I [...] | 2008-07-07 08:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
08JAKARTA133 | AS PARDON DEBATE SWIRLS, SUHARTO'S CONDITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Indonesian president Suharto remains hospitalized in a Jakarta hospital. As his condition continues to fluctuate, the debate over whether the government should drop corruption charges against him gains steam. Some political parties have come out in support of a pardon. [...] | 2008-01-23 07:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCOR ID |
08JAKARTA1396 | SE Asian Hot Topics at Regional AML-CFT Meetings [...] (SBU) The annual meetings of the regional Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG),held in Bali July 7 to 11, helped highlight the challenges facing Southeast Asian countries and clarify many acute training needs. The APG discussed and adopted three joint Mutual Evaluation Reports (MERs) [...] | 2008-07-21 09:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL KCRM KTFN KCOR ID MY |
08JAKARTA1408 | SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: FBI assistance programs are critical for Indonesia's democratic development. Over the past ten years of its democratic transition, Indonesia has worked to establish the laws, institutions, and procedures for sustained go [...] | 2008-07-22 08:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KJUS KCOR PTER ID |
08JAKARTA1465 | CONVICTION IN MAJOR CORRUPTION CASE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Corruption Court has convicted Artalyta Suryani--a well-known socialite and influence peddler--of bribing a (since fired) state prosecutor in order to close down a key corruption i [...] | 2008-07-31 09:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
08JAKARTA1484 | HIGH-LEVEL OFFICIALS IMPLICATED IN BRIBERY SCANDAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two members of President Yudhoyono's Cabinet, the ministers of National Development Planning and Forestry, have been implicated in the Bank Indonesia liquidity support (BLBI) corruption scandal. President Yudhoyono--who has made anti-corruption efforts a signature issue--has no [...] | 2008-08-05 04:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
08JAKARTA1509 | CONSTITUTIONAL COURT: NEW JUSTICE SELECTION PROCESS [...] SUMMARY: (U) The first 5-year term of the nine Constitutional Court justices ends August 15 and three Constitutional Court justices are retiring. Each of the three branches of government is involved in selecting replacements for the Constitutional Court, which is an important player in region [...] | 2008-08-08 06:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS KCOR PREL ID |
08JAKARTA1560 | CORRUPTION SCANDAL CONTINUES TO PERCOLATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bank Indonesia (BI) corruption case continues to make news. Recent court testimony has implicated the father-in-law of President Yudhoyono's eldest son. In another tentacle of the case, the President's retention of two cabinet ministers despite accusations of corruption co [...] | 2008-08-15 05:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
08JAKARTA1631 | SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE SET TO RETIRE; SEARCH [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chief Justice of the Indonesian Supreme Court will retire in November. The selection process for his replacement has started in the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR). Although Chi [...] | 2008-08-28 03:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA PREL ID |
08JAKARTA1691 | CONVICTION IN KEY CORRUPTION CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Anti-Corruption Court has convicted a former top anti-corruption prosecutor of accepting a USD $600,000 bribe in exchange for dropping a corruption investigation. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison. The conviction and stiff sentence--which received extensive me [...] | 2008-09-08 06:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
08JAKARTA17 | CORRUPTION UPDATE -- FORMER ENVOY CONVICTED OF [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. It is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In the latest corruption news: the former Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia was convicted and sentenced to prison for overcharging visa applicants; the A [...] | 2008-01-03 10:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA ID |
08JAKARTA1759 | CORRUPTION UPDATE -- TOMMY SUHARTO AND BANK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest corruption news, the legal tussle between the GOI and Tommy Suharto--son of former president Suharto--continues to escalate after the Finance Ministry seized $134 million of Suharto's assets. The case involves unpaid taxes and corruption tied to a now-defunct auto [...] | 2008-09-17 07:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
08JAKARTA1815 | ANTI-CORRUPTION REFORM RESHAPING INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Although corruption remains endemic, Indonesia is making continued progress to root it out. In the past six months, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has arrested six Members of Parliament in six separate scandals. Challenges remain: limited resources, legal challenge [...] | 2008-09-25 07:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID |
08JAKARTA1818 | KEY ANTI-CORRUPTION COURT'S MANDATE UP FOR RENEWAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono sent a draft bill to re-authorize the Anti-Corruption Court to the Indonesian Parliament (DPR) on August 11. The DPR is slated to begin discussions of the draft soon. There are a couple of problematic issues that need to be addressed before the bill is pass [...] | 2008-09-25 08:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
08JAKARTA183 | JUDICIAL REFORMS MOVE FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Supreme Court is moving ahead on efforts to reform its management practices and is instructing officials on a new judicial code of conduct. Also on the reform track, the Attorney General's Office recently completed a project focused on instructing prosecutors on new human r [...] | 2008-01-30 05:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA PREL ID |
08JAKARTA1871 | IN WIN FOR REFORM, PARLIAMENT NIXES SUPREME COURT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Amid mounting pressure from pro-judicial reform groups, the Indonesian Parliament (DPR) has decided to postpone indefinitely consideration of a controversial Supreme Court bill. The bill would have extended the mandatory retirement age for the justices of the Supreme Court, inc [...] | 2008-10-07 08:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA PREL ID |
08JAKARTA1944 | SUPREME COURT REPORTEDLY OVERTURNS DEFAMATION [...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission has informally heard that the Indonesia's Supreme Court has overturned its previous decision awarding damages in a case against TIME Asia in the Suharto defamation case, but no official [...] | 2008-10-21 08:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KJUS ID |
08JAKARTA2003 | FORMER HEAD OF CENTRAL BANK CONVICTED IN MAJOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The former head of the board of governors of Indonesia's central bank, Bank Indonesia (BI),has been convicted of corruption related to his involvement in fraud in the aftermath of the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997-98. A relative of President Yudhoyono's by marriage and other [...] | 2008-10-30 09:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
08JAKARTA2037 | KEY CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION CONTINUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission has interrogated Aulia Pohon--a relative by marriage of President Yudhoyono--and three other former Bank Indonesia (central bank) officials. The four were released following the interrogation, but remain as suspects in a wide-rangin [...] | 2008-11-04 10:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
08JAKARTA208 | CORRUPTION UPDATE -- SUSPECTS NAMED IN HIGHLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) named the current Bank Indonesia Governor a suspect in a case involving the alleged diversion of funds to legislators. In other news: evidence has surfaced that several officials received bribes related to the procurement of fire truc [...] | 2008-02-01 05:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA ID |
08JAKARTA2095 | DEFENSE REFORM -- GOI CONTINUES EFFORT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A national review team recently developed recommendations for President Yudhoyono on removing military-related businesses from military cooperatives and foundations. The completion of this phase in the review effort nudges Indonesia a step closer to completing this long-awaited [...] | 2008-11-13 11:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EIND KDEM KCOR ID |
08JAKARTA2146 | Institutionalizing anti-corruption reform in Indonesia [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia is taking concrete steps to institutionalize its fight against corruption, laying the groundwork for continued anti-corruption efforts regardless of who wins next year's Parliamentary and Presidential elections. The Corruption Eradication Commission, Attorney General's [...] | 2008-11-20 11:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID |
08JAKARTA2151 | ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE -- FULL STEAM AHEAD [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's anti-corruption drive is ramping up. The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the Attorney General's Office (AGO) have been busy with the conviction of two former central bank officials, the indictm [...] | 2008-11-21 10:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
08JAKARTA2156 | Indonesian corruption prosecutors experience first-hand how [...] (SBU) Summary: Twelve prosecutors from the Indonesian Attorney General's Office Anti-Corruption Task Force participated in an INL-funded two-week visit to the U.S. to learn how the U.S. investigates and prosecutes public corruption cases. The delegation, led by DOJ/OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor [...] | 2008-11-24 10:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
08JAKARTA2178 | Top Indonesian rock band sends strong message to combat [...] (U) Summary: Top Indonesian rock band Slank and the Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission chairman partnered with Embassy Jakarta on November 25 to promote youth participation in the political process, particularly combating corruption. Ambassador Hume hosted nearly 500 guests - largely [...] | 2008-11-28 10:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR KPAO ECON KJUS ID |
08JAKARTA2246 | ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION'S FBI VISIT: A KEY [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The FBI's work with the Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is a vital component of our bilateral partnership with Indonesia in the area of law enforcement and rule of law reform. [...] | 2008-12-12 10:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
08JAKARTA356 | BANK INDONESIA SCANDAL - OUSTING THE OLD [...] (SBU) Summary: The scandal involving Bank Indonesia (BI) senior officials paying "grease money" to the Parliament (DPR) to pass bank legislation is regarded by some insiders as politically motivated to prevent Burhannudin Abdullah from continuing in a second term as BI Governor. The Anti-Corru [...] | 2008-02-24 07:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON KCOR PGOV ID |
08JAKARTA377 | TIME MAGAZINE ENTERS FINAL STAGE OF INDONESIAN LEGAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: TIME magazine formally appealed on February 21 the $111 million Supreme Court decision in the Suharto defamation case. This appeal challenges the August 2007 Supreme Court decision on procedural grounds, particularly the Supreme Court's use of civil law instead of press law. Wit [...] | 2008-02-26 06:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR ECON KJUS ID |
08JAKARTA433 | THE SUHARTOS WIN ANOTHER DEFAMATION SUIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Jakarta court has awarded Tommy Suharto--son of the late president--a USD $550,000 defamation award in a suit against a state agency. Tommy filed the defamation suit in response to a civil case alleging that he had cheated in a land deal, one of several ongoing legal actions [...] | 2008-03-03 09:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
08JAKARTA460 | ATTORNEY GENERAL UNDER FIRE AFTER ARREST OF TOP PROSECUTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has come uner intense public scrutiny after the arrest of a tp anti-corruption prosecutor. The prosecutor wa in possession of USD $6"00,000 when he was arresed by Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) inestigators. The arrest came just afte [...] | 2008-03-06 06:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
08JAKARTA517 | IAGGA INDONESIA REPORT [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in STATE 18836, regarding the International Anti-Corruption and Good Governance Act. Below is the text of Embassy Jakarta's report. Government Efforts ------------------ 2. (U) The Government of Indonesia (GOI) is in the process of a significant [...] | 2008-03-13 08:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID |
08JAKARTA589 | DEFENSE REFORM -- TRYING TO GET THE MILITARY OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The head of the new GOI team mandated to wind up the myriad business activities of the Indonesian armed forces (TNI) is optimistic. He plans to move forward with plans to sell off all TNI businesses and shut down illegal operations as well, adding that he thinks these steps wi [...] | 2008-03-24 06:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EIND KCOR ID |
08JAKARTA595 | IN WAKE OF BRIBERY SCANDAL, ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Attorney General Supandji has demoted a top deputy and a senior prosecutor in an attempt to limit the damage to his department from a recent bribery scandal. The two men were questioned at length by the Corruption Eradication Commission, but have not been named suspects in the [...] | 2008-03-25 07:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
08JAKARTA640 | SUHARTO-LINKED FOUNDATION FOUND LIABLE FOR $110 [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Indonesian court ruled on March 27 that the Suharto family-linked Supersemar Foundation had diverted state funds. The court ordered the Foundation to pay $110 million. The court ruled, however, that the Suharto family was not liable. It is positive that the Indonesian legal [...] | 2008-04-01 05:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA ID |
08JAKARTA739 | HIGH-PROFILE ARRESTS IN LATEST CORRUPTION SCANDALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Anti-corruption investigators have arrested two sitting members of the national legislature (DPR). One M.P. was caught red-handed after receiving what investigators say was a bribe related to a land zoning deal. The arrest followed the apprehension in March of another M.P. on [...] | 2008-04-11 07:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
08JAKARTA856 | JUDICIAL REFORMS FACE UNCERTAIN FUTURE IN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Judicial reform faces an uncertain future as Parliament's (DPR) Law and Human Rights Commission begins drafting bills in several key areas. The most significant changes would likely be at the sp [...] | 2008-04-29 09:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
08JAKARTA956 | SUPREME COURT PROGRESSES BUT RESISTS GREATER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite progress on several fronts, the Supreme Court continues to resist efforts to introduce greater accountability. The Court's 2007 annual report cites progress on workload management, case management and transparency, but critics complain that the Court has blocked externa [...] | 2008-05-14 09:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA PREL ID |
08KABUL266 | NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT/PORTAL DETECTION AT [...] (SBU) Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reftel that it has received a report indicating a potential incident of illicit trafficking in nuclear and/or radiological materials. This report came to post's attention via a U.S. contractor circulating a routine host gov [...] | 2008-02-02 13:29:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR AF |
08KABUL297 | UPDATE: NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT AT KABUL, [...] This to update the Department on Post's alert of February 2 regarding the report by the Afghan National Police Coordination Center (NPCC) of the Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) seizure of two bottles of uranium. Following further inspection of the bottle, an NDS liaison officer [...] | 2008-02-05 08:55:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR AF |
08KABUL325 | Logar Province: Chromite Smuggling Undermines Afghan [...] (SBU) Summary: Logar Province's Governor, Provincial Council (PC),and Members of Parliament (MPs) decried the widespread smuggling of chromite (a mineral used in the manufacture of steel and chemicals) by Pakistani smuggling mafias. The officials have repeatedly raised the issue with Minister [...] | 2008-02-09 10:19:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR ECON EINV EMIN PK AF |
08KABUL3286 | DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL FILIP VISITS KABUL [...] (U) SUMMARY: U.S. Deputy Attorney General Mark Filip visited Kabul December 20-21 to meet with Attorney GeneralQs Office, Ministry of Justice, and Ministry of Interior officials. In the meetings, Attorney General Aloko expressed gratitude for the work of DOJ senior advisors and discussed secu [...] | 2008-12-27 11:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR KJUS AF |
08KAMPALA1220 | UGANDAN SECURITY MINISTER IMPLICATED IN LAND [...] (SBU) Summary: A scandal involving Uganda's National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has generated heated hearings in Parliament and exposed what appears to be another case of high-level Ugandan government corruption. The scandal centers on land NSSF purchased in early 2008 without proper attent [...] | 2008-09-03 11:35:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR UG |
08KAMPALA1391 | UGANDA: 2008 AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] Country: Uganda 2. Current AGOA Status: Eligible 3. Country Background Summary: After two decades of broad-based economic growth and political stability, Uganda is now confronting a range of economic and governance challenges as it tries to sustain and deepen economic growth and deve [...] | 2008-10-16 13:53:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | AGOA ETRD PGOV KCOR EINV ECON UG |
08KAMPALA1484 | UGANDAN PRESIDENT INTERVENES IN NSSF SCANDAL TO [...] (SBU) Summary. President Museveni stepped in to spare the ruling party from protracted and bitter infighting in the ongoing scandal involving the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). In doing so, Museveni cleared the Ministers of Finance and Security of any wrongdoing after a parliamentary [...] | 2008-11-12 13:51:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KDEM UG |
08KAMPALA266 | NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT/PORTAL DETECTION IN [...] (SBU) Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reftel that it has received a report indicating a potential incident of illicit trafficking in nuclear and/or radiological materials. This report came to post's attention via walk in interview. Information concerning this [...] | 2008-02-12 10:44:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PTER KCOR UG |
08KINGSTON1016 | JAMAICA: NOVEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- The Government of Jamaican (GOJ) announced a 29 percent drop in traditional export crops such as bananas, sugarcane and coffee in the third quarter. -- The GOJ has signed another agreement with Guyana to import 60,000 tons of rice in 2009. -- The GOJ has received fundi [...] | 2008-12-01 19:31:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EAIR EINV ECON ETRD KCOR KIPR IADB IBRD IMF |
08KINGSTON1040 | JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER BRUCE GOLDING'S GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-10 19:02:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SNAR EFIN ASEC KCOR CARICOM |
08KINGSTON1053 | JAMAICAN PARLIAMENT RETAINS DEATH PENALTY, NO [...] (C) Summary: In the lead up to a November 24 parliamentary vote in which legislators decided to retain the death penalty in Jamaica, there was strong public debate on the issue. Most Jamaicans, frustrated by the high crime level, support maintaining the death penalty. The discussion also r [...] | 2008-12-12 16:33:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PINR SNAR ASEC KCOR CPAS PBTS JM XL |
08KINGSTON1058 | JAMAICA: FINANCE MINISTER ON MULTILATERALS, ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Ambassador Johnson and econoffs met with Audley Shaw, Minister of Finance and the Public Sector and his Financial Secretary Sharon Crooks on December 12. Shaw highlighted the importance of re-engaging the multi-laterals adding that the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) was the most r [...] | 2008-12-15 16:15:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ENRG EAIR EINV ECON ETRD KCOR KIPR IADB IBRD |
08KINGSTON1094 | JAMAICA: DECEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW - SEVERE HARDSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- Billionaire Jamaican born investor Michael Lee Chin says GOJ must get rid of Air Jamaica and create a new vision for economic growth. -- Jamaica Public Service company is seeing an increase in electricity pilfering, as thieves thwart its anti-theft measures. -- The Bank [...] | 2008-12-22 19:25:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EAIR EINV ECON ETRD KCOR KIPR IADB IBRD IMF |
08KINGSTON176 | JAMAICA: PNP MP KERN SPENCER ARRESTED IN CUBAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Following months of public speculation, Peoples National Party (PNP) former state minister and current Member of Pariliament Kern Spencer was charged and arrested, on February 26, for his alleged involvement in the Cuban Light Bulb scandal. Reftel initially reported the sca [...] | 2008-02-27 18:32:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR KCRM PGOV JM |
08KINGSTON244 | JAMAICA: WITHER THE PEOPLE,S NATIONAL PARTY? [...] (SBU) After more than 18 years in power, it has taken less then six months in opposition for the wheels to come off the People,s National Party (PNP) machine. The party that lost what once had seemed a sure-thing election, continues to embarrass itself. A number of the scandals came to light [...] | 2008-03-19 14:12:00 | Embassy Kingston | SECRET | PGOV KCOR PREL KCRM EAID SOCI PINR CU JM XL |
08KINGSTON245 | CORRECTED JAMAICA: WHITHER THE PEOPLE,S NATIONAL [...] (SBU) After more than 18 years in power, it has taken less then six months in opposition for the wheels to come off the People,s National Party (PNP) machine. The party that lost what once had seemed a sure-thing election, continues to embarrass itself. A number of the scandals came to light [...] | 2008-03-19 18:09:00 | Embassy Kingston | SECRET | PGOV KCOR PREL KCRM EAID SOCI PINR CU JM XL |
08KINGSTON276 | JAMAICA: NON-PAPER REGARDING 2008 DEMARCHE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-01 20:01:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | JM KCOR KCRM PREL SNAR |
08KINGSTON409 | JAMAICA: VETERAN OPPOSITION PARTY ORGANIZER [...] (C) Dave Anderson, the former Special Advisor to ex-Minister of National Security Peter Phillips and a veteran People's National Party (PNP) political organizer: (A) predicts that Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding will call a snap general election in July, and that his ruling Jamaica Labour [...] | 2008-05-09 17:42:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC SOCI PINR KHUM KCOR JM XL |
08KINGSTON596 | JAMAICA: BRAZEN MURDER OF TRANSIT COMPANY OFFICIAL [...] (C) Douglas Chambers, chairman of the Jamaican Urban Transit Company (JUTC),was brazenly assassinated on June 28. A respected accountant and partner at the auditing firm Chambers, Henry and Partners, Chambers had taken on the daunting job of restructuring the corrupt and inefficient JUTC la [...] | 2008-07-03 18:45:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL KCOR KCRM ETRN SOCI ASEC ELAB XL JM |
08KINGSTON617 | JAMAICA: FORMER MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In a recent conversation with the NAS Director, Jamaica's former Minister of National Security and opposition People's National Party (PNP) leader, Peter Phillips, agreed that there is danger that Jamaica could go the way of Haiti if the current government were to fail in its refo [...] | 2008-07-11 14:35:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PINR PGOV SOCI ASEC KCOR JM XL |
08KINGSTON621 | JAMAICA: FORMER MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In a recent conversation with the NAS Director, Jamaica's former Minister of National Security and opposition People's National Party (PNP) leader, Peter Phillips, agreed that there is danger that Jamaica could go the way of Haiti if the current government were to fail in its refo [...] | 2008-07-11 20:13:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PINR PGOV SOCI ASEC KCOR JM XL |
08KINGSTON648 | JAMAICA: FALL OF OLINT INVESTMENT SCHEME COULD [...] (C) Following in the path of several other alternative investment schemes (Cash Plus, CAREIF, World Wise, see reftels),foreign currency trader Olint appears to have collapsed. Led by CEO David Smith, Olint built a strong following in Jamaica promising returns of ten percent per month. Unlik [...] | 2008-07-22 12:03:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KCOR PINR SOCI XL JM |
08KINGSTON651 | JAMAICA/VENEZUELA: PRIME MINISTER BRUCE GOLDING'S [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-22 20:47:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET EINV PINR ECON SOCI EFIN KCOR UNSC |
08KINGSTON702 | Jamaica: PM Golding concerned Justice System will Collapse [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Bruce Golding, was briefed on a USAID-sponsored assessment of the impact of Corruption in Jamaica on July 29. Golding has asked for a follow on meeting in three weeks with principal stakeholders, namely Customs, Police, Finance, National Security, Attorney and S [...] | 2008-08-04 19:09:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR AFIN PREL ASEC SOCI KCOR KCRM JM XL |
08KINGSTON707 | JAMAICA: POLICE SUPERINTENDENT, CHARGED WITH EXTORTION AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-05 21:39:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SENV PHUM SOCI AID ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL |
08KINGSTON726 | JAMAICA: OLINT AND CASH PLUS, PARTY IS OVER, BUT [...] (C) The Jamaican Financial Services Commission (FSC) has identified up to 30 unregulated investment schemes, with the three biggest being Cash Plus, Olint, and World Wise (reftels). Acting FSC Director George Roper met privately with Econoffs on August 13 to discuss the latest developments i [...] | 2008-08-19 18:26:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KCOR PINR SOCI XL JM |
08KINGSTON766 | JAMAICA: HIGH NOON APPROACHES FOR THE [...] (C) Following an interlude in which first the Beijing Olympics and then the devastation of Hurricane Gustav have monopolized the nation's attention, Jamaica now faces a high-stakes political struggle for the leadership of the opposition People's National Party (PNP). On September 20, some 4,00 [...] | 2008-09-02 14:39:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SOCI SNAR ASEC ECON EFIN KCRM KCOR IBRD |
08KINGSTON972 | JAMAICA: FATAL SHOOTING MARS ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF RULING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-17 19:06:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR JM XL |
08KINGSTON989 | CARIBBEAN AFFAIRS DIRECTOR DISCUSSES CRIME AND [...] (SBU) Summary: WHA Director for Caribbean Affairs Velia De Pirro visited Kingston October 29-31. Crime and corruption colored every discussion between Jamaican interlocutors and De Pirro. In meetings with Jamaican officials and Canadian and British diplomats, she affirmed the U.S. commitm [...] | 2008-11-21 19:06:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR JM XL |
08KUALALUMPUR294 | PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES FIRST STEPS IN JUDICIAL [...] (C) Some eight months after the Malaysian Bar Council took to the streets to demand judicial reform, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi used an April 17 Bar Council dinner to announce the proposed establishment of a Judicial Appointment Commission and review of judicial salaries. He also announc [...] | 2008-04-21 09:06:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM KCOR SOCI MY |
08LAGOS434 | NIGERIA: PIRATES ATTACK OIL SUPPLY VESSELS AND [...] (C) Summary: On October 25 and 26 in five separate incidents pirates attacked three oil supply vessels and six fishing trawlers, taking seventy Nigerian crewmen and seven Frenchmen hostage; by October 27 all hostages had been released. Bourbon Offshore, owner of two of the oil supply vessels [...] | 2008-11-04 08:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PHSA PREL PTER EFIS EPET KCRM KCOR NI |
08LAGOS440 | NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA CHRISTIAN YOUTH MOVEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-10 05:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ECON KCRM KCOR NI |
08LAGOS446 | NIGERIA: STATE SECRETARY EXPLAINS RIVERS STATE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-13 12:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER ECON KCOR NI |
08LAGOS449 | NIGERIA: FORMER MILITANT ON NEW NIGER DELTA [...] (C) Summary: Former militant and current President of the Gbaramatu Youth Council, Sheriff Mulade, and others met with Ijaw members of the Niger Delta Technical Advisory Committee to emphasize that unless the new Niger Delta Ministry were transparent and ministry officials held accountable it w [...] | 2008-11-14 12:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ECON KCRM KCOR NI |
08LAGOS473 | DIRECTOR OF NIGERIAN FINANCIAL INTEL UNIT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) Director A.B. Okauru (strictly protect) met with Poloffs on November 19 to discuss his sudden resignation from the NFIU on November 18 and the current state of affairs within the organization. He told Poloffs he resigned upon learning o [...] | 2008-11-21 13:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV CASC KCOR KCRIM NI |
08LAGOS493 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OF IJAW YOUTH COUNCIL SAYS [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Chris Ekiyor, President of the Ijaw Youth Council, (protect throughout) condemned the tactics of the military Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, alleging that the JTF is so closely linked to illegal bunkering activities that it seeks to prolong the conflict rather than [...] | 2008-12-12 11:42:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM KCRM KCOR NI |
08LJUBLJANA118 | SLOVENIA CLEANING ITS ECONOMIC HOUSE [...] (SBU) The Government of Slovenia (GOS) is making a strong push to investigate and convict people guilty of economic crimes. The Office of the State Prosecutor General (Office) has been hampered by a lack of coordination between its office and the police, and its small work force. In response [...] | 2008-03-07 15:18:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV KCOR KJUS ASEC SI |
08LJUBLJANA407 | JANSA COULD TURN BRIBERY ALLEGATION TO HIS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The September 1 Finnish TV program accusing PM Janez Jansa of accepting a bribe of up to 21 million euros in connection with the Slovenian Ministry of Defense 258 million euro deal to buy 135 Finnish Patria armored motorized vehicles (AMVs) has started a firestorm in Slovenia in [...] | 2008-09-05 15:58:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR MASS SI |
08LJUBLJANA408 | JANSA COULD TURN BRIBERY ALLEGATION TO HIS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The September 1 Finnish TV program accusing PM Janez Jansa of accepting a bribe of up to 21 million euros in connection with the Slovenian Ministry of Defense 258 million euro deal to buy 135 Finnish Patria armored motorized vehicles (AMVs) has started a firestorm in Slovenia in t [...] | 2008-09-08 14:58:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR MASS SI |
08LJUBLJANA562 | SLOVENIA: NEW JUSTICE MINISTER LOOKS TO U.S. FOR JUDICIAL [...] (U) Summary: (U) In the Ambassador's first official meeting with the new Minister of Justice Ales Zalar, the Minister pledged to look into pending U.S. denationalization and property restitution cases which remain bogged down in Slovenian courts. Zalar also reiterated his great interest in co [...] | 2008-12-24 07:51:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO OIIP OEXC KCOR KNAR PHUM SI |
08LONDON1888 | BAE JUDICIAL REVIEW: HOUSE OF LORDS HEARS HMG [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 7-8 the Law Lords of the House of Lords heard HMG's appeal of the High Court ruling that Serious Fraud Office (SFO) Director Wardle acted unlawfully when he abandoned the anti-corruption investigation into BAE Systems' dealings in Saudi Arabia. HMG argued that Wardle ha [...] | 2008-07-18 16:26:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCOR EFIN OECD UK |
08LONDON2882 | NIGERIA: UK ON EFCC AND PRESIDENT YAR A'DUA [...] (C/NF) Summary. The UK's relationship with Nigeria is "static," FCO Nigerian Team Leader Catherine Inglehearn said November 14. Cooperation with Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has largely stalled, pending a letter from new chair Waziri about HMG engagement with the Comm [...] | 2008-11-17 15:45:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KCOR KCRM PINR NI UK |
08LONDON2917 | NIGERIA: HMG TO CHALLENGE RULING ON IBORI EVIDENCE [...] (C) The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the Metropolitan Police plan to appeal the November 19 London Court decision ruling that the evidence submitted by the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to the court in the on-going corruption investigation of former Nigeria Delta St [...] | 2008-11-21 16:20:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCOR KCRM PINR NI UK |
08LUSAKA1197 | ATTORNEY GENERAL SUPPORTS PROGRESS ON ANTI-MONEY [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 24, Attorney General (AG) Mumba Malila shared with Ambassador his intention to recommend to Cabinet the establishment of a Financial Intelligence Unit that meets international standards and expressed his support for the Women's Justice and Empowerment Initiative, a [...] | 2008-12-30 14:31:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KWMN SNAR ZA |
08LUSAKA293 | Zambia and Fiscal Transparency [...] (SBU) Background and introduction: Zambia has a history of endemic government corruption, both under a one-party statist regime during the 1970s and 80s, and also during a period of economic liberalization and privatization in the 1990s. Since 2002, the government has increased its efforts to [...] | 2008-03-10 14:32:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV KCOR ZA |
08LUSAKA441 | GRZ (STILL) DELIBERATING ON CRITICAL [...] (C) Summary. In a wide-ranging conversation with DCM and Poloff on anti-corruption topics, Cabinet Secretary Kanganja noted little progress on anti-money laundering, but said that Cabinet is currently considering a National Anti-Corruption Policy, as well as guidelines governing the use of sei [...] | 2008-04-17 12:16:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PGOV PREL KMCA ZA |
08LUSAKA554 | GRZ FUNDS TASK FORCE ON CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary. Although President Mwanawasa had previously threatened to disband the Task Force on Corruption absent donor funding (Ref B),on May 15 the Zambian Cabinet agreed to take full financial responsibility for the ad hoc agency that was created in 2002 to prosecute high-level corrupt [...] | 2008-05-22 14:55:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV EAID ZA |
08MANAGUA394 | VISAS DONKEY: REQUEST FOR CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212 (f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, proclamation 7750, suspending the entry into the United States and revoking the visa presently held by Jose Manuel Martinez Sevilla, born in Nicaragua [...] | 2008-04-04 16:18:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PREL PGOV KCOR KCRM EFIN NU |
08MANILA404 | BRIBERY ALLEGATIONS ROIL ARROYO ADMINISTRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several days of melodramatic Senate testimony have brought renewed opposition calls for President Arroyo to step down over allegations her husband and senior government officials sought to profit illegally from a telecommunications deal with a Chinese firm. Since the allegation [...] | 2008-02-14 09:17:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR PINR RP |
08MANILA483 | LIMITED PROTESTS AGAINST PRESIDENT MARK PEOPLE POWER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the 22nd anniversary of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution that ousted former President Ferdinand Marcos, thousands of Filipinos turned out to demonstrate, some calling for President Arroyo to step down over corruption charges related to a government contract, others showi [...] | 2008-02-25 09:46:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR PINR RP |
08MANILA517 | MANILA BRACES FOR ANOTHER ANTI-ARROYO DEMONSTRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political turmoil over corruption allegations continues to roil the Arroyo administration, and Manila authorities are bracing for yet another anti-Arroyo demonstration, this one slated for Friday, February 29. As the political ferment continues here, the Ambassador and Mission re [...] | 2008-02-29 07:33:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KCOR PINR RP |
08MANILA521 | ANTI-ARROYO PROTESTS STILL LACK CRITICAL MASS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The presence of high-profile critics of the Arroyo Administration, including former Presidents Corazon Aquino and Joseph Estrada, at a February 29 inter-faith rally failed for the second time this week to create the critical mass of outrage and large-scale support that would res [...] | 2008-02-29 12:16:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR PINR RP |
08MANILA622 | PHILIPPINES: 2008 REPORT PURSUANT TO THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Per reftel request, this cable includes Post's input for the 2008 International Anticorruption and Good Governance Act (IAGGA) Report to Congress, detailing Philippine anticorruption efforts since 2006 and U.S. Government-funded programs to support these efforts. Philippine Government E [...] | 2008-03-12 09:57:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR KCRM EAID RP |
08MANILA666 | ANTI-ARROYO FERVOR FIZZLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As corruption allegations against the Arroyo Administration persist, the general public appears increasingly uninspired about prospects for removing President Arroyo from office before 2010. The February 25 and 29 anti-Arroyo rallies in the streets of Metro Manila failed to attr [...] | 2008-03-14 09:17:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR PINR RP |
08MANILA717 | AMBASSADOR URGES POLICE ON EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS AND [...] SUMMARY: In a March 15 speech to nearly 1,600 police officers, including both the nation's most senior officers and its newest recruits, the Ambassador underscored the critical role of the police in protecting democratic institutions and values, as well as the need for the police to intensify [...] | 2008-03-19 10:02:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR KCRM PHUM RP |
08MANILA998 | Limits of Chinese Soft Power in the Philippines [...] (SBU) Summary: China's soft-power diplomacy has recently stumbled in the Philippines under a months-long media barrage of corruption allegations and scandal investigations. This has occurred against the backdrop of a tenfold increase in bilateral trade since 2000, increased security cooperatio [...] | 2008-04-28 06:13:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV KINR KCOR RP CM |
08MAPUTO1030 | FIRES DESTROY CORRUPTION CASE EVIDENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following on the heels of the detention of the former Minister of Interior on corruption charges (reftel),police arrested the chairman of Mozambique,s parastatal airports management company, Airports of Mozambique (ADM) on October 22. The charges include misuse of company funds [...] | 2008-11-04 08:43:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PGOV PREL MZ |
08MAPUTO502 | MOZAMBIQUE FIGHTING CORRUPTION WITH SMOKE AND [...] (C) More than three years after a new administration was elected on an anticorruption platform, the Government of Mozambique (GRM) has shown little success in the fight against corruption. International NGOs, most donors, and some small but dedicated elements of civil society express constant [...] | 2008-06-02 05:18:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KCRM PGOV PHUM MZ |
08MAPUTO532 | LABOR MINISTRY REPORTS THEFT OF $8 MILLION FROM [...] (U) On June 2, a commission of inquiry established by the Ministry of Labor (MOL) announced that USD eight million had been stolen from the National Institute of Social Security (INSS) between 2002 and 2008. The commission's findings indicate that the theft involved a series of fraudulent ope [...] | 2008-06-05 15:31:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV PHUM PREL MZ |
08MAPUTO784 | MOZAMBIQUE - CHINA'S RICEBASKET? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chinese Government (GoC) and businesses continue to expand commitments and investments in Mozambique; China is now the sixth largest foreign investor. Long-standing interests in natural resources are complemented by new investments in agriculture-especially rice, along with [...] | 2008-08-18 07:26:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EINV SENV KCOR PGOV MZ CH |
08MAPUTO927 | FORMER MINISTER OF INTERIOR ARRESTED ON CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 22, police arrested former Minister of Interior Almerino Manhenje and eight other citizens on charges of corruption. Politics seems to have played a role in this particular case, and the timing coincides with growing concerns by donors that the Mozambican governmen [...] | 2008-09-30 09:52:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KDEM PHUM PREL PGOV MZ |
08MEXICO1040 | PAN PARTY PRESIDENT FOCUSED ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. In his 3/12 meeting with the Ambassador, PAN Party President German Martinez focused on internal party politics and 2009 elections for the House of Deputies and Governors for a number of key states. Martinez expressed concern about the flow of drug money into election campaign [...] | 2008-04-08 21:10:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM KCOR KCRM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1104 | MEXICO SEEKS TO TURN THE PAGE ON CORRUPTION [...] (U) Summary. Turning the page on Mexico's endemic corruption problem is an essential component of President Calderon's efforts to combat organized crime. The Public Administration Secretariat (SFP),created by the Fox administration is at the center of efforts, coordinating a network of IG [...] | 2008-04-11 22:10:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR MASS KCRM SNAR MX |
08MONROVIA98 | LIBERIA: PRESIDENT'S 2008 ANNUAL MESSAGE TO [...] (U) SUMMARY. In her Annual Message to the Legislature January 28, President Sirleaf called corruption Liberia's "number one enemy" and asked the Legislature to pass the draft bills establishing the Anti-Corruption Commission and the Code of Conduct for Public Servants soon. She also asked th [...] | 2008-02-01 15:13:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCRM KCOR EAID ECON LI |
08MONTERREY559 | PAN AND PRI TEST MEXICO'S NEW ELECTION REFORM LAWS IN NUEVO [...] (U) Summary. Nuevo Leon is the largest of the six Mexican states holding gubernatorial elections in 2009 and will be the first major test of the federal electoral reform passed in November 2007. The race will also be an important measure of the relative strength of the national PAN an [...] | 2008-12-18 16:05:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KCRM KCOR MX |
08MOSCOW3363 | PANFILOVA STILL OPTIMISTIC THAT MEDVEDEV WILL [...] (C) In a November 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Transparency International's Executive Director Elena Panfilova said President Medvedev was taking concrete steps to follow through on his anti-corruption initiatives, motivated in part by a desire to distinguish his administration from the pr [...] | 2008-11-20 13:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV SOCI PGOV KCOR RS |
08NAIROBI1373 | KENYA CORRUPTION UPDATE - LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: The bad news on the corruption front in Kenya is that the new coalition government has given some of the country's most egregious thieves a new lease on life and strengthened their already strong sense of impunity. Meanwhile, Kenya's legal system continues to stymie vs. deliver j [...] | 2008-06-04 12:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PREL ECON EFIN KE |
08NAIROBI1692 | MINISTER OF FINANCE RESIGNS IN CORRUPTION SCANDAL [...] (C) Minister of Finance Amos Kimunya resigned on July 8, capping a week of intense speculation about his political future stemming from his role in the cut-rate sale of the Grand Regency Hotel in Nairobi. The hotel, built with proceeds from the 1990s Goldenberg corruption scandal, had become [...] | 2008-07-09 16:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EFIN KCOR KE LY |
08NAIROBI199 | KENYA: DID KIBAKI REALLY STEAL THE ELECTION? [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya's hotly contested December 27 presidential election has been controversial on a number of levels, and many observers still question who actually won. When we looked at any and all available data to try to answer that question, we found evidence of rigging on both sides an [...] | 2008-01-17 17:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR PREL KE |
08NAIROBI2671 | DRUG TRAFFICKING ON THE RISE IN KENYA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 21, the British High Commission convened a mini-Dublin Group meeting in Nairobi to discuss the state of the drug problem in Kenya. The meeting was attended by representatives of one of Kenya's three police services, the director of the Kenyan government's anti-drug [...] | 2008-11-26 12:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KCOR KJUS SNAR UK UG KE |
08NAIROBI378 | KENYA: LINKING VISAS TO VIOLENCE [...] (C) To follow up on recent statements by Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer and the Ambassador indicating that the Department will review the visa eligibility of Kenyan politicians and businessmen suspected of supporting, inciting, or perpetrating violence in Kenya, Post delivered eight letter [...] | 2008-02-05 15:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PGOV KCOR PREL KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI420 | KENYA: MORE VISA WARNING LETTERS SENT [...] (C) Reftel reports on the February 5 conveyance of eight letters to Kenyan individuals warning the latter that indications they may be involved in supporting, inciting, and perpetrating inter-ethnic violence in Kenya are relevant to their eligibility for U.S. visas. 2. (C) On February 8, [...] | 2008-02-08 13:23:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PGOV KCOR PREL KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI531 | CHARTERHOUSE BANK SCANDAL: THE BAD GUYS ARE STRIKING BACK [...] (C) Summary: Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) officials believe Chief Justice Evans Gicheru's sudden decision to give priority to hearing appeals by the money laundering Charterhouse Bank to remove the statutory manager, rather than hearing the CBK's appeals, indicates that Gicheru has been compromi [...] | 2008-02-23 13:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KCOR EFIN KE |
08NAIROBI532 | CHARTERHOUSE BANK SCANDAL: THE BAD GUYS ARE STRIKING BACK [...] (C) Summary: Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) officials believe Chief Justice Evans Gicheru's sudden decision to give priority to hearing appeals by the money laundering Charterhouse Bank to remove the statutory manager, rather than hearing the CBK's appeals, indicates that Gicheru has been compromi [...] | 2008-02-24 08:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KCOR EFIN KE |
08NAPLES36 | ORGANIZED CRIME IN ITALY I: THE POLITICAL DIMENSION [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: This is the first of a three-part series; this message offers some background on organized crime in Southern Italy and examines its political dimensions. Organized crime is one of Southern Italy's greatest challenges to economic growth and political stability, [...] | 2008-06-04 15:34:00 | Consulate Naples | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM ECON SNAR KCOR IT |
08NAPLES37 | ORGANIZED CRIME IN ITALY II: HOW ORGANIZED CRIME DISTORTS [...] (U) Summary: This is the second of a three-part series; this message examines the economic dimension of organized crime in Southern Italy. According to a recent study, organized crime is the biggest individual segment of the Italian economy, accounting for seven percent of GDP. Wherever it occurs, [...] | 2008-06-06 10:50:00 | Consulate Naples | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCRM SENV SNAR EFIN PGOV KCOR IT |
08NAPLES38 | ORGANIZED CRIME III: CONFRONTING ORGANIZED CRIME IN [...] (C) Summary: This is the third of a three-part series (see reftels A-B for parts I and II); this message offers views on how to combat organized crime in Italy. The USG has a significant stake in the fight against organized crime in Italy. The Italian crime syndicates help support terrorist groups [...] | 2008-06-06 17:20:00 | Consulate Naples | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM ECON SNAR KCOR IT |
08NAPLES9 | SICILIAN GOVERNOR RESIGNS [...] (U) Following his January 18 conviction for assisting mafia figures (reftel),Sicilian Regional President Salvatore Cuffaro finally resigned from office January 26 in the wake of protests. After the conviction, Cuffaro had originally said he would not resign, and would appeal the verdict and [...] | 2008-01-29 07:47:00 | Consulate Naples | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KCOR IT |
08NAPLES96 | CAN CALABRIA BE SAVED? [...] (SBU) Summary: If it were not part of Italy, Calabria would be a failed state. The 'Ndrangheta organized crime syndicate controls vast portions of its territory and economy, and accounts for at least three percent of Italy's GDP (probably much more) through drug trafficking, extortion and usury. La [...] | 2008-12-02 15:02:00 | Consulate Naples | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL BEXP SENV SOCI KCRM KCOR IT |
08NEWDELHI2954 | GOI SEEMS OPEN TO DEVELOPING RECONSTRUCTION AND [...] (C) Summary: Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization Ambassador John Herbst met MEA officials November 6 to explore potential areas of cooperation between the United States and India in civilian reconstruction and stabilizatioN efforts. United Nations-Political Division Joint Secreta [...] | 2008-11-19 11:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | IN KCOR KCRS KDEM KPKO PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08NEWDELHI3015 | NAGPUR'S SEX TRADE AND CHILD LABOR: CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary. The Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Gayatri Patel and poloffs met NGO workers, government officials, and trafficking victims in Nagpur, and found there is no consensus on the prevalence of trafficking in persons. Law enforcement remains weak sinc [...] | 2008-11-28 11:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB IN KCOR KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM SOCI |
08NIAMEY1001 | Embassy Iftaar Series Generates Substantial Goodwill During [...] As part of post's Islamic outreach initiatives, Embassy Niamey sponsored a series of Iftaar dinners during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Four separate Iftaars were hosted by the Ambassador, the Charge d'Affaires, the PAO and the Public Affairs Section (PAS). 2. On September 10, Ambass [...] | 2008-10-02 09:12:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO KISL NG |
08NIAMEY1007 | Charges Stick, but Kaka Granted Provisional Release [...] (U) On October 7, the Nigerien High Court of Appeals affirmed new charges against RFI affiliate director Moussa Kaka at the request of state prosecutors, but granted him "immediate, provisional release" from prison. No trial date has been set. 2. (U) Kaka was arrested on September 20, 2007, [...] | 2008-10-07 13:48:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG |
08NIAMEY1039 | PRO-FORMER PM HAMA AMADOU SUPPORT RALLY DRAWS [...] (C) According to Embassy Niamey observers, on October 19, the Mouvement National de la Societe de Developpement (MNSD) held a large rally for several thousand members at the Place de la Concertation, an open-air public square in Niamey from approximately 0900 ) 1130 (Ref A). The event speaker [...] | 2008-10-20 14:52:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KCOR ASEC CASC NG |
08NIAMEY1069 | Another Journalist Arrested in Niger [...] (U) SUMMARY. On October 29, Nigerien journalist Alzouma Zakari was arrested by Nigerien Judicial Police after alleging inappropriate involvement by Minister of Interior Albade Abouba in a government contract to provide airline transportation during the 2008 Hajj. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) Zakar [...] | 2008-11-05 04:47:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG |
08NIAMEY1084 | NIGER: MNSD LEADERS SELECT PM OUMAROU AS INTERIM PARTY [...] (U) On November 9, the ruling party Mouvement National de la Societe de Developpement (MNSD) convened a leadership meeting at its headquarters to select an interim party president. After a lengthy day of consultations, party leadership selected current Prime Minister Seini Oumarou. Party lead [...] | 2008-11-10 13:49:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR ASEC NG |
08NIAMEY1092 | Nigerien Journalist Convicted, Released [...] On November 11, a local court convicted Nigerien journalist Alzouma Zakari under Niger's criminal libel statute. The court sentenced him to three months imprisonment (sentence suspended),fined him 100,000 F CFA (approximately $200),and released him. He must also pay symbolic damages in the [...] | 2008-11-14 05:23:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG |
08NIAMEY1095 | More Arrests Under Niger's Criminal Libel Laws [...] On November 12, Nigerien authorities arrested Moussa Aksar, publication director for independent weekly newspaper "L'Evenement" and his assistant Sani Aboubacar following a complaint by Ibrahim Foukori, director of power company NIGELEC. 2. Foukori filed a criminal libel complaint against th [...] | 2008-11-17 04:41:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG |
08NIAMEY1167 | Embassy Niamey Confronts Gender-Based Violence in Niger [...] SUMMARY: Between November 26 - December 10, 2008, Embassy Niamey took advantage of the U.N.-sponsored "16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence" (reftel) to raise awareness successfully on issues of domestic violence and women's rights in Niger. Niamey's Public Affairs Section (PAS) [...] | 2008-12-18 06:22:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO KISL KWMN NG |
08NIAMEY196 | Update on press freedom in Niger [...] Journalist Ibrahim Manzo Diallo was granted provisional release from prison on February 6. Diallo is the director of Agadez-based newspaper Air Info. He was arrested in October 2007 and held in pre-trial detention on charges of conspiring with the MNJ (ref a). Although released, Diallo still [...] | 2008-02-14 14:22:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG |
08NIAMEY318 | RFI broadcast suspended in Niger [...] On March 12, 2008 the Conseil Superior de la Communication (CSC),Niger's media regulatory body, announced a decision suspending Radio France International's (RFI) FM broadcast in Niger for 3 months. 2. The decision was reportedly based on the airing of a March 10 talk show in support of Mou [...] | 2008-03-14 06:41:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG |
08NIAMEY453 | GON closes second radio station [...] (U) Summary: On April 22, 2008, the Conseil Superieur de la Communication (CSC),Niger's media regulatory body, ordered the indefinite closure of Agadez-based radio station Sahara FM. In its official report, the CSC indicates that this decision was made "without ruling out possible criminal cha [...] | 2008-04-29 15:03:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG |
08NIAMEY607 | NIGER: FORMER PRIME MINISTER REACTS TO CORRUPTION CHARGES [...] Summary: Former Prime Minister Hama Amadou held a press conference on Saturday, June 14, regarding the GON's request for a National Assembly resolution to indict him on charges of misusing the national press support fund. He dismissed allegations regarding corruption at the education ministry [...] | 2008-06-16 13:02:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR NG |
08NIAMEY623 | RFI correspondent in Niger released [...] Journalist Moussa Kaka was granted provisional release from prison on June 23, 2008. Kaka is the director of the private radio Saraounia and RFI correspondent in Niger. He was arrested on September 20, 2007 and later charged under Niger's national security statute for alleged collaboration wi [...] | 2008-06-23 14:43:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG |
08NIAMEY624 | NIGER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES PROSECUTION OF [...] (U) Late in the evening of Monday, June 23, the National Assembly approved the prosecution of former Prime Minister Hama Amadou on charges related to the misuse of funds appropriated for support of the media (reftels). The secret ballot vote was 72 for and 28 against, with one abstention. [...] | 2008-06-24 06:35:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR ASEC NG |
08NIAMEY632 | NIGER: FORMER PRIME MINISTER JAILED [...] Former Prime Minister Hama Amadou was detained the afternoon of June 26 on charges that he misused funds meant to support the private press (reftels). 2. Several hundred Amadou supporters gathered outside the courthouse where he was being held that afternoon. They tried to block the police [...] | 2008-06-27 08:56:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR ASEC CASC NG |
08NIAMEY638 | NIGER: POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE CASE AGAINST [...] (C) The arrest of former Prime Minister Hama Amadou on corruption charges (refs A-C) raises questions about Amadou's guilt and the motivations behind his prosecution. We are not in a position to answer those questions definitively, but we offer the following observations. 2. (C) Amadou (he [...] | 2008-06-30 13:41:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR NG |
08NIAMEY639 | Private Television Station Warned [...] On June 26 the private radio and television station Dounia broadcast footage of a demonstration which occurred at Niger's High Court of Justice as police forces took former Prime Minister Hama Amadou from the courthouse to prison (Reftel). The video showed police using teargas and batons to dis [...] | 2008-06-30 13:42:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG |
08NIAMEY641 | GON CLOSES PROFESSIONAL MEDIA CENTER [...] On June 30 the Ministry of Communication closed Niger's "Maison de la Presse," a professional media center located in Niamey. 2. In 2005, Nigerien President Mamadou Tandja instructed the Ministry of Communication to donate to Nigerien journalists a media center that had been constructed for [...] | 2008-07-02 13:25:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG |
08NIAMEY737 | GON appeals dismissal of Kaka case [...] On July 23, 2008 the investigating judge dismissed the criminal case against jailed Nigerien journalist Moussa Kaka and ordered him freed from prison. Nigerien law grants prosecutors 48 hours to appeal such rulings, so Kaka was not immediately released. 2. On July 25, the state prosecutor a [...] | 2008-07-28 14:41:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG |
08NIAMEY93 | GON releases jailed French Journalists [...] On January 18, the GON released two French journalists from pre-trial detention on bail of 10 million FCFA each (exchange rate currently 448 FCFA = 1$US). Their bond was paid that same day and the two flew to Paris later that evening. 2. Journalists Thomas Dandois and Pierre Creisson of Eur [...] | 2008-01-23 15:05:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG |
08NIAMEY964 | Court of Appeals Hears Arguments on Case of Moussa Kaka; [...] On September 16, the State Prosecutor asked the Court of Appeals to permit a reclassification of the charges against jailed Nigerien Radio France International (RFI) affiliate director Moussa Kaka from "conspiracy against national security," which is subject to life imprisonment, to committing [...] | 2008-09-16 14:33:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG |
08NOUAKCHOTT686 | MAKING IT PERSONAL [...] (U) Anticipating the Millennium Challenge Corporation's (MCC) November 1Oth 2008 release of country indicators, Nouakchott issued a release noting that Mauritanian advances outlined in the report had been made during the democratic Abdallahi administration. Mission wished to forestall attempts [...] | 2008-11-20 08:00:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO KMCA MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT716 | SPEAKER VISIT FURTHERS QUIET DIPLOMACY [...] IIP Speaker Mohammed Bashar Arafat visited Nouakchott from November 23 until November 26 2008. During this time, he gave presentations on Islam In America to two universities in Nouakchott, the University of Nouakchott (11/24) and the Islamic Institute, ISERI (11/25) reaching over 600 students [...] | 2008-12-04 12:16:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL KMDR PREL MR PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG |
08PARIS1118 | OECD/Export Credits: Plenary Covers Tied Aid Project, [...] (SBU) Summary: The OECD's Working Party on Export Credits and Credit Guarantees (ECG) and the Participants to the Export Credit Arrangement (Participants) held their semi-annual plenary sessions and Aircraft Sector Understanding (ASU) meetings in Paris on April 21-25, 2008. The U.S. obtained s [...] | 2008-06-13 08:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EFIN ETRD EINV EXIM EAIR ECON OECD KCOR CH IN |
08PARIS1369 | OECD: REPORT OF JUNE 2008 MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON [...] (U) SUMMARY. The OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) met June 16-20, 2008 at OECD headquarters in Paris. The agenda for the plenary session included the following topics: Responses by stakeholders to WGB Consultation Paper Argentina Phase 2 report Australia post-Phase 2 written report Es [...] | 2008-07-18 15:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD |
08PARIS76 | OECD/Export Credits: Debt Sustainability Agreement Adopted; [...] (SBU) Summary: The Members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Working Party on Export Credits and Credit Guarantees (ECG) and the Participants to the Export Credit Arrangement (Participants) held their semi-annual plenary sessions and Aircraft Sector Understan [...] | 2008-01-14 13:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EFIN ETRD EINV EXIM EAIR ECON SENV OECD KCOR |
08PODGORICA130 | ITALIAN PROSECUTORS QUESTION PM DJUKANOVIC ABOUT '90S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Montenegrin PM Milo Djukanovic voluntarily traveled to Bari, Italy on March 31 for questioning by Italian prosecutors. Djukanovic and another 14 Montenegrins have been under investigation by the Italian authorities since 1999 for "associating with the mafia to profit from cigaret [...] | 2008-04-14 15:55:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM MW |
08PODGORICA216 | RLA'S ARRIVAL HIGHLIGHTS INTEREST IN FIGHT AGAINST CRIME AND [...] (U) Summary: A full week of press coverage dedicated the initial visit of the Embassy's new Regional Legal Adviser (RLA) to Montenegro, even in a slow news month, illustrates the importance Montenegrins place on the country's struggle with corruption, an issue that ranks at the top of all publ [...] | 2008-08-21 10:46:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR MW |
08PODGORICA224 | RLA'S ARRIVAL HIGHLIGHTS INTEREST IN FIGHT AGAINST CRIME AND [...] (U) Summary: A full week of press coverage dedicated the initial visit of the Embassy's new Regional Legal Adviser (RLA) to Montenegro, even in a slow news month, illustrates the importance Montenegrins place on the country's struggle with corruption, an issue that ranks at the top of all publ [...] | 2008-08-25 13:58:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR MW |
08PORTAUPRINCE1059 | PRESIDENT PREVAL SPEAKS OUT ON MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (C) Summary. Two recent meetings with President Preval on money laundering/corruption issues and investigations demonstrated his strong feelings about corruption within the GOH and his on-going interest in pursuing suspected corrupt officials, including former President Aristide, who allegedl [...] | 2008-07-25 18:06:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PGOV ECON KCOR HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE1069 | AIRPORT DIRECTOR GENERAL CENTER OF SECURITY DISPUTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Port-au-Prince public prosecutor called in the Director General of the Toussaint L'Ouverture Airport in early July for questioning over the hiring of a private security company at the airport that allegedly used unregistered weapons. Although no charges were lodged, the epi [...] | 2008-07-28 16:49:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON HA KCOR PGOV PREL SNAR |
08PORTAUPRINCE115 | CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES RE-ELECTS JEAN-JACQUES TO [...] (U) Summary: For the third year in a row, the Chamber of Deputies elected Eric Jean-Jacques to the presidency of Parliament's lower house. The four deputies elected to other leadership positions in the Chamber are new to the executive bureau. Jean-Jacques' challenger for the presidency, Pat [...] | 2008-01-23 19:56:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE1180 | HAITI CORRECTIONS AND PRISONS UPDATE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: 227 new corrections officers graduated from the Police Academy on July 18 under a cloud of controversy and amid an on-going investigation of recruitment practices. Changes in personnel at the Me [...] | 2008-08-19 18:22:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR SOCI HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE1522 | ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS PICK UP STEAM [...] This message is sensitive but unclassifed -- please protect accordingly. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) After doing virtually nothing over the past year to prosecute corruption cases, law enforcement authorities in October moved against a handful of corruption suspects. The most significant [...] | 2008-10-30 19:57:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE341 | HAITI IN 2008: FOUR YEARS AFTER ARISTIDE [...] (C) Summary: Four years after the resignation of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti now enjoys a degree of stability not seen here in almost a decade. A democratically elected President and Parliament, a growing national police force, strong international support, led by the United State [...] | 2008-02-29 17:59:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EAID HA KCOR KCRM KDEM KJUS KPKO PGOV |
08PORTAUPRINCE453 | CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES ISSUES REPORT ON MISHANDLING [...] (SBU) Summary: The new treasurer of the Chamber of Deputies, Cholzer Chancy, made public a report on irregularities in the bookkeeping of the lower house of Parliament. The report highlights several instances of overspending as well as overdue payments to employees and vendors. The Chamber [...] | 2008-03-20 17:15:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE91 | PREVAL STATE OF THE UNION: STATE MODERNIZATION AND [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) In his constitutionally-mandated speech at the opening of the new parliamentary session January 14, President Preval defined his vision for Haiti over the coming years as 1) security, justice, an [...] | 2008-01-17 17:11:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SNAR KCOR ECON HA |
08QUITO90 | ECUADOR: CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY FOCUS UNCLEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: As the Constituent Assembly reaches the two-month mark, members are meeting with various interest groups and holding private committee meetings, but have yet to debate publicly any constitutional language. The Assembly has approved six laws or other documents, including the controver [...] | 2008-01-30 20:27:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN SNAR KCOR EC |
08RABAT727 | MOROCCO'S MILITARY: ADEQUATE, MODERNIZING, BUT [...] (C) Summary: The Moroccan Royal Armed Forces (FAR) are modernizing but remain weighed down by long-standing problems. King Mohammed VI, who in 1999 inherited a military in need of professionalization, has implemented some needed reforms, but much remains to be done. Civilian control, if as [...] | 2008-08-04 16:13:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | MARR MASS PGOV PREL PTER KCOR KPKO MO |
08RABAT785 | JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY LEADER PRAGMATIC IN [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Justice and Development Party (PJD) Chairman Benkirane told the Ambassador in a recent meeting that the principal reason for the United States' increasingly negative image among Moroccans is the perception that the U.S. has become increasingly pro-Israeli and less objecti [...] | 2008-08-22 16:12:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM KISL KCOR MO |
08RABAT887 | MOROCCO'S NEW ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION STARTS TO [...] (C) Summary: Morocco's long-promised Central Commission to Combat Corruption is finally starting to take shape following King Mohammed VI's August 21st appointment of local Transparency International co-founder Abdesselam Aboudrar to head the entity. Aboudrar told us in a September 10 meeting [...] | 2008-09-18 15:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KCOR MO |
08RANGOON749 | BURMESE CIVILIAN OFFERS TO SELL PURPORTED URANIUM [...] (S//REL to USA, ACGU) Per Ref A, Post is alerting the Department and Washington agencies that on XXXXXXXXXXXX after USDAO Rangoon received guidance from DIA, a Burmese civilian met with members of USDAO Rangoon and offered to sell Uranium-238. The individual had initially contacted the USDAO eight [...] | 2008-09-23 08:59:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR BM |
08RIGA123 | Scenesetter for Secretary Chertoff's visit to Riga [...] We look forward to welcoming you in Riga. Your visit, and the accompanying signing of the MOU (assuming agreement can be reached on the text) on the Visa Waiver Program (VWP),is a significant marker of the strength of our bilateral relationship. Joining the VWP is the foreign policy issue th [...] | 2008-03-10 11:15:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS PREL PGOV KCOR OVIP CHERTOFF MICHAEL LG |
08RIGA228 | HERE WE GO AGAIN - ANTI-CORRUPTION CHIEF UNDER FIRE [...] (C/NF) Summary: Two separate events have brought a new focus on anti-corruption chief Aleksejs Loskutovs, whose attempted removal from office last fall brought down the Kalvitis government. Two members of his staff have been sacked for stealing money seized in investigations, and indicted Ven [...] | 2008-05-06 14:19:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KCOR KJUS ASEC LG |
08RIGA322 | CHANGING OF THE GUARD AT THE SUPREME COURT [...] (C) Summary: On June 5 Ivars Bickovics, currently the Chair of the Political Panel in the Supreme Court, was appointed by the Saeima (parliament) to become the next Latvian Supreme Court Chief Justice, replacing Andris Gulans who has had that position since 1994. Gulans, last day is June 13. [...] | 2008-06-06 08:29:00 | Embassy Riga | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KCOR KJUS LG |
08RIGA324 | SAEIMA PASSES NEW MONEY LAUNDERING LAW, WITH A [...] (C) Summary. On Thursday, June 5 the Saeima (parliament) voted to approve the long-awaited, new Anti Money Laundering (AML) laws to bring Latvia in compliance with EU norms. During the final vote, however, six new amendments, which greatly reduce the effectiveness and usefulness of the law, we [...] | 2008-06-06 14:49:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN KCOR LG |
08RIGA338 | COMMISSION FORMED: KNAB CHIEF'S FUTURE IS DIM [...] (C) Summary. Following Prosecutor General Janis Maizitis' submission of his report on the KNAB (ref b),Prime Minister Godmanis asked Anti-Corruption Bureau (KNAB) Chief Aleksejs Loskutovs to step down, which he refused to do. According to Latvian law, a Commission has been formed to determine [...] | 2008-06-12 11:14:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS LG |
08RIGA386 | KNAB CHIEF DISMISSED [...] Summary: On Sunday, June 29 the Latvian Saeima (Parliament) dismissed Anti-Corruption Bureau (KNAB) Chief Aleksejs Loskutovs in a secret ballot vote of 52 to 40. The vote followed a four-hour debate, dominated mostly by opposition party members. Opposition party New Era (JL) spearheaded a prote [...] | 2008-06-30 14:34:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR KJUS LG |
08RIGA507 | ALLEGED CORRUPTION COSTS CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT CHIEF [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Valdimirs Vaskevics, head of the law enforcement arm of Latvian customs, has been stripped of his security clearance pursuant to an extensive investigation into corruption allegations. Technically, he can remain in his position, but he can't have access to classified informatio [...] | 2008-08-21 10:42:00 | Embassy Riga | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KCOR KJUS PSNR LG |
08RIGA56 | LATVIA: COURT RULING SUSPENDS DEVELOPMENT OF RIGA [...] (U) Summary. The Constitutional Court of Latvia ruled on 17 January that part of the Riga territorial plan that deals with changes in the Freeport of Riga territory does not comply with the Constitution because several environmental impact procedures had not been followed correctly. The court [...] | 2008-01-31 07:17:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR KJUS EWWT SENV LG |
08RIGA565 | LEMBERGS ON THE TOWN, AND THE JUDICIAL HOT POTATO [...] (C/NF) Summary: Prosecutor General Janis Maizitis has lifted major restrictions limiting Ventspils Mayor (and noted oligarch) Aivars Lembergs, participation in government and freedom of movement. Additionally, two regional courts, citing heavy workloads, have refused to try the case, demonstr [...] | 2008-09-17 12:05:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KCOR KJUS LG |
08RIGA587 | SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE BICKOVICS LIVES UP TO [...] (C) Summary: New Latvian Supreme Court Chief Justice Ivars Bickovics assured the Ambassador that not much would change in the Court, and outlined his initiatives, such as a new judicial council and a strategy for protecting the salaries of judges. He stated that, if the law could be changed, th [...] | 2008-09-23 13:08:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KCOR KJUS LG |
08RIGA700 | VASKEVICS CLOSER TO JUSTICE? [...] (C) Summary: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (KNAB) has forwarded the case of Vladimirs Vaskevics, former head of the Customs Police and current Deputy of the State Revenue Service, to the Prosecutor General's office for prosecution. Proposed charges against Vaskevics include participation in unlaw [...] | 2008-11-14 15:48:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS PSNR LG |
08RIGA709 | ANTI-CORRUPTION BUREAU STUMBLES [...] (C) Summary: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (KNAB) is a valuable organization that is in a period of transition. Post supports a strong KNAB that can continue to investigate corruption at all levels, but we are troubled with the organization's seeming tin ear for the political efforts to neuter th [...] | 2008-11-20 15:30:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS LG |
08RIGA710 | ANTI-CORRUPTION BUREAU STUMBLES [...] (C) Summary: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (KNAB) is a valuable organization that is in a period of transition. Post supports a strong KNAB that can continue to investigate corruption at all levels, but we are troubled with the organization's seeming tin ear for the political efforts to neuter th [...] | 2008-11-20 15:30:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS LG |
08RIGA92 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ANTI-CORRUPTION CHIEF [...] (S/NF) In his introductory meeting with Ambassador Larson, anti-corruption chief Loskutovs reviewed the status of many of the significant anti-corruption cases in Latvia at the moment. Loskutovs was optimistic that charges would be filed against Andris Skele in the digital TV cases and that th [...] | 2008-02-19 16:01:00 | Embassy Riga | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KCOR LG |
08RIODEJANEIRO239 | Rio de Janeiro Pol/Econ Round-Up, July/August 2008 [...] The following are highlights of Political/Economic activity in Rio de Janeiro's reporting district during the months of July-August 2008. - GOB Considers Privatizing Rio International Airport - Armed Forces Deployed to Rio for Municipal Elections - Former Rio Governors Indicted for Corrupt [...] | 2008-09-09 18:59:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET EAIR PGOV PHUM KCRM KCOR KPLS SNAR SOCI BR |
08RIYADH791 | DAMMAM MUNICIPAL COUNCIL UPDATE: PUBLIC CORRUPTION [...] SUMMARY: (C) The city of Dammam continues to be embroiled in a confrontation of governance, pitting four elected members of the Municipal Council against Eastern Province Mayor Dhaifallah al-Otaibi and Council Chairperson, Khalid al-Faleh, an appointed member and the second-in-charge of Saudi [...] | 2008-05-19 17:16:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL SA |
08ROME1416 | THE ANTI-CORRUPTION AND TRANSPARENCY SERVICE: AN [...] (C) Summary. Italy abolished its Office of the High Commissioner Against Corruption in June 2008. The Berlusconi Government defended the closure as a cost-cutting move, and said the functions of the office would be subsumed by another, newly created GOI office, the Anti-Corruption and Transpar [...] | 2008-11-20 16:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR KJUS PGOV |
08SANAA1935 | OPPOSITION LEADER: PARTICIPATION IN APRIL [...] (C) With Yemen's April 2009 Parliamentary elections approaching, the opposition continues to boycott all election preparations. The concessions that President Saleh is willing to discuss privately come nowhere near addressing what the opposition deems to be its "minimum standards" for partic [...] | 2008-12-03 12:13:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCOR KDEM YM |
08SANTIAGO942 | NORTHERN CHILE: CORRUPTION AND LOW-LEVEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In Chile's northernmost city, Arica, relations between the indigenous Aymara community and the overwhelmingly non-indigenous local political leadership are somewhat strained. Nonetheless, the indigenous community has successfully fought central government decisions that they [...] | 2008-10-21 19:24:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PHUM KCOR SCUL CI |
08SANTODOMINGO1167 | DOMINICAN SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS BANINTER BANK [...] Summary. On July 11, the Dominican Supreme Court upheld the convictions in the Banco Intercontinental (Baninter) bank fraud case ensuring that the four defendants will spend time in prison. This is an important step forward because it is the first time that significant sentences were given to [...] | 2008-07-18 12:09:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PGOV PREL KJUS KCOR DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1371 | FORBES ENERGY CITES CORRUPTION IN ETHANOL PROJECT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Executives with Forbes Energy met with the Ambassador regarding the company,s planned USD 700 million sugarcane ethanol project straddling the Dominican Republic-Haiti border. They said that while they have already obtained all needed permits for the project, which will be based in Man [...] | 2008-08-29 15:08:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG KCOR EINV DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1921 | REFORM OF THE REFORMISTA PARTY - THE DREAM IS ALIVE [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with Victor "Ito" Bisono, a rising star of the falling Reform Party (PRSC) to discuss prospects for the party's revival - an on-going saga (ref A). Although some Dominicans have already dismissed the party as a thing of the past, Bisono has a different vision: He pred [...] | 2008-12-16 20:39:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR KJUS VE DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1950 | DR POLITICS - EX-PRSC STAR GUIDING FEW, FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: Eduardo Estrella, a former presidential candidate of the PRSC (Partido Reformista Social Cristiano) offered Poloff a worrying assessment of the DR's political and economic scene much like other politicians and officials have done: Corruption is reaching self-destructive proportio [...] | 2008-12-22 14:11:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PREL KJUS SNAR DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1951 | DR POLITICS - EX-PRSC STAR GUIDING FEW, FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: Eduardo Estrella, a former presidential candidate of the PRSC (Partido Reformista Social Cristiano) offered Poloff a worrying assessment of the DR's political and economic scene much like other politicians and officials have done: Corruption is reaching self-destructive proportio [...] | 2008-12-22 14:11:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PREL KJUS SNAR DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1959 | RULE OF LAW ROUND-UP - DEC 2008 [...] (U) This constitutes the first in a planned series of cables collecting and summarizing developments in the rule of law field, writ large: notable cases and controversies related to corruption, narco-trafficking, money-laundering, human smuggling and trafficking, as well as the functioning of [...] | 2008-12-23 17:57:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KCRM SNAR PREL DR |
08SANTODOMINGO561 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: BANINTER BANKING CONVICTIONS [...] In a key blow to impunity, the 3rd Chamber of the National District's Court of Appeals early this morning upheld the convictions of senior banking officials involved in the disastrous 2003 bankruptcy of Banco Intercontinental (Baninter),made additional findings of guilt for a previously convi [...] | 2008-04-18 18:36:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KJUS KCOR PGOV DR |
08SANTOOMINGO1959 | RULE OF LW ROUND-UP - DEC 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-23 17:57:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGV KCOR KCRM SNAR PREL DR |
08SCTION02OF04NAIROBI1373 | KENYA CORRUPTION UPDATE - LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-04 12:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PREL ECON EFIN KE |
08SKOPJE155 | MACEDONIA: "BIG FISH" CONVICTED IN CORRUPTION CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. In a landmark ruling, a Macedonian court has convicted two high-profile defendants in a major corruption case. A former National Bank Governor and a controversial businessman were convicted and sentenced to four-and-a-half-years imprisonment on February 25 for a financial frau [...] | 2008-02-26 15:01:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCRM KCOR NATO MK |
08SOFIA192 | BULGARIA ROCKED BY INTERIOR MINISTRY SCANDAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bulgaria has been shaken by a snowballing Interior Ministry scandal that involves top Ministry officials and threatens to destabilize the Socialist-led government of PM Stanishev. The high-profile controversy has already led to the arrest of two top MOI officials and triggered [...] | 2008-04-01 15:42:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KCOR BU |
08SOFIA229 | INTERIOR MINISTER RESIGNS UNDER MOUNTING PRESSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Stanishev forced Interior Minister Petkov,s hand into a resignation after two weeks of a deepening scandal that had trashed Bulgaria,s international image and fed domestic cynicism over government collusion with criminals. Intense international pressure made the difference i [...] | 2008-04-15 14:25:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KCRM KCOR BU |
08SOFIA248 | REFORMING THE BULGARIAN MINISTRY OF INTERIOR [...] (C) Prime Minister Stanishev's National Security Advisor Petko Sertov told us that the PM wants to reform the Interior Ministry and has requested direct, expert advice from the USG on the best way forward. We must seize this unparalleled opportunity to shape the reform of what has been a c [...] | 2008-04-21 15:35:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KCOR BU |
08SOFIA293 | BULGARIA REQUESTS HELP TO REVAMP INTERIOR MINISTRY [...] (C) Prime Minister Stanishev's National Security Advisor Petko Sertov told us that the PM requests expert advice from the USG to reform the Interior Ministry. The PM wants support similar to the assistance USG elements recently provided to develop the conceptual design for the new State A [...] | 2008-05-09 15:56:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM BU |
08SOFIA301 | NEW INTERIOR MINISTER MIKOV REQUESTS U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: New Interior Minister Mihail Mikov discussed his plans for reform and made specific requests for assistance to Ambassador Beyrle on May 12, their first meeting since Mikov took office. The Ambassador noted one or two U.S. experts would arrive in Sofia before [...] | 2008-05-13 15:31:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM BU |
08SOFIA345 | MOI REFORM UPDATE: INITIAL CONSULTATIONS WITH SENIOR GOB [...] (SBU) Summary. In response to Prime Minister Stanishev's request for expert advice to reform the Ministry of Interior, International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) Senior Law Enforcement Advisor in Belgrade Gary Bennett consulted with lead Bulgarian officials May [...] | 2008-05-30 12:30:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRCM BU |
08SOFIA359 | DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP SKILLS IN MOI MID-LEVEL POLICE [...] (U) Summary: The Department of Justice Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) and the DHS Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) organized two one-week courses on leadership at the Bulgarian Police Academy in Sofia May 19-23 and May 26-30. The two course [...] | 2008-06-03 12:52:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRCM BU |
08SOFIA445 | MOI REFORM UPDATE AND ACTION REQUEST [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: In a June 20 meeting, Deputy Interior Minister Sonya Yankulova agreed with our assessment that the draft legislative language is a problematic work in progress and that key reform questions -- including legislative the mandate and required skills of the MOI's [...] | 2008-07-02 14:08:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM BU |
08SOFIA452 | SCENESETTER FOR DEA ADMINISTRATOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your visit comes as the Bulgarians brace themselves for the European Commission's monitoring report on July 23, which is expected to be highly critical of Bulgaria's performance in rule of law. In 2007, the Bulgarians improved their law enforcement capabilities and customs serv [...] | 2008-07-03 16:07:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM BU |
08SOFIA480 | DEA ACTING ADMINISTRATOR COMMENDS US-BULGARIA [...] (C) Summary. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Acting Administrator Michele Leonhart received the Bulgarian Medal of Valor, First Order, for her courage and service from the Bulgarian Interior Minister (MOI) Mihail Mikov on July 14. Leonhart commended Bulgarian drug enforcement au [...] | 2008-07-21 11:30:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM BU |
08SOFIA502 | JUMP-STARTING MOI REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary. After a contentious debate, the Parliament passed new MOI legislation July 22, with major emphasis on increasing the investigative capacity of the ministry and improving accountability in the use of specialized investigative techniques (SIT). The following day, July 23, the [...] | 2008-07-25 11:21:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM BU |
08SOFIA620 | BULGARIAN CHIEF PROSECUTOR DETERMINED TO SHOW [...] (C) Chief Prosecutor Boris Velchev told the Ambassador on September 12 that the EU report's criticism of Bulgaria's rule of law efforts was helpful and that the Prime Minister was determined to show progress in fighting organized crime and corruption before the next EU report is released in Fe [...] | 2008-09-18 13:17:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM |
08SOFIA637 | SETTING UP A BULGARIAN COUNTER-OC TASK FORCE: [...] (SBU) Summary. Interior Minister Mikov and Deputy Minister Yankulova welcomed the results of the U.S. assessment of the Interior Ministry (MOI) and agreed to implement our recommendation to create a centralized pilot counter-OC task force. Mikov requested U.S. practical assistance. Post s [...] | 2008-09-30 07:50:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM BU |
08SOFIA724 | BULGARIA AND COUNTERNARCOTICS: INTENSIFYING OUR [...] Summary: The Bulgarian Government is acutely aware of the problems posed by transit across the Balkan region of narcotics and particularly of heroin from Afghanistan. The Minister of Interior contacted Ambassador to press for intensified cooperation with the US Drug Enforcement Agency, both [...] | 2008-11-19 06:38:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SNAR KCOR KCRM BU |
08SURABAYA70 | NORTH MALUKU: GOLKAR, PRESIDENTIAL PROXY FIGHT OVER [...] Summary: (SBU) Violence has flared again between the supporters of candidates for North Maluku Governor. Local ethnic friction and Jakarta party politics have made this far flung governor's race drag on for almost six months now. The latest round of violence was reportedly triggered by the J [...] | 2008-06-10 01:02:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID |
08TALLINN3 | ESTONIA'S LAND SWAP SCANDAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Security Police (KAPO) investigation has implicated several key Estonian politicians and business leaders in a high-profile corruption case. The "Land Swap Scandal" alleges the ex-head of Estonia's Land Board orchestrated the exchange of environmentally-protected state land f [...] | 2008-01-03 09:24:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KCOR PREL EN |
08TASHKENT1012 | UZBEKISTAN: THE MANGO ROAD TO NORTH-SOUTH [...] (SBU) Dr. Khalid M. Chaudhry, a Pakastani national who is General Director of Classic International, has been a regular visitor to the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent for many years. One of the founders of the American Chamber of Commerce branch in Tashkent in the 1990s, Dr. Chaudhry is best known at [...] | 2008-08-29 09:18:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD KCOR SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT1035 | ACTING CENTCOM COMMANDER GENERAL DEMPSEY MEETS [...] (C) Summary: On August 28 visiting Acting CENTCOM Commander General Martin Dempsey met with Yves Giovannoni, the ICRC Head of the Regional Delegation in Central Asia, and Raffaello Muller, the Deputy Head. The meeting, which itself sent a strong signal of USG interest to the Uzbeks, focused o [...] | 2008-09-05 03:27:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KCOR PINR KZ KG TI TX UZ |
08TASHKENT113 | SECURITY SERVICE POWER-BROKERS LIMIT [...] (C) Summary: Reftel A discussed the keen interest of the counter-narcotics-focused Sensitive Investigative Unit in resuming active cooperation with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. However, it is still uncertain whether the Government of Uzbekistan would issue long-term visas to U.S. [...] | 2008-01-29 04:23:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET | PREL PGOV KCRM KCOR PINR SNAR UZ |
08TASHKENT139 | RADIATION DETECTION UPDATE: GOVERNMENT OF [...] (C) On January 30 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivered a diplomatic note to Post with additional information related to the November seizure of a railcar carrying radioactive material. Post has e-mailed copies of the enclosures to the Uzbekistan Desk Officer, Brian Roraff (202-647-6765). [...] | 2008-02-01 11:29:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR KZ KG UZ |
08TASHKENT1522 | Uzbekistan: CENTCOM Deputy Commander Lt. General Allen [...] (C) Summary: On December 19 CENTCOM Deputy Commander Lt. General John Allen met separately with Uzbek Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov and Defense Minister Kabul Berdiyev in Tashkent. Lt. Gen. Allen's visit laid the groundwork for a planned visit by CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus in J [...] | 2008-12-24 08:52:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS ETRD PINR PHUM ECON KCOR TI AF UZ |
08TASHKENT156 | DOING BUSINESS WITH UZBEKISTAN: FOLLOW UP TO THE [...] (SBU) Nine Jeep Cherokees were provided to the Uzbek State Customs Committee in August 2000. In post's 2004 End Use Monitoring Report (reftel B, paragraph #2-C),we first reported that "two of the vehicles are perhaps being misused" and may have been given to other agencies. The bilateral re [...] | 2008-02-05 12:43:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR ASEC EAID PREL KCRM KCOR UZ |
08TASHKENT314 | PARLIAMENTARIAN RESIGNS AMIDST HUMAN TRAFFICKING [...] (C) On March 10 an article on the news website centrasia.ru reported that Ms. Matlyuba Burxanova, a member of the Oliy Majlis, the lower house of Parliament, resigned over allegations of human trafficking. Embassy LES Political Assistant confirmed this information with Marifdjon Usmanov (plea [...] | 2008-03-13 12:42:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN KCRM KCOR UZ |
08TASHKENT351 | LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT PASSES ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] (C) Summary: On March 18 the Oliy Majlis, the lower house of the Uzbek parliament, passed a draft anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) law on the third and final reading. The next step is for the Senate to approve the law, which is listed as the number one agenda item for the upcoming March 27 p [...] | 2008-03-20 12:01:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN KCRM KCOR UZ |
08TASHKENT366 | UNODC REQUESTS EXPERT PARTICIPATION IN UZBEKISTAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (U) Summary: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),which is sponsoring an anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) conference in Tashkent on May 14-15 in conjunction with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Eur [...] | 2008-03-26 13:23:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN KCRM KCOR UZ |
08TASHKENT43 | RADIATION DETECTION UPDATE: GOVERNMENT OF UZBEKISTAN PASSES QUESTION RESPONSES, COMMISSION'S FINDINGS REF: A. 07 STATE 163194 B. 07 TASHKENT 2063 C. 07 TASHKENT 2081 D. 07 TASHKENT 2090 E. TD-314/79205-07 Classified By: Poloff Steven Prohaska and DTRO Chief Fred Carter for re asons 1.4 (b, d). [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-10 17:54:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET//NOFORN | MNUC KNNP PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR KZ KG UZ |
08TASHKENT493 | CENTRAL BANK ON MONEY LAUNDERING ISSUES [...] (C) On April 23 emboffs met with Alisher Akmalov, Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank, to discuss the anti-money laundering regime in Uzbekistan. Akmalov initially presented the typical explanation of Uzbekistan's anti-money laundering regime. Clearly aware of the international perceptions, h [...] | 2008-04-25 14:37:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM ASEC PREL ECON KCOR PINR UZ |
08TASHKENT507 | FORENSIC LABORATORY PROJECT IMPROVES CAPACITY AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: An ongoing project to upgrade the Main Forensic Laboratory of the Ministry of Health, funded by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) with implementing support from the Department of Justice Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICI [...] | 2008-04-29 11:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ASEC PHUM PREL KCOR KCRM UZ |
08TASHKENT644 | UZBEK CENTRAL BANK ACCEPTS INVITATION FOR AML [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) On Monday, June 9, the Uzbek MFA delivered a diplomatic note saying that Central Bank Deputy Chairman Akmalov has accepted the U.S. invitation to come to Washington for consultations regarding Uzbekistan's anti-money laundering [...] | 2008-06-10 11:03:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM ASEC PREL ECON KCOR PINR UZ |
08TASHKENT771 | UZBEKISTAN: SPECTER OF CORRUPTION STIFLES [...] (C) Summary: On July 1 poloff met with an affluent, well-connected young acquaintance from Bukhara whose extended family has successfully established a syringe-making factory. The family is also planning to diversify and start another factory to manufacture diapers. The young man wants to st [...] | 2008-07-03 08:47:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR ECON BTIO EPET SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT879 | DAS KROL MEETS UZBEK FOREIGN MINISTER NOROV IN [...] (C) Summary: On July 25 Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia George Krol met with Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov in Tashkent. The atmosphere was warm and cordial, and Norov framed his remarks in the context of President Karimov's positive July 22 meeting with the A [...] | 2008-07-30 03:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM KCOR PINR KTER ENRG UZ |
08TASHKENT891 | DAS KROL'S MEETING WITH UZBEK NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: On July 25 visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia George Krol met with National Security Council (NSC) Secretary Murod Ataev in Tashkent. Ataev spoke at length about the recent munitions depot explosion in Kagan, thanking the U.S. government for [...] | 2008-08-01 05:53:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM KCOR MARR PINR UZ |
08TASHKENT899 | SOUTH KOREA PLAYS ALONG WITH UZBEK DREAMS OF AIR [...] (C) Summary: Surprised by the front page coverage of the Ambassador's July 22 meeting with President Karimov, the South Korean Embassy sent Second Secretary See-Hong Pak to call on poloff on July 29 for a readout of evolving U.S.-Uzbek relations. Pak noted that it appears Russia's influence [...] | 2008-08-04 14:00:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KCOR ETRD KS UZ |
08TASHKENT922 | UZBEKISTAN FORENSIC LAB EXPERTS VISIT USA [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL),with the support of the Department of Justice Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP),arranged for the participation of Uzbek forensic experts in the 18th International Association of Fo [...] | 2008-08-11 04:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM UZ |
08TASHKENT964 | UZBEKISTAN: PRESIDENT KARIMOV SIGNS LAW RATIFYING [...] (U) On June 27 the Senate followed the lower chamber (Oliy Majlis) in adopting a law to ratify the UN Convention Against Corruption. President Karimov then signed the law on July 7, completing the Government of Uzbekistan's ratification steps. The Head of the International Organizations Depar [...] | 2008-08-20 10:28:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCOR PHUM KCRM UZ |
08TEGUCIGALPA1002 | TREMEMDOUS HONDURAN INTEREST IN U.S. ELECTION [...] Summary. Hondurans have been extremely interested in the outcome of the U.S. election. All major Honduran media outlets followed the campaigns closely from the primaries through the election November 4. Election results were front page news in all major dailies and television news programs [...] | 2008-11-06 15:09:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL KCOR KEIM SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA1080 | MISSION HONDURAS LAUNCHES MERIDA COORDINATION [...] Embassy Honduras has formed a plan to coordinate Merida Initiative efforts both mission-wide and bilaterally. We have created a Merida Working Group that meets monthly and includes senior-level representatives from POL/NAS, DEA, USAID, MILGROUP, DHS/ICE, DAO, RSO, PAS, MCC, JTF-B, RAO and TAT [...] | 2008-12-02 19:26:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL KDEM KCOR KCRM MASS EAID ECON KJUS |
08TEGUCIGALPA425 | TWO MAJOR PRISON RIOTS IN HONDURAS IN LESS THAN A [...] Summary: On April 27 a riot broke out in San Pedro Sula penitentiary and 9 inmates were killed. The fight was between "paisas" (non-gang members) and "pesetas" (ex-gang members). Less than a week later, prison authorities began transferring inmates to other prisons throughout Honduras to pr [...] | 2008-05-06 15:56:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KCOR KJUS PGOV SNAR ASEC CASC HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA659 | HONDURAN ELECTION SEASON KICK-OFF [...] (C) Summary: July 15 marks the official beginning of Honduran election season when leaders of political party factions turn in their slates to the party councils. By August 24, the names of the official primary candidates will be known. The two main parties are the Liberal Party and the Nat [...] | 2008-07-14 18:03:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID SOCI SCUL ECON KCOR HO |
08TIRANA752 | BERISHA LAUNCHES RENEWED ASSAULT ON PROSECUTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Beginning on October 10 and continuing over the weekend, Prime Minister Berisha and the Ministry of Justice began a new campaign to intimidate and obstruct the work of the Office of the Prosecutor General. Alleging that the PG's Office had broken the law while trying last week to [...] | 2008-10-14 15:15:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PHUM KCOR KCRM PREL AL |
08TIRANA858 | GOA LAMBASTES "POLITICALLY MOTIVATED" INDICTMENT [...] SUMMARY: (C) In recent days the GOA has intensified pressure on the Prosecutor General's (PG) office with two statements, one from the PM and a longer one from the MFA, which harshly criticized both the opposition and the PG for the "politically" motivated indictment of FM Lulzim Basha on Nov [...] | 2008-12-03 16:16:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM PREL KCOR KJUS AL |
08TRIPOLI526 | LIBYA SEEKS TO BLACKMAIL EUROPEAN MISSIONS FOR VISAS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-03 13:13:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR CVIS CMGT LY |
08TRIPOLI564 | NATIONAL OIL CORPORATION CHAIRMAN SHUKRI GHANEM MAY SEEK TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-13 14:25:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR ENRG EPET KCOR LY |
08TRIPOLI565 | NATIONAL OIL CORPORATION CHAIRMAN SHUKRI GHANEM MAY SEEK TO [...] (S/NF) Summary: A close friend of National Oil Corporation (NOC) Chairman Shukri Ghanem told us that Ghanem is under pressure to provide $1.2 billion in cash or oil shipments to National Security Adviser Muatassim al-Qadhafi (son of Muammar al-Qadhafi),and may seek to resign soon out of fear t [...] | 2008-07-13 14:47:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR ENRG EPET KCOR LY |
08TRIPOLI584 | LIBYAN FOREIGN BANK - PRIMED FOR EXPANSION [...] (C) Summary: The Libyan Foreign Bank (LFB),Libya's longtime conduit for international trade, is pursuing a substantial program of expansion involving a ten-fold increase in its capitalization and creation of an onshore bank. Its chairman is aggressively seeking new investment opportunities in A [...] | 2008-07-21 10:18:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PTER KCOR PGOV KBIO LY |
08TRIPOLI595 | A COMMERCIAL CAUTIONARY TALE: BECHTEL'S BID FOR SIRTE PORT PROJECT FALLS FLAT [...] (C) Summary: An unsuccessful year-long bid by U.S. firm Bechtel to build a commercial port in the Libyan city of Sirte has shed light on how decisions about large foreign investment projects in Libya are made. Bechtel's bid went through several evolutions, including signing a memorandum of unders [...] | 2008-07-23 08:32:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EINV ETRD EWWT KCOR PGOV LY |
08TRIPOLI642 | HANNIBAL GOES TO SEA: INSIGHTS INTO ANOTHER AL-QADHAFI FAMILY BUSINESS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-12 15:32:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET EWWT PGOV KCOR CY LY |
08TRIPOLI896 | AL-QADHAFI AND THE REFORM "VISION THING" [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting broadcast on state-owned television, senior Government of Libya (GOL) officials disagreed with Muammar al-Qadhafi about plans to implement dramatic government restructuring and privatization he proposed last March. Al-Qadhafi blasted the officials, accusing them of wantin [...] | 2008-11-18 12:26:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KPRV KCOR LY |
08TUNIS113 | SHOW ME THE MONEY: TUNISIA'S CAPITAL MARKETS [...] (C) Tunisian business people, current and former bankers, and even GOT officials complain that continued weakness, mismanagement and corruption in the banking sector plague Tunisia's whole financial system. The problems in the banking sector not only restrict available credit, but distort acc [...] | 2008-02-06 10:37:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | EFIN EINV KCOR TS |
08TUNIS299 | SWISS: BEN ALI SON-IN-LAW WANTED RESIDENCY [...] (S/NF) Summary. XXXXXXXXXXXX told the Ambassador on March 21 that President Ben Ali's son-in-law Sakher Matri had requested a residency permit for Geneva, apparently to facilitate his business interests in Europe. Faessler said that the Swiss denied Matri's request to send a signal about their fr [...] | 2008-03-24 14:10:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KCOR KDEM PREL TS |
08TUNIS51 | FOR SALE: GULF INVESTORS GO A ON BUYING SPREE IN [...] (S) Despite what many domestic and foreign investors view as weaknesses in Tunisia,s investment climate, Gulf investors have made several sizable investments in recent months, with the full support of the GOT. The latest to be announced are a US $14 billion investment by Dubai Holding to buil [...] | 2008-01-17 11:09:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | EINV ECON KCOR EFIN TS |
08TUNIS52 | FOR SALE: GULF INVESTORS GO ON A BUYING SPREE IN [...] (S) Despite what many domestic and foreign investors view as weaknesses in Tunisia,s investment climate, Gulf investors have made several sizable investments in recent months, with the full support of the GOT. The latest to be announced are a US $14 billion investment by Dubai Holding to buil [...] | 2008-01-17 11:20:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | EINV ECON KCOR EFIN TS |
08TUNIS522 | RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] (SBU) Rising world food prices continue to negatively impact Tunisian households, with food inflation hitting 8.7 percent for the first four months of 2008 over the same period in 2007. Overall inflation is up 5.8 percent over the same period in 2007, based on the combination of high food and [...] | 2008-05-15 15:22:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD ECON KCOR TS |
08TUNIS568 | BEN ALI, INC. TAKES OVER A BANK [...] (S) In the latest in a long string of questionable business deals, the Ben Ali clan has recently entered the banking business, assuming leadership of Tunisia's most profitable private bank -- Banque de Tunisie (BT). In April, Alya Abdallah, wife of Foreign Minister Abdalwahab Abdallah, became [...] | 2008-05-28 12:04:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN EINV KCOR TS |
08TUNIS679 | CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA: WHAT'S YOURS IS MINE [...] (S) According to Transparency International's annual survey and Embassy contacts' observations, corruption in Tunisia is getting worse. Whether it's cash, services, land, property, or yes, even your yacht, President Ben Ali's family is rumored to covet it and reportedly gets what it wants. Bey [...] | 2008-06-23 13:55:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | ECON KCOR PGOV EINV EFIN SOCI TS |
08ULAANBAATAR153 | MONGOLIAN PRESIDENT URGES ACTION ON MINING AS PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an April 7 address to Mongolia's Parliament on the opening day of its spring session, President N. Enkhbayar called on lawmakers to act swiftly on mining legislation, and said indecision is costing the country opportunities for investment and development. In a 25-minute speec [...] | 2008-04-08 06:22:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON KCOR KNNP KDEM MG |
08ULAANBAATAR193 | FBI AGENTS SUCCESSFULLY TRAIN MONGOLIAN CRIMINAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Three FBI Special Agents carried out a successful week-long training session in Ulaanbaatar March 24 to 28 for 30 criminal investigators from the Mongolian National Police Agency (MNPA) and the Independent Authority Against Corruption (IAAC). Beijing-based Legal Attach Hendershot [...] | 2008-04-29 04:51:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PREL EFIN KCOR PGOV MG |
08ULAANBAATAR202 | JAPANESE EMBOFFS EXCHANGE VIEWS ON RECENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese DCM Kobayashi met with the Charge on May 1 for an exchange of views across the full array of Mongolian domestic and bilateral issues. On Mongolia,s June 29 Parliamentary elections, Japan believes that the post-election Parliament will look a lot like it does at present. [...] | 2008-05-01 09:14:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG KCOR ECON MG JP KN KS |
08ULAANBAATAR32 | MRPR CABINET MINISTERS REQUIRED TO SIGN ETHICS AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: With Parliamentary elections scheduled for June and public concern running high over corruption, the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) has announced that all MPRP Cabinet and Vice Ministers signed an ethics agreement on January 17. The agreement ob [...] | 2008-01-24 03:26:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR ECON MG |
08ULAANBAATAR355 | Candidate Profile: On the Campaign Trail--The Mongol Way [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Advisor to the Minister of Industry and Trade, S.Otgonbat (strictly protect) shared his experience as a campaign manager for J. Enkbayar, an upstart Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) businessman in his 30's and a candidate in Mongolia's remote southwestern [...] | 2008-07-21 00:17:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PHUM KCOR PGOV KMCA SOCI MG |
08ULAANBAATAR373 | ONE MONTH AFTER MONGOLIAN RIOTING, POLITICAL IMPASSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One month after post-election violence left five people dead, hundreds injured and the ruling party's HQ destroyed, Mongolia's two biggest parties remained locked in a stalemate over election results and the legitimacy of the new Parliament. Allegations of fraud against the rulin [...] | 2008-08-04 00:23:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCOR SENV EMIN ENRG SOCI MG |
08ULAANBAATAR381 | DISAGREEMENT CRESTS BETWEEN MONGOLIAN PARTIES OVER [...] (SBU) Over five weeks have passed since violent protests left five dead and hundreds injured, landed nearly 200 protesters in detention without being charged, and burned the HQ of the Mongolian People,s Revolutionary Party (MPRP). The political situation has not moved far beyond allegations st [...] | 2008-08-07 10:20:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR EMIN SOCI MG |
08ULAANBAATAR90 | THEY'RE BA-ACK! RUSSIANS RE-ENGAGE MONGOLIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russia has recently focused renewed attention on the Russia-Mongolia relationship. Russia recently offered to equip Mongolia with around $120 million worth of military hardware, possibly including pushing Mongolia to take two MiG-29 fighter jets.. Less conspicuous, but no less [...] | 2008-02-25 08:33:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON MARR ETRD EMIN EPET PBTS EAID KIDE KCOR |
08UNVIEVIENNA368 | CONSULTATIONS WITH INCOMING FRENCH EU PRESIDENCY [...] (C) On June 24 Mission discussed upcoming issues for Vienna-based international organizations with the French Mission, the next EU Presidency. France welcomed early consultation with the U.S. and outlined priorities for its Presidency, focusing on those relevant to Vienna organizations: energ [...] | 2008-06-27 14:47:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PARM MNUC KNPP ETTC KSTC SNAR KCOR |
08UNVIEVIENNA579 | UNGASS WORKING GROUPS DEMAND REDUCTION ANND CONTROL OF [...] The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) convened the last two of five Intergovernmental Working Groups (WG) to review progress achieved since the 1998 UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on Drugs. These two most recent working groups approved recommendations in the areas of (1) Dema [...] | 2008-10-31 10:18:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCOR PGOV AORC UNCND |
08UNVIEVIENNA660 | INCOMING CZECH EU PRESIDENCY SIGNALS ENTHUSIASM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-18 15:45:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PARM MNUC KNNP ETTC KSTC SNAR KCOR IR SY |
08UNVIEVIENNA668 | UNCAC WORKING GROUP MEETINGS: REVIEWING IMPLEMENTATION [...] SUMMARY: The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) hosted two intergovernmental expert working group meetings during the week of December 15 to promote implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). During the meeting of the Review of Implementation Working Group on December 15 [...] | 2008-12-23 15:56:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KCOR UNODC UN AU |
08USUNNEWYORK981 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DISCUSSES CRIME PREVENTION, [...] SUMMARY: During the UN General Assembly Third Committee's formal discussion on crime prevention, criminal justice, and international drug control, speakers agreed that trafficking in drugs, weapons, and persons, and money laundering were cyclical and linked to terrorism, requiring coordinated [...] | 2008-10-28 19:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KCOR KCRIM AORC UNGA |
08VLADIVOSTOK64 | RUSSIAN FAR EAST: LOCAL FIRM WINS TENDER TO BUILD LANDMARK [...] Summary. A local company has won a tender to build a landmark bridge across Vladivostok's picturesque Zolotoy Rog Bay. Tikhookeanskaya Mostostroitelnaya Kompaniya (TMK),based in the southern Primorye town of Ussuriysk, won under suspicious circumstances, however: all of the other firms drop [...] | 2008-06-20 08:26:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN PGOV KCOR ECON RS |
08YAOUNDE1034 | SHOW ME THE MONEY! CAMEROON FOCUSES ON ASSET [...] (C) Summary. In the midst of an ongoing anti-corruption drive--the most aggressive in Cameroon's history --Cameroonians, from government officials and journalists to the proverbial man on the street, are increasingly fixated on the prospects of asset recovery. With dozens of senior officia [...] | 2008-10-21 06:42:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR EFIN ECON PREL CM |
08YAOUNDE1056 | CAMEROON OPEN(ING) FOR BUSINESS; COMMERCE AND ECONOMICS [...] (U) Summary: Post has been heavily engaged in commercial and economic policy outreach, reflecting the priority given to enhancing bilateral trade and fostering economic development, a key Mission Strategic Plan objective. Working under the aegis of a mission-wide Economic Working Group tha [...] | 2008-10-27 15:49:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD BEXP KCOR CM |
08YAOUNDE1077 | CAMEROON ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE NETS ANOTHER [...] (U) Cameroon's anti-corruption drive, dubbed Operation Epervier ("Sparrowhawk") by the Cameroonian public, has netted another government official for embezzlement. Jean Dieudonne Ndoumou, most recently assigned to the Prime Minister's office, was detained by judicial authorities during the [...] | 2008-11-04 14:35:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV PREL ECON EINV CM |
08YAOUNDE119 | CAMEROON'S FINANCIAL WATCHDOG SAYS CABINET [...] (S) Summary. In a recent meeting with Poloff, the head of Cameroon's financial crimes watchdog, Hubert Nde Sambone, said that all but a few members of Cameroon's 57-person cabinet have accumulated ill-gotten gains, naming Essimi Menye (Finance),Muna (Culture),Fuh Gentry (Mines),and Ephri [...] | 2008-02-07 16:11:00 | Embassy Yaounde | SECRET | KCOR EFIN PREL KTFN CM |
08YAOUNDE1235 | BIYA READY FOR PEACEKEEPING; PROMISES MORE [...] (C) Summary. Talk of security--Cameroon's recent ACOTA training and threats from armed groups in Bakassi--dominated the Ambassador's December 19 meeting with Cameroonian President Paul Biya. Biya said Cameroon is ready to participate in a peacekeeping mission and expressed confidence that [...] | 2008-12-22 11:13:00 | Embassy Yaounde | SECRET | CM EAIR ECON EFIN KCOR KPKO MARR PGOV PINR |
08YAOUNDE1236 | CAMEROON: ANTI-CORRUPTION DEMONSTRATION REPRESSED [...] (U) On December 10, a local NGO, Association Citoyenne de Defense des Interets Collectifs (ACDIC),held a demonstration in Yaounde to protest corruption in the Agriculture Ministry. According to media and NGO sources, the police dispursed the demonstration forcibly, resulting in several inju [...] | 2008-12-22 13:25:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM KCOR PGOV PHUM |
08YAOUNDE237 | THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY: TRACING CAMEROON'S [...] (S) Summary. President Biya has reason to believe that powerful political barons worked to manipulate the population's genuine political-economic frustrations in order to cultivate instability in more than 30 Cameroonian cities during the week of February 25 (ref a). Amid the conflicting a [...] | 2008-03-11 13:37:00 | Embassy Yaounde | SECRET | PGOV PREL KCOR CM |
08YAOUNDE262 | CAMEROON INPUT FOR CONGRESSIONAL REPORT ON FISCAL [...] (SBU) The following information is keyed to questions in reftel: --Is Cameroon's Budget Made Public? At the beginning of the fiscal year, the Government of Cameroon (GRC) publishes an overview of projected expenditures, indicating how the GRC intends to spends money at the Ministry-level [...] | 2008-03-17 14:39:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON KCOR PREL CM |
08YAOUNDE300 | CAMEROON LURCHING TOWARDS GLOBAL AIDS FUND [...] (SBU) Summary: Seeking to address the governance flaws that doomed Cameroon's Round 7 application to the Global Fund for AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria (GFATM),Cameroon's Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) met on March 27 to reform the size and composition of its membership. Although th [...] | 2008-03-28 12:55:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV EAID PREL KCOR CM |
08YAOUNDE313 | CAMEROON CORRUPTION: FORMER MINISTERS OF FINANCE, [...] (U) Former Minister of Finance Polycarpe Abah Abah and former Minister of Health Urbain Awono Olanguena and as many as four lower level officials from their ministries were arrested and detained by Cameroon's judiciary police during the night of March 30 to March 31, according to state-owned [...] | 2008-03-31 16:34:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM CVIS KCOR PGOV PREL |
08YAOUNDE329 | CAMEROON: CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IN PARLIAMENT, [...] (C) The Deputy Secretary General of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) and head of parliamentary affairs at the Presidency, Gregoire Owona, told Pol/Econ Chief on April 4 that the text of a proposed constitutional revision was submitted to parliament late April 3 and that [...] | 2008-04-04 13:23:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PINR CM |
08YAOUNDE330 | CAMEROON RIOTS SPUR GOVERMENT ACTION, BUT TO WHAT [...] (C) Summary. In the month since violent social unrest rattled Cameroon's highly touted stability, the Government has responded with uncharacteristic celerity and a flurry of highly publicized economic decisions. President Paul Biya on March 7 called a rare Cabinet meeting, issuing firm ins [...] | 2008-04-04 13:26:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR ECON EFIN PINR CM |
08YAOUNDE35 | CAMEROON: NEW TWISTS IN ANTI-CORRUPTION COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Justice Amadou Ali's anti-corruption effort, with USG support, made headline news in Cameroon on January 9. Ambassador Garvey and the Ambassadors of Italy and the Netherlands met with Ali that evening. The Minister reaffirmed his and President Biya's commitment to [...] | 2008-01-14 15:51:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PREL PGOV CM |
08YAOUNDE416 | CAMEROON UPDATE: AMBASSADOR MEETS PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: On April 24, Ambassador met with Philemon Yang, Minister Assistant Secretary General at the Presidency. He defended President Biya's decision to change the constitution, said Elections Cameroon (ELECAM) would be established by June and strongly suggested that Biya would not ru [...] | 2008-04-25 11:12:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM ECON KCOR PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
08YAOUNDE440 | CAMEROON: AMBASSADOR MEETS PRIME MINISTER INONI [...] (C) Summary: In an April 29 meeting with Ambassador, Cameroonian Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni said he had completed a list of members for Elections Cameroon (ELECAM) and was advocating for an extension of the exploration license for US-led mining company Hydromine. He alleged the President [...] | 2008-05-07 10:44:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM KCOR PGOV PHUM PREL |
08YAOUNDE449 | CAMEROON: 212F HELPS GRC DETAIN CORRUPT OFFICIAL [...] (U) Paragraph 6 of this message contains an Action Request for INL/C. 2. (U) Cameroonian police detained Zachaeus Mungwe Forjindam on May 7, the same day he was replaced as General Manager of the parastatal Cameroon Shipyard. Forjindam's arrest has been greeted by Cameroonian press rep [...] | 2008-05-09 11:10:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR CVIS PREL ECON CM |
08YAOUNDE546 | CAMEROON CORRUPTION: ALBATROSS AFFAIR EMBROILS PM, [...] (C) Cameroonian media and gossip circuits have been abuzz in recent weeks with speculation that dozens of high-level officials and prominent Cameroonians, including Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni, will be arrested for their role in what looks to become the biggest corruption scandal in Cameroo [...] | 2008-06-04 15:02:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM EAIR ECON EFIN KCOR PGOV EINV |
08YAOUNDE586 | CAMEROON'S NORTHWEST PROVINCE: NEGLECTED SEAT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: During Ambassador's first trip to the Northwest Province on May 11-15, local contacts expressed frustration with the region's poor infrastructure and lack of economic development. This Anglophone region feels marginalized by Yaounde, in part because it is the stronghold of the m [...] | 2008-06-10 15:08:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM ECON KCOR PGOV PHUM |
08YAOUNDE587 | ASTOUNDING CORRUPTION AT CAMEROON'S AIRPORT AGENCY [...] (U) This message contains an action request for INL/C. 2. (C) Summary: Roger Ntongo Onguene, the General Manager of Aeroports du Cameroun (ADC),the Cameroonian government agency charged with management of the nation's airports, has embezzled millions of dollars from the ADC's coffers, [...] | 2008-06-11 09:08:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR EAIR CVIS CM |
08YAOUNDE591 | CAMEROON LANDS MINISTER ON CORRUPTION, SOLUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Cameroon's economic growth is hampered by pervasive problems in the system that governs land use and ownership, according to Lands Minister Pascal Anong Adibime. During a June 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Adibime said he was shocked by the level of corruption within his own [...] | 2008-06-11 13:40:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR KCOR PREL PGOV EINV ECON CM |
08YAOUNDE712 | CAMEROON: DISCUSSION WITH BIYA'S CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (C) Summary: On July 10, Pol/Econ Chief met with President Paul Biya's Director of Civil Cabinet (Chief of Staff) Jean-Baptiste Beleoken, who is in charge of managing the president's private affairs, protocol, and scheduling. Beleoken was focused on economics and said that this would be the [...] | 2008-07-11 12:42:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CM ECON KCOR MARR PGOV PINR |
08YAOUNDE772 | CAMEROONIAN MINISTER: "SHUFFLE COMING, BIYA WANTS [...] (C) Summary. President Biya had wanted to step down in 2011, but when he learned "young" officials were robbing the treasury to finance their 2011 succession campaign, he was forced to remove presidential term limits in order to squelch internal jockeying for succession, according to Victor [...] | 2008-08-04 11:07:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR TBIO CM |
08YAOUNDE784 | CAMEROON: BIYA THANKFUL FOR USG ROLE, BUT WORRIED [...] (S) Summary. Although concerned by efforts within Nigeria to derail the Greentree Accords, President Biya is confident that Nigerian President Yar'adua is committed to an August 14 handover of the Bakassi Peninsula. In an August 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Biya was effusively appreciativ [...] | 2008-08-08 09:30:00 | Embassy Yaounde | SECRET | PREL PGOV PBTS KCOR MOPS MARR NI UN CM |
08YAOUNDE800 | CAMEROON: BIYA PROMISES PROGRESS ON CORRUPTION AND [...] (C) Summary. In a jovial August 7 conversation with the Ambassador, President Biya said he planned to set up three key government institutions--an elections agency, the Senate, and the Constitutional Court--before the end of the year. Applauding USG efforts to fight corruption in Cameroon, Bi [...] | 2008-08-11 14:18:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR PHUM ECON EINV ETRD UN CM |
08YAOUNDE855 | VISAS DONKEY: CELESTIN NDONGA CORRUPTION 212(F) [...] (U) This cable contains an action request for the Department. See paragraph 14. 2. (C) Summary. Celestin Ndonga is a public servant whose influence--exclusively negative--far exceeds his official positions and whose corrupt acts have damaged an American company and dealt setbacks to U [...] | 2008-09-08 15:57:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KCVM EMIN CVIS CM |
08YAOUNDE873 | CAMEROON: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON POLITICS, [...] (C) Summary: On September 9, Pol/Econ Chief met with Minister for Parliamentary Affairs at the Presidency and Deputy Secretary General of the ruling CPDM party Gregoire Owona. Owona confirmed that the ruling CPDM party will hold a major Congress in the coming months, indicated that Preside [...] | 2008-09-10 15:54:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM ECON KCOR PGOV |
08YAOUNDE909 | IMF TEAM HEARS LITTLE FROM GRC BUT AN EARFUL FROM [...] (C) Summary: A joint IMF/World Bank/African Development Bank (ADB) team visited Cameroon from September 1-12 for the final assessment of its three-year program, which is scheduled to end in January 2009. The Government of Cameroon (GRC) did not indicate to the team whether it wants a follo [...] | 2008-09-19 11:20:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM ECON EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL |
08YAOUNDE913 | AMEMBASSY YAOUNDE: ALL HANDS ENGAGED IN [...] (C) Summary: All elements of the U.S. Mission to Cameroon are engaged in aggressively fighting corruption and promoting good governance in Cameroon, a paramount USG objective inextricably linked to strengthening democratic institutions and furthering economic development. With no corruptio [...] | 2008-09-22 11:34:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT CM KCOR PGOV PINR PREL |
08YAOUNDE933 | BIYA REGIME MAKES CAMEROON "EXPLOSIVE" SAY [...] (S) Summary: In a September 19 discussion with AMB and Emboffs, four leading Cameroonian intellectuals presented a unanimously bleak assessment of the prospects for peaceful transition in Cameroon, arguing that the Biya regime is so myopically focused on its own preservation that it would tak [...] | 2008-09-29 16:31:00 | Embassy Yaounde | SECRET | PGOV PREL KCOR PHUM PINR PINS CM |
08YAOUNDE999 | CAMEROON: MONEY, MONEY EVERYWHERE, BUT HOW'S IT BEING [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite pressing development needs and years of programs to improve government spending and budget execution, the Government of Cameroon continues to fall short of targets for badly-needed public investment. Over the first six months of 2008, the GRC's total receipts ($2. [...] | 2008-10-15 06:29:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD KCOR CM |
08YEREVAN823 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES TIP POINTS WITH DEPUTY PRIME [...] (C) During her introductory call on Deputy Prime Minister Armen Gevorgian, the Ambassador pressed the GOAM to prosecute official complicity in trafficking of persons (TIP). Gevorgian pledged that the GOAM would strengthen its anti-trafficking efforts now that he has been appointed to chair the [...] | 2008-10-08 14:19:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCOR KCRM KJUS KWMN SMIG AM |
08ZAGREB240 | CROATIAN ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS NET 53 SUSPECTS [...] (C) Summary: Croatia's Office for the Suppression of Organized Crime and Corruption (USKOK) has made a string of arrests over the last six months, charging a total of 53 suspects in five separate anti-corruption operations. USKOK, by its own admission, does not have the resources to eradicat [...] | 2008-03-11 10:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR HR |
09ABUJA1742 | NIGERIA: CBN AND EFCC COLLABORATING ON BANKING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-18 14:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCOR KRCIM EFIN |
09ABUJA1757 | NIGERIAN GENERALS SUPPORT GREATER ENGAGEMENT WITH [...] (C) During a September 8 to 11 familiarization visit and roundtable planning conference in Stuttgart, six general officers from Nigeria's military training commands expressed support for greater engagement with the U.S. African Command (AFRICOM). Nigerian military leaders agreed to seek fur [...] | 2009-09-23 16:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS KCOR KPKO NI |
09ABUJA1767 | NIGERIA: FOREIGN INVESTIGATIONS MAY BE EXACTING [...] (C) A U.S. businessman and self-described lobbyist for the Nigerian Government (GON) recently informed Embassy of an alleged "deal" that controversial former Delta State Governor James Ibori would like to make in return for pledges by foreign governments not to prosecute him. While we doubt an [...] | 2009-09-24 16:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KCOR NI |
09ABUJA1877 | CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA SEEKS UPDATE ON UNITED NATIONS [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Action request: Post requests updated information for Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on the consolidated list of individuals and organizations linked to Al-Qaida. The CBN earlier released a circular advising Nigerian financial i [...] | 2009-10-15 06:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER KCOR EFIN NI |
09ABUJA1948 | FORMER GOVERNOR IBORI SAID TO BACK SARAKI [...] (C) A U.S. businessman with close ties to former Delta State Governor James Ibori and Kwara State Governor Bukola Saraki told PolOff October 20 that Ibori has agreed to back financially a presidential bid by Saraki in 2011, should President Yar'Adua become unable or unwilling to run for re-ele [...] | 2009-10-23 16:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM NI |
09ABUJA196 | NIGERIA: FORMER NFIU DIRECTOR OKAURU HIRED AS [...] (C) Nigerian media reported on January 28 that former Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) Director, Ashishana Bayo Okauru (Amcit),has just accepted an appointment as of Director General of the influential Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF),chaired by Kwara State Governor, Bukola Saraki. [...] | 2009-02-03 13:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KCOR CASC KCRM NI |
09ABUJA2002 | SENIOR PDP OFFICIAL AND FIVE OTHERS CONVICTED ON [...] (SBU) On October 26, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) secured convictions and prison terms for Olabode George, vice-chairman of President Yar'Adua's campaign in 2007 and a former chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA),and four other NPA board directors. The court f [...] | 2009-11-02 06:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM KCOR EFIN EAID ASEC NI |
09ABUJA2019 | 2009-2010 NIGERIA INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] (U) Nigeria remains attractive to drug traffickers. Heroin and cocaine transit Nigeria on their way to markets in Europe, and the heroin transiting Nigeria has a significant impact on the United States. During the past year, authorities have arrested increased numbers of drug couriers at Lagos [...] | 2009-11-05 06:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SNAR KCRM KCOR KFIN EAID ASEC NI |
09ABUJA202 | NIGERIA: SARAKI ON PRESIDENT'S HEALTH, NEED FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador met with Kwara State Governor and President of the Governor's Forum (GF) Bukola Saraki on January 28. Saraki was his usual self, discussing President Yar'Adua's health situation and his own attempt to resolve some of the EFCC's issues by appointing the former NFIU Chief as D [...] | 2009-02-04 14:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN KCOR TBIO NI |
09ABUJA2351 | 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] (U) Nigeria remains a major drug trans-shipment point and a significant center for criminal financial activity. Individuals and criminal organizations have taken advantage of the country's location, porous borders, weak laws, corruption, lack of enforcement, and poor socioeconomic conditions to [...] | 2009-12-30 15:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SNAR KCRM KCOR EFIN KTFN EAID ASEC NI |
09ABUJA600 | NIGERIA'S NON-MILITARY SECURITY CHALLENGES AND [...] (U) The following is U.S. Mission Nigeria's collective response to questions posed in reftel regarding the assessment of law enforcement and judicial training needs of the non-military security apparatus of the Government of Nigeria (GON). Given the poor performance of Nigeria,s top anti-graf [...] | 2009-04-07 16:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KCRM SNAR KCOR KTIP KJUS KTFN KIPR |
09ABUJA678 | NIGERIA: BETWEEN THE LINES OF PRESS REPORTS ON KBR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Beginning in late March, Nigeria's Attorney General (AG) Michael Aondoakaa, has been manipulating the media coverage of the Department of Justice's February 11 press release related to former Kellogg, Brown, and Root (KBR) Director Albert "Jack" Stanley's guilty plea of conspirin [...] | 2009-04-21 15:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KCRM CVIS KCOR NI |
09ABUJA682 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR YATES MEETING WITH FONMIN [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Commander for Civil Military Affairs for the Africa Command, Ambassador Mary Yates, along with Ambassador Sander, met with Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe at his home on April 21 where Yates briefed the FonMin on the new programmatic developments at Africa Command. [...] | 2009-04-22 17:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR NI PU TO |
09ABUJA707 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR YATES MEETING WITH SGF YAHYALE [...] (C) Summary: During her April 20-22 visit, Ambassador Mary Yates, Africa Command Deputy for Civil and Military Activities, had a brief late evening meeting April 21 with Nigeria's Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF),Yahyale Ahmed. Ambassador Sanders and Colonel Peter Teil ac [...] | 2009-04-23 17:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR MARR MASS ECOWAS NI |
09ABUJA895 | NIGERIA: PP7750 AND CORRUPTION 212(F) [...] (C) Summary: On February 10, 2009, U.S. Mission to Nigeria PP7750 Interagency Committee unanimously agreed to target Ayodele Peter Fayose for visa ineligibility, invoking Presidential Proclamation 7750 (PP7750). Fayose is the impeached former Governor of Ekiti state, who is reliably believed [...] | 2009-05-22 13:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | CVIS KCRM PGOV KCOR NI |
09ABUJA897 | NIGERIA: EFCC AMENDMENT BILL REFERRED TO [...] (C) Summary: A bill to amend the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Act, privately sponsored by Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Henry Dickson, passed its "second reading" (meaning that it has been referred to the appropriate committee for detailed review) at the House of [...] | 2009-05-22 16:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS KCRM PGOV KCOR NI |
09ABUJA9 | NIGERIA: EFCC DONORS FATIGUED, BUT DONOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the week of December 15-19, representatives from the British High Commission as well as the Netherlands and German embassies--all Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) major donors--shared with PolOff their increased skepticism of Nigeria's anti-corruption effort [...] | 2009-01-05 10:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
09ABUJA914 | NIGERIA: REMOVAL OF EFCC DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-27 08:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KCOR NI |
09ACCRA1085 | MINISTERS RESIGN FOLLOWING LINKS TO UK CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: Following allegations that current and former government officials accepted bribes from British company Mabey & Johnson during the 1990s (reftel),two serving ministers were forced to resign their posts October 9. President Mills also directed the Commission on Human Rights and Ad [...] | 2009-10-14 17:24:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM PREL UK GH |
09ACCRA1119 | GHANA POLITICAL ROUNDUP SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2009 [...] (U) Following is an Embassy Accra compilation of political highlights from late September to early October that were not otherwise covered in mission reporting. This report covers the following issues: -- President nominates new ministers to replace those implicated in corruption scandal - [...] | 2009-10-23 11:39:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KCOR PHUM PREL GH |
09ACCRA1125 | FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER INDICTED FOR CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 14, the State Prosecutor indicted former Foreign Minister Akwasi Osei-Adjei and former Chief Executive Officer of the National Investment Bank (NIB) Daniel Gyimah on corruption charges over their role in importing 10,000,000 Pounds worth of rice from India during the f [...] | 2009-10-26 11:29:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KCOR PREL GH |
09ACCRA1155 | GHANAIAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS ADVISOR TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador hosted Presidential Foreign Affairs Advisor Victor Gbeho for lunch and a tour d'horizon on October 20. Highlights of the discussion follow. END SUMMARY. GHANA WILL SUPPORT GOOD GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA -------------------------------------------- 2. (C) Aske [...] | 2009-11-04 16:48:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR MOPS GH TO |
09ACCRA1179 | GHANAIAN CONCERN OVER DRUG SMUGGLING BY VIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 4, the head of the UK's "Operation Westbridge," the British government's anti-narcotics operation at Accra International Airport, told Poloff that President John Atta Mills wants itemizers for the Presidential suite at the airport to screen his entourage for drugs when leav [...] | 2009-11-10 09:04:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR KCOR GH |
09ACCRA1226 | KOSMOS ENERGY ACCOUNTS FROZEN IN GHANA [...] (U) Please note that this is an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Ghana's Serious Fraud Office has ordered banks immediately to freeze the Ghanaian accounts of Kosmos Energy as part of the Attorney-General's corruption investigation in the oil and gas secto [...] | 2009-11-18 15:30:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PGOV EFIN PREL KCOR GH |
09ACCRA1283 | Anti-Corruption Chief cites need to attack culture of [...] (SBU) Summary: Emile Short, the head of Ghana's leading anti-corruption institution, the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ),said that combating corruption is his highest priority, but resource limitations limit his agency's effectiveness and low salaries cause exces [...] | 2009-12-03 14:50:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR PHUM GH |
09ACCRA1299 | MILLS AIDE DISCUSSES RULING PARTY DIVISIONS, [...] (C) A senior Presidential aide said that President Mills has faced a challenging first year in office, dealing with economic difficulties and managing high expectations from National Democratic Congress (NDC) party faithful. He said Mills is determined not to repeat the ethical lapses of the [...] | 2009-12-08 16:36:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR SNAR ECON GH |
09ACCRA1339 | GHANA: KOSMOS ENERGY UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bank of Ghana rescinded its account freeze order against Kosmos Energy LLC and its Ghanaian affiliate Kosmos Energy Ghana HC as of November 19. However, it left frozen the accounts of some Ghanaian individuals and organizations contained in the original freeze order. No char [...] | 2009-12-18 14:01:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PGOV EFIN KCOR GH |
09ACCRA580 | GHANAIAN PRESIDENT ADDRESSES ETHICS BUT CAUSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: President John Evans Atta Mills has made restoring trust in the public sector a priority of his new administration. Mills, a former law professor, is thought to be a decent man who "does the right thing". He has consistently said that he will not engage in a political "witch hunt [...] | 2009-06-19 11:52:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KCOR XA XY GH |
09ASHGABAT1570 | TURKMENISTAN: BIDDING ON GOVERNMENT TENDERS; TRICKY [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Bidding on Turkmen Government tenders requires an understanding of both the official process, as laid out in the regulation on tenders, and the unwritten rules. Under the table payments to state officials can repor [...] | 2009-12-07 09:55:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD KCOR PGOV TX |
09ASHGABAT1670 | TURKMENISTAN: RESTAURANTS AND CAFES ORDERED CLOSED [...] (C) Private restaurants and cafes in Ashgabat have been closing their doors, reportedly at the unwritten order of Turkmen government officials. Embassy staff have reported that most restaurants in downtown Ashgabat are closed, during what is usually the busiest time of the year for restaurants [...] | 2009-12-30 08:12:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR TX |
09ASHGABAT266 | TURKMENISTAN: HOW SOME FOREIGN COMPANIES GAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Perhaps the single greatest challenge in seeking to do business in Turkmenistan is the lack of access to the people empowered to make decisions about commercial contracts here, particularly those involving infrastructural and energy sector development. Most companies have come [...] | 2009-02-27 10:07:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EINV KCOR TX |
09ASHGABAT382 | TURKMENISTAN: LAWYERS ASSOCIATIONS EVOLVE FROM SOVIET [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Registered by Turkmenistan's Ministry of Justice as a public organization, Lawyers Associations provide legal consultations and legal services to the public. Fees are flexible and geared towards the client's a [...] | 2009-03-25 11:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI KCOR ECON TX |
09ASHGABAT920 | TURKMENISTAN: GTZ RULE OF LAW PROJECT FOCUSES ON [...] (C) On July 21, poloff discussed GTZs (German Society for Technical Cooperation) Supporting Legal and Judicial Reform in Central Asia Program with Head of Program Hirbod Aminlari, based in Tashkent, and its local Legal Coordinator Alexander Jumayev. Aminlari stressed that the program focuses o [...] | 2009-07-22 12:50:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID SOCI KCOR TX |
09ASTANA1439 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT'S ADVISOR WARNS OF AN "INFORMATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an August 22 interview published in the newspaper "Liter," Yermukhamet Yertysbayev, President Nazarbayev's advisor on political issues, railed against the "runaway billionaires" who have declared an "informatio [...] | 2009-08-27 05:14:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KCOR OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1464 | KAZAKHSTAN: WHAT'S BEHIND THE CURRENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The well-connected Israeli Ambassador analyzes that the current anti-corruption campaign in Kazakhstan is not a political-economic clan struggle to succeed President Nazarbayev. Rather, it is Nazarbayev himself cracking down to preserve his generally positive economic legacy an [...] | 2009-09-03 08:10:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON KCOR KZ |
09ASTANA1465 | KAZAKHSTAN: ISRAELI AMBASSADOR EXPLAINS MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Ambassador to Kazakhstan Israel Mei-Ami told the Ambassador on September 2: -- Kazakhstan is a major oil supplier for Israel; -- this year's military procurement scandal has left lingering headaches for him; -- despite the scandal, Israel-Kazakhstan relations are t [...] | 2009-09-03 08:16:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD EPET EAGR MASS KCOR IS SA KZ |
09ASTANA1498 | KAZAKHSTAN: THE BOLASHAK REVOLUTION [...] (SBU) At a September 8 dinner in honor of the UK Minister for Europe, Baroness Glenyth Kinnock of Holyhead, the Ambassador was seated next to the deputy head of Prime Minister Masimov's office, Dauren Toleukhanov. Before moving to the Prime Minister's apparat, Toleukhanov was a diplomat, hav [...] | 2009-09-09 09:18:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KPAO KCOR KZ |
09ASTANA1762 | KAZAKHSTAN: THE ABLYAZOV FACTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former CEO of Bank Turan Alem (BTA) Mukhtar Ablyazov is accused of having embezzled at least $1.1 billion from BTA before fleeing to London on February 3. Ablyazov reportedly plans an international public relations campaignm with two goals: 1) to rebrand himself as the persecut [...] | 2009-10-02 06:26:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KCOR OSCE UK KZ |
09ASTANA1773 | KAZAKHSTAN: GREEK TRAGEDY OR SIMPLY SAGA? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Power games and distrust among the elite seem to have increased somewhat in recent months (reftels). Although there is no one straight-line trend to point to, there does seem to be a sense that all's not as well as it could be. This sense of unease might be the result of Nazarb [...] | 2009-10-05 09:09:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KCOR KZ |
09ASTANA1915 | KAZAKHSTAN: SIX MONTHS AFTER THE ANTI-CORRUPTION DECREE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The anti-corruption decree signed by President Nazarbayev six months ago tasked the government with drafting legislation to improve anti-corruption measures. A series of high-profile corruption investigations may s [...] | 2009-10-22 09:11:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SOCI KCRM KCOR KZ |
09ASTANA2157 | KAZAKHSTAN: SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE HOSTS MUSLIM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake chaired a roundtable discussion of Kazakhstan's business environment with 14 of the country's leading Muslim entrepreneurs in Almaty. The Decem [...] | 2009-12-15 10:28:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV SOCI KCOR KISM KWMN KZ |
09ASTANA2196 | KAZAKHSTAN: 2009-2010 INCSR PART 1, DRUGS AND CHEMICAL [...] In response to reftel, the text of Part 1 of the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) for Kazakhstan follows in paragraphs 2-67. SUMMARY 2. Kazakhstan is primarily a transit country for drug trafficking and is located on the northern route from Afghanistan. According [...] | 2009-12-22 10:48:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SNAR KCRM KCOR KZ |
09ASTANA925 | KAZAKHSTANI FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT VISITS UNITED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY. A delegation from the Committee of Financial Monitoring of the Ministry of Finance participated in an FIU orientation program presented by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). The orientation program wa [...] | 2009-06-01 06:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KCOR KZ |
09ASTANA949 | FINANCIAL POLICE ACADEMY TRIP TO U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: INL sponsored a visit to the United States by General Major Tleukhan, director of the Academy of the Financial Police. Tleukhan had the opportunity to study the structure and programs of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Glynco, Georgia, and the FBI Academ [...] | 2009-06-04 11:15:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KCOR KZ |
09BAGHDAD10 | IRAQIS RENEW VOWS TO FIGHT CORRUPTION IN 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Continuing their public commitment to fight corruption, Iraqi anti-corruption officials spoke out at an annual "Day of Integrity" gathering about their 2009 plans. All spoke of the need to fight corruption and both the Chairman of the COR's Integrity Commission and the Commissi [...] | 2009-01-05 07:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR KCRM PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD101 | BATTLING CORRUPTION IN IRAQ: OVERVIEW AND WAY [...] (C) There are signs of the GOI's growing concern over widespread corruption, although the depth of its professed commitment to curbing it remains uncertain. In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih spoke of convening a meeting of representatives of the GOI, [...] | 2009-01-14 12:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KCRM PGOV PREL EAID IZ |
09BAGHDAD1039 | ERBIL RRT: DEPUTY ANTI-CORRUTION COORDINATOR VISITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Anti-Corruption Coordinator (D/ACC) Lynn Gurian traveled to the Kurdistan Region (KR) to learn more about the ways in which corruption manifests itself in the KR, steps being taken to combat corruption, and determine best "next steps" for USG-funded anti-corruption effort [...] | 2009-04-16 13:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV EFIN IZ |
09BAGHDAD1073 | SULEYMANIYAH BUSINESS STRUGGLE TO COMPETE WITH IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Suleymaniyah businessmen claim their markets are flooded by Iranian products because corruption, lack of government support for the private sector, and a cumbersome regulatory environment hinder their ability to compete. Businessmen representing a variety of industries told PRToff [...] | 2009-04-21 06:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV ECON PGOV KCOR IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1097 | FM ZEBARI,S CHIEF OF STAFF PROMISES HELP WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 16 meeting with EMIN Wall, Foreign Minister Zebari,s Chief of Staff, Ambassador Srood R. Najib noted that he would facilitate formalizing documents related to physical assets transfer from the USG to the Government of Iraq (GOI). After many months of delay, Najib [...] | 2009-04-24 03:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL EINV KCOR ECON PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1134 | Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative - Iraq [...] (SBU) Summary: During an April 23 meeting, Iraq's new national coordinator for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI),Ministry of Oil Deputy Inspector General Alaa Mohie El-Deen, said that he was in the process of hiring additional staff to implement preparations for Iraq to [...] | 2009-04-29 07:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET KCOR PGOV KDEM EINV SENV ENRG IZ |
09BAGHDAD1161 | ANTI-CORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) The GOI's lead anti-corruption agency, the Commission on Integrity (COI),announced April 30 President Jalal Talabani's submission of the legally required annual financial disclosure statement for 2008, portraying the President's action as "a first in the history of modern Iraq." Per re [...] | 2009-05-03 10:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1176 | IRAQI TRADE MINISTRY OFFICIALS ARRESTED ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Commission on Integrity (COI) has obtained arrest warrants for 10 Ministry of Trade (MOT) officials on corruption charges. The charges stem from officials' alleged effort to profit by knowingly making purchases of spoiled food commodities for distribution to the Iraqi p [...] | 2009-05-05 09:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KCOR PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD120 | CONSULTATIONS WITH ANTI-CORRUPTION OFFICIALS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-16 13:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KCRM PGOV EAID IZ |
09BAGHDAD1224 | UPDATE ON TRADE MINISTRY ARRESTS OVER CORRUPTION [...] (C) The Commission on Integrity (COI) head, Judge Rahim Al-Ugaili, confirmed the arrest of one the Trade Minister's two brothers accused in the ongoing investigation into corruption at the Trade Ministry. Judge Rahim said that he was convinced of the Minister's personal involvement, but that [...] | 2009-05-11 03:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR ETRD IZ |
09BAGHDAD1235 | IRAQI PRIME MINISTER SPEAKS OUT ON CORRUPTION [...] (U) Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki used his May 9 meeting with tribal leaders from Northern Iraq to appeal for action against corruption. In remarks widely covered by local and U.S. media, he likened corrupt officials to the criminals responsible for last month's violent robbery of jewelry st [...] | 2009-05-12 05:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1282 | ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE [...] (C) Our sources deny media reports that the Prime Minister has "frozen" a controversial legal provision, "Article 136(b)," used to block prosecution of corrupt subordinates, but do indicate his intention to get ministers to stop using it, as in the Trade Minister's case. The Interior Ministry [...] | 2009-05-15 13:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1308 | THE IRAQI PARLIAMENT ASSERTS ITSELF ON THE [...] (SBU) Iraq's parliamentary body, The Council of Representatives (COR),exercised its oversight responsibility vis-a-vis the executive branch regarding the anti-corruption dossier by subjecting embattled Trade Minister Abd Al-Falah Al-Sudani to tough questioning (see reftel for background on co [...] | 2009-05-19 14:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1355 | UPDATE ON ANTI-CORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS IN IRAQ [...] (C) In addition to rhetoric, Prime Minister Al-Maliki has taken a few concrete steps of late on the anti-corruption dossier, but more and larger steps are needed. After questioning the Trade Minister on corruption allegations, the Council of Representatives now reportedly plans to question the [...] | 2009-05-25 10:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1378 | WFP LOOKS TO TAKE ON CORRUPTION IN THE IRAQI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has asked the World Food Program (WFP) to help it devise a plan to reform its inefficient and corrupt Public Distribution System (PDS). But what the GOI may not have bargained for in making the request is WFP's intention to challenge the PDS's intensely corrupt procuremen [...] | 2009-05-26 13:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREF KCOR EAID EAGR ECON WFP IZ |
09BAGHDAD1388 | TRADE MINISTER STEPS DOWN IN RESPONSE TO [...] 1. (C) SUMMARY: Trade Minister al-Sudani has finally resigned after weeks of public allegations of corruption in the Ministry of Trade (MOT),the arrest of three employees including his brother, and a looming vote of no confidence in the Council of Representatives (COR). The MOT scandal and t [...] | 2009-05-27 13:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KCOR PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1390 | PROGRESS ON OIL-FOR-FOOD CONTRACTS [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Zebari,s Chief of Staff Ambassador Srood Najib told the Embassy that he had reduced the number of outstanding Oil-for-Food (OFF) contracts from 130 to 80. He hopes to have all outstanding OFF accounts closed, and return whatever is left to the Development Fund f [...] | 2009-05-27 17:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN KCOR ECON PREL IZ UN |
09BAGHDAD1401 | ANTI-CORRUPTION IN IRAQ: THE SAGA OF "1,000 ARREST [...] (C) Judge Raheem Al-Ugaili, the head of Iraq's lead anti-corruption agency, the Commission on Integrity (COI),met with the press May 27 and presented highlights of the COI's performance. Local and western media highlighted his statement that the COI had obtained 997 arrest warrants for offic [...] | 2009-05-29 10:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1454 | FORMER TADE MINISTER ARRESTED ON CORRUPTION CHARGES [...] (C) Acting on a warrant issued in the widening probe into corruption within the Ministry of Trade, Iraqi authorities on May 30 arrested recently-resigned Minister of Trade al-Sudani as he was attempting to depart the country. Al-Sudani,s arrest marks the first big test of the judiciary and pa [...] | 2009-06-03 03:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KCOR PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1469 | OIL MINISTRY MOVES ON ADDITIONAL SOUTHERN OIL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Oil's South Oil Company continues to make some progress on a project to replace aging underwater pipelines through which three-quarters of Iraq's crude oil is exported. Two surveys, one to identify unexploded ordnance and a second to collect bathymetric data, ar [...] | 2009-06-04 08:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV PGOV SENV KCOR KU IZ |
09BAGHDAD1491 | ANTI-CORRUPTION FIGHT CLAIMS FIRST KARBALA VICTIM [...] (U) According to a national radio station, former Acting Provincial Council (PC) Chairman Abd al-Al al-Yasiri was arrested on corruption charges on June 1. Radio Nawa reported that Yasiri (ISCI) was charged with abuse of authority stemming from a complaint filed with the provincial Public Int [...] | 2009-06-07 12:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KJUS IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1495 | ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS IN IRAQ: UPDATE BY UN [...] (C) UNODC official provided update on the GOI's request to join the Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) Initiative, highlighting the late May UNODC/World Bank conference here to familiarize GOI stakeholders with the Initiative. The UNODC official also noted the GOI's growing interest in strengthenin [...] | 2009-06-07 16:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1528 | AN OVERVIEW OF USG ANTI-CORRUPTION ASSISTANCE TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The USG remains very active in support of and funding for programs with an anti-corruption content in Iraq. Embassy Baghdad's Anti-Corruption Coordination Office (ACCO) has compiled a catalog of ongoing USG assistance programs to build the Iraqis' awareness of and capacity t [...] | 2009-06-11 15:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCOR KDEM EAID IZ |
09BAGHDAD1551 | ANTI-CORRUPTION CONSULTATIONS IN KIRKUK [...] (C) During May 31-June 2 visit to Kirkuk, Anti-Corruption Coordinator and staff (ACCO) and Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Kirkuk officers met with head of local Commission on Integrity (COI) office, which he portrayed as increasingly active despite what he claimed was the Provincial Counc [...] | 2009-06-15 10:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1601 | UPDATE ON ANTI-CORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS IN IRAQ [...] (C) The investigation of former Trade Minister Al-Sudani and subordinates over corruption allegations is continuing, amidst parliamentarian's claims of interference in the inquiry by Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki's Dawa party. There are uncertain prospects for the Council of Representatives' [...] | 2009-06-18 15:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1700 | ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS IN IRAQ: THE POSITIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Iraq's lead anti-corruption agency, the Commission of Integrity (COI),works with NGOs and civil society (hereafter referred to as NGOs) to enforce ethical behavior in the public and private sectors. A number of NGOs have demonstrated their commitment to fi [...] | 2009-06-26 08:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV KDEM EAID IZ |
09BAGHDAD1787 | THE USG'S ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY IN IRAQ: [...] (SBU) Since the submission of our anti-corruption (AC) strategy, aimed at strengthening Iraq's AC regime, an array of USG agencies have continued to work to implement it. Our dialog with the GOI on AC issues centers on promoting Iraq's compliance with the United Nations Convention Against Corr [...] | 2009-07-02 14:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD185 | ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCY WADES INTO CONTROVERSY OVER [...] (C) The Commission on Integrity (COI) acting head, Judge Rahim Al-Ugaili, criticized the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) for failing to vet educational certificates submitted by candidates in the upcoming provincial council elections. Rahim had previously announced that the COI, in [...] | 2009-01-25 15:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1870 | ANTI-CORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS IN IRAQ [...] (C) According to media reports, in a recent meeting with Council of Representatives (COR) members, Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki acknowledged that corruption was rampant within the GOI. However, he reportedly claimed that corrupt practices were not confined to the executive branch, but were a [...] | 2009-07-10 14:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1990 | ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE: TRADE MINISTER'S CASE TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a significant ruling, the Council of Ministers clarified existing requirements regarding minister-level permission to send criminal cases against former government employees to Iraqi courts. Prime Minister al-Maliki's office subsequently announced an agreement to send the [...] | 2009-07-23 15:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR KDEM KCRM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2077 | OIL FOR FOOD CONTRACTS [...] (C) Summary: Iraq hopes to resolve the remaining Oil for Food (OFF) contracts by the end of the year, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Chief of Staff Srood Najib told EMIN on July 29. Najib estimated that 50 outstanding OFF contracts remain -- down from 80 in April -- and promised to send the [...] | 2009-08-03 09:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET IZ KCOR PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD212 | MORE ON ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCY'S VETTING OF [...] (C) The Commission on Integrity's (COI) acting head, Judge Rahim Al-Uqaili, denied any political pressure to vet educational certificates submitted by candidates in the upcoming provincial council elections. He indicated that the COI was acting on its own and doing its part to ensure good ele [...] | 2009-01-27 16:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2154 | ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE [...] (C) In remarks at an August 1 anti-corruption conference, Vice President Al-Hashimi repeated previous criticism of the controversial legal provision, 136(b) of the Criminal Procedure Code, allowing ministers to block prosecution of employees for corruption and other crimes. Citing the Commiss [...] | 2009-08-11 09:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2214 | ANTI-CORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS IN IRAQ [...] (C) Iraq's lead anti-corruption agency, the Commission on Integrity (COI),is expanding its outreach to the NGO community, according to COI head Judge Raheem Al-Ugaili. He agreed to attend the ACCO-hosted NGO event planned for the fall. Judge Raheem provided an update on the GOI's anti-briber [...] | 2009-08-16 14:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM EPET IZ |
09BAGHDAD2265 | ANTI-CORRUPTION CONSULTATIONS IN MOSUL [...] (C) Anti-Corruption Coordinator and staff (ACCO) visited Mosul, capital of Ninewa province August 15-16. Anti-corruption efforts in Ninewa include, inter alia, the conviction of the former Provincial Council President for contract fraud and the case of Ninewa's prison warden, Hussein Tawfiq, w [...] | 2009-08-21 12:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2303 | SADR CITY SHI'A IMAMS NOT SANGUINE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shi'a imams and community activists told Emboffs that: Sunni-Shi'a reconciliation would be impossible in the near- to mid-term; Iraqis would continue to vote on sectarian lines in upcoming elections; no existing political party enjoys genuine credibility; a major effort on voter [...] | 2009-08-26 16:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KIRF KCOR PTER PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2312 | UPDATE ON ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS IN IRAQ [...] (C) The Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) "good governance and transparency strategy" is a welcome initiative -- if vigorously implemented -- that contains an array of action items, ranging from the creation of an "Executive Office of Governance and Integrity" to reform of the civil servi [...] | 2009-08-28 09:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2313 | UPDATE ON ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-28 09:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2385 | ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE [...] (C) The Higher Judicial Council's spokesperson reported that Iraq's judiciary had received 445 corruption cases so far this year and already adjudicated over half of them, issuing many guilty verdicts. He asserted that some cases involved senior GOI officials. A Deputy Interior Minister ack [...] | 2009-09-04 09:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD240 | IRAQI JUDGES DISCUSS ANTI-CORRUPTION ISSUES [...] (C) The Central Criminal Court of Iraq's top investigative judge, in familiar GOI terms, expressed resentment over Iraq's abysmal standing in Transparency International's global rankings on corruption. At the same time, he acknowledged the weaknesses of the GOI's anti-corruption institutions, [...] | 2009-01-30 08:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2424 | JUDICIARY ISSUES ARREST WARRANT FOR PROMINENT [...] (C) The Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT) has issued a warrant for the arrest of a leading anti-corruption official, Board of Supreme Audit (BSA) head Abdel Basit Turki, widely respected as upright and competent. The warrant is based on alleged wrongdoing by Abdel Basit while serving the Saddam regime [...] | 2009-09-09 10:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2454 | ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: A number of cases involving senior judicial and anti-corruption officials continue to bubble up in the media in Iraq, likely a manifestation of both intense political jockeying and real efforts to crack down on corruption, which polls show is an issue of increasing [...] | 2009-09-11 14:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM EAID IZ |
09BAGHDAD2520 | ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 18 [...] (SBU) GOI anti-corruption officials finalized a new anti-corruption strategy at an UN-organized gathering and plan to unveil it in October; they expressed appreciation for USG as well as UN assistance in devising the strategy, focused on achieving compliance with the UN Convention Against Corr [...] | 2009-09-18 13:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2576 | CONFERENCE ON IRAQ'S ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Leaders of Iraq's main anti-corruption institutions held a conference with UNDP project managers and officials of the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Amman September 7-10 to put finishing touches on Iraq's national strategy for compliance with the UN Convention against [...] | 2009-09-26 11:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD2577 | CONFERENCE ON IRAQ'S ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Leaders of Iraq's main anti-corruption institutions held a conference with UNDP project managers and officials of the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Amman September 7-10 to put finishing touches on Iraq's national strategy for compliance with the UN Convention against [...] | 2009-09-26 11:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD258 | UN LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR IRAQ ANTI-CORRUPTION PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Development (UNDP) program held in January in Amman the first workshop as part of its 2008-2010 anti-corruption program for Iraq, which comes with the support of US funding. Statisticians and experts in survey design from the United Nations Office on Drugs an [...] | 2009-01-31 12:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KDEM PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2580 | CONFERENCE ON IRAQ'S ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Leaders of Iraq's main anti-corruption institutions held a conference with UNDP project managers and officials of the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Amman September 7-10 to put finishing touches on Iraq's national strategy for compliance with the UN Convention against [...] | 2009-09-27 04:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD2621 | REFORMING THE PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM -- EASIER [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The GOI won't soon take the tough political decisions needed to reform Iraq's Public Distribution System (PDS),despite the burden it places on national finances and the market distortions and corruption it engenders. The UN World Food Program (WFP) has proposed a [...] | 2009-09-29 14:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD IZ KCOR PREF WFP |
09BAGHDAD2649 | ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE OCTOBER 2, 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Recent focus by the Commission on Integrity (COI) on validating credentials of government employees has expanded to other public documents, i.e., forged deeds that are now being investigated in Basra. Also in Basra, media reports alleged widespread bribe-taking by local poli [...] | 2009-10-02 11:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR EPET IZ |
09BAGHDAD2659 | CORRECTED VERSION: ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE OCTOBER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-03 10:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2675 | IIER HOLDS CONFERENCE ON TRANSPARENCY AND ECONOMIC LAWS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Iraqi Institute for Economic Reform (IIER) held a successful conference entitled "The Absence of Economic Legislation and Transparency in Iraq" October 3. The conference was financed under a $1.5 million USG-Targeted Development Grant (TDG). About 70 people attended, includin [...] | 2009-10-05 15:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID KCOR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2705 | NGO'S SEEK ROLE IN FIGHTING CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Embassy's Anti-Corruption Coordinator's Office (ACCO) hosted a half-day seminar on September 28 to advance coordination between Iraq's anti-corruption institutions and members of Iraqi civil society. Participants agreed on the need for civil society to take a more prominen [...] | 2009-10-07 14:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD2759 | CUSTOMS HURDLES TO IRAQ TRADE LIBERALIZATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Iraq's customs and trade dispute resolution procedures lack the structure and transparency to ensure orderly, consistent resolution of complaints by importers. According to the President of Iraq's Customs Court, the court does not have jurisdiction over civil cases [...] | 2009-10-14 10:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV KCOR EAID WTO ECON EINV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2760 | ANTI-CORRUPTION CONSULTATIONS IN KURDISTAN [...] (C) During October 7-8 visit to Erbil, Anti-Corruption Coordinator and staff (ACCO),joined by Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) Erbil officers, met with various Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) officials, parliamentarians, and civil society reps. Incoming KRG Prime Minister Barham Salih [...] | 2009-10-14 10:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2785 | ANTI-CORRUPTION LAWS ON HOLD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. As Iraq anticipates the release of a new anti-corruption strategy (Ref A),three statutes that would strengthen institutional frameworks remain pending in parliament, while a separate, general anti-corruption statute is still being reviewed by the Council of Ministe [...] | 2009-10-15 15:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD2880 | ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE OCTOBER 26, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's Council of Representatives (COR) has resumed its questioning of senior officials on corruption allegations. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has singled out "political corruption" for condemnation at a recent Defense Ministry-sponsored conference. ACCO contacts tell us th [...] | 2009-10-27 16:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2887 | ANTI-CORRUPTION CONSULTATIONS WITH SENIOR GOI [...] (C) Council of Ministers Secretary General Ali Alaq, the Prime Minister's point-man on the anti-corruption dossier, told us the GOI was considering delaying the release of its new anti-corruption strategy, previously planned for early November, until after the January 2010 elections. He stated [...] | 2009-10-28 12:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2954 | DISCUSSION WITH BOARD OF SUPREME AUDIT HEAD [...] (C) A prominent anti-corruption official, Board of Supreme Audit (BSA) President Dr. Abdel Basit, stated that the courts had dismissed the charges brought against him by Iraqi High Tribunal, but registered concern that he would face further such harassment by "some in government" opposed to BSA [...] | 2009-11-06 14:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3001 | ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE FOR NOVEMBER 15 [...] (C) Commission of Integrity (COI) head Judge Raheem Al-Ugaily asserted that there was resistance among some parliamentarians to submitting the legally required financial disclosure reports. The Baghdad Provincial Council's Integrity Committee chairman said that the Committee had uncovered "ma [...] | 2009-11-15 11:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3055 | THE PDS IN ANBAR: LET THEM EAT SOAP [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: An early November call on a panel of Iraqi Trade Ministry officials who administer the Public Distribution System (PDS) in Anbar province provided insight into the decaying utility of the GOI's program. More than 2,000 agents licensed by the Ministry of Trade (MOT) a [...] | 2009-11-20 13:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD IZ KCOR PREF WFP |
09BAGHDAD3057 | ANBAR CORRUPTION UPDATE NOVEMBER 2009 [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Officers of the Anbar Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and the Embassy Anti-Corruption Coordinator's Office met October 31-Nov 2 with local officials and PRT officers to discuss anti-corruption efforts in Anbar. Anti-corruption institutions are gaining legitimac [...] | 2009-11-21 08:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM MOPS IZ |
09BAGHDAD3109 | ANTI-CORRUPTION CONSULTATIONS IN BASRA [...] (C) During November 22-24 visit to Basra, Anti-Corruption Coordinator (ACCO),joined by officers of the Basra Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT),met with judicial officials, the Commission of Integrity's (COI) provincial office director and deputy, and the PRT-supported "Transparency Commit [...] | 2009-11-30 03:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3135 | IRAQ'S PARTICIPATION IN THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES [...] (C) Iraq has constituted its stakeholder group as the third prerequisite for candidacy in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and intends to convene these stakeholders to formally adopt a workplan for EITI implementation that has been produced by the GOI under the leader [...] | 2009-12-03 06:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EPET EINV KCOR IZ NO |
09BAGHDAD3144 | ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE DECEMBER 4, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY: A major anti-corruption case is breaking over the Baghdad Amana (mayor's office),with early indications that the Commission on Integrity (COI) is planning enforcement actions on a possible theft of over USD 20 million in employee salaries. Iraq's Board of Supreme Audit (BSA) [...] | 2009-12-05 08:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM PTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD3286 | TRADE MINISTRY CONSIDERING MARKET-ORIENTED APPROACH WITH [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Two reform proposals originating from within the Iraqi Ministry of Trade (MOT) would liberalize state control over food production and processing. The first deals with Iraq's corrupt and inefficient food rationing program, the Public Distribution System (PDS). The [...] | 2009-12-21 09:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD KCOR PREF WFP IZ |
09BAGHDAD329 | UPDATE ON CONSULTATIONS WITH ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (C) Anti-Corruption Coordinator (ACC) and staff recently paid introductory calls separately on Iraq's top judicial official, Judge Medhat Al-Mahmoud, Interior Ministry Inspector General (MOI IG) Akeel Saeed, and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih's Office Director, Sirwan Ibrahim. Judge Medhat [...] | 2009-02-08 16:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD3348 | TRAINING FOR COMMISSION ON INTEGRITY INVESTIGATORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the expanded capacity of Iraq's primary anti-corruption enforcement agency, the Commission on Integrity (COI),the U.S. has begun working with the agency's managers to extend training programs for investigators in selected provincial locations. The first session was deliv [...] | 2009-12-28 13:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD3355 | PRT NINEWA: PERCEPTIONS OF SECURITY IN NINEWA [...] (U) This is Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) Summary. The PRT queried a number of contacts throughout Ninewa Province to gauge perceptions of security, safety, and service delivery. These contacts came from a variety of economic, political, ethnic, tribal, and [...] | 2009-12-29 13:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KCOR IZ |
09BAGHDAD3360 | SENIOR IRAQI OFFICIALS CONVICTED OF CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) While prosecution of senior GOI figures for corruption has been rare in recent years, of late the courts have convicted four upper-echelon officials for abuses. On December 21, the Commission of Integrity (COI) announced the Baghdad-based Central Criminal Court of Iraq's (CCC-I) convict [...] | 2009-12-30 07:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3374 | CHURNING IN NORTH BAGHDAD'S SUBURBAN GOVERNMENTS [...] (U) This is a Baghdad ePRT North message. 2. (U) Summary: Sub-provincial public managers and councils in North Baghdad's districts (qadas) of Tarmiyah, Taji, and Istiqlal, with a combined population of roughly 1.2 million, are unsure of their roles vis-a-vis the provincial and national g [...] | 2009-12-31 07:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR IZ |
09BAGHDAD343 | IRAN-IRAQ BORDER CROSSING VULNERABLE TO SMUGGLING, [...] (S/NF) Iraqi border inspectors at the Shalamsha port-of-entry (POE) are ill-equipped to prevent smuggling of weapons, drugs, and other contraband from southern Iran, border officials told Senior Advisor for Southern Iraq Gordon Gray during a visit February 2. MNF-I forces and U.S. contractors [...] | 2009-02-10 11:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | ETRD PTER KTFN KCOR PREL KNNP IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD393 | GOI PUBLICIZES U.S.CORRUPTION CONVICTIONS [...] (SBU) In A recent meeting with Council of Ministers Secretary General Ali Alaq, Anti-Corruption Coordinator (ACC) provided a list of American citizens, official and private, convicted in U.S. courts in recent years on corruption charges in connection with U.S. reconstruction projects in Iraq. [...] | 2009-02-15 07:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KDEM PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD441 | GOI RAISES PROFILE OF ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS [...] (SBU) In recent days, statements and actions by the Prime Minister, parliamentarians, and others have pointed up the GOI's heightened concern over corruption -- but there is also recognition that the GOI has a ways to go in establishing a strong anti-corruption regime. END SUMMARY. PRIME M [...] | 2009-02-20 09:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KDEM PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD482 | PRT DIYALA: LEGAL CONFERENCE IN DIYALA LAYS THE [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala Reporting Cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: An increased interest in standing up to corrupt practices by government officials is returning to Diyala Province, which hosted a legal conference January 19 and 20 in Ba'aquba, Diyala. PRT Diyala supported the conference. Topi [...] | 2009-02-25 06:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PSOCI KCOR IZ |
09BAGHDAD513 | ANTI-CORRUPTION ITEMS [...] (C) Amidst the GOI's heightened profile of late on the anti-corruption dossier (ref a),sources in the Inspectors General (IG) corps claimed to us that PM Maliki recently instructed each of the 35 IG's (located in ministries and other GOI institutions)to come up with two "major" anti-corruptio [...] | 2009-02-27 11:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD545 | IRAQI PARLIAMENTARIAN DENOUNCES CORRUPTION IN [...] (U) In a February 28 press statement, the chairman of the Council of Representatives' (COR) Integrity Committee, Sheikh Sabah, called for the removal of Trade Minister Abdel Falah Sudani as well as Labor and Social Affairs Minister Mahmud Radi because of the "growing corruption" in their minist [...] | 2009-03-02 16:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM KCRM IZ |
09BAGHDAD584 | CORRUPTION IN IRAQ REMAINS IN THE PUBLIC SPOTLIGHT [...] (C) The Prime Minister's point-man on the anti-corruption dossier announced a "campaign to combat bribery," while the Labor and Social Affairs Ministry's Inspector General reported the uncovering of widespread corruption in a provincial social welfare program. The Interior Ministry's Inspecto [...] | 2009-03-06 15:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD675 | ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE [...] (C) Anti-Corruption Coordinator (ACC) and staff recently met separately with three Iraqi religious figures: Grand Ayatollah Hussein Al-Sadr, the senior Shia cleric in Baghdad, Ahmed Abdel Ghafour Al-Sammarraie, head of the GOI's Sunni Endowment, and Harith Al-Obaidy, Sunni cleric and parliamen [...] | 2009-03-15 09:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD769 | Guidelines for PRT and MND/BCT Engagement with Newly [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; handle accordingly. Not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: This message provides guidelines for PRT and MND/BCT engagement with newly elected provincial officials. This guidance is being issued to assist PRT and MND/BCT pe [...] | 2009-03-21 07:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID KDEM KCOR IZ |
09BAGHDAD828 | ANTI-CORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) Per a March 17 letter to the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) from the head of the Commission on Integrity (COI),Judge Rahim Al-Ugaili, the GOI has submitted a formal request to join the Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) Initiative, jointly sponsored by the UNODC and the World Bank. This [...] | 2009-03-27 09:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD861 | GLOBAL INTEGRITY LOOKS AT THE POSITIVE ELEMENTS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: When discussing anti-corruption efforts with Iraqi officials, they frequently refer to the 2008 Transparency International Corruption Perception Index (CPI),rating Iraq as tied for second with Myanmar for the most corrupt country, as an unfair and unrealistic representation o [...] | 2009-03-30 12:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD967 | ANTI-CORRUPTION CONSULTATIONS IN DIYALA PROVINCE [...] (C) During a recent visit to Ba'aquba, capital of Diyala province, the Anti-Corruption Coordinator and staff (ACCO) attended a PRT/USAID-organized workshop for the recently elected provincial council members, giving a presentation on ways of combatting corruption at the provincial and local le [...] | 2009-04-08 10:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR IZ |
09BAKU128 | AZERBAIJAN PASSES MONEY LAUNDERING/TERRORIST FINANCING LAW [...] SUMMARY: On February 10, 2009, the Azerbaijani Parliament passed an Anti-Money Laundering (AML)/Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF) law during the law's third Parliamentary reading. The next step in formalizing the law is for President Aliyev to sign it. This is a step forward in Azerbaijan's [...] | 2009-02-17 05:05:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SNAR KJUS OTRA KCRM KCOR AJ |
09BAKU130 | AZERBAIJAN PASSES MONEY LAUNDERING/TERRORIST FINANCING LAW [...] SUMMARY: On February 10, 2009, the Azerbaijani Parliament passed an Anti-Money Laundering (AML)/Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF) law during the law's third Parliamentary reading. The next step in formalizing the law is for President Aliyev to sign it. This is a step forward in Azerbaijan's [...] | 2009-02-17 06:31:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SNAR KJUS OTRA KCRM KCOR AJ |
09BAKU476 | AZERBAIJAN: PROSECUTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE SHOWS NEW [...] SUMMARY: A long period of inaccessibility to the Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan by the Embassy appears to have ended after the October 2008 elections. After a fruitful and warm meeting with the Ambassador and the DOJ Resident Legal Advisor, the Prosecutor General asked the RLA to travel th [...] | 2009-06-12 11:12:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SNAR KJUS OTRA KCRM KCOR AJ |
09BAKU864 | AZERBAIJAN: ECONOMIC/ COMMERCIAL ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY: This cable is the second in a regular series that will summarize economic and commercial issues in Azerbaijan. In this issue: The GOAJ is still pushing for the Trans-Eurasian Information Superhighway (para 2); the ILO says child labor is shifting from cotton to "the worst" sectors ( [...] | 2009-11-02 11:47:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EIND EAIR KCOR TINT KIPR AJ TU AE |
09BAMAKO172 | IN FOOTBALL STADIUM FULL OF FOLLOWERS, ROCK STAR [...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 15 celebration of the Muslim holiday of Mawloud at one of Bamako's largest football stadiums, imam and preacher Cherif Ousmane Madani Haidara praised U.S. support for Mali's Muslim community before a crowd of 35 to 40,000 followers. Haidara, who routinely attract [...] | 2009-03-20 07:40:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KDEM KISL KIRF ML |
09BAMAKO232 | MALI ARRESTS ITS OWN AUDITOR GENERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-16 13:40:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR PHUM ML |
09BAMAKO55 | MALI'S AUDITOR GENERAL RESISTS PRESSURE TO RESIGN, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-27 13:51:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR ML |
09BASRAH60 | BASRA PROVINCE IRAN-IRAQ BORDER POST: NO PROOF OF LETHAL [...] (U) This is a Basra PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (S/NF) Operations, equipment and procedures at the Shalamsha port of entry (POE) at the Iraq-Iran border are under-financed and inadequate for appropriate cargo and passenger screening. The POE lacks clear lines of authority as [...] | 2009-11-21 13:26:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | SMIG SNAR ECON PGOV ETRD PTER KTFN KCOR PREL IR |
09BASRAH64 | BASRAH BLACK GOLD RUSH BEGINS: OIL COMPANIES FACE "DOING [...] (U) This is a Basrah PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) With the conclusion of Iraq's second oil bid round, successful bidders and oil-service firms are now increasing their presence in Basrah. Four super giant fields recently awarded at auction lie in Basrah Province - Rumai [...] | 2009-12-29 08:17:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON EINV PGOV SENV EAID IZ EWWT KCOR BTIO |
09BASRAH65 | BASRAH BLACK GOLD RUSH BEGINS: OIL COMPANIES FACE "DOING [...] (U) This is a Basrah PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) With the conclusion of Iraq's second oil bid round, successful bidders and oil-service firms are now increasing their presence in Basrah. Four super giant fields recently awarded at auction lie in Basrah Province - Rumai [...] | 2009-12-29 09:08:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON EINV PGOV SENV EAID IZ EWWT KCOR BTIO |
09BASRAH66 | STABLE SECURITY SITUATION IN BASRAH BOLSTERS CONFIDENCE IN [...] (C) The security situation in Basrah has remained stable since the April/May 2008 Charge of the Knights campaign. That operation largely rid Basrah of the militias that had turned the province into a cauldron of violence and instability. Although occasional IED and IDF attacks continue agains [...] | 2009-12-30 07:15:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV KCOR PTER PREL IZ |
09BEIJING2428 | PRC SUPREME COURT FACING CONSERVATIVE RETRENCHMENT [...] (C) Summary. The Chinese Supreme People's Court (SPC) has begun a process of conservative retrenchment under current President Wang Shengjun that is turning back the reforms of his predecessor, Xiao Yang, according to legal scholars and SPC judges. Court officials and legal scholars have cri [...] | 2009-08-24 10:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL KCOR CH |
09BEIJING2462 | OBSTACLES TO JUDICIAL REFORM IN CHIN [...] (C) Summary: Barriers to instituting genuine rule of law in China remain formidable, according to a variety of legal scholars and judicial officials. The National People's Congress's formal monopoly on interpreting the PRC constitution and the Party-controlled Supreme People's Court's de fac [...] | 2009-08-27 23:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SCUL KCOR CH |
09BEIJING2948 | PRC: MFA STILL COOL TO UNCAC REVIEW MECHANISM [...] (C) Summary: While professing to hope for a successful third UNCAC Conference of the States Parties November 9-13 in Doha, PRC officials are in no hurry to reach agreement on terms of reference for a formal UNCAC review mechanism at the upcoming Doha conference. An MFA official said an additi [...] | 2009-10-22 09:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA KCRM KCOR CH |
09BEIJING903 | CHINA/EITI: CHINESE ACADEMIC STRESSES NEED TO BUILD [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese officials and academics lack a clear understanding of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI),according to Dr. He Wenping, of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). In He's view, Chinese officials will not support the EITI unless they can be co [...] | 2009-04-03 09:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG SENV EPET EMIN KCOR CH |
09BEIRUT1229 | ECONOMIC REFORM PROSPECTS IN LEBANON'S NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: While some worried that the long and contentious government formation process would result in an ineffectual cabinet, the new ministers include a surprising number of relatively apolitical technocrats. With regard to the USG's key economic reform priorities in Lebanon (ref A),Em [...] | 2009-11-17 07:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EIND ECPS ENRG PGOV KCOR LE |
09BEIRUT1238 | THE "LEBANONIZATION" OF HIZBALLAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hizballah, generally regarded as the "cleanest" of Lebanon's political parties, has been forced to defend itself in the aftermath of the financial collapse of Shia tycoon Salah Ezzedine, most of whose investors came from Hizballah-dominated communities. The Ezzedine scandal was a [...] | 2009-11-18 15:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KISL KCOR KDEM PTER LE |
09BEIRUT222 | LEBANON: TOOLS OF PATRONAGE: LEBANON'S "COUNCILS [...] (C) The four "Majalis and Sanadeeq" (Councils and Funds) under the Lebanese Prime Minister's office are widely known to be the epitome of patronage in Lebanese administration. This cable takes a closer look at the function of the Council for the South (CFS),the Fund for the Displaced (FFD),t [...] | 2009-02-24 16:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN KCOR LE |
09BEIRUT451 | LEBANON: TELECOM MINISTRY COMMITTED TO LIBERALIZATION AND [...] (U) On April 15, Minister of Telecommunications Gebran Bassil inaugurated the two-day 9th Arab Telecom & Internet Forum in Beirut with the participation of Telecom Ministers from Syria, Jordan, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. Bassil said Lebanon has a clear policy for the telecom sector, consisting [...] | 2009-04-21 09:53:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ECPS PGOV KIPR LE KCOR |
09BEIRUT473 | LEBANON: UNEMPLOYMENT EXCEEDED 9% IN 2007 AND MAY RISE IN [...] (U) During the week of April 20, the Central Administration of Statistics (CAS) published its latest survey on household living conditions showing that unemployment increased from 8% in 2004 to 9.2% in 2007. The increase was mostly attributed to the July 2006 war against Israel, when over 45,0 [...] | 2009-04-26 04:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ECPS PGOV KIPR LE KCOR |
09BEIRUT692 | LEBANON: HOW THE USG CAN PROMOTE ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (SBU) One of our key priorities at U.S. Embassy Beirut is to support Lebanon's state institutions and the extension of the state's authority throughout all of Lebanon's territory. The upcoming formation of a new Lebanese government offers us an opportunity to re-engage on fundamental reform iss [...] | 2009-06-23 13:48:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECPS ENRG PGOV KCOR LE |
09BEIRUT714 | LEBANON: MIKATI "CONCERNED" ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF [...] (C) In a June 24 meeting with the Ambassador, former Prime Minister and recently elected MP Najib Mikati worried that if parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri became Prime Minister, he would compromise on economic reform and Hizballah's arms while facing difficulties from Syria. Mikati bel [...] | 2009-06-26 15:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF ECON KPAL KCOR UNSC LE IR |
09BEIRUT768 | LEBANON: INTERIOR MINISTER BAROUD AND A/S JOHNSON [...] (C) In a July 2 meeting with International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) Assistant Secretary David Johnson, caretaker Interior Minister Ziad Baroud believed that technical preparations for securing Lebanon's border with Syria were moving forward, but that real security would require clea [...] | 2009-07-10 10:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PTER SNAR SMIG KCOR LE SY |
09BEIRUT920 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR: DESPITE BOOMING ECONOMY, [...] (SBU) The Lebanese economy is booming, with tourists pouring in, hotel occupancy rates high, bank deposits rising, and growth set to beat all forecasts. Nonetheless, Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) Governor Riad Salameh told the Ambassador August 14 that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri nee [...] | 2009-08-17 13:53:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND ECPS PGOV KCOR LE |
09BEIRUT953 | MOBILE TELECOM PRIVATIZATION HELD HOSTAGE TO [...] (C) Once the Lebanese cabinet is formed and the USG begins to work with the GOL to reform and build up its state institutions, we must also push the Lebanese leadership to move certain sectors out of the public realm through privatization. The most logical place for the GOL to begin would be [...] | 2009-08-25 06:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EIND ECPS PGOV KCOR LE |
09BEIRUT994 | CAN THE MAJORITY AND OPPOSITION COOPERATE ON [...] (C) While Lebanon's political leaders share broad consensus about what economic reforms the country needs to undertake once a new government is formed, they differ on how to achieve them. Within the new parliamentary majority, Saad Hariri's Future Movement has a solid economic reform plan, th [...] | 2009-09-04 13:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EIND ECPS PGOV KCOR LE |
09BELGRADE1266 | SERBIAN SOCCER FANS: HOOLIGANS OR GANGSTERS? [...] (SBU) The recent death of French national Brice Taton in Belgrade after being beaten by Serbian soccer hooligans has prompted Serbian authorities - and society - to reexamine the murky ties Serbia's two major soccer clubs (Partizan and Red Star) and their fan clubs have with organized crime. G [...] | 2009-10-29 14:21:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV KCOR KCRM KPRV PINR SNAR SR |
09BELGRADE836 | ORGANIZED CRIME FIGHT IN SERBIA [...] (SBU) Top Serbian officials publicly announced a campaign against organized crime and appear to be committed to fight it. Serbia has had some regional cooperation successes, and officials talk about further initiatives. A series of recently enacted laws, and several additional contemplated la [...] | 2009-08-11 13:58:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM SR |
09BRASILIA1429 | Brazil: DEM, Corruption, and the Decline of the Right [...] (C) Summary. Federal District (Brasilia) Governor Jose Arruda, caught on camera accepting bribes in late November, continues in office to fight the charges against him, ensuring a drawn-out and damaging scandal for the DemC3cratas (DEM),Brazil's leading center-right opposition party. The [...] | 2009-12-18 19:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR BR |
09BRASILIA799 | BRAZILIAN SENATE IN TUMULT OVER INTERNAL [...] (C) Summary. The Brazilian Senate is facing some tumult over internal management irregularities, and Senate President Jose Sarney has become the target of a media-driven campaign to force him out of the presidency. President Lula spoke in defense of Sarney but did not rein in senators from t [...] | 2009-06-22 19:43:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR BR |
09BRASILIA931 | BRAZIL: SENATE SCANDAL TAKES A BREATHER...BUT IT'S [...] (C) Despite weeks of attacks and a continuous drip of negative stories in the media, former Brazilian president and current Senate President Jose Sarney (Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, PMDB- Amapa) remained in place as Congress left for a two week recess July 17. Although papers are car [...] | 2009-07-24 19:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR BR |
09BRATISLAVA118 | THE DIRTY TALE OF THE PEZINOK DUMP: "A CLOSED [...] (U) Here follows, in five acts, a tale of deception, conflict of interest, probable corruption, and -- last but not least -- impressive civic organization and commitment. Unfortunately for the Slovak citizens involved, absent an unlikely deus-ex-machina resolution their years-long struggle to [...] | 2009-03-09 10:25:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR LO |
09BRATISLAVA149 | SLOVAKIA BUYS BACK TRANSPETROL STAKE [...] (U) The Slovak Government last night announced that it had concluded the buyback of its 49 percent share in the Transpetrol oil pipeline at a cost of $240 million. The purchase from Yukos Finance, one of the remnants of bankrupt Yukos Oil, was finalized and signed on March 26 in London betwee [...] | 2009-03-27 19:15:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON EINV KCOR LO |
09BRATISLAVA180 | SLAPSHOT: HOCKEY STAR WITHDRAWS FROM HALL OF FAME [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: Last December, former Slovak Ambassador to the U.S. Martin Butora declined to accept an award from the Slovak Atlantic Commission because Interior Minister Kalinak was a co-awardee. Butora cited Kalinak's role in a government that systematically devalues civic soc [...] | 2009-04-20 06:19:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM LO |
09BRATISLAVA195 | SLOVAKIA: CORRUPTION IN SALE OF CO2 PERMITS [...] (C) In complaints to major media outlets, SDKU Deputy Chairman and former Finance Minister Ivan Miklos and SDKU MP Pavol Freso have accused the Ministry of Environment (MinEnv) of underselling 10-15 million tons in carbon emissions permits, resulting in losses of EUR 33-60 million. Assigned t [...] | 2009-04-29 06:37:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PGOV SENV PREL ECON LO |
09BRATISLAVA207 | FICO SACKS SLOVAK ENVIRONMENT MINISTER [...] (U) In response to allegations of corruption over the sale of CO2 permits to the U.S.-registered Interblue Group (reftel),Prime Minister Robert Fico called for the resignation of Environment Minister Jan Chrbet; President Gasparovic dismissed Chrbet on May 6. The Slovak National Party (SNS),[...] | 2009-05-12 13:53:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR SENV LO |
09BRATISLAVA212 | U.S. COMPANY DENIED GAS EXPLORATION LICENSE IN [...] (C) U.S. energy company Aspect Energy has recently been refused licenses to explore for natural gas in southern Slovakia. The denials, based on what the company considers flimsy bases, follow two years of a lengthy and nontransparent process at the Ministry of Environment. While the exact rea [...] | 2009-05-13 14:32:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EINV EMIN KCOR LO |
09BRATISLAVA232 | LAJCAK CALLS IN CHARGE OVER EMBASSY'S STATEMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Slovak FM Lajcak called in Charge May 27 to relay President Gasparovic's extreme displeasure over Embassy Bratislava's recent public statements in which we expressed regret at the demise of the Special Court for anti-corruption cases. Lajcak said Gasparovic felt U.S. comments (a [...] | 2009-05-28 15:29:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR LO |
09BRATISLAVA238 | INTERBLUE CO2 PERMITS CONTRACT PUBLISHED, SANS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-29 14:45:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR SENV LO |
09BRATISLAVA241 | INTERBLUE CO2 PERMITS CONTRACT PUBLISHED, SANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: New Environment Minister Viliam Turksy (Slovak National Party - SNS) published the controversial contract arranging for the sale of CO2 permits to the U.S.-registered Interblue Group (ref A and B),but critical information including the price and number of permits sold was deleted [...] | 2009-06-04 06:40:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR SENV LO |
09BRATISLAVA248 | JUSTICE MINISTER HARABIN POISED TO BECOME SUPREME [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: The Slovak Judicial Council will elect a new Supreme Court Chairman on June 22. It appears virtually certain that Justice Minister Stefan Harabin, to whom half of the members of the Judicial Council are subordinate or otherwise beholden, will win. Justice and the [...] | 2009-06-09 13:20:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCOR LO |
09BRATISLAVA341 | SLOVAKIA: OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] (U) We delivered reftel points to Marianna Lipkova and Miriam Joklova in the Department of Human Rights, Council of Europe, OSCE and Minorities at the MFA. Lipkova said Slovakia takes the annual OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) seriously. She said the GOS plans on participat [...] | 2009-07-31 16:16:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KCOR KJUS UNHRC OSCE LO |
09BRATISLAVA365 | FICO CALLS FOR END TO CO2 PERMITS DEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: After months of defending the sale of assigned amount unit (AAU) CO2 permits to the U.S.-registered Interblue Group (refs A, B, and C),Prime Minister Robert Fico has publicly acknowledged his opposition to the contract. While cancellation of the deal will likely prevent Interblue [...] | 2009-08-18 16:55:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KGHG SENV KCOR JA LO |
09BRATISLAVA369 | FICO FIRES ENVIRONMENT MINISTER, BUT IT'S NO CLEANUP [...] (C) On Wednesday, PM Robert Fico fired his Minister of Environment over a public procurement scandal involving the disposal of coal ash. At the press conference announcing the dismissal, he said that he would take the ministry away from junior coalition partner, which has caused the governmen [...] | 2009-08-21 09:31:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV PREL ECON KCOR LO |
09BRATISLAVA462 | SLOVAKIA: REVOLVING DOOR CONTINUES AT SCANDAL-PLAGUED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a sudden and surprising move, PM Robert Fico nominated Jozef Medved, the Vice Rector of an obscure private university in central Slovakia, to be the next Environment Minister. As was the case with each of his several predecessors, Medved lacks a technical background or any e [...] | 2009-10-29 17:00:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SENV ECON KCOR LO |
09BRATISLAVA472 | "THE PRIVATIZATION OF JUSTICE IN SLOVAKIA" [...] (SBU) The effects of Stefan Harabin's consolidation of judicial power can be seen in several recent administrative decisions on promotions and public disclosure, and in court rulings on civil cases. This cable outlines a specific instance of each of these three phenomena. Slavomir Cimerman, a [...] | 2009-11-09 14:28:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KCOR LO |
09BRATISLAVA474 | SLOVAKIA: FICO'S FAILURE TO RESOLVE INTERBLUE CO2 TRADING [...] (C) SUMMARY: A failure to resolve the Interblue CO2 permit scandal has prompted widespread suspicion that PM Robert Fico's Smer political party was deeply involved in the corrupt sale, which may ultimately cost Slovakia hundreds of millions of Euros in lost revenue. Although Fico has tried--wi [...] | 2009-11-10 09:49:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR SENV ECON LO |
09BRUSSELS1733 | U.S.-EU Drugs Troika Advances Counternarcotics Cooperation [...] (SBU) Summary: INL Assistant Secretary David T. Johnson led the U.S. delegation (USDEL) to the U.S.-EU Informal Drugs Troika meeting on December 1, 2009 in Brussels, Belgium. The meeting focused primarily on U.S.-EU cooperation in combating West African drug trafficking, and produced the foll [...] | 2009-12-29 16:41:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCOR KCRM PGOV VXY EUN ZL |
09BUCHAREST525 | ROMANIAN JUDICIARY UPDATE: CONSTITUTIONAL STALEMATE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 20, the Charge d'Affaires and DOJ RLA met with Prosecutor General Codruta Kovesi, Tom Barnes from the European Commission's Cooperation and Verification Mechanism, and Laura Stefan, anti-corruption expert with the Romanian Academic Society. Issues discussed included the [...] | 2009-07-28 05:25:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KCOR KJUS PREL RO |
09BUCHAREST809 | ROMANIA ELECTIONS: BASESCU GETS THE BEST OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Just three days before the December 6 Presidential runoff incumbent President Traian Basescu and Social Democratic Party (PSD) chairman Mircea Geoana met for their one and only televised debate before the second round of elections. Basescu is generally considered to have gotten [...] | 2009-12-07 04:31:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KCOR RO |
09BUDAPEST760 | LOCAL GOVERNMENT SEIZURE OF WATER UTILITY FURTHER [...] (C) Summary: The Pecs city government has used a commercial dispute with France's Suez, the strategic investor and operator of the city's water plant, to basically expropriate the public utility. The move was orchestrated by the newly-elected Fidesz mayor and has raised serious concerns in bo [...] | 2009-10-16 15:08:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KCOR FR HU |
09BUDAPEST787 | U.S. COMPANY LOSES OUT IN TAINTED RADIO TENDER [...] (SBU) Summary. The Hungarian Radio and Television Board (ORTT) voted October 28 to award the two national radio frequencies to bidders backed by the two largest Hungarian political parties. The decision leaves the current license holders, U.S.-based Emmis Communications' "Slager Radio," and [...] | 2009-10-29 16:28:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECPS KCOR HU |
09BUDAPEST846 | SLAGER RADIO CEASES BROADCASTING [...] (U) At midnight on November 18, having been denied its request for an injunction to prevent the transfer of its broadcasting license, American-owned Emmis Communication's Slager Radio ceased broadcasting in Hungary. 2. (U) Slager and Danubius Radio, the other long-term licensee, lost thei [...] | 2009-11-25 08:09:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PGOV ECPS HU |
09BUDAPEST872 | HUNGARY'S NEW ANTI-CORRUPTION PACKAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 26, the Bajnai administration submitted a new anti-corruption package to Parliament that addresses corruption in public procurements. The initiative is the latest in a series of proposals that have been publicly touted with great fanfare only to die quietly in the legi [...] | 2009-12-08 07:50:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR ETRD PREL PGOV HU |
09BUDAPEST886 | ARREST TAINTS BUDAPEST AIRPORT'S PREVIOUSLY CLEAN [...] (U) Hungarian authorities announced on December 5 the arrest of Budapest Airport's (BA) legal director Krisztina Renyi-Vamos, along with her former colleague Gyorgy Sziebert, who until this week served as legal director for Budapest transport company BKV. Both individuals were charged with br [...] | 2009-12-14 13:03:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV PREL EAIR EINV EFIN ETRD HU |
09BUDAPEST901 | HUNGARY PASSES NEW ANTI-CORRUPTION PACKAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 14 the Hungarian Parliament passed a series of anti-corruption measures designed to reduce corruption in public procurements. The final vote was split down party lines, with near unanimous support from the governing Socialist party and near unanimous opposition from [...] | 2009-12-21 07:42:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR ETRD PREL PGOV HU |
09BUDAPEST909 | FOREIGN INVESTORS JITTERY OVER ACTIONS OF FIDESZ [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two recent actions by opposition party Fidesz mayors against private utility companies have rattled Hungary's foreign investors. Senior Fidesz advisors claim these are local incidents and emphasize their party has no policy to re-nationalize privatized utilities. END SUMMARY. [...] | 2009-12-30 10:15:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EINV KCOR FR HU |
09BUENOSAIRES1017 | ARGENTINA: CFK'S NEW CABINET CHIEF [...] (S) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's (CFK) promotion of former Justice Minister Anibal Fernandez (AF) to Cabinet Chief puts in place someone with six years of experience working for the First Couple, first as former president Nestor Kirchner's Interior Minister and then [...] | 2009-09-10 15:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL SNAR KCOR ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1257 | ARGENTINA FACES CHALLENGING AML/CFT REVIEW [...] (S/NF) The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) held a two week peer review of the Argentine anti-money laundering and counter terror finance (AML/CFT) regime. Although hoping to see some positive moves by Argentina, the FATF operational team leader is skeptical of the GoA's intentions to combat mone [...] | 2009-12-01 16:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER SNAR ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KCOR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES126 | ARGENTINA: FUGITIVE HACKER RETURNS TO ARGENTINA [...] (U) Fugitive Argentine government employee or contractor Pablo Carpintero returned to Buenos Aires on February 3 and is in the custody of the Argentine Coast Guard (Prefectura). Carpintero and his fellow indictee, Ivan Velazquez, sought political asylum in Uruguay in May 2008 claiming to be the [...] | 2009-02-05 19:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET | PTER SNAR ASEC KCOR KFRD UY AR |
09BUENOSAIRES215 | ARGENTINA: KIRCHNERS' POLITICAL SAILS GO SLACK, [...] (C) Summary: Embassy officers and visiting Staffdel Lewis encountered nearly universal opinions among Argentine analysts February 16-18 that th political good luck of former President Nestor Kirchner and his wife, current President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK),is running out. These o [...] | 2009-03-02 14:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL KCOR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES532 | ARGENTINA: "VALIJAGATE" JUDGE DENIES DEFENDANT'S [...] (SBU) Investigating Judge Daniel Petrone ruled May 5 against an appeal by lawyers for former Argentine government official Claudio Uberti to dismiss evidence from the Miami trial of Franklin Duran. The local investigation into the infamous suitcase carried by Venezuelan-American Guido Antonin [...] | 2009-05-06 20:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCOR SNAR CJAN KFRD AR |
09BUENOSAIRES534 | (C) ARGENTINA: RECENT UNSETTLING DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Recent moves by the Government of Argentina (GoA) undermine the independence and efficacy of Argentine agencies with jurisdiction over corruption cases. In early March, Manuel Garrido, Argentina's chief prosecutor for corrupton cases resigned, claiming frustration over perc [...] | 2009-05-06 21:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM PHUM KFRD SNAR ASEC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES598 | (C) ANTONINI-WILSON BANKRUPTCY CASE NAMES [...] (C) President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, former President Nestor Kirchner and Planning Minister Julio De Vido were named as "interested parties" in an April 15 voluntary personal Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing in Florida of "Suitcase scandal" principal Alejandro Antonini-Wilson (A-W). A sup [...] | 2009-05-21 13:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR KCOR KJUS PGOV CJAN KFRD VZ AR |
09BUENOSAIRES776 | Argentina: Transport Secretary Resigns; Other Key Changes [...] (SBU) Ricardo Jaime, Argentine Secretary of Transportation, resigned on July 1 in the face of numerous criminal charges on grounds of alleged corruption. His replacement is close to one of the President's most trusted advisors. Several other changes are rumored to be close, or even to have al [...] | 2009-07-02 21:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN SNAR KCOR AR |
09CAIRO2053 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN CONVENTION AGAINST [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-28 15:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV UN KCRM KCOR EG |
09CAIRO325 | CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS OFFER MIXED ASSESSMENT OF THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT REF: CAIRO 246 Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey for reason 1.4 (d). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-23 12:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR ECON EFIN EG |
09CARACAS1393 | URBAN LANDS LAW PUBLISHED, GBRV RECLASSIFIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 21, the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) published a controversial Urban Lands Law in the Official Gazette. This empowers the state to seize underutilized urban lands in order to develop socialist housing projects. Critics say that the law t [...] | 2009-11-02 11:26:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV KCOR VE |
09CARACAS1515 | CARACAS STRUGGLES TO TAKE OUT THE TRASH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 26, Caracas residents blocked a major highway with burning tires to protest the growing piles of trash that had accumulated along the streets of the Libertador municipality. Despite an earlier promise by Libertador Mayor Jorge Rodriguez to resolve the crisis by Novemb [...] | 2009-12-01 20:32:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ELAB SENV KCOR VE |
09CONAKRY357 | POVERTY DRIVES EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN IN [...] (U) SUMMARY. Embassy officers visited a community artisanal mine close to the Guinea-Mali border where poverty forces hundreds of children to work in exploitative situations. The Upper Guinea region is highly dependent on the artisanal mine sector and children provide an unprotected source of [...] | 2009-06-23 09:49:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC EINV EMIN ECON KCOR GV |
09CONAKRY88 | DADIS CAMARA PUBLICLY FIRES HEAD OF CUSTOMS [...] (U) Moussa Dadis Camara, President of the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD),publicly fired the National Director of Customs, Olga Syradin, as he was touring Customs Headquarters on 2 February. According to a source, customs employees present during the tour began spontaneo [...] | 2009-02-03 16:19:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR ETRD GV |
09CONAKRY95 | HYPERDYNAMICS SEEKS EMBASSY PERSPECTIVE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a 5 February meeting, the Executive VP of oil company Hyperdynamics, Harry Briers, told Embassy officials that despite repeated negotiations with the GoG, the company's claim to offshore drilling rights remains in doubt. Nevertheless, Briers said that the firm has attracted [...] | 2009-02-09 14:28:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON KCOR PGOV GV |
09COTONOU125 | BENIN: BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] This cable is U.S. Embassy Cotonou's response to the questions posed reftel. 2. Benin is a recipient of U.S. foreign assistance and is receiving funding in FY09. 3. The National Assembly approves the budget in December. It is published by the government and delivered to ministries. A [...] | 2009-04-02 11:19:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCOR KMCA PINR BN |
09COTONOU390 | BENIN: HAAC Counselor pays courtesy visit to the Public [...] SUMMARY: On August 24, Moise Bossou, a Law Professor at the University of Abomey-Calavi and one of nine newly appointed Counselors at the Beninese High Authority of Audio-Visual and Communication (HAAC, equivalent of the FCC),paid a courtesy call on PAO Rhonda J. Watson to establish good relat [...] | 2009-08-26 06:16:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ECPS KCOR BN KIRC OEXC |
09COTONOU467 | BENIN: SUSPENDED MINISTER OF URBANISM RESUMES OFFICE [...] During a Council of Ministers on September 17, the Government of Benin cleared the Minister of Urbanism, Francois Noudegbessi of any malfeasance connected with the high-profile CEN-SAD corruption case (see refs). He was cleared to resume office. On July 10, the government had suspended Noudegbe [...] | 2009-09-30 01:26:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCOR BN |
09COTONOU523 | BENIN: CLERK OF COURT STEALS MONEY PLACED UNDER SEAL [...] (U) During the official ceremony for the re-opening of the Abomey Court of Appeals (central Benin) on October 28, the Minister of Justice, Legislation and Human Rights, Victor Topanou, told the audience that Court Clerk, Nazaire Alia, allegedly stole 11 million CFA (approximately USD 22,000 ) p [...] | 2009-11-02 05:08:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR BN |
09COTONOU547 | BENIN: GOB VERIFIES CIVIL SERVANTS' DIPLOMAS [...] (U) On November 3, the Minister of Labor and Civil Service, Charles Kint Aguiar, submitted to the Council of Ministers the latest findings as reported by the National Committee for the verification of Civil Servants and Military personnel's diplomas. The Committee handled a total of 646 cases o [...] | 2009-11-17 13:30:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCOR BN |
09DAKAR289 | SENEGAL: MORE INSIGHTS FROM PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: (SBU) Minister Councilor at the Presidency and Financial Advisor to President Wade, Habib Mbaye (protect),recently shared new insights into the policy world of President Wade. Mbaye is in a new role where he is supposed to coordinate the inter-agency, inter-ministerial efforts t [...] | 2009-03-09 07:41:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KCOR KDEM PINR GV MR IR SG |
09DAKAR351 | SENEGAL'S PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY PLANS TO AUDIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the January 2008 establishment of broad and strict new public procurement requirements, the main regulatory agency, ARMP, is gearing up to conduct independent, far-reaching audits of public institutions' compliance with the new standards. This could prove politically d [...] | 2009-03-24 11:48:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV PGOV ECON KCOR BTIO SG |
09DAKAR716 | Seniranauto: Senegal and Iran's white elephant. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Seniranauto, a car assembly plant with an estimated 40 billion CFA (80 million USD) investment between Senegal and Iran's automaker Khodro, has been hit by a highly publicized scandal. Three years after its launching, the plant has no production but local media reports have put [...] | 2009-06-11 08:57:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS PINR EINV ECON KCOR SG |
09DHAKA485 | BANGLADESH OPPOSITION LEADER'S SON SAYS NO [...] (C) Tarique Rahman, the son and political heir-apparent to Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairwoman Khaleda Zia, said he did not plan to return to Bangladesh from London anytime soon. Rahman, who faces multiple corruption charges in Bangladesh, told a visiting senior Foreign Service Nati [...] | 2009-05-14 10:18:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCOR KDEM BG |
09DHAKA692 | AMBASSADOR REGISTERS CORRUPTION AND CRIME CONCERNS [...] (C) The Ambassador voiced serious concerns about rising levels of crime and corruption in Bangladesh with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, describing recent incidents of pressure by the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the Awami League on American business, including harassment of a U.S.-inves [...] | 2009-07-14 09:54:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR ASEC KCRM CASC BG |
09DILI194 | NEW TOOL IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Timorese parliament unanimously created a new Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on June 29, only the second time in the parliament's history a measure has been adopted without an opposing vote. The Commission is an independent criminal police body with full investigatory powe [...] | 2009-08-03 07:30:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID KCOR TT |
09DILI332 | TIMOR-LESTE COMPLETES EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES TRANSPARENCY [...] The Government of Timor-Leste completed its first Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) report and conveyed it to the president in a public ceremony on December 21. The report covers activities during calendar year 2008 and was compiled by the chartered accountant, Deloitte Touc [...] | 2009-12-21 12:42:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EFIN ENRG PGOV KCOR TT |
09DUBAI165 | FORMER MINISTER OF STATE CHARGED WITH CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On April 8, Dubai Public Prosecution charged, as the primary defendant, former Minster of State for Finance and former chairman of Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) Mohammed Khalfan Al Kharbash with embezzlement of public funds and harming of state interests. Zack Shahin, AMCIT [...] | 2009-04-13 09:43:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV KCOR ECON CASC KCRM AE |
09DUSHANBE1206 | HIGHER EDUCATION IN TAJIKISTAN: HIGHER BRIBES, LESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Education is one of the most corrupt sectors of Tajikistan's society. Bribes, rather than aptitude, often govern which students succeed. Prospective students must pay as much as $15,000 in bribes to enter the country's most prestigious universities, while even provincial colle [...] | 2009-11-05 11:12:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SCUL PGOV KCOR TI |
09DUSHANBE1464 | COTTON IS DESPOT [...] (SBU) Summary: The past year has been a break point in Tajikistan's dysfunctional relationship with cotton. After losing money on cotton cultivation for years, no lender was prepared to front a single penny to finance cotton. The government responded by financing planting from the budget via [...] | 2009-12-28 13:32:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EAID KCOR TI |
09DUSHANBE570 | AUDIT OF TAJIK NATIONAL BANK REVEALS MAJOR FRAUD; GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. The recently-released executive summary of an audit of the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) documents fraudulent and other questionable activities. The Bank's chairman personally approved hundreds of millions of dollars in loans and guarantees to entities in which he had a perso [...] | 2009-05-12 12:50:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCOR EAID EINV PREL PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE618 | GOVERNMENT TRIES TO TACKLE FINANCIAL CRISIS, BUT SHADOW OF [...] (C) Summary. Last week the Tajik government convened a donor meeting to discuss the effects of and potential responses to the world economic crisis. Little of the information was new. Tajik officials described the difficulties the country is facing -- falling remittances, sharply lower expo [...] | 2009-05-22 12:21:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCOR EAID EINV PREL PGOV TI |
09FREETOWN379 | ATTORNEY-GENERAL HAD HAND IN FISHERIES CORRUPTION [...] (C) Per reftel, Minister of Marine Resources Haja Afsatu Kabba nearly released the seized fishing vessel, the Yu Feng 102, in return for a small bribe from its Taiwanese owners. In an additional revelation of corruption, the Chief Justice passed to the CDA on September 16 that the Attorney-Gene [...] | 2009-09-22 14:07:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIS KCOR SL |
09FREETOWN392 | SEPTEMBER POLITICAL ROUND-UP - FREETOWN [...] (U) Summary: Political controversy continued to be relatively mild during the month of September, with the nation focused on the potential for a major offshore oil discovery by U.S.-based company Anadarko, and highlighted problems within the health and education sectors. The findings of the Co [...] | 2009-10-06 11:50:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN KCOR SL |
09FREETOWN425 | VICE PRESIDENT MAY BE BOOTED FOR ALLEGEDLY [...] (C) Vice President Samuel Samsumana has been named as a third party defendant in a civil suit in Perry County, Arkansas. The original suit was filed against the West family of Perry County, who borrowed money to buy equipment to be used in an logging enterprise in Sierra Leone; the Wests in tu [...] | 2009-10-28 13:57:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR SNAR SL |
09FREETOWN435 | MINISTER OF HEALTH INDICTED ON CORRUPTION CHARGES; [...] (U) Summary: President Koroma removed the Minister of Health and Sanitation and the Minister of State in the Vice President's Office from their duties on November 4 due to allegations of corruption. Minister of Health, Sheiku Tejan Koroma, was indicted by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) f [...] | 2009-11-04 17:20:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR SL |
09FREETOWN449 | SLPP PULLS NO PUNCHES TO DISCREDIT GOVERNMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: On November 16, the SLPP released to the media a letter from party Chairman John Benjamin to President Koroma. The letter outlines four pages of alleged grievances, ranging from corruption and nepotism to inter-party squabbles. While the letter was dated November 12, its release w [...] | 2009-11-18 08:29:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID KCOR SL |
09FREETOWN471 | SIERRA LEONE STABILITY, PART III: SECURITY SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: This cable is the third in a four-part series (reftels A/B) that highlights risks to Sierra Leone's stability. Given recent events in the sub-region and Sierra Leone's own blighted history, the ability of the security sector to maintain peace is an ongoing, critical concern. While [...] | 2009-12-02 17:45:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL PINS SNAR KCOR SL |
09HANOI121 | VIETNAM'S PROVINCIAL COMPETIVENESS SLIPS IN 2008 [...] (U) Summary: The latest regional competitiveness survey showed a "systematic" deterioration in the business environment throughout Vietnam. According to the 2008 Provincial Competitive Index, a survey of thousands of Vietnamese businesses, provincial governments were less effective in 2008 in [...] | 2009-02-13 09:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN EINV KCOR KPRV PGOV VM |
09HANOI137 | IMPORT LICENSING: A HALF-HEARTED DEFICIT-BUSTING SCHEME [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam's import licensing regime was implemented in response to the unprecedented rise in imports that caused a record $18 billion trade deficit in 2008. Although potentially burdensome, the licensing scheme has not inhibited U.S. exports to date and its scope is much narrower t [...] | 2009-02-19 06:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN EINV KCOR KPRV PGOV VM |
09HANOI467 | VIETNAM COMPETITION COURT LANDS FIRST PUNCH ON SOE [...] (U) Summary: The first decision by Vietnam's new anti-trust court delivered a knock-down punch to a state-owned company, slapping the airline fuel monopoly with a $168,000 fine for refusing fuel service to a private airline. That the first decision by the newly-formed Vietnamese Competition C [...] | 2009-05-20 01:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN EINV KCOR KPRV PGOV VM |
09HANOI569 | RED TAPE GRIPES AGAIN DOMINATE VIETNAM'S DISCUSSIONS WITH [...] (U) Summary: At a semi-annual meeting between the Government and the private sector, local and international businesses criticized Vietnam's multiple administrative hurdles, inefficient tax regime, and lack of transparency as they recommended ways to speed up investment in the banking, mining [...] | 2009-06-19 09:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD ECON KCOR VM |
09HILLAH21 | COMMISSION ON INTEGRITY WORKING UPHILL IN HILLAH [...] (SBU) Summary: The Babil branch of the Commission on Integrity is striving to improve anti-corruption enforcement in the province against a tide of legal constraints and lack of public confidence. The office has processed hundreds of cases since 2006, of which around a quarter were dismissed [...] | 2009-03-05 06:09:00 | REO Hillah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV IZ |
09HILLAH36 | BABIL "MUD HOUSE" PERFORMANCE TAPS ANTI-CORRUPTION CHORD AND [...] (U) Summary: The April 24 and 25 performances by the "Mud House" troupe met with the kind of public enthusiasm associated with a World Cup match or a rock concert. The performances were the first since mid-2003 at the amphitheater on the Babylon ruins site that was constructed by Saddam Huss [...] | 2009-04-30 13:25:00 | REO Hillah | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR SCUL PINR IZ |
09HILLAH8 | QAIS MURDER TRIAL: CONTINUED DELAYS POINT TO POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) The trial of three defendants accused of the December 2007 murder of former Babil Chief of Police (PDoP) MG Qais Al-Mamoury has been delayed four times over the last three months, since the trial venue was transferred from Babil to Baghdad in October. Gen Al-Mamoury's brother, Safa Al-Ma [...] | 2009-01-27 09:38:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV KCOR IZ |
09HILLAH9 | CORRUPTION ENDEMIC IN BABIL PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Big ticket corruption in Babil province involves tens of millions of dollars of public works contracts reportedly steered to a contracting company owned by the brother of Governor Salim Saleh Al-Muslimawi, who Provincial Council members tell us sits at a nexus of corruption. Sy [...] | 2009-01-27 11:12:00 | REO Hillah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV ECON IZ |
09ISLAMABAD1848 | NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU EXPECTED TO REMAIN INTACT [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan's anti-corruption agency, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)--once one of the country's preeminent law enforcement institutions--has in the past two years become increasingly marginalized. In a 14 July meeting with NAB Chairman, Nawid Ahsan, Treasury Attach and Re [...] | 2009-08-10 03:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD KCOR PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1992 | REMITTANCES LIKELY TO REMAIN HIGH, BUT MAY TRAVEL LESS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of meetings in Karachi and Islamabad in early August, the Treasury Attach, Consulate EconOff, and EconOff, spoke to several Pakistani government and private sector officials to discuss Pakistan's steadily growing remittance levels. The State Bank of Pakistan reported [...] | 2009-08-21 05:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD KCOR PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2744 | Mobile Banking in Pakistan - Challenges and Prospects [...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of meetings in Karachi and Islamabad in early October, the Treasury Attache and an advisor from Treasury's Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes discovered that some of Pakistan's commercial banks and microfinance banks have a growing interest in providi [...] | 2009-11-16 04:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD KCOR PGOV PREL PK |
09JAKARTA1030 | Indonesian President's in-law sentenced in corruption case [...] (SBU) The Anti-Corruption Court sentenced Aulia Pohan -- President Yudhoyono's son's father-in-law -- to 4 1/2 years on corruption charges on June 17. The court also sentenced three additional central bank deputy governors, bringing the total to nine public officials convicted in this central [...] | 2009-06-18 08:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR PREL ID |
09JAKARTA108 | INDONESIAN SUPREME COURT CHOOSES A NEW CHIEF TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The members of Indonesia's Supreme Court have chosen Harifin A. Tumpa to be the next Chief Justice. Tumpa had previously served as one of the court's vice chiefs and had been serving as the interim Chief Justice after the former Chief reached mandatory retirement age in October [...] | 2009-01-20 10:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA PREL ID |
09JAKARTA1184 | INDONESIA -- OUTLOOK FOR PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono,s decisive victory in Indonesia's recent presidential election gave him a second five-year term and a strong mandate to govern. He will need a stable Parliamentary coalition and a strong Cabinet to implement his reform agenda, however, and neither of these is [...] | 2009-07-14 10:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA1203 | INDONESIA'S CORRUPTION ERADICATION COMMISSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has hit another road block. KPK-police tensions have escalated in recent weeks, with both sides threatening to bring corruption charges against the other's leaders. Although President Yudhoyono had convened a meeting to stem [...] | 2009-07-16 11:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA1281 | ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE -- KEY INDEPENDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest anti-corruption news, Indonesia's independent Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is facing various inquiries. KPK-police tensions have escalated with both sides threatening to bring corruption charges against the other. President Yudhoyono's intervention in [...] | 2009-07-31 10:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA1313 | BILL COULD WEAKEN INDONESIA'S CORRUPTION [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliament is debating a new bill that would strip Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) of its prosecutorial powers, rendering the KPK an investigative and preventative organization. Although this legislati [...] | 2009-08-07 10:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA1349 | GOI INTEREST IN HIGH-LEVEL ANTICORRUPTION DIALOGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian law enforcement and anticorruption agencies would welcome a high-level USG-GOI dialogue on anticorruption and related anticrimes. During INL Director David Luna's visit to Jakarta, August 10-11, the three primary corruption investigation and prosecution bodies in Ind [...] | 2009-08-14 11:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA1613 | KEY ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION FACES INCREASED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian police have charged Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) officials with alleged abuse of power and the KPK has suspended them from their duties. The charges are the latest twist in ongoing jousting between elements of the GOI about the activities of the KPK. [...] | 2009-09-28 06:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ECON ID |
09JAKARTA1674 | PARLIAMENT PASSES LAW REVAMPING ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Parliament has passed a new Anti-Corruption Court (ACC) law. If Parliament had not passed the bill before the session ended on September 30, the ACC could have become unconstitutional per an earlier court ruling. Civil society sees the law as inadequate, and not [...] | 2009-10-06 04:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA1709 | CORRUPTION UPDATE -- HEADLINE-GRABBING TRIAL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The high profile trial of former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chief Antasari Azhar began in Jakarta on October 8. The arrest of Azhar earlier this year set off a chain of recriminations and investigations by the police into the KPK--and vice versa. Separately, a poli [...] | 2009-10-09 08:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA1815 | BUREAUCRATIC TUSSLE INVOLVING KEY ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ongoing bureaucratic tussle between Indonesia's police and its Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) continues to ramp up. Despite legal recommendations that it drop its investigation of the KPK, the police instead have arrested two suspended KPK commissioners. In a furth [...] | 2009-10-30 10:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA1845 | TOP LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS RESIGN AMID SCANDAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a dramatic reversal, the two Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Commissioners arrested by the police on October 29 have been released, and the Indonesian National Police,s (INP) Chief of the Criminal Investigation Division and the Vice Attorney General implicat [...] | 2009-11-06 11:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA1847 | SCRUTINY OF BANK CENTURY BAILOUT ICCREASES [...] (C) Summary. The Yudhoyono administration'sb"ailout of failed Bank Century in November 2008 (reftel) has gone from a controversial policy decision taken by technocrats at the height of the financial crisis to a potential focus for opposition against the new administration. A group of primari [...] | 2009-11-06 11:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KCOR PGOV ID |
09JAKARTA1862 | ON THE STREETS AND VIA SOCIAL NETWORKING, CIVIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of Jakarta to demand GOI support of the Anti-Corruption Commission (KPK) and an end to graft. This was the latest of a number of civil-society-sponsored rallies across the country. Social networking has played a key role: ov [...] | 2009-11-10 05:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KPAO ID |
09JAKARTA19 | CORRUPTION PROSECUTIONS OFF TO A STRONG START IN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Corruption prosecutions are off to a strong start in 2009 with the January 5 conviction of a sitting member of Parliament on graft charges. Meanwhile, anti-corruption results in 2008 were posi [...] | 2009-01-06 10:21:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA1901 | INDONESIA'S 100-DAY PLAN: 15 PRIORITY PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) has identified 15 priority programs for his second administration in the government's 100-day plan. The heated dispute between Indonesia's police, Attorney General's Office and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prompted the pre [...] | 2009-11-17 11:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG KCOR PREL PTER SENV |
09JAKARTA1910 | FACT FINDING TEAM PRESENTS REPORT, PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A presidentially-appointed fact finding team called for total reform of Indonesia,s law enforcement institutions it its final report released on November 17. The ball is now in President Yudhoyono,s court. The fact-finding team, commissioned to investigate allegations of a con [...] | 2009-11-19 02:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA1944 | SENIOR POLICE OFFICIAL REPLACED AMID CORRUPTION [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On November 24 the Indonesian National Police (INP) replaced General Susno Duadji, head of the INP's Criminal Investigation Division (CID). An INP spokesman stated the move was part of routine personnel [...] | 2009-11-25 08:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR ECON ID |
09JAKARTA1946 | PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH FAILS TO QUELL GROWING CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono failed to regain control over two major scandals in his public response to a fact-finding team,s recommendations on how to proceed. The team, appointed by Yudhoyono, had recommended that the President take clear action regarding police and pr [...] | 2009-11-25 08:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KJUS KCOR SNAR ID |
09JAKARTA1950 | SBY SUCCUMBS TO PRESSURE TO FORM COMMITTEE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Parliament's move to investigate the government bail-out of Bank Century highlighted potential fault lines in President Yudhoyono's legislative coalition and stoked public discontent with Yudhoyono's response to several national corruption scandals. On November 1 [...] | 2009-11-25 10:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EFIN KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA1965 | BANKING SCANDAL DISTRACTS YUDHOYONO FROM REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Managing public perception and scrutiny regarding the ongoing scandal surrounding the bailout of Bank Century threatens to derail President Yudhoyono,s reform agenda. If unsubstantiated allegations that bailout funds were diverted to his political party or family are confirmed, Y [...] | 2009-12-01 10:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KJUS KCOR SNAR ID |
09JAKARTA2012 | Organizational Hubris Damages the Indonesian National [...] (SBU) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY The row between Indonesian National Police (INP) and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has damaged the reputation of Police Chief Bambang Hendarso Danuri and that of the entire INP. Danu [...] | 2009-12-08 04:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA219 | GOI PRESSES CORRUPTION CASE INVOLVING PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government has formally charged Aulia Pohon, father-in-law of President Yudhoyono's eldest son, and three other former central bank officials with corruption. The former central bank officials were indicted for their roles in the alleged misuse of approximately $ [...] | 2009-02-09 08:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA30 | CORRUPTION UPDATE - KEY CONVICTIONS IN BI [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Anti-Corruption Court sentenced two former legislators to prison for their roles in the 2003 Bank Indonesia corruption scandal. So far several high-level GOI officials have been convicted fo [...] | 2009-01-08 10:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA4 | GOI CRITICIZED FOR HAJJ MIS-MANAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has come under criticism for its performance during the recent Hajj season. Pilgrims assert that arrangements they had paid for were not made and that there was corruption in the way officials used funds. Problems related to the Hajj are endemic in Indonesia, though a 2 [...] | 2009-01-02 08:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA416 | Indonesian corruption prosecutors experience first-hand how [...] (SBU) Summary: Twelve prosecutors from the Indonesian Attorney General's Office Anti-Corruption Task Force participated in an INL-supported one-week study visit to learn how the U.S. investigates and prosecutes public corruption cases. The delegation, led by DOJ/OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor (R [...] | 2009-03-10 10:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA512 | ALLEGED EAST JAVA VOTER FRAUD SPARKS NATIONAL [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Accusations of widespread voting fraud in East Java's recent gubernatorial elections are sparking concerns about the credibility of the upcoming national legislative elections, scheduled for April 9. On Ma [...] | 2009-03-20 10:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA607 | Corruption continues to resonate as key campaign issue [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Combating corruption continues to be a popular election campaign message for many Indonesian political parties. Anti-corruption reform and a clean image are critical elements of President Yudhoyono and his Democrat Party's (PD) popularity. The Yudhoyono administration's progress [...] | 2009-04-03 09:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR PREL ID |
09JAKARTA778 | ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION CHAIR SUSPENDED OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chair of Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK),Antasari Azhar, has been suspended from duty amid shocking and lurid allegations that he was involved in the murder of an Indonesian businessman. After the Attorney General's Office publicly linked Azhar to the mu [...] | 2009-05-04 10:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR KCRM ID |
09JAKARTA805 | IN SENSATIONAL CASE, POLICE ARREST INDONESIA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a case netting sensational headlines in Indonesia, the suspended chair of Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK),Antasari Azhar, has been officially declared a suspect in the murder of an Indonesian businessman. Azhar is currently under detention. Contacts at [...] | 2009-05-07 10:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA905 | INDONESIA'S WITNESS AND VICTIM PROTECTION AGENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) has yet to fulfill its mandate. Although the law establishing the basis for the protection body was passed in 2006, as of May 2009 the agency has yet to protect any witnesses or victims. Still operating in temporary office [...] | 2009-05-27 08:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRIM KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA986 | ANTI-CORRUPTION BODY PURSUES HIGH PROFILE CASES; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The arrest of the former chair of Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has given prosecutors new impetus on the anti-corruption front. Since this arrest, the KPK has declared as suspects seven former and current lawmakers in corruption cases. In the meantime, th [...] | 2009-06-10 07:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA999 | TICK-TOCK: TIME IS RUNNING OUT ON INDONESIA'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliament's passage of the Anti-Corruption Court law by a December 2009 deadline poses a critical challenge to the future of anti-corruption reform in Indonesia. The Anti-Corruption Court has been a key part of the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) perfect prosecution [...] | 2009-06-12 02:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
09KABUL1558 | SUPREME COURT CONTINUES TO BACK KARZAI ON MEDIA LAW [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Afghan Chief Justice Azimi on June 7. Azimi stated that President Karzai had the authority to request judicial review of a portion of the Media Law after his veto was overridden, despite there being no obvious legal precedent. Azimi reaffirmed his commitment to [...] | 2009-06-17 14:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI KCOR KJUS AF |
09KABUL1658 | DEVELOPING A MASTER PLAN FOR TORKHAM GATE [...] SUMMARY: This is a Joint message from US Embassies Kabul and Islamabad with input from US Forces-Afghanistan (USFOR-A) and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). The Torkham Gate Working Group met from May 23-24 in Jalalabad and Torkham, reviewed the current strategy and develo [...] | 2009-06-25 05:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR KJUS AF PK SNAR MOPS KCRM PREL PINS |
09KABUL3419 | Major Crimes Task Force - A Key Element of the Road Map [...] (U) Summary: The Federal Bureau of Investigation will soon complete construction of a facility in Kabul to house the Major Crimes Task Force (MCTF). We see the MCTF as our flagship anti-corruption program, and hope FBI Director will be able to visit the facility site next month as a means of [...] | 2009-10-26 12:04:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS PGOV EAID KCRM KCOR AMGT AF |
09KABUL3426 | LAST INMATE-CONTROLLED PRISON IN AFGHANISTAN COMES [...] (U) On September 29, Afghanistan's Central Prison Directorate (CPD) peacefully transferred all inmates from the existing prison facility in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, which was controlled by inmates, into a newly constructed facility. The United Kingdom, which runs the PRT in Helmand, bui [...] | 2009-10-27 07:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM KCOR KDEM AF |
09KABUL3433 | HIGH LEVEL CORRUPTION ARRESTS CONDUCTED BY GIROA MAJOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Afghanistan has scored several firsts against corruption as Major Crimes Task Force (MCTF) investigators from the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) arrested the Chief of the Border Police of Kandahar, Brigadier General Saifullah Hakim, and t [...] | 2009-10-27 10:17:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | KJUS KCRM KCOR PGOV AF |
09KABUL3504 | HELPING AFGHANS CHECK FOR UNDISCLOSED CASH MOVEMENTS AT [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 25 and 26, an Embassy Kabul interagency team worked with Afghan authorities to conduct an information gathering operation at Kabul International Airport, examining whether both arriving and departing passengers properly document currency they are bringing into or out [...] | 2009-11-03 13:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN SNAR ETRD KCRM KCOR PGOV AF |
09KABUL3638 | INTERNATIONAL CONTRACT CORRUPTION TASK FORCE HELPING [...] Current levels of corruption in Afghanistan undermine security, development, and rule of law objectives, damage the legitimacy of the Afghan government, and contribute to the country's illicit narcotics trade. At a recent interagency presentation in Kabul, the work of International Contract Co [...] | 2009-11-12 04:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS KCOR EAID AF |
09KABUL366 | AFGHANISTAN: UNREGULATED HAWALAS (MONEY SERVICE [...] (S) SUMMARY. Hawalas or Sarafs represent the primary source of funds transfer within Afghanistan, accounting for an estimated 80-90% of total transfer among individuals and small businesses. While the majority of hawala fund transfers are for legitimate purposes, sensitive reporting continue [...] | 2009-02-18 13:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | ECIN ECON EFIN ETRD KCOR KCRM PGOV PINR PTER |
09KABUL3805 | AFGHAN ATTORNEY GENERAL WANTS TO MOVE AGAINST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Afghan Attorney General Aloko expressed his desire to fight corruption and thanked the U.S. for its support for Afghan law enforcement efforts in a November 28 meeting. He asked for U.S. "political support" if he indicts an Afghan minister. Coordinating Director Wayne assured A [...] | 2009-11-29 15:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR PREL AF |
09KABUL3853 | US-AFGHAN PARTNERSHIP CREATES NEW INSTITUTIONS TO FIGHT [...] Summary: Seven Ministerial level speakers joined the Ambassador and UK Ambassador in stressing the importance of reducing corruption in Afghanistan at an Embassy-organized media event in Kabul on November 16. At this event highlighting growing bilateral and multilateral engagement in this sph [...] | 2009-12-02 13:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS KCOR EAID AF |
09KABUL3918 | NANGARHAR GOVERNOR SHERZAI CALLS FOR A STRONGER INTERIOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 5 event opening a Women's Police Training Center in Jalalabad, Nangarhar Governor Sherzai called for the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) to be strengthened and given authority over provincial governors, the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG),Cu [...] | 2009-12-07 14:57:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KCOR KWMN SNAR PREL AF |
09KABUL3986 | EMBASSY URGES THE HIGH OFFICE OF OVERSIGHT (HOO) LEADERS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Coordinating Director for Development, Assistance and Economic Affairs, Ambassador Anthony Wayne, met with leaders of the High Office for Oversight of Implementation of the Anticorruption Strategy (HOO) on December 8 to discuss future reform and restructuring of the HOO and its [...] | 2009-12-10 15:07:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR AF |
09KABUL4066 | FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN AFGHANISTAN OFF TO A ROCKY [...] (C)Summary: Kabul Mayor Abdul Ahad Sahebi's recent release on bail pending appeal of his conviction for misuse of public funds caused a media firestorm that has intensified public perceptions of Karzai administration corruption. President Karzai,s public defense of Sahebi coincides with repor [...] | 2009-12-18 14:43:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | KCOR KJUS PGOV PINR PREL AF |
09KABUL4120 | ANTI-CORRUPTION CONFERENCE CALLS FOR QUALIFIED PUBLIC [...] (U) Summary: President Karzai opened the National Anti-Corruption Conference December 15-17, 2009, before 250 attendees that included parliamentarians, academicians, media and diplomatic representatives. He invoked national pride to fight against the image of being one of the most corrupt cou [...] | 2009-12-22 04:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KJUS EAID AF |
09KAMPALA1158 | UGANDA: 2009 AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] Country: Uganda 2. Current AGOA Status: Eligible 3. Country Background Summary: After two decades of broad-based economic growth and political stability, Uganda is now confronting a range of economic and governance challenges as it tries to sustain and deepen economic growth and deve [...] | 2009-10-07 09:19:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON ENRG ETRD EINV PHUM PGOV AGOA KCOR |
09KAMPALA1278 | UGANDAN ELECTIONS: PROFITS FIRST, TRANSPARENCY [...] (C) Summary: The Electoral Commission's (EC) recent announcement that it is postponing award of a $15 million biometric voter ID contract - for which one U.S. company is short listed - has sparked concerns about the priorities of the Commission, and the competing business interests of preside [...] | 2009-11-04 12:30:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM KCOR UG |
09KAMPALA1323 | UGANDA: ALLEGATIONS OF "GHOST" VOTERS HAUNT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 06:30:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR UG |
09KAMPALA1349 | PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY CANCELS VOTER ID CONTRACT [...] (C) Summary: Uganda,s Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA) canceled a tender issued by the Electoral Commission for a voter registration and biometric ID system on November 6 due to irregularities in the bidding process. The Electoral Commission had suspended the [...] | 2009-11-30 12:07:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EINV KCOR KDEM UG |
09KAMPALA1356 | UGANDA: CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS ACCOMPANY ARRIVAL [...] (C) Summary: ExxonMobil interest in Tullow Oil's Ugandan operations, and Italian oil giant ENI's attempt to purchase Heritage Oil's local holdings, mark a clear shift from exploration to the beginnings of production. The remote location of Uganda's oil wells, the difficult chemistry of the oil with [...] | 2009-12-03 06:13:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET ECON EINV ENRG KCOR UG |
09KAMPALA1381 | UGANDA: DONORS NOT AMUSED AS ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY [...] (C) Summary: During a December 1 meeting with U.S. EmbOffs, UN Special Envoy on AIDS in Africa Elizabeth Mataka criticized Ugandan leaders for trying to criminalize homosexuality instead of curbing rampant health sector corruption. Mataka traveled to Kampala to raise concerns about Uganda's d [...] | 2009-12-08 12:32:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM EAID KCOR UG |
09KAMPALA1401 | UGANDA: TULLOW SEES CORRUPTION IN OIL SALE [...] (C) Summary: Tullow Oil claims senior Ugandan government officials were "compensated" to support the sale of a partner/rival firm's exploration and production rights to Italian oil company ENI (ref. A). Tullow Vice President for Africa Tim O'Hanlon identified Security Minister and National Res [...] | 2009-12-17 11:37:00 | Embassy Kampala | SECRET | PREL EPET ECON EIND PGOV KCOR UG |
09KAMPALA366 | UGANDA OIL: PLANS TAKING SHAPE, BUT PUBLIC REMAINS IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is proceeding with plans to develop its oil industry, with recent discoveries showing ever-larger recoverable reserves. The public remains largely ignorant of the government's intentions, however, spurring widespread suspicion that officials are seeking to structure the [...] | 2009-04-08 11:55:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EAID ECON KCOR PGOV UG |
09KAMPALA444 | UGANDA: ANTI-CORRUPTION COURT SUCCESSFULLY TRIES TWO GLOBAL FUND CASES [...] Summary: The investigations into the theft of money from the Global Fund for HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis (the Global Fund) have taken years to produce results, but the recent convictions of two suspects have demonstrated the potential of Uganda's newly established Anti-Corruption Divi [...] | 2009-04-30 05:05:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM EAID UG KCOR |
09KAMPALA523 | GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS AS THE GLOBAL FUND RETURNS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is poised to resume disbursement of funding for previously approved grants in Uganda that for the most part have been on a three-year hiatus caused by the illegal diversion of Global Fund monies in 2005. The resumption of [...] | 2009-05-22 03:17:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID KCOR KHIV UG |
09KAMPALA586 | LACK OF POLITICAL WILL UNDERMINING ANTI-CORRUPTION PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: A joint review of Uganda's Millenium Challenge Corporation Anti-Corruption Threshold Program (MCC ACT Program) found the program to be largely on track. However, there has not been substantial progress towards improving broader anti-corruption measures and indicators. Governme [...] | 2009-06-11 13:26:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID KCOR UG |
09KAMPALA846 | UGANDA: OFFICE BREAK-IN LINKED TO SUCCESSFUL GLOBAL FUND [...] (SBU) Summary: Two more Ugandans were sentenced to five years imprisonment and ordered to pay 30 million Ugandan shillings ($14,000) in restitution in the latest Global Fund conviction. As news of the conviction spread, several suspects rushed to repay stolen funds in hopes of negotiating imm [...] | 2009-08-04 07:46:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID KCOR UG |
09KAMPALA985 | FORENSIC AUDIT MAY UNCOVER CORRUPTION AT THE [...] (SBU) A forensic audit has been launched at the Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC) amid allegations of mismanagement of funds. KPMG Kenya is conducting the audit, which is expected to be completed by mid-September. This audit is being funded and led by the donor community, which contributes $2-4 [...] | 2009-08-26 05:39:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KHIV KCOR UG |
09KAMPALA999 | UGANDA: MCC ANTI-CORRUPTION THRESHOLD PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Millennium Challenge Corporation's (MCC) Director for Threshold Programs, Malik Chaka, visited Kampala August 20 - 21 to review Uganda's Anti-Corruption Threshold (ACT) program. Although the ACT registered important achievements at the institutional level, lack of investmen [...] | 2009-08-28 09:02:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KCOR EAID UG |
09KHARTOUM252 | NEW MINISTER ATTEMPTS TO CURB SPLA CORRUPTION [...] (U) This is an action request - see para. 8 2. (C) SUMMARY: SPLA Affairs Minister Nhial Deng Nhial is attempting to move against commanders he suspects of corruption within the SPLA's senior echelons less than one month into his ministerial tenure. The Minister's political cover for the i [...] | 2009-02-24 12:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS EFIN MOPS MARR KDEM KCOR SU |
09KINGSTON1118 | JAMAICA: SENIOR POLICE SUPERINTENDENT SENTECED TO 18 MONTHS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-16 21:15:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC SNAR AID KCRM KCOR JM XL |
09KINGSTON156 | JAMAICA: APPELLATE COURT RULING DISPELS PROSPECT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 20:47:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SOCI KCOR CARICOM IBRD |
09KINGSTON157 | JAMAICA: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW REPORT [...] (SBU) Embassy Kingston recommends that Jamaica remain on the Special 301 Watch list until it passes a World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS-compliant patent law. The country's trademark and copyright regime meet international standards, and enforcement efforts remain commendable. Significant p [...] | 2009-03-02 13:23:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KCOR KIPR TRYS IADB IBRD IMF XL JM |
09KINGSTON175 | JAMAICA: 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS (SOA) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-10 16:18:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL SOCI KCOR CARICOM IBRD IDB CDB |
09KINGSTON221 | JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER BRUCE GOLDING'S RULING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-20 20:28:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR KCOR CARICOM IBRD |
09KINGSTON232 | JAMAICA: RULING LABOUR PARTY (JLP) CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-25 11:52:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR KCOR CARICOM IBRD |
09KINGSTON294 | JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER GOLDING SHUFFLES CABINET [...] (SBU) At the Prime Minister's request, Trevor MacMillan, Derrick Smith and Clive Mullings all resigned their cabinet positions Security, Telecommunications, and Energy respectively, on April 6. MacMillan, Smith and Mullings were replaced by three Ministers without portfolio already within the [...] | 2009-04-15 16:33:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ENRG EPET KCOR KCRM JM XL |
09KINGSTON355 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON NARCOTICS BENCHMARKS; [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-06 19:26:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PINR PREL EWWT EAIR PTER ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL |
09KINGSTON459 | JAMAICAN COCOA INDUSTRY: VERY SWEET REFORM [...] (SBU) On August 20, 2008 USAID in association with the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) held a workshop to present findings from a USAID-funded assessment of the Jamaican cocoa industry (reftel). The assessment found that although there are significant economic opportunities to be derived from coc [...] | 2009-06-09 19:22:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON SENV EINV AID SOCI KCOR ETRD JM XL |
09KINGSTON531 | JAMAICA: CRIME ON THE RISE; 5733 MAJOR CRIMES AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Major crimes are up 20 percent for the first seven months of the year, a majority of the increase is related to property crimes, according to Minister of National Security, Dwight Nelson, who addressed the issue at a breakfast meeting of the Jamaica Employers Federation (JEF) o [...] | 2009-07-08 19:31:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ASEC SOCI SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM KCOR XL JM |
09KINGSTON59 | JAMAICA: LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION WARNS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-21 15:32:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SNAR EFIN ASEC KCOR CARICOM |
09KINGSTON666 | JAMAICA: U.S. REQUEST TO EXTRADITE POWERFUL "DON" [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-02 19:35:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR |
09KINGSTON676 | JAMAICA: KEY OPPOSITION FIGURE DESCRIBES PRIME [...] (C) Peter Bunting, Member of Parliament and the opposition People's National Party (PNP) Spokesperson on National Security, praised the USG's August 30 request that Christopher "Dudus" Coke be extradited to stand trial on federal drug charges. Describing Prime Minister (PM) Golding's position [...] | 2009-09-04 19:11:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CJAN CVIS PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR |
09KINGSTON689 | LACK OF INDEPENDENCE CONSTRAINS JAMAICAN JUDICIARY, [...] (SBU) Jamaican Chief Justice Zaila McCalla expressed frustration with the state of the Jamaican judicial system during ChargQ Parnell's September 11th introductory meeting. Since the 1960s, crime rates in Jamaica have increased dramatically, yet the court system has not responded with adequate [...] | 2009-09-15 13:50:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR CJAN SOCI EAID KCRM KCOR JM XL |
09KINGSTON695 | JAMAICA: FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER AND KEY [...] (C) The myriad political and social crises facing Jamaica - rampant crime, economic malaise, a deteriorating balance of payments, poor education, and the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s delay in honoring a high-profile extradition request - are a "low level explosion," and a potential breakdown o [...] | 2009-09-17 20:59:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN CVIS PREL PGOV ASEC PINR SNAR SOCI KCOR KCRM JM |
09KINGSTON697 | JAMAICA: GOJ WILL REFUSE COKE EXTRADITION REQUEST; PM FAVORS [...] (C) Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding advised CDA that the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) would not comply with the USG's extradition request for Christopher "Dudus" Coke on "technical grounds" and that a dipnote to that effect is being prepared (Reftel A). During a later telephone conversation w [...] | 2009-09-18 15:04:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR EIND ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR |
09KINGSTON699 | JAMAICA: FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER AND KEY [...] (C) The myriad political and social crises facing Jamaica - rampant crime, economic malaise, a deteriorating balance of payments, poor education, and the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s delay in honoring a high-profile extradition request - are a "low level explosion," and a potential breakdown o [...] | 2009-09-18 18:26:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR KCRM JM |
09KINGSTON701 | JAMAICA: FOREIGN MINISTER'S VIEWS re HIGH-PROFILE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-18 22:29:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI ECON ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL |
09KINGSTON704 | JAMAICA: DIP NOTE RECEIVED ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2009 [...] (SBU) In a meeting with Foreign Minister (FM) Kenneth Baugh on September 18, CDA received the following diplomatic note, dated September 18, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT): (Begin text of MFAFT DIP NOTE) "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of [...] | 2009-09-18 19:23:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR KCRM JM |
09KINGSTON705 | British High Commissioner Discusses COKE Extradition Request [...] (C) British High Commissioner (HC) Jeremy Cresswell requested a meeting with CDA Parnell to discuss the High Commissioner's recent discussion with Prime Minister Golding. The High Commissioner noted that he took the opportunity to tell the Prime Minister of his government's high intere [...] | 2009-09-25 21:53:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI ECON ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL |
09KINGSTON712 | JAMAICA: PEOPLE'S NATIONAL PARTY SHOWS NEW ENERGY AND UNITY [...] (U) A seemingly rejuvenated and energized People's National Party (PNP) held its annual conference in Kingston over the weekend, at which party President and former Prime Minister (PM) Portia Simpson Miller (PSM) assailed the current Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) -led Government of Jamaica (GOJ) [...] | 2009-09-22 19:45:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL ASEC SNAR KCOR KCRM JM XL ECON EFIN |
09KINGSTON731 | JAMAICA: DIP NOTE RECEIVED ON OCTOBER 30, 2009 [...] (C) On October 30, CDA received the following diplomatic note, dated October 30, from the Minister of Justice Dorothy Lightbourne of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ): (Begin text of MOJ DIP NOTE) Re: Request for extradition of Christopher Coke I have the honour of addres [...] | 2009-11-02 18:35:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR KCRM JM |
09KINGSTON733 | JAMAICA: POLICE COMMISSIONER HARDLEY LEWIN RESIGNS [...] (U) Police Commissioner Hardley Lewin announced his resignation as head of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) on November 1, putting to an end weeks of speculation and bringing to a close a tumultuous two-year tenure in which Lewin was unsuccessful in either reversing the island's spiraling c [...] | 2009-11-04 18:43:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ASEC SNAR KCOR KCRM JM XL |
09KINGSTON749 | EXTRADITION JAMAICA: CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL COKE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-03 12:32:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CVIS SNAR PINR ASEC SOCI CJAN KCOR KCRM JM |
09KINGSTON753 | JAMAICA: OPPOSITION GRILLS PRIME MINISTER IN PARLIAMENT ON [...] (SBU) The continuing controversy over the Christopher "Dudus" Coke extradition request exploded into partisan rancor and bitterness in Jamaica's Parliament on December 8, as Peter Phillips, Member of Parliament (MP) for the opposition People's National Party (PNP) and former Minister for Nation [...] | 2009-12-10 17:45:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CVIS SNAR PINR ASEC CJAN KCOR KCRM JM XL |
09KINGSTON767 | CORRECTED COPY: JAMAICA: DIPLOMATIC NOTE RECEIVED ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-16 12:54:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR KCRM JM |
09KINGSTON806 | JAMAICA: EARLY CHRISTMAS FOR CASH PLUS INVESTORS? [...] (SBU) Investors in the failed alternative investment scheme, Cash Plus, could have an early Christmas, if liquidator Hugh Wildman is able to reclaim USD 25 million discovered in an offshore account in a Swiss bank in Dubai. The accounts were in the names of Carlos Hill, the embattled head of C [...] | 2009-10-09 14:34:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL KCRM KCOR JM XL UK AE |
09KINGSTON962 | JAMAICA: PNP GENERAL SECRETARY DISCUSSES COKE EXTRADITION [...] (SBU) On November 12, Emboffs organized a largely informational meeting at Post between representatives of the Mission's law enforcement community and Member of Parliament (MP) Peter Bunting, General Secretary and Opposition Spokesman for National Security for the opposition People's National P [...] | 2009-11-17 19:09:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CJAN CVIS PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI EAID KCOR |
09KINGSTON992 | JAMAICA: RULING PARTY BLAMES OPPOSITION FOR CURRENT FISCAL [...] (U) At its scaled back November 22 annual party conference, an embattled Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) defended its two years in office and attributed much of the nation's economic and fiscal travails to the "inheritance" left by the opposition People's National Party (PNP). In a somber and serio [...] | 2009-11-24 13:28:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ASEC ECON EFIN CJAN CVIS KCOR KCRM IMF JM |
09KINSHASA787 | SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT TO DRC: ADVANCING ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: During her August 11 meeting with President Kabila, Secretary Clinton expressed U.S. willingness to provide technical assistance and expertise to help the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (GDRC) address the country's significant challenges, including promoting Se [...] | 2009-08-25 14:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV PREL ECON EAID CG |
09KINSHASA808 | ADVANCING THE SECRETARY'S INITIATIVE FOR DRC VIA US [...] (SBU) The Secretary's August 10/11 visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) resulted in several new areas for cooperation and assistance. Building on the Secretary's offer to President Kabila of U.S. technical assistance and expertise, post has launched a strategy for the five themes d [...] | 2009-08-31 12:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV PREF ECON EAGR EAID KJUS EINV MASS |
09KINSHASA822 | Developing a matrix for follow-up actions to [...] Background: A number of possible areas for U.S.-DRC cooperation were discussed during Secretary Clinton's meetings with President Kabila and Prime Minister Muzito (reftels). Embassy has developed a matrix below, at para. 2., as the basis for implementing actions discussed during the Secretar [...] | 2009-09-09 08:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV PREF ECON EAGR EAID KJUS EINV |
09KINSHASA842 | Scopes of work for follow-up actions to the [...] See guidance request at para. 3. 2. Ref A provides a matrix for follow-up actions to the Secretary's August 10-11 visit to Kinshasa and Goma. Additional information on the overall themes and strategy for each action item can be found in Refs B and C. This cable (para. 4) provides, as ind [...] | 2009-09-18 09:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV PREF ECON EAGR EAID KJUS EINV |
09KOROR30 | PALAU: SPECIAL PROSECUTOR REQUESTS ASSISTANCE IN [...] On February 26, Palau's Special Prosecutor Michael P. Copeland hand-delivered a request to Charge Bezner seeking assistance from the Government of the United States to investigate allegations of corruption of high level government officials within Palau. The request is made pursuant to Ar [...] | 2009-02-27 00:05:00 | Embassy Koror | UNCLASSIFIED | PS EFIN KCOR PREL |
09LAGOS129 | NIGER DELTA TECHNICAL COMMITTEE WARNS FAILURE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Niger Delta Technical Committee Report, submitted to President Yar 'Adua on December 1, 2008, reviewed 14 previous reports on the Niger Delta, and made recommendations to solve the long-standing crisis there. (Note: the report has not yet been made public and Post's analysis [...] | 2009-03-17 10:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KCOR KCRM SENV EPET NI |
09LAGOS184 | NIGERIA: BAYELSA STATE FACING FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary. The Director General of the E-Government and Due Process Bureau of Bayelsa State, Dimieari Von Kemedi, told PolOff on March 19 that Bayelsa State passed a completely unrealistic budget and was on the brink of insolvency unless oil prices increased. Bayelsa is addressing this finan [...] | 2009-04-14 06:25:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
09LAGOS190 | NIGERIA: VANDALISM NOT MILITANCY PLAGUES THE NIGER [...] (C) Summary: Former militant Sheriff Mulade told PolOff on March 27 that the vast majority of the kidnappings in the Niger Deltat are committed by criminals while most oil-theft is conducted by non-violent means. As a result, closing the militant camps and offering amnesty and skills training t [...] | 2009-04-17 12:10:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET SENV KCOR KCRM NI |
09LAGOS192 | NIGERIA: TRAWLER OWNERS' ASSOCIATION QUESTIONS [...] (C) During the Africa Partnership Station (APS) visit of the USS Nashville to Lagos March 17 to 27, APS staff and Pol-EconOff met with representatives of the Nigerian Trawler Owners' Association (NITOA) to discuss piracy and sea robbery in Nigerian waters. The President of NITOA, Margaret Orak [...] | 2009-04-17 12:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM MCAP EFIS NI |
09LAGOS2 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATE FOR DECEMBER [...] (u) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of December 15-31 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in other reporting, covering: -- Delta Security Incidents -- Political News -- Oil and Gas -- Other Economic News Delta Security Incidents; No Ameri [...] | 2009-01-06 09:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET ETRD KJUS KCOR NI |
09LAGOS206 | NIGERIA: COVENTRY CATHEDRAL CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a roughly 300-page report released February 10, the UK based Coventry Cathedral Centre for Reconciliation, one of the world's oldest religious-based centers for reconciliation and conflict resolution founded after WWII as a way to move beyond a desire for revenge against former [...] | 2009-04-22 12:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
09LAGOS207 | NIGERIA: AFRICA PARTNERSHIP STATION FINDS 'MODEL' [...] (SBU) Summary: As a component part of the Africa Partnership Station (APS) visit of the USS Nashville to Lagos, a training workshop was conducted by scientists from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at the Nigerian Institute for Oceanographic and Marine Research [...] | 2009-04-23 17:23:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR SENV NI |
09LAGOS208 | NIGERIA: NONVIOLENCE TRAINING FOR ENTIRE COMMUNITY [...] (C) Summary: The National Chairman of the Foundation for Ethnic Harmony in Nigerian (FEHN),Allen Onyema, told Pol-EconOff on April 6, that Shell oil company has engaged FEHN to improve community relations in 22 communities and FEHN has also been approached by ExxonMobil about similar projects [...] | 2009-04-23 17:23:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM EPET NI |
09LAGOS216 | NIGERIA: BUDGET CONSTRAINTS DRIVING ANTI-FRAUD AND [...] (C) Summary: On April 21, the Director General of the E-Government and Due Process Bureau of Bayelsa State, Dimieari Von Kemedi told PolOff and Lagos Consular Section Fraud Prevention Manager that a small clique of senior officials of the State Finance Ministry allocated ghost and duplicate wo [...] | 2009-05-13 06:58:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KCOR KCRM NI |
09LAGOS227 | NIGERIA: EDO STATE EMPOWERING THE ELECTORATE WITH [...] (C) Summary. On April 28, officials of the new Action Congress (AC) administration of Governor Adams Oshiomhole in Edo State outlined to PolOff and PolSpec the initiatives of the new government to reduce costs and fraud while increasing revenue and efficiency. Officials welcomed the dramatic [...] | 2009-05-14 15:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR ECON NI |
09LAGOS285 | NIGERIA: EDO STATE REFORMS ON TRACK [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 18 PolOff met with senior officials of Edo State Government in Benin City to discuss progress on the reforms initiated by the Governor Adams Oshiomhole (Action Congress - AC) since he took office following an Appeals Court decision in his favor in November 2008. The sta [...] | 2009-07-08 07:33:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KCOR NI |
09LAGOS288 | NIGERIA: NONVIOLENCE ACTIVISTS ADVOCATE ELECTORAL [...] (U) Summary: On June 25, Dr. Bernard LaFayette, Director of the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies, University of Rhode Island met in Lagos for with leaders of Muslim organizations dedicated to religious tolerance for a round-table discussion. Dr. LaFayette described briefly his experien [...] | 2009-07-09 13:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI KCOR KDEM NI |
09LAGOS301 | NIGERIA: ACTIVISTS SAY ENGAGING COMMUNITIES KEY TO [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 6, PolCouns and PolOff met with two social activists from the Gbaramatu Kingdom in Delta State to discuss prospects for peace in the Niger Delta. Sheriff Mulade and Shedrack Agediga admitted that vandalization of oil facilities by desperately poor residents in local com [...] | 2009-07-15 19:17:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR EPET NI |
09LAGOS302 | NIGER DELTA: ELEMENTS OF THE MOVEMENT FOR THE EMANCIPATION [...] (C) Summary: Elements of the so-called Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta" (MEND),a loose coalition of armed groups partly responsible for disrupting oil-production and kidnappings in the Niger Delta over the last several years, declared a cease-fire effective July 15. MEND's [...] | 2009-07-16 06:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
09LAGOS306 | NIGERIA: ASKING THE ROBBER TO INVESTIGATE HIS CRIME [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 6 PolCouns and PolOff met with Lagos based civic activists to discuss progress towards democratization and electoral reform. The activists likened expecting electoral reform from the present government of Nigeria to asking the robber to investigate his crime. They adde [...] | 2009-07-17 14:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KDEM NI |
09LAGOS323 | NIGERIA: YAR'ADUA VISITS THE NIGER DELTA [...] (C) Summary: On July 20, President Yar'Adua paid a one-day visit to Bayelsa state, his first visit to the Niger Delta since taking office in 2007. In a speech at the state capital, Yar'Adua proclaimed that the "days of militancy are over and gone for good," and predicted fancifully that Nige [...] | 2009-07-29 16:22:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR KCRM NI |
09LAGOS325 | NIGER DELTA: IS AMNESTY A SCAM? [...] (C) On July 28, Allen Onyema, the national chairman of the Foundation for Ethnic Harmony in Nigeria (FEHN),which provided nonviolence training to militant youth from the Niger Delta for the last three years, told PolOff that the Executive Assistant to First Lady Tuai Yar'Adua had approached [...] | 2009-08-03 15:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
09LAGOS333 | NIGERIA: AMNESTY BEGINS FOR NIGER DELTA MILITANTS [...] (C) Summary: The GON's two-month amnesty offer to Niger Delta militants started August 6 with poor prospects for success. Most in MEND, the loose umbrella militant group, have spurned the offer to date, and the GON's failure to give the program meaningful political context has fueled doubts ab [...] | 2009-08-06 19:41:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
09LAGOS334 | NIGERIA: AMNESTY BEGINS FOR NIGER DELTA MILITANTS [...] (C) Summary: The GON's two-month amnesty offer to Niger Delta militants started August 6 with poor prospects for success. Most in MEND, the loose umbrella militant group, have spurned the offer to date, and the GON's failure to give the program meaningful political context has fueled doubts ab [...] | 2009-08-06 19:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
09LAGOS348 | NIGER DELTA: LURING TOM POLO TO ACCEPT AMNESTY [...] (C) Summary: Individuals close to militant leader "Tom Polo" confirmed to CG Lagos on August 25 that Presidential Special Advisor Timi Alaibe had traveled into the Niger Delta to conduct negotiations with Tom Polo about amnesty. Governor Uduaghan of Delta State noted conditions that Tom Polo [...] | 2009-08-27 14:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
09LAGOS353 | NIGERIA: STATES REPORTEDLY USING AMNESTY TO [...] (C) Femi Falana, the personal attorney for Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) leader Henry Okah, told Poloff on August 26 that the core Niger Delta states (Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers) are pursuing their own amnesty agenda instead of cooperating with the federal government. He [...] | 2009-09-01 15:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM KDEM NI |
09LAGOS356 | NIGER DELTA: AMNESTY, TOM POLO'S DILEMMA AND THE [...] (C) Summary: Militant leader Government Ekpompolo ("Tom Polo") may be on the verge of accepting amnesty under face-saving conditions, which, according to a source who claims recent contact with him, could prompt many other militant leaders to follow suit. The lengthening list of paid-off "re [...] | 2009-09-08 13:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
09LAGOS362 | NIGERIA: MILITANCY POST AMNESTY [...] (C) Summary: A confidant of former militant leader Dokubo Asari, Rex Anighoro, claims that a new generation of militant leaders will become active if the currently prominent commanders accept the government's amnesty. The large monetary rewards offered to leaders such as "Boyloaf" and "Tom P [...] | 2009-09-15 16:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
09LAGOS369 | OBASANJO ON AMNESTY: QUALIFIED SUCCESS BUT NOW [...] (C) Summary. Former President Obasanjo deems the GON's amnesty for Niger Delta militants a "qualified success," but he is uncertain of what comes next. Per Obasanjo, all interested parties (governmental, community, NGO, and business) need to forge a comprehensive development program to addr [...] | 2009-09-30 06:53:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM ECON SOCI NI |
09LAGOS371 | NIGER DELTA: NO EXTENSION OF AMNESTY DEADLINE; [...] (C) Contacts linked to key militant leader "Tom Polo" have reported to us independently that Tom Polo is not ready to surrender until he receives credible assurances from the GON on economic development in the Gbaramatu Kingdom, his home base and scene of a military offensive in May. To this [...] | 2009-09-30 21:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
09LAGOS372 | NIGERIA: MILITANT LEADER "ATEKE TOM" ACCEPTS [...] (U) Militant leader "Ateke Tom" accepted amnesty on October 1 during a televised ceremony at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, three days before the amnesty is scheduled to expire. President Yar'Adua, noting the surrender came on Nigerian National Day, called the militant's surrender "the best [...] | 2009-10-02 15:40:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
09LAGOS375 | NIGERIA: AMNESTY ENDS ON A HIGH NOTE BUT WHAT NEXT? [...] (C) Summary: With the last-minute surrender of a tearful Tom Polo, all major militant leaders accepted amnesty. What comes next, from the GON or the militants, remains unclear. The GON's modest but largely unexpected success should give the Delta at least a temporary respite, but under-devel [...] | 2009-10-05 19:17:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM ECON SOCI NI |
09LAGOS387 | PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA OUTLINES INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (C) Summary: President Yar'Adua outlined major development projects and ownership-sharing of joint ventures for the Niger Delta in a meeting with South-South governors and former militants on October 9. Positive reactions to the plans were tempered by skepticism on delivery, but activists f [...] | 2009-10-15 07:40:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
09LAGOS482 | CHANGING CHARACTER OF KIDNAPPING IN NIGERIA [...] (C) Kidnapping in Nigeria is increasing in frequency, expanding in scope and changing in character. This seriously under-reported crime may be occurring as frequently as 40 times a week, and targets are increasingly ordinary Nigerians. Incidents are no longer geographically concentrated in [...] | 2009-12-18 13:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM ASEC NI |
09LAGOS483 | FEDERAL COURT DISMISSES CHARGES AGAINST IBORI [...] (SBU) A Federal High Court in Asaba absolved former Delta State Governor James Ibori of any wrong-doing on December 17 in the 170-count, money-laundering case brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The EFCC vowed to challenge the ruling at the Federal Cour [...] | 2009-12-18 14:39:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KDEM NI |
09LAGOS58 | NIGERIA: POLITICS FUELS INCREASING VIOLENCE IN [...] (C) Summary: John Akpan, a Akwa Ibom resident, business man and civil activist who was formerly an International Visitor Leadership Program participant, told PolOff in Calabar on January 12 that the increasing incidence of kidnappings in Akwa Ibom state had political roots. Akpan claimed that [...] | 2009-02-06 11:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KCOR ECON NI |
09LAHORE155 | RAPE VICTIM PORTRAYED BY NY TIMES FACES CORRUPT POLICE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Police in Khanewal district in south Punjab have refused to arrest the rapists and police whom New York Times subject Assiya Rafiq has accused of rape, women's rights activist Mukhtar Mai told Acting Principal Officer July 28. According to the July 26 article by Nicholas Kristof, [...] | 2009-07-28 13:36:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KCOR PK |
09LIBREVILLE467 | GABON: ALI BONGO ARRESTS KEY PLAYERS IN REGIONAL BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: Newly installed Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba recalled Philibert Andzembe, the Governor of the Central Bank of Central African States (BEAC),who is Gabonese, in the wake of revelations about the $82 million financial scandal. Press sources are reporting that two other [...] | 2009-10-20 14:47:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KCOR GB |
09LIBREVILLE510 | GABON: SEVERAL INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS ARE SUSPENDED FOR [...] (U). Summary: After several months of a more open press environment during Gabon's political transition, the National Council for Communication (CNC) suspended six independent newspapers from one to three months for "violations of the principles of professional ethics." Several of the suspend [...] | 2009-11-18 14:12:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR KPAO PINS SOCI GB TP |
09LIMA1463 | FUJIMORI SENTENCED IN FOURTH CONVICTION [...] (C) Summary. Former president Alberto Fujimori was sentenced on September 30 to six years (concurrent) in prison for eavesdropping and other corruption charges, and ordered to pay nearly $10 million in civil reparations. As he did in the preceding case (in July - refs),Fujimori plead guilty [...] | 2009-10-01 21:06:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS KCOR PHUM PE |
09LIMA1619 | US TREASURY CONCERNED ABOUT PERUVIAN GAMING SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: A team from the Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) from the Department of Treasury was invited by the Peruvian Gaming Commission to Lima in order to conduct a preliminary assessment of the Peruvian gaming sector. During their very short trip, the team met with the Gaming Commis [...] | 2009-10-30 21:52:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KCRM KJUS KTFM XM PE |
09LONDON1229 | WEST AFRICA/NIGERIA: UK PLANS TO INCREASE [...] (C) Summary. To stem drug trafficking, money laundering, and immigration fraud in West Africa that directly affects the UK, the UK's Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA) plans to increase its presence and support to the region, including through opening a new office in Senegal in October 2009 [...] | 2009-05-22 14:29:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR SMIG KCOR KCRM KFRD NI XY UK |
09LONDON2708 | NIGERIA: UK INITIATIVE TO OFFER CLEAN DEVELOPMENT [...] Summary. Following numerous consultations with senior Nigerian political and industry leaders, the UK government is moving forward with an initiative to facilitate responsible business development in Nigeria. Implemented by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC),the program aims [...] | 2009-12-03 17:30:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCOR EAID ECON PINR NI UK |
09LUANDA254 | U.S. SPEAKER MICHAEL LESLIE SPEAKS TO HUNDREDS OF YOUTH ON [...] Summary: From April 6-9, PAS Luanda, in partnership with Angolan universities, the Angolan Diplomatic Institution and the Center for Training of Journalists, hosted U.S. Speaker, Dr. Michael Leslie, for a four-day outreach program. Dr. Leslie spoke at six seminars on the "Obama Phenomenon and [...] | 2009-04-15 12:45:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PGOV KCOR KDEM KPAO AO |
09LUANDA353 | ANGOLAN PRESS COVERS OBAMA MIDDLE EAST OUTREACH SPEECH A [...] Summary: Angolan media extensively covered President Obama's June 4, 2009 Cairo speech entitled "A New Beginning." The headlines generally focused on the reconciliatory tone of his comments and the sincerity of his desire to reach out to the Middle East and Muslims around the world. A round u [...] | 2009-06-09 07:14:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR AO |
09LUSAKA117 | VICE PRESIDENT ON ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS, GMOS, [...] (C) Summary. Vice President and Minister of Justice George Kunda indicated his government's willingness to move forward on anti-corruption, reopening discussion of GMOs, and anti-money laundering efforts, among other topics, during a discussion with the Ambassador on February 19. In almost e [...] | 2009-02-23 06:04:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR SNAR BTIO ZA |
09LUSAKA20 | PRESSING FOR PROGRESS ON ANTICORRUPTION FRONT [...] (SBU) Summary: At long last, the Zambian Government (GRZ) is addressing several important anti-corruption issues, such as the establishment of a Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU),the enactment of anti-corruption legislation, and the approval of a national anti-corruption strategy. In a Jan [...] | 2009-01-08 12:53:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR SNAR PGOV ZA |
09LUSAKA275 | ZAMBIA POLITICAL UPDATE [...] SUMMARY -- Government Passes Anti-Corruption Policy -- Government Secures Senior Convictions -- Chiluba Ruling Set for July 20 -- Namugala Dissolves Wildlife and Tourism Boards -- Tribunal Finds Siliya Guilty, Sort Of Government Passes Anti-Corruption Policy 2. (U) After more than thre [...] | 2009-04-24 10:00:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR ECON ZA |
09LUSAKA295 | BANDA GOVERNMENT: RESIGNED TO CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: Communications and Transport Minister Dora Siliya resigned from office shortly after a tribunal published the findings of its corruption probe. Although discredited, Siliya is far from disgraced. The recalcitrant and impenitent minister has announced her intention to appeal th [...] | 2009-04-30 08:28:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PGOV ZA |
09LUSAKA366 | CORRUPTION SCANDALS TURN OFF DONORS (AND SOME [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-28 12:09:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KCOR PGOV PREL ZA |
09LUSAKA367 | CORRUPTION SCANDALS TURN OFF DONORS (AND SOME [...] (C) Summary. The governments of Sweden and the Netherlands froze their development assistance to Zambia's health sector following reports of serious fraud at the Ministry of Health (MoH). Their course of action reflects mounting donor anxiety, not so much at corruption itself as at the Zamb [...] | 2009-05-28 15:25:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KCOR PGOV PREL ZA |
09LUSAKA417 | PUBLIC SECTOR STRIKES FEED ON LARGER FRUSTRATION [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Zambia (GRZ) is struggling to respond as strikes by rural teachers and nurses begun in late May have spread nationwide and now involve workers in the Ministries of Health, Education, Agriculture, Lands, Mines, and Energy. Originally an expression of outrage at [...] | 2009-06-11 11:46:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB KCOR ZA |
09LUSAKA583 | FORMER PRESIDENT CHILUBA ACQUITTED OF CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Former Zambian President Frederick Chiluba was acquitted August 17 of six counts of theft by public servant totaling USD 500,000. The 445-page judgment, handed down by Ndola High Court Registrar Jones Chinyama, took over seven hours to read and ultimately concluded that the prosecution [...] | 2009-08-19 12:19:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PGOV ZA |
09LUSAKA586 | ACCESS TO JUSTICE [...] Summary: In August 2009, emboffs visited local courthouses to observe how citizens access justice. The emboffs concluded that Zambia's judicial system was missing fundamental mechanisms to promote efficiency and fairness. End Summary. 2. Using customary and statutory laws, Zambia's dual l [...] | 2009-08-21 10:55:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR KDEM PGOV |
09LUSAKA654 | GOVERNMENT INTENT ON SINKING ITS FLAGSHIP [...] (C) Summary. According to press comments by Zambian Vice President and Justice Minister George Kunda, the Zambian Government (GRZ) will not appeal the recent acquittal of former President Frederick Chiluba (Ref A),whom the GRZ had been prosecuting for the embezzlement of USD 500,000. He ma [...] | 2009-09-28 14:02:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PGOV ZA |
09LUSAKA684 | DIPLOMATS CAUGHT IN ROW OVER PUBLIC CRITICISM OF [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The Zambian press published September 22 a leaked summary of a September 4 meeting between representatives from the donor community, including the Ambassador, and President Rupiah Banda over the Chiluba case and press freedom (ref A). The article sparked a he [...] | 2009-10-02 13:11:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KCOR ZA |
09LUSAKA686 | BANDA WAVES AWAY WORLD BANK CORRUPTION WARNING [...] (C) Zambian President Rupiah Banda told a World Bank Vice President he could not undertake a robust anti-corruption stance because he "has multiple constituencies to satisfy." During a late September meeting on the margins of UNGA in New York, IBRD Africa Vice President told the Zambian lea [...] | 2009-10-05 10:44:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR EFIN PGOV IBRD ZA |
09LUSAKA689 | HONK IF YOU HATE CORRUPTION! -- GRZ CLAMPS DOWN ON [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Police arrested nine motorists -- including two opposition Members of Parliament (MP) -- in Lusaka October 2 for honking in a surprisingly muted protest of the GRZ's failure to appeal former president Frederick Chiluba's corruption case acquittal (ref A). The arreste [...] | 2009-10-05 14:31:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KCOR ZA |
09LUSAKA693 | ZAMBIAN CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CALL OFF [...] (U) Representatives from nine of 18 Zambian Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) suspended their honking-and-whistling protest campaign (ref A) October 6 following a meeting with Inspector General of Police Francis Kabonde. The CSOs further announced at a October 7 press conference that they w [...] | 2009-10-07 15:15:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR ZA |
09LUSAKA694 | GRZ DRAWS A LINE UNDER ROW WITH DIPLOATS... IN [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Zambian Foreign Minister Kabinga Pande told Charge October 7 that the media tempest surrounding diplomats and their roles and responsibilities (ref D) was sparked by some (unnamed) diplomats speaking out against the Government of Zambia (GRZ) rather than using [...] | 2009-10-07 16:05:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR |
09LUSAKA730 | ZAMBIAN BY-ELECTION MARRED BY VIOLENCE AND FRAUD [...] (C) The October 15 Kasama Central Member of Parliament by-election in Zambia's Northern Province was marred by Electoral Code of Conduct violations, violence, and rampant fraud. Although opposition Patriotic Front (PF) candidate Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba won in the heavily PF district by a wide [...] | 2009-10-19 15:02:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PHUM ZA |
09LUSAKA749 | ZAMBIA BUDGET: HAPPY TALK AND HORSE FEATHERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Zambian Minister of Finance Situmbeko Musokotwane presented the Zambia government's (GRZ) 2010 budget to Parliament October 9 three months earlier than the traditional speech (ref A). The proposed budget's themes were similar to last year's with a slight change from "Embracing" [...] | 2009-10-23 08:23:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN PGOV KCOR ZA |
09LUSAKA787 | ZAMBIAN CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS RENEW PROTESTS [...] (C) Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) rallied November 6 to protest the Zambian government's (GRZ) failure to appeal former president Frederick Chiluba's corruption case; to review their failure to make headway in their campaign for an appeal; and to develop a coordinated action plan. Transp [...] | 2009-11-09 14:37:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR ZA |
09LUSAKA804 | ZAMBIAN NEWS EDITOR ACQUITTED OF PORNOGRAPHY CHARGE [...] (U) Lusaka Chief Resident Magistrate Charles Kafunda acquitted The Post News Editor Chansa Kabwela November 16 of "circulating obscene matters or things tending to corrupt public morals." According to media sources, Kafunda found that prosecutors failed to make their case and that photos cir [...] | 2009-11-16 14:27:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR ZA |
09LUSAKA805 | DIALING UP ZAMBIA'S TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR [...] (U) Zambia's under-developed telecommunications sector will undergo fundamental change in 2010. The Information and Communications Technology (ITC) Act enacted into law August 26, 2009, endowed the Zambia Information and Communication Technology Authority with broad regulatory powers and man [...] | 2009-11-17 06:52:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ECPS KCOR BTIO ZA |
09LUSAKA948 | ZAMBIAN GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES "NEW" ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: During its December 2-11 campaign to celebrate Zambia's ratification of the UN Convention Against Corruption, the Zambian government (GRZ) pledged to implement its National Anti-Corruption Policy; strengthen the Anti-Corruption Commission; establish a Financial Intelligence Unit [...] | 2009-12-16 10:52:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR ZA |