Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08ASHGABAT530
2008-04-28 12:19:00
SECRET
Embassy Ashgabat
Cable title:
TURKMENISTAN: ENGINEER AT CATERPILLAR
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S E C R E T ASHGABAT 000530
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN, EEB
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/28/2018
TAGS: PREL ECON ETRD SOCI KCRM TX
SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN: ENGINEER AT CATERPILLAR
REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE DEPORTED
Classified By: CHARGE SYLVIA REED CURRAN FOR REASONS
S E C R E T ASHGABAT 000530
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN, EEB
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/28/2018
TAGS: PREL ECON ETRD SOCI KCRM TX
SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN: ENGINEER AT CATERPILLAR
REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE DEPORTED
Classified By: CHARGE SYLVIA REED CURRAN FOR REASONS 1. 4 (B) AND (D).
1. (S) A Russian citizen engineer, who worked for Zeppelin,
the company that represents Caterpillar in Turkmenistan, was
convicted of child pornography and deported on April 23,
according to German Ambassador Hans Mondorf and EU-TACIS
Advisor Michael Wilson. When the engineer was first
arrested, Zeppelin Director Viktor Naumov turned to Mondorf
for help, who referred Naumov to Wilson for advice. The
engineer had entered an orphanage and had taken pictures of
children there. He then uploaded the photos to a child
pornography website. Justice was swift as he was convicted
and deported the same day.
2. (S) Reportedly, some unknown person had turned the
engineer in. It is also possible that security services may
have found something on the individual's personal computer.
Diplomats in town believe that the unusually slow connection
and other connectivity problems for users of local dial-up
Internet in recent weeks was due to the security services
looking for others who may be involved in child pornography.
3. (S) According to Wilson, Zeppelin has now been "frozen
out" of business because of this scandal. Mondorf doubts
that the home office in Germany knows all the details of what
happened.
4. (S) COMMENT: The local legal implications of this crime
will likely spread as it is probable that the engineer paid
off adults at the orphanage in order to gain entry and abuse
the children. If Zeppelin is feeling the negative effects
of this scandal, Caterpillar, which in 2007 and the first
quarter of 2008 received contracts totaling $46 million,
likely will also feel an impact. And if Zeppelin does not
know all the details, Caterpillar may also be in the dark.
COMMENT.
CURRAN
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN, EEB
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/28/2018
TAGS: PREL ECON ETRD SOCI KCRM TX
SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN: ENGINEER AT CATERPILLAR
REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE DEPORTED
Classified By: CHARGE SYLVIA REED CURRAN FOR REASONS 1. 4 (B) AND (D).
1. (S) A Russian citizen engineer, who worked for Zeppelin,
the company that represents Caterpillar in Turkmenistan, was
convicted of child pornography and deported on April 23,
according to German Ambassador Hans Mondorf and EU-TACIS
Advisor Michael Wilson. When the engineer was first
arrested, Zeppelin Director Viktor Naumov turned to Mondorf
for help, who referred Naumov to Wilson for advice. The
engineer had entered an orphanage and had taken pictures of
children there. He then uploaded the photos to a child
pornography website. Justice was swift as he was convicted
and deported the same day.
2. (S) Reportedly, some unknown person had turned the
engineer in. It is also possible that security services may
have found something on the individual's personal computer.
Diplomats in town believe that the unusually slow connection
and other connectivity problems for users of local dial-up
Internet in recent weeks was due to the security services
looking for others who may be involved in child pornography.
3. (S) According to Wilson, Zeppelin has now been "frozen
out" of business because of this scandal. Mondorf doubts
that the home office in Germany knows all the details of what
happened.
4. (S) COMMENT: The local legal implications of this crime
will likely spread as it is probable that the engineer paid
off adults at the orphanage in order to gain entry and abuse
the children. If Zeppelin is feeling the negative effects
of this scandal, Caterpillar, which in 2007 and the first
quarter of 2008 received contracts totaling $46 million,
likely will also feel an impact. And if Zeppelin does not
know all the details, Caterpillar may also be in the dark.
COMMENT.
CURRAN