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01ABUJA2263	NIGERIA: LETTER FROM PRESIDENT OBASANJO TO PRESIDENT BUSH ON ABACHA FUNDS [...] (C) On 10 September, Embassy received the following letter from President Obasanjo to President Bush (dated 5 September). Included with the letter are 26 pages of attachments making up the forensic report referred to in the letter. Begin text: 5 September 2001 Dear President, [...]	2001-09-10 11:49:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OPDC EFIN KCOR NI

01ABUJA2828	NIGERIA TO IDENTIFY ACCOUNTS HELD BY ADDITIONAL [...] EconOff delivered Ref A information November 5 to Ernest Ebi, Deputy Governor for International Operations at the Central Bank of Nigeria. Ebi agreed to add the list of 22 organizations to an amended Call Circular, which requires all banks to identify accounts associated with these terrorist [...]	2001-11-06 12:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KCOR PTER EFIN PREL NI
01ABUJA3080	NIGERIA: NIGERIA CONTINUES TO COOPERATE IN EFFORT [...] EconOff delivered reftel information December 5 to Ernest Ebi, Deputy Governor for International Operations at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Ebi agreed to release the list of three (3) entities in a new Call Circular, which will require all Nigerian banks to identify accounts associated [...]	2001-12-06 09:32:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KCOR PTER EFIN PREL NI
02ABUJA113	NIGERIA: CENTRAL BANK COMPLIES WITH PATRIOT ACT [...] On January 4, Deputy Governor for Domestic Operations M. R. Rasheed met with Embassy EconOff regarding steps the Central Bank might take in response to Refs A, B and C regarding the Patriot Act and additional terrorist lists. Rasheed reported that the Central Bank would issue circulars reques [...]	2002-01-15 16:40:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KCOR ETTC PTER NI
02ABUJA678	NIGERIA: CENTRAL BANK WILL ACT ON NINTH LIST [...] No summary [...]	2002-03-01 14:18:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KCOR PTER NI
02ABUJA859	NIGERIA CONTINUES TO COOPERATE IN EFFORT TO [...] No summary [...]	2002-03-15 15:02:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KCOR PTER EFIN PREL NI
03ABUJA2231	NIGERIA: SPECIAL ASSISTANT EZEKWESILI'S [...] (C) Summary: President Obasanjo's Senior Special Assistant and Head of the Budget Monitoring and Price Intelligence Unit, Oby Ezekwesili, told us December 23 that she thought her transparency presentation at the AGOA Forum was important because it put the anti-corruption issue into the trade [...]	2003-12-31 07:59:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR ETRD NI AGOA
03GUATEMALA139	THIRD ANNUAL CORRUPTION REPORT - GUATEMALA [...] Summary: Guatemala made limited progress in 2002 in implementing its commitments under the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption. The primary obstacle to greater progress was the lack of effective leadership on the part of the Executive in fighting corruption, and the political polariz [...]	2003-01-17 15:34:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KCOR KCRM SNAR PREL PGOV GT
03GUATEMALA1465	SOCIAL SECURITY SCANDAL HITS FRG UNITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Critics continue to pounce on the ruling FRG for the scandal over the plundering of an estimated $45 million in funds from Guatemala's social security institute (IGSS). President Portillo is rumored to have given the green light for a thorough investigation. The President, Vi [...]	2003-06-09 13:23:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR EFIN PGOV GT
03GUATEMALA1902	STATUS OF GUATEMALAN COUNTER-NARCOTICS COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: GOG cooperation in the war on drugs has had several concrete successes in the past six months, and there has been further progress since the June 30 Inter-Agency meeting in which the Ambassador participated. A quick run down on our benchmarks: cocaine seizures have increased four [...]	2003-07-24 23:34:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KDEM PGOV KJUS KCOR KCRM GT
03GUATEMALA2500	MILITARY PENSION FUND: MILITARY FOCUS ON [...] (S) Summary: EmbOffs met with General Alfredo Gonzalez to discuss recent developments in the theft and mismanagement of the Military Pension Fund. Gonzalez, who has been involved in the military's internal investigation of the matter, alleged payoffs were made to current and former top milit [...]	2003-09-29 17:42:00	Embassy Guatemala	SECRET	KCOR EFIN PGOV MOPS PINR GT PM
03KATHMANDU1370	NEPAL: ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCY IN TROUBLE IN FIGHT [...] (C) Summary. The head of Nepal's anti-corruption agency, CIAA Commissioner Surya Nath Upadhyaya, met with the Ambassador on July 18 to discuss the agency's investigation into allegations of corruption within Nepal's two government-owned banks. The cases involve at least five of the country's [...]	2003-07-21 23:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR EAID PGOV NP GON
03KATHMANDU1509	NEPAL'S NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION [...] (C) Summary. National Human Rights Commission member Indira Rana (please protect) has made serious allegations against some of her fellow members, accusing them of gender discrimination, corruption and bias in favor of the Maoists. In a July 31 meeting, Rana claimed that Sushil Pyakurel, an a [...]	2003-08-08 06:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCOR NP PINR GON
03KATHMANDU2006	NEPAL: ONE EX-MINISTER AND TWO SECRETARIES [...] (C) On October 13, Nepal's anti-corruption agency, the CIAA, arrested three former senior government officials, including former minister and Deputy General Secretary of the Nepali Congress Party Govinda Raj Joshi, as well as two former government secretaries. Joshi's arrest represents the se [...]	2003-10-16 09:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR NP
03MAPUTO1752	2003-2004 INCSR SUBMISSION - MOZAMBIQUE [...] Per ref A, below is post's submission for 2003-2004 INCSR: I. Summary Mozambique is a transit country for illegal drugs (hashish, herbal cannabis, cocaine, mandrax (methaqualone),and heroin) consumed in Europe and South Africa. Some hashish shipments passing through Mozambique find their [...]	2003-12-18 10:59:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN KCRM PTER PGOV MZ KCOR
03MAPUTO1755	MOZAMBIQUE INCSR PART II SUBMISSION - MONEY [...] Per ref A, below is post's submission for 2003-2004 INCSR, Part II: Mozambique is not a regional financial center. Money laundering in Mozambique is related to bank fraud and corruption. Lax oversight and weak banking regulations make Mozambique's financial institutions vulnerable to money la [...]	2003-12-18 11:02:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM PTER SNAR PGOV MZ KCOR
03SANTODOMINGO5393	DOMINICAN SENATE PRESIDENT SKETCHES AMBITIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary: Dominican Senate President Jesus Vasquez Martinez, during a meeting September 8, predicted President Mejia would get strong majority support in the ruling PRD for his reelection bid in May 2004. Vasquez said he would work with Chamber of Deputies President Alfredo Pacheco on a [...]	2003-10-02 22:02:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR ETRD HA OREP PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
03SANTODOMINGO5992	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FM ON ECONOMIC, INTERNATIONAL, AND BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Guerrero Prats, at a lunch hosted by the Ambassador October 7, said the GODR was trying through diplomatic channels to restore normal relations with Venezuela after President Chavez downgraded them in September. Trade/economic adviser (and daughter of President Meji [...]	2003-10-24 19:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR EFIN ETRD MARR MX PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SP VE XF KCOR
03SANTODOMINGO6857	DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES #2 - BANCREDITO FAILURE [...] (U) The following is the second in a series of reports on fraud cases in the Dominican financial sector. (begin text) (U) BANCREDITO (U) The District Attorney for the city of Santo Domingo issued arrest warrants on Friday afternoon, November 7, for Manuel Arturo Pellerano Pena and Juan [...]	2003-11-26 18:55:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV KCOR KCRM DR
03ZAGREB517	INTERNATIONAL DONORS REACH AGREEMENT WITH GOC [...] SUMMARY: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY DONORS AND THE GOC HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT ON A STANDARDIZED COURT AND CASE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE PLATFORM THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN COURTS COUNTRY-WIDE. THIS NEW SYSTEM WILL IMPROVE MUCH- NEEDED JUDICIAL EFFICIENCY AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE GOC COSTS ASSOCIATED [...]	2003-03-10 15:02:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID PHUM KCOR KJUS HR IBRD EVN
04ABUDHABI800	UAEG STUDYING UN CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION [...] UAE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA) DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OFFICE YACUB AL-HOSANI TOLD ECONOFF ON MARCH 21 THAT THE UAEG HAD FORMED AN EXPERT COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE UN CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION. AL-HOSANI SAID THAT THE UAEG PARTICIPATED IN THE FINAL SESSION OF THE [...]	2004-03-22 08:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PREL KCOR TC
04ABUJA1013	INEC SEEKS PARTY DE-REGISTRATION POWERS -- OR NOT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Nigerian press reported that INEC Permanent Secretary Abubakar Jauro on June 2 had asked the National Assembly to grant the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) the power to "de-register and sanction...erring political parties." Claiming that INEC had been una [...]	2004-06-09 06:55:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KCOR EAID NI
04ABUJA1074	ICPC FEELS US LOOKING OVER ITS SHOULDER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC),charged with investigating and prosecuting government corruption, has had limited success: dozens of cases filed, many against rather senior officials; no convictions to date. Under pressure from [...]	2004-06-17 12:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR EFIN NI
04ABUJA1119	ICPC PRESSES MINISTERIAL CORRUPTION CASE, BUT HOW [...] (C) Summary: The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) provided details on its highest-profile case to date, the national identity card project case that includes former Ministers among its defendants. The trial will take place on July 19-21, but it is u [...]	2004-06-23 09:23:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR EFIN NI
04ABUJA1181	DEMONSTRATORS ALLEGE IMPROPRIETY BY EDO STATE [...] Summary: A group advocating for Edo State burn victims delivered a letter to the Embassy accusing the Edo State governor of improper handling of burn victim assistance funds. End Summary. 2. On Tuesday morning, June 29, about 50 demonstrators disembarked from a bus and assembled in a tr [...]	2004-07-06 09:25:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCOR ASEC NI
04ABUJA1381	NIGERIA: U.S. COMPANY LOSES BID, ALLEGES [...] (U) ACTION REQUESTED PARAGRAPH THIRTEEN. 2. (SBU) Summary: Earlier this year, Nigeria's Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) solicited bids in the sale of a majority stake in ALSCON, the state aluminum smelting plant. The bid by an American corporation, BFIGroup Corporation, to acquire the [...]	2004-08-12 04:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PREL BEXP EINV EFIN NI
04ABUJA1597	WASHINGTON MEETING PROBLEMS [...] (C) It seems we may be getting to the point of diminishing returns on the many invitations to GON officials, especially the Economic Dream Team, for participation in meetings outside Nigeria. We delivered the October 4 G8 transparency/anti-corruption follow-up meeting invitation (Ref A) on Se [...]	2004-09-17 10:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN KCOR NI
04ABUJA1653	NIGERIA, CORRUPTION, AND US [...] (SBU) Summary: Corruption is a serious problem for Nigeria, and harms U.S. interests. President Bush took up the issue in the G8 transparency/anti-corruption Compact with Nigeria at Sea Island, and the next important U.S. effort will be at the Nigeria-G8 meeting in Washington October 4. Post [...]	2004-09-24 07:58:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KCOR EPET EAID NI
04ABUJA1998	EMBASSY OFFICER BARRED FROM "PUBLIC" COURT MARTIAL [...] (C) Summary: The court martial continues of three Nigerian Rear Admirals allegedly involved in the disappearance from naval custody of the tanker MT African Pride, which had been seized with a cargo of stolen crude oil. The GON has said the court martial proceeding is open to the public, bu [...]	2004-12-03 08:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MCAP KCOR NI
04ABUJA2041	PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 7750 VISA BAN -- JOSHUA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post is entering the name of Joshua Dariye, present Governor of Plateau State, into the visa system as P212F for corruption under Presidential Proclamation 7750. Part of the corruption case against Gov. Dariye has been made publicly by the GON, and the GON statement text was in Re [...]	2004-12-10 10:12:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCOR CVIS PHUM NI
04ABUJA2047	NIGERIA'S SEA ISLAND COMPACT ACTION PLAN [...] Summary: The GON's Senior Special Adviser to the President, Oby Ezekwesili, invited Poloff to her office on December 10 to receive the updated Nigeria-G8 action plan. She instead also invited World Bank Senior Advisor Charles McPherson and, with McPherson as audience, used the meeting to le [...]	2004-12-13 03:01:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCOR EAID NI
04ABUJA2106	ENGAGING NIGERIA: SUPPORT FOR REFORMS [...] (S) The grip of the interlocked coteries that have ruled Nigeria since the civil war (ref A) continues to be the driving force in Nigerian politics. In order for Nigeria to move ahead, this grip must be loosened. Until Nigerians gain a real stake in their own society, they cannot begin to ca [...]	2004-12-21 10:36:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EAID KCOR NI
04ABUJA235	EPSTEIN MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER OKONJO-IWEALA [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told us February 10 that she expects the budget to be passed by the National Assembly (NA) in the next ten days, and with what she considered to be the key budget figure, the deficit, kept to 2.5 percent or less. Paper budget figures have not tallied [...]	2004-02-12 05:34:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON KCOR NI
04ABUJA276	"CUSTOMS DUTY" HITS THE SMALL SCREEN [...] President Obasanjo announced in January that he was revamping the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) because it was thoroughly corrupt and neither collecting proper duties not keeping out items the President had banned from importation (reftels). The NCS Controller General was sacked along with se [...]	2004-02-19 12:52:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCOR ETRD KDEM NI
04ABUJA307	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES ACT PASSED [...] (U) Summary: Nigeria took another step forward on the anti-corruption front, and hoped to gain its removal from the FATF list of Noncooperating Countries and Territories (NCCT),when President Obasanjo signed into law the Economic and Financial Crimes Act and a Money Laundering Act on Februar [...]	2004-02-24 05:01:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCOR PTER NI
04ABUJA35	MAKING NIGERIA AN EVIAN TRANSPARENCY AND ANTI-CORRUPTION PROGRAMS PILOT COUNTRY [...] Post believes Nigeria is an important focus for U.S. and international efforts on corruption and transparency, and should be a pilot country under the Evian Declaration (Ref A). Nigeria's Government has started nine different transparency or anti-corruption programs, several with U.S. and ot [...]	2004-01-09 15:14:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCOR ETRD NI
04ABUJA350	EITI: PUBLIC SHOW WORKSHOP; PROGRESS BEING MADE [...] Summary: Nigeria's February 19-20 EITI Petroleum Revenue Management Workshop was not as happy a step forward on transparency and corruption as the enactment of the Economic and Financial Crimes Act (reftel) on February 23, but it was useful nevertheless. The two days of speakers - attended b [...]	2004-02-27 13:36:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCOR EPET NI
04ABUJA393	MOVING AHEAD WITH NIGERIA ON THE EVIAN [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Ngozi and Presidential Advisor Ezekwesili have given Post concrete expression of Nigerian government interest in a G-8 transparency/anti-corruption pilot program in January (Ref B),and reaffirmed that in February to Post and also in their meetings with U/S Larson at Dav [...]	2004-03-08 06:30:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR ETRD NI
04ABUJA677	PROGRESS OF G-8 TRANSPARENCY/ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) The G-8 embassies, IMF, and World Bank in Abuja created the G-8 Transparency/Anti-corruption Working Group (GETAWG) here in March, and have moved forward with preparations for the Nigeria pilot program under Evian per reftel and e-mails from E, EB and AF. GETAWG has begun a "living docu [...]	2004-04-19 15:43:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KCOR ECON EAID NI
04ABUJA724	"INTERPOL" INTERVIEWS NIGERIA'S CHIEF JUSTICE [...] (SBU) Chief Justice of Nigeria Mohammed Lawal Uwais met with a team of local and international law enforcement officers April 19 over a bribery scandal variously reported at 250 million Naira or 5 billion Naira. Press reports named Ogbonna Onova, Deputy Inspector General of Police (CID),as t [...]	2004-04-23 08:37:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCOR NI
04ABUJA974	GON WITHDRAWS MINISTERIAL CORRUPTION CHARGES [...] The Nigerian government's prosecutor withdrew the corruption charges against six senior ex-officials of the GON June 2, and Abuja High Court Judge Mudashiru Oniyangi dismissed the case. Labor Minister Husseini Akwanga had been indicted, then fired, in December 2003, clearing the way for Akwa [...]	2004-06-02 13:25:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCOR PREL KDEM NI
04ACCRA56	FOLLOW-UP TO EVIAN SUMMIT ANTI- CORRUPTION/TRANSPARENCY DECLARATION: IDENTIFICATION OF PILOT COUNTRIES [...] Summary. Anti-corruption and transparency are critical issues in Ghana. While the G-8 program could add value to on-going anti-corruption and transparency initiatives in Ghana, and while we think Ghana could ultimately participate successfully, the timing is not good for including Ghana as on [...]	2004-01-12 12:01:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KCOR PGOV ECON EINV EPET ETRD GH
04BRATISLAVA615	MINORITY GOVERNMENT: WIN SOME, LOSE SOME [...] (U) Summary. Over the past two months, the GOS got some groundbreaking legislation through Parliament, but also suffered setbacks in its reform program. Victories included the anti-discrimination law (reftel) and important anti- corruption laws. The minority government currently controls onl [...]	2004-06-24 13:24:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KCOR LO
04BRATISLAVA675	FUTURE CHALLENGES FOR THE NEW GENERAL PROSECUTOR [...] (U) Summary. In January Parliament approved General Prosecutor Dobroslav Trnka's appointment to a five-year term. The Office of the General Prosecutor (GP),an entity completely independent from the Ministry of Justice (MOJ),is leading several investigations with high political interest and f [...]	2004-07-15 13:43:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCOR PINR LO
04FRANKFURT8020	German Real Estate Corruption Scandal Implicates [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Frankfurt prosecutors will soon issue corruption indictments against fund managers, architects, and builders in a series of large real estate deals across Germany. The alleged corruption includes bribes and a number of transactions in which participants pocketed bogus commissi [...]	2004-09-15 13:07:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR ECON EINV PGOV PINR GM
04GUATEMALA1668	GOG RESPONSE ON TRANSPARENCY CLAUSE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-07 22:53:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KSUM KCRM GT KDEM KCOR PREF
04GUATEMALA2114	STAFFDEL SHANK'S VISIT TO GUATEMALA [...] Sensitive But Unclassified - entire text. 2. Summary: Staffdel Shank,s three-day visit to Guatemala gave the Congressional visitors an updated picture of the Guatemalan reality, through meetings with key GOG and private sector interlocutors. The GOG representatives emphasized the Berger [...]	2004-08-20 16:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID GT KCOR KCRM MARR PGOV PREL SMIG SNAR
04GUATEMALA2365	GUATEMALAN MILITARY COOPERATING WITH INVESTIGATION [...] On September 10, the Guatemalan Defense Ministry complied with a civilian court order and released to government investigators the military financial records from the 2001-2003 calendar years. The investigation is focused on allegations of mishandling approximately $115 million in military f [...]	2004-09-14 22:31:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV PHUM EFIN KCOR SNAR GT
04GUATEMALA245	DESPISED TAX AND CUSTOMS CHIEF ABADIO QUITS; IS [...] (C) President Berger appointed respected banker and former Central Bank President Willy Zapata to be the new Superintendent of Tributary Administration on January 28. His exceptionally unpopular predecessor, Marco Tulio Abadio, quit as rumors circulated that the government sought his removal [...]	2004-02-02 19:39:00	Embassy Guatemala	SECRET	EFIN PGOV KCOR SNAR GT
04GUATEMALA317	WHA A/S ROGER NORIEGA'S FEBRUARY 3-5 VISIT TO [...] (C) During a February 3-5 visit to Guatemala, WHA Assistant Secretary Roger Noriega met with President Oscar Berger and senior members of his government to discuss the full range of bilateral issues. A/S Noriega highlighted the importance the Bush Administration places on CAFTA as a means of [...]	2004-02-10 17:12:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAID MOPS KTIA ETRD KCOR PHUM ELAB GT
04GUATEMALA3211	LETTER FROM GUATEMALA (2) [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-17 17:35:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCOR PREL KIPR GT
04GUATEMALA504	SCENE SETTER FOR MARCH 5 PCC ON GUATEMALA [...] (C) Summary and introduction: After only six weeks in office, the Berger government has generated high expectations among Guatemalans that it will spur economic growth, reduce violent crime and investigate and prosecute official corruption and organized crime. Berger has also told us privatel [...]	2004-03-01 21:04:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV SNAR CVIS MASS KCOR OVIP PBTS GT
04KATHMANDU1406	NEPAL: CORRUPTION CONVICTION AGAINST FORMER [...] (U) On July 22, the Special Court convicted Chiranjivi Wagle, former deputy prime minister and Central Committee member of Prime Minister Deuba's Nepali Congress (Democratic) party, on corruption charges. The court sentenced him to two and a half years in jail, a fine of NRs. 27.2 million (ap [...]	2004-07-23 08:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR PGOV KCRM NP
04KINSHASA2146	CORRUPTION CHARGES COULD OUST SOME MINISTERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliament is preparing to vote, November 25 or 26, on a report identifying six ministers and President Kabila's Chief of Staff as involved in corruption. If the investigating committee's report is accepted by the Parliamentary plenary session, the ministers will be dismissed, [...]	2004-11-24 12:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCOR CG
04KINSHASA2168	KABILA SUSPENDS SIX MINISTERS IN CORRUPTION SCANDAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of a parliamentary report on corruption, President Kabila on November 25 suspended six ministers while the Minister of Porftolio minister suspended the managers of ten state-owned enterprises. In our view, this action is an attempt to seize the moral high ground befo [...]	2004-11-26 15:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR ECON CG
04KINSHASA2183	KABILA NOV 29: OTHER TRANSITION SUJBECTS [...] (C) President Kabila met November 29 with the Ambassadors from UNSC Perm 5 countries, Belgium, South Africa, Angola, and Nigeria, plus UN SRSG Bill Swing primarily to discuss the situation in eastern DRC, as reported ref A. After the discussion, Kabila also noted current debates regarding de [...]	2004-11-30 13:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL KCOR CG
04LILONGWE1016	MALAWI'S FORMER FINANCE MINISTER ARRESTED FOR [...] (U) Former Minister of Finance Friday Jumbe was arrested on October 27 as he attempted to leave Malawi for South Africa. Though the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Anti-Corruption Bureau, and Jumbe's lawyer have not publicly said what charges Jumbe faces, his arrest is widely thought to [...]	2004-10-28 09:13:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR PGOV ECON EFIN PINR MI
04LILONGWE1018	MALAWI'S NEW ANTI-CORRUPTION CHIEF [...] (SBU) The new director of the Anti Corruption Bureau recently discussed his pending prosecutions and strategic vision for the agency. He is focusing on five grand corruption cases, all against senior public figures. He intends to forego longer-range public outreach and prevention plans for w [...]	2004-10-28 14:02:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR ECON EFIN PGOV PREL MI
04LILONGWE1110	BLANTYRE MAYOR ARRESTED FOR CORRUPTION [...] (U) The mayor of Malawi's largest city, Blantyre, has been arrested for corruption, according to unconfirmed newspaper reports. John Chikakwiya, a senior member of the nominally ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) and one of the leading loyalists of former President Bakili Muluzi, is reported [...]	2004-12-03 11:33:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV KCOR KMCA MI
04LILONGWE165	FY 2004 ESF REQUEST [...] SUMMARY. Post welcomes the opportunity to submit proposals for funding under ESF's Africa Regional Fund. Our four proposals are directly linked to MPP goals related to counterterrorism, the environment and economic development, and democracy and governance. 2. Proposals follow: A. Anti [...]	2004-02-26 15:37:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PHUM PGOV KCOR ECON PTER MI
04LILONGWE214	FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED IN DEATH OF PRESIDENT'S [...] (SBU) A March 2 autopsy report revealed that Kalonga Stambuli, Chief Executive Officer of President Muluzi's Trade and Investment Company, was poisoned and strangled on December 29, 2003. In the weeks following Stambuli's death, "The Dispatch" weekly newspaper printed a series of excerpts fro [...]	2004-03-17 13:44:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR PGOV PINR KDEM MI
04LILONGWE22	MALAWI'S PLEA TO THE IMF: SAME OLD DOG, SAME OLD [...] (C) Presidential Economic Advisor Goodall Gondwe reportedly met with the Treasury Department in Washington in December to make a pitch for waivers on Malawi's IMF commitments. Contrary to his message, we assess that a lack of political will has caused the GOM's persistently missed fiscal and [...]	2004-01-08 14:47:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV KCOR EAID MI
04LILONGWE451	MUTHARIKA CALLS FOR RECONCILIATION AND REFORM AT [...] (U) Summary: Bingu wa Mutharika was inaugurated as Malawi's third president on May 24 at a sparsely-attended ceremony in Blantyre. Calling for reconciliation, reform, and peace in his inaugural address, he outlined a program to move Malawi "from poverty to prosperity"; announced his intention [...]	2004-05-25 14:40:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON KCOR PINR LY TW RW KE MI
04LILONGWE586	CORRUPTION FEATHERS EX-PRESIDENT'S NEST [...] (SBU/NF) Taking office in 1994 with a couple of nearly bankrupt businesses, former President Bakili Muluzi finished his ten years in the presidency as one of the richest men in Malawi. That he acquired his fortune while officially earning an annual salary of USD 56,000 (MK 6 million) demonstra [...]	2004-06-28 15:37:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KCOR ECON PGOV PINR MI
04LILONGWE596	MUNYENYEMBE ELECTED SPEAKER, MUTHARIKA OPENS [...] (SBU) With a narrow margin of victory, United Democratic Front (UDF) MP Rodwell Munyenyembe was elected Speaker of the National Assembly on June 28. The House also elected First and Second Deputies, both of whom are pro-UDF. President Bingu wa Mutharika, in his first address to Parliament on [...]	2004-06-30 11:38:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PINR KCOR ECON EFIN MI
04LILONGWE800	MALAWI'S PRIVATE SECTOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT MUTHARIKA [...] (U) A recent visit to Malawi's business capital, Blantyre, showed the private sector to be generally optimistic about the new administration's economic direction. The consensus is that President Mutharika seems to be serious about cutting corruption and winning donor support through fiscal di [...]	2004-08-18 11:12:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV PREL KCOR MI
04LILONGWE838	MALAWI'S PRIVATE SECTOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT MUTHARIKA [...] (U) A recent visit to Malawi's business capital, Blantyre, showed the private sector to be generally optimistic about the new administration's economic direction. The consensus is that President Mutharika seems to be serious about cutting corruption and winning donor support through fiscal di [...]	2004-08-30 06:03:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV PREL KCOR MI
04LILONGWE839	NOISE ABOUT CORRUPTION IN MALAWI [...] (C) Malawi's new administration has been very public about its intention to bring corruption under control. President Bingu wa Mutharika has replaced the chief government prosecutor, who in turn has publicly targeted several former ministers and ruling party members. The noise of a crackdown [...]	2004-08-30 06:04:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL MI
04LILONGWE850	AFRICAN PEERS RATE MALAWI [...] (SBU) In line with President Bingu wa Mutharika's commitment at the recent African Union Summit to have Malawi reviewed by the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM),a preliminary report commissioned by the GOM finds "significant gaps" in economic management, a need for executive branch checks, [...]	2004-09-02 09:40:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EFIN PREL KCOR MI
04LILONGWE881	MALAWI ANTI-CORRUPTION CHIEF REPLACED [...] (U) President Bingu wa Mutharika has unexpectedly replaced the director of Malawi's Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB). This move comes as a commision report on corruption at the state agricultural monopoly was released and a key witness in that and another high-profile scandal has disappeared. Mut [...]	2004-09-13 14:10:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCOR EINV PGOV MI
04LILONGWE895	UDF INSIDER VENTS ON THE MUTHARIKA ADMINISTRATION [...] (C) Ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) MP Austin Muluzi, son of former President Bakili Muluzi, spoke freely about the UDF's displeasure with President Bingu wa Mutharika at a September 15 lunch with poloff. According to Austin, UDF MPs plan to feign support for Mutharika's budget at a Septe [...]	2004-09-16 13:24:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN PINR KCOR MI
04MAPUTO112	IMMIGRATION & VISA FRAUD IN AND OUT OF MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) Summary: Visa fraud in Mozambique continues to be less prevalent than the otherwise high level of corruption throughout the country would suggest. New anti-fraud investigation and validation studies at post indicate, however, that attempted non-immigrant visa fraud among third country nati [...]	2004-01-23 08:56:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS KFRD MZ KCOR KCRM
04MAPUTO148	MOZAMBIQUE AS PILOT COUNTRY FOR EVIAN [...] Post welcomes the opportunity for consideration as a candidate pilot country under the Evian Anti-corruption/Transparency initiative and submits results of initial internal discussions below. The GRM has demonstrated a commitment to combating corruption and has worked closely with the IMF and [...]	2004-02-02 09:46:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EINV ETRD PGOV MZ KCOR
04MAPUTO1627	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] Below are post answers to INSCR questions pertaining to money laundering and financial crimes, organized in response to the subheadings provided in State 254401. General Questions ---------------------- 2. Mozambique is not a regional financial center. Money laundering is fairly common and [...]	2004-12-17 09:24:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN MZ KCOR
04MAPUTO274	MOZAMBICAN PARTICIPATION IN EVIAN G-8 TRANSPARENCY [...] (U) Initial Mozambican government reaction to the Transparency Pilot Program, including the need for an explicit commitment at the outset to high transparency standards over time support, has been very positive. Further GRM consultations will be undertaken before we receive a formal response. [...]	2004-02-27 08:57:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV ETRD PGOV MZ KCOR
04MAPUTO487	ATTORNEY GENERAL SEEKS GREATER SUPPORT TO BUILD [...] (U) Attorney General Joaquim Madeira gathered donor country ambassadors on March 26 and appealed for greater support to help create more professional and effective prosecutors. He reiterated the need for his staff, also referred to as the "Ministerio Publico" (MP) or Procuradoria Geral (PGR),[...]	2004-04-08 09:05:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS KCOR EAID KCRM MZ
04MAPUTO517	ANTI-CORRUPTION LAW GOES BACK TO ASSEMBLY [...] (U) Summary. The Anti-Corruption Law passed by the National Assembly in November 2003 (Ref A) will be re-examined in parliament on April 15. It was sent back to the Assembly by President Chissano, who refused to sign the legislation, due to questions regarding the constitutionality of one its [...]	2004-04-14 13:49:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR KCRM KJUS EAID MZ PROG
04MAPUTO597	MOZAMBIQUE - INL FY 06/07 WORKPLAN [...] Embassy Maputo requests continued INL funding for FY 06/07 to build on ongoing projects to further develop the Attorney General's Anti-Corruption Unit and the Mozambican Police Sciences Academy, and further requests additional funds for assistance to Mozambican Immigration and Customs to impro [...]	2004-04-30 10:17:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM ABUD SNAR KCOR KPAO EFIN EAID ASEC MZ
04MAPUTO636	BCM TRIAL: WAITING FOR A VERDICT ON MAY 25 [...] (SBU) Summary: The verdict in the BCM bank fraud trial will be handed down on May 25. The case involves nineteen defendants accused of defrauding fourteen million USD from the Commercial Bank of Mozambique (BCM) between March and August 1996. Most commentators do not expect any senior bank off [...]	2004-05-11 13:26:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR KCRM KJUS PGOV MZ
04MAPUTO675	ANIBALZINHO ESCAPES AGAIN, GRM EMBARRASSED [...] (U) On May 9, Anibal dos Santos Junior once again escaped from maximum security prison, creating a highly embarrassing situation for the GRM. "Anibalzinho" was serving the 28-year sentence he received in absentia in January 2003 for his central role in the November 2000 murder of journalist Car [...]	2004-05-20 15:59:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM KCOR KJUS ASEC MZ
04MAPUTO83	CORRUPTION IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Any discussion of Mozambique's political and economic development needs to take into account corruption. The steady decade-long progress since the end of the civil war could be slowed or even reversed if corruption is not checked. Senior Mozambicans in fact cite corruption as th [...]	2004-01-20 10:39:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM EAID MZ
04PANAMA823	PANAMANIAN SUPREME COURT THROWS OUT CHARGES [...] (C) Citing "lack of jurisdiction," by an 8-1 vote, Panama's Supreme Court has terminated Public Ministry investigations of all charges against Israeli national Shimon Yalin Yelinek, currently residing in Panama, for his alleged role in smuggling Nicaraguan military weapons to the paramilitary [...]	2004-04-07 19:29:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET	PARM PREL KCOR PTER KJUS PM NI CO GA POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
04QUITO2251	PARTY POSTURING PROMPTS BUCARAM RETURN RUMORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Lucio Gutierrez's recent comments favoring the return of exiled former President Abdala Bucaram have ignited a political firestorm in Ecuador, with leading opposition parties promising that impeachment proceedings would shortly follow. Bucaram, whom Congress removed in [...]	2004-08-13 16:41:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR PREL EC
04QUITO2449	PREPARING FOR ECUADORIAN ELECTIONS OCTOBER [...] (SBU) Summary: Ecuador's upcoming local elections are an indirect test of the Gutierrez Administration's strength (it is widely expected to fail that test) and, more importantly, an opportunity for Ecuadorian voters to renew their faith in the democratic process. President Gutierrez' Patriot [...]	2004-09-08 17:27:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR PREL EC
04QUITO2578	ECUADORIAN ELECTIONS UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: With less than a month remaining before Ecuador's October 17 elections, there remain several items of concern which, left unresolved, could prejudice a clean and orderly vote. The Embassy will continue to work with electoral authorities to encourage resolution of these issues. [...]	2004-09-23 17:38:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR PREL EC
04QUITO2680	ECUADORIAN ELECTIONS UPDATE #2 [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable provides an update of developments related to the upcoming October 17 provincial and local elections. Most procedural issues are moving toward resolution, the OAS has confirmed an electoral observation mission which Embassy volunteers will participate in, and the S [...]	2004-10-05 15:55:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR PREL EC
04QUITO2759	FINAL ECUADORIAN ELECTIONS UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: This cable provides information about the upcoming October 17 provincial/local elections, their significance, a summary of Embassy involvement in the OAS electoral observation mission, information on how to reach us on election day, suggested press guidance, and a synopsis of re [...]	2004-10-14 20:51:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR PREL EC
04QUITO2771	PRELIMINARY ECUADORIAN ELECTION RESULTS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Ecuadorian voters went to the polls to elect provincial and municipal officials on October 17 in elections the OAS characterized publicly as "free and transparent." Some irregularities were reported but in most polling places voting proceeded relatively smoothly. Preliminary [...]	2004-10-18 19:34:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR PREL EC
04QUITO2869	"POWER-BLINDED" LFC DRIVES IMPEACHMENT PUSH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leon Febres-Cordero (LFC),the cantankerous leader of Ecuador's Social Christian Party (PSC),is determined to destroy President Lucio Gutierrez by any means possible, according to two thoughtful PSC legislators. Brothers Luis Fernando Torres and Carlos Torres, the former the he [...]	2004-10-27 23:09:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR PREL EC
04SANAA2742	YEMEN'S TENDERING SYSTEM - A TEST OF PATIENCE [...] Summary: Yemen's non-transparent government procurement process tops the list of frustrations for Western companies interested in investing in Yemen. The poorest and least developed country in the Middle East, government projects offer one of the better ways for foreign companies to invest in [...]	2004-10-26 04:31:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KCOR YM COM
04SANAA2803	DFM NOMAN DEPRESSED OVER RISING CORRUPTION IN YEMEN [...] (C) Summary: In a candid and wide ranging discussion on November 2, Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman advised Pol/Econ Chief and Deputy that Post should convey to high-level ROYG officials the perils of corruption. Noman advised the Embassy to communicate to journalists and businessmen mo [...]	2004-11-03 11:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KMCA YM ECON COM
04SANAA3130	PROMINENT BUSINESS LEADER ON MINISTERIAL CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary. Pol/Econ Deputy had a wide ranging discussion with Abdul Wahab Thabet, Chairmen of the Thabet brothers, the second largest company in Yemen. Thabet vigorously criticized three of the most powerful ROYG ministers for corruption, and stated that on economics President Saleh, "does [...]	2004-12-20 10:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCOR PGOV PINR YM COM
04SANAA3151	ROYG MAKING TENTATIVE STEPS TO STEM CORRUPTION AND [...] (C) A recent series of local press articles may signal that the ROYG is finally taking initial steps to address corruption, particularly in the area of diesel smuggling, one of the main reasons Parliament was able to successfully stall implementation of an economic reform package. In a meeting [...]	2004-12-26 11:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV KMPI KCOR YM KMCC COM
04SANTODOMINGO2078	DOMINICAN ELECTION #34: CORRUPTION AND THE [...] (SBU) This is cable # 34 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: CORRUPTION AND THE CANDIDATES The heat of the campaign and the insistence of the Ambassador and U.S.-funded civic groups have finally brought the explosive issue of corruption into open debate. On March 26 t [...]	2004-04-05 10:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR DR
04SANTODOMINGO2524	DOMINICAN ELECTION #39: CANDIDATES SKETCH PLATFORMS [...] (SBU) This is no. 39 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: Candidates Sketch Platforms So far only Leonel Fernandez's PLD has published a platform for the May 16 presidential elections. Newspapers of April 26 indicate that Mejia's PRD will release a document in the next f [...]	2004-04-26 12:19:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN ENRG KCOR DR
04SANTODOMINGO4001	TRANSPARENCY CLAUSE: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Embassy on July 6 delivered talking points on the transparency clause (para 8 reftel) to MFA deputy director for UN and OAS affairs Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, in the form of a non-paper in Spanish. She undertook to pass the document to the Dominican delegation before their July 7 departure for [...]	2004-07-08 21:31:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KSUM KCOR KCRM KDEM DR
04SANTODOMINGO5856	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: OAS AMB. MAISTO ADDRESSES FREE [...] (U) U.S. PermRep to the OAS Ambassador John Maisto, emphasized goals of the OAS Monterrey and Quebec Summits of the Americas in discussions with government, private sector, and NGO leaders and the media during his September 16-18 visit to Santo Domingo. He was accompanied by Ambassador Hertel [...]	2004-10-25 20:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KSUM KCOR KHIV ETRD SCUL XL XM DR
04TEGUCIGALPA1583	Maduro Launches Investigation of Forestry Agency [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 2, Honduran President Ricardo Maduro established an "intervention" into the operations of the Honduran Corporation for Forest Development, COHDEFOR. A three-person commission was named to conduct an in-depth analysis of COHDEFOR's operations, report back to Maduro within [...]	2004-07-19 13:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV EAGR KCRM KJUS KCOR PHUM SOCI HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2123	THE DEMISE OF HONDURAS' ANTI-CORRUPTION COUNCIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Once heralded by President Ricardo Maduro as a success story in the fight against corruption, Honduras' National Anti-Corruption Council (Consejo Nacional Anti Corrupcion - CNA) is about to fade from existence. The Maduro Administration plans to coopt the CNA's operations by plac [...]	2004-09-22 21:21:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM ECON PHUM PINR ASEC EAID HO

04TEGUCIGALPA2356	HONDURAN PUBLIC MINISTRY DROPPING CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: While other countries in the region have taken steps to arrest and/or prosecute high-level corrupt individuals, Honduras appears to be moving in the opposite direction. On October 18, the Public Ministry officially dropped all pending corruption charges against ex-president (and [...]	2004-10-20 22:28:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM ECON PHUM PINR EAID HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2357	HONDURAN PUBLIC MINISTRY DROPPING CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: While other countries in the region have taken steps to arrest and/or prosecute high-level corrupt individuals, Honduras appears to be moving in the opposite direction. On October 18, the Public Ministry officially dropped all pending corruption charges against ex-president (and [...]	2004-10-21 12:43:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM ECON PHUM PINR EAID HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2424	HONDURAS: TAX SERVICE STRENGTHENS INTERNAL [...] (C) Summary: The tax authority,s internal affairs unit, known as the Transparency Unit, has mounted a vigorous effort over the last 18 months to investigate and combat corruption within the tax and customs services. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the dismissals for corruption have had an a [...]	2004-10-29 15:44:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON KCOR ETRD PGOV PINR KMCA KJUS HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2434	AMBASSADOR URGES GREATER ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS; [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 27, Ambassador and DCM raised U.S. concerns with President Maduro about perceptions that Honduras is backsliding on anti-corruption efforts, its potential impact on MCC eligibility, and the recent decision by the Public Ministry (PM) to dismiss corruption cases against [...]	2004-10-29 20:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM ECON PHUM PINR EAID HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2496	HONDURAN AG NAVARRO SEEKS SOLUTION TO PARALYSIS AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Negotiations continue at the Public Ministry (PM) between Attorney General Ovidio Navarro and federal prosecutors (fiscales) after many fiscales walked off the job October 19 following Navarro's termination of ten and transfer of six others for their public criticism over the P [...]	2004-11-04 19:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM ECON PHUM PINR EAID HO
04YEREVAN1899	ARMENIA'S OLIGARCHS: STAYING RICH ON FOOD, GAS, AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Trade in the most basic goods in the Armenian economy is controlled by a small number of oligarchs with strong ties to government. While it is considered common knowledge that oligarchs use p [...]	2004-08-30 12:02:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EIND ETRD PGOV KCOR AM
04YEREVAN2071	IMF TEAM LEAVES ARMENIA UNIMPRESSED WITH PROGRESS [...] (SBU) The IMF team conducting the Sixth review of Armenia's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) program has left Armenia concerned about Armenia's progress in key areas of reform. The Resident Representative, James McHugh, told us that he anticipated problems completing the sixth rev [...]	2004-09-20 12:44:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID ETRD KCOR AM
05ABUJA1132	HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP, JUNE 2005 [...] This cable is a roundup of various incidents that impacted human rights in Nigeria, organized by section of the annual Human Rights Report. These incidents have not been reported in other cables, or are updates of previously reported items. --------------------------------------------- -- [...]	2005-06-24 13:19:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KCOR KIRF ELAB NI HUMANRIGHTS
05ABUJA1152	POLICE KILL 6 TRADERS, ATTEMPTED COVER-UP [...] The killing of six Igbo youths by police in an Abuja satellite town sparked anger among local residents, but the attempt by police to cover up the crime attracted nationwide attention. In the early morning hours of June 7, police shot and killed six auto parts traders, then attempted to disp [...]	2005-06-29 11:04:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KCOR KIRF KCRM NI
05ABUJA1172	ON DAY OF SUPREME COURT DECISION ON 2003 [...] With the Supreme Court due to deliver its judgment today, July 1, in the suit filed by 2003 ANPP presidential candidate General Muhammadu Buhari against the April 2003 re-election of President Olusegun Obasanjo, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command warned yesterday that it woul [...]	2005-07-01 09:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR NI ELECTIONS
05ABUJA1181	SUPREME COURT UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSES OUTCOME OF [...] (SBU) On the morning of July 1, the Supreme Court unanimously and strongly rejected the challenge to the 2003 election filed by All Nigerian People's Party (ANPP) presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari. The Court found that the election was in "substantial compliance" with the election law [...]	2005-07-01 15:34:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR NI ELECTIONS
05ABUJA1184	ON THE EVE OF THE DECISION ON THE 2003 ELECTION [...] (SBU) Intrigue, politics, and mudslinging have taken center stage at Nigerian Supreme Court. On June 21, a few days before delivering a judgment on the conduct of 2003 Nigerian presidential elections, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Muhammadu Uwais was accused of receiving bribes from a par [...]	2005-07-05 06:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM KCOR KCRM NI ELECTIONS
05ABUJA1497	SUPREME COURT VERDICT UPHOLDING 2003 ELECTION [...] (SBU) A month after the Supreme Court judgment upheld President Obasanjo's 2003 election, Nigeria is calm, with no reports of violence related to the verdict. The media provided only modest coverage of the judgment. Ordinary Nigerians have been more interested in discussing other issues suc [...]	2005-08-12 15:53:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR NI ELECTIONS
05ABUJA698	DRAFT ELECTORAL ACT REVISION--NET NEGATIVE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two years after Nigeria's greatly flawed 2003 and 2004 elections, a draft bill revising the Electoral Act is moving to committee in the National Assembly on its second reading. The net of what is in the draft is a slight step backwards in terms of the many serious concerns rai [...]	2005-05-06 13:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM EAID KCOR NI
05ABUJA728	NIGERIA (AND UK) RE-WRITE G8 TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) With the British, the GON has expanded its Action Plan requests of January 2005 into a thematic structure that happens now to include most existing and pipeline DfID anti-corruption projects. It does not include any existing or pipeline USG anti-corruption programs in Nigeria, although [...]	2005-05-12 23:05:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM EAID KCOR NI
05ALMATY4353	KAZAKHSTAN: DECISION ON ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAW [...] Summary: The anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing law under consideration in the Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) will not be passed by the end of 2005 as was previously planned, and was deferred until March 2006. The draft law generated questions from legislators about [...]	2005-12-09 06:17:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR ASEC KCOR KCRM PREL KZ
05ASUNCION1400	PARAGUAY: SURVEY RESULTS SEND MIXED MESSAGE ON [...] SUMMARY: The results of three recent polls send a mixed message on corruption in Paraguay. In mid-October, Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index showed Paraguay improved but still placed 144 out of the 159 countries surveyed. Separately, in late September 2005, a survey b [...]	2005-11-11 11:56:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCOR ECON PINR PA
05BAGHDAD2990	DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi told the Deputy Secretary on July 12 that Iraq has exported for the first time in recent months oil from the Northern pipeline to Turkey. He expects a sustainable increase to 240,000 b/d in the northern oil fields. An electric power cri [...]	2005-07-19 10:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET ECON KCOR IZ OVIP KCRS
05BAGHDAD3842	NEC CONCERNED ABOUT LACK OF NORTHERN OIL EXPORTS [...] (C) Summary: On September 8 the National Energy Council (NEC) approved Phases II and III of the Strategic Infrastructure Battalion (SIB) program, and agreed to pick up sustainment costs of the current four SIBs and the expense for seven more SIBs and a brigade headquarters. Minister of Financ [...]	2005-09-17 15:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREL PTER KCOR KCRM IZ
05BAGHDAD3943	ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION IN THE MINISTRY OF [...] (U) Action request, see para 18. 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY. Recent press accounts alleging massive fraud at the Iraqi Ministry of Defense (MoD) -- most notably implicating former Defense Minister Hazem Shaalan -- repeat allegations that have been made for some time. Embassy, IRMO, and MNSTC-I pla [...]	2005-09-24 02:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KCOR PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD4040	OIL WORKERS UNDER THREAT; MORE "UNOFFICIAL" FUEL [...] (S) Summary: Director General of the Oil Products Distribution Company at the Ministry of Oil Zuhayr Shakir (strictly protect) told us September 27 that he intends to institute further modest increases in fuel prices for both consumers and state-owned enterprises (SOEs). He believes that he [...]	2005-09-29 18:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON ENRG EPET KCOR KCRM PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD4091	IRAQ'S CHALLENGES IN COMBATING TERRORIST FINANCING [...] (C) Summary: Iraq faces many challenges in building its capacity to come to grips with terrorism financing and money laundering. The unique security situation also makes it extremely difficult to conduct an in-depth assessment of Iraq's needs and deliver technical assistance in this area. [...]	2005-10-04 03:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN KCOR EFIN ETTC PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD4335	IRAQ FUEL PRICES - A SNAPSHOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Black market prices are far outstripping the modest GOI efforts at price reform. "Unofficial" price rises for gasoline begun in September (Ref B) have spread to Basrah, Kirkuk and Mosul. END SUMMARY. ------------------- BLACK-MARKET PRICES ------------------- 2. (SBU) [...]	2005-10-20 14:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON EFIN KCOR PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD4347	UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE EDELMAN MEETS WITH PM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP) Eric Edelman and LTG Victor Renuart, Director of Strategic Plans and Policy, met with Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari at his office on October 18. They discussed the ongoing development of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF). Jaafari s [...]	2005-10-22 03:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS ECON EFIN PTER KCOR IZ
05BAGHDAD4378	CHALABI PLAN FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. One of Ahmad Chalabi's senior advisors indicated to PolOffs willingness to form an alliance with Ayad Allawi to form one liberal, moderate, centrist coalition. If an agreement cannot be reached before the coalition registration deadline -- and we doubt an agreement would be possi [...]	2005-10-24 12:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PNAT KCOR IZ
05BAGHDAD4400	INSPECTORS GENERAL HOLD EMERGENCY MEETING IN [...] (C) Summary. In reaction to the reported removal of Inspectors General (IG) from five ministries and the Council of Ministers, an emergency meeting of all the IGs and representatives from the TNA Committee on Integrity was held on October 23. The discussions focused on the integrity and ind [...]	2005-10-26 12:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCOR KCRM PGOV PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD4506	ACTIONS TO ASSURE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE INTEGRITY [...] (C/REL MCNI/IRAQ) SUMMARY: Failures of Iraq's critical energy infrastructure have reached unprecedented levels which are seriously hindering the Iraqi Transitional Government's (ITG) ability to raise desperately needed revenues and to deliver basic services such as electricity, fuel, and wate [...]	2005-11-03 03:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON ENRG EPET ETRD EWWT KCOR KCRM KHLS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PTER NATO
05BANGKOK5317	EASTERN SEABOARD WATER SHORTAGE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A water shortage in the industrial areas along Thailand's Eastern Seaboard raises questions about the management of the nation's water resources with important implications for the further development of Thailand's most important industrial zone. A concurrence of two dry years [...]	2005-08-18 07:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON ECPS ELAB EINV ENRG EPET KCOR KPRV SENV SOCI TH EPWR
05BRATISLAVA319	RADICAL HEALTH CARE REFORMS? MAYBE NOT [...] (C) Summary. In October 2004, the Slovak Parliament passed six health care reform laws that the World Bank called some of the "most radical reforms in the world." The laws seek to reduce the GOS's role in health care and make Slovaks pay for medical services that were once free as a way of [...]	2005-04-21 16:10:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCOR LO
05BRATISLAVA434	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, MAY 2005 [...] (C) Opposition political party Smer (reftel) met its long-held goal and became a member of Socialist International (SI). Smer MP Edita Angyalova, a former IV participant and one of Slovakia's youngest politicians, downplayed Smer's membership in SI, and noted that if the party were to become [...]	2005-06-07 12:48:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PARM KCOR KIRF LO EXBS UN
05BRATISLAVA486	CORRUPTION: SOME GOOD LAWS IN PLACE; LOCAL [...] Summary: Reducing corruption in Slovakia has been a long-term U.S. goal. The laws are now generally good, although some gaping weaknesses remain. An area of growing concern is public procurement at the local and regional levels, where officials act beyond the control of the national auditor' [...]	2005-06-22 08:49:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KJUS KCOR PINR LO
05GEORGETOWN1349	TEIXEIRA STRUGGLING TO CONTROL HOME AFFAIRS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Charge, Deputy Consul, and PolOff met with Minister of Home Affairs Gail Teixeira on December 23. Teixeira had requested a Consular briefing on trends in fake Guyanese civil documents detected by the Consular Section. Teixeira also described problems with control of the visa proce [...]	2005-12-28 23:20:00	Embassy Georgetown	SECRET	PGOV PREL SNAR SMIG KFRD KCOR KCRM GY
05GUATEMALA1464	NO CHEAP PETROLEUM FROM VENEZUELA; FREE TRADE ZONE [...] (SBU) EconCouns met with Minister of Energy and Mines Luis Ortiz and congressional Energy and Mines Committee chair Mynor Lopez the evening of June 7 for a readout on their recent trip to Venezuela (reftel). The two reported that there had been no surprises: Venezuela offered no special de [...]	2005-06-09 20:21:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV EFIN KCOR EPET VE GT
05GUATEMALA2050	CHINESE ACTIVITIES IN GUATEMALA [...] (S) Summary: Guatemala does not maintain substantial public or private sector ties with PRC China. Taiwanese influence in political and military affairs effectively blocks Chinese access. That influence has been maintained through direct assistance and bribes to government officials and is [...]	2005-08-26 18:37:00	Embassy Guatemala	SECRET	ECON PREL ETRD ETTC EINV ENRG EAGR EFIN EMIN PINS PGOV KCOR CH TW GT ESENV
05GUATEMALA2511	Guatemala and the MCC [...] (SBU) Summary: Going by MCC statistical procedures, Guatemala is unlikely to be selected to negotiate an MCC compact in FY 2006. But Guatemala's suitability for a compact should be evaluated in a more basic sense: is the Berger administration making progress toward MCC goals, and how do Gu [...]	2005-11-03 21:53:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON SOCI ETRD PGOV PREL KCOR GT MCC
05GUATEMALA2653	CONTRABAND, CUSTOMS REFORM AND THE INFORMAL ECONOMY [...] (C) Contraband poses an ongoing threat to Guatemala's economic development, undermining growth in the formal sector and diminishing the government's ability to collect taxes. The potential nexus with organized crime, human and drug smuggling, along with the incentive to corrupt and undermine [...]	2005-11-22 22:06:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN BEXP ETTC KCOR KCRM KIPR PGOV PM PINR ASEC SNAR GT
05GUATEMALA294	EXTRA, EXTRA! LETTER FROM GUATEMALA: THE BEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PITY THE POOR REPORTERS IN GUATEMALA. WHIPPED INTO A FRENZY OF HATRED AGAINST THE PREVIOUS PORTILLO GOVERNMENT, THEY NOW HAVE HAD A YEAR TO ADJUST TO PRESIDENT BERGER'S CLEANER ADMINISTRATION. WITH NO OBVIOUS GOVERNMENTAL ENEMY, EDITORIALISTS HAVE STRUGGLED TO STAY ON AN ADVERSA [...]	2005-02-07 14:08:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR KPAO EAID ELAB SENV ETRD GT
05GUATEMALA312	LETTER FROM GUATEMALA (6) [...] (SBU) January 31 marked the 25th anniversary of the fire at the Spanish Embassy that killed 37 persons. In a land that has suffered more than its share of grim tragedies over the last 50 years, this particular incident remains vividly controversial. Bishop Gonzalo de Villa, former head of L [...]	2005-02-07 22:04:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ETRD EAID ASEC MASS SNAR SENV KCOR GT
05GUATEMALA376	GANG VIOLENCE THREATENS GUATEMALAN SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With the implementation of hardline policies against gangs in neighboring Honduras and El Salvador (reftels),Guatemala is searching for ways to combat its own gang problem. The GOG blames the gangs for the continued upswing in homicides, which have increased each year for th [...]	2005-02-15 12:58:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR SNAR KCRM PGOV PHUM PARM PTER SMIG MASS ASEC EAID KCOR KFRD GT
05GUATEMALA47	LETTER FROM GUATEMALA (3) [...] (U) This is the third in our planned biweekly series of discursive messages on what's ticking in Guatemala. Generics: Moving to Plan B after Xmas Setback --------------------------------------------- 2. (C) President Berger signed into law Decree 34-2004 on December 22, effectively elim [...]	2005-01-07 21:07:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD KCOR KIPR KCRM ASEC SNAR EAID GT
05GUATEMALA545	GUATEMALA 2004 TIP REPORT [...] Summary: The Government of Guatemala (GOG) achieved remarkable success in its efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) during the reporting period, particularly in the development of new legal instruments to criminalize TIP activities. We note that Guatemala has achieved or made signif [...]	2005-03-01 22:18:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KCOR EAID KPAO GT
05GUATEMALA819	LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE FROM GUATEMALAN FM BRIZ [...] Embassy received late March 30 a letter from Guatemalan FM Jorge Briz to the Secretary. Text follows in para 2. The letter argues for greater cooperation in combatting narco-trafficking, alien smuggling and trafficking in persons by providing spare parts, training and other resources to Gua [...]	2005-03-31 17:37:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SMIG PHUM ASEC SNAR EAID MASS PREF PTER KCOR KDEM GT
05GUAYAQUIL1334	PYRAMID SCHEME COLLAPSES, THOUSANDS LOSE LIFE [...] Summary: The death of Jose Cabrera Roman, a notary in the City of Machala in El Oro province, exposed and precipitated the collapse of a massive pyramid scheme he had run for over a decade. Reports indicate that anywhere from 26,000 to 37,000 people made deposits with Cabrera, reportedly tota [...]	2005-12-02 20:49:00	Consulate Guayaquil	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM MOPS PGOV SOCI KCOR KFRD EFIN EC
05ISTANBUL526	CORRUPTION: TURKEY'S 800-POUND GORILLA? [...] (SBU) Summary: Public attention has returned to the subject of corruption in Turkey in recent weeks with publication of a country survey by the "Economist" magazine blaming the problem for Turkey's failure to attract more foreign investment. The survey coincided with the publication of Trans [...]	2005-04-08 05:51:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR ECON EFIN TU
05JERUSALEM3528	PA MINISTER ASKS USG TO HELP COMBAT GROWING HAMAS [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Abu Libdeh told Staffdel Savit on July 28 that the Palestinian Authority (PA) is working to fight terrorism and beat Hamas at its own game by establishing several schemes to protect the vulnerable segments of Palestinian society and "keep you [...]	2005-08-05 14:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV KCOR KTFN KWBG IS
05KATHMANDU2781	ICE OFFICIAL SEEKS FUNDING FOR NEPAL CUSTOMS [...] (SBU) In recent meetings with James Dozier of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement Division (ICE) from Embassy New Delhi, Nepali officials identified training and equipment needed to improve immigration, customs, and drug trafficking enforcement. Pol [...]	2005-12-12 10:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KCOR KFRD CVIS SNAR PTER NP
05KINGSTON1100	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: APRIL 1-21, 2005 [...] This week's topics: -- Golding Wins By-Election in Peaceful Day of Voting -- Violence in West Kingston Follows Golding Election -- Phillips Steps Up Crime-Fighting Measures -- Tourism Industry Resists Government Price Hikes -- Unions Seek Increased Benefits for Sugar Workers -- Chinese Rai [...]	2005-04-22 21:06:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON JM KCOR KCRM EINV EAID ELAB
05KINGSTON1197	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: APR 22 - MAY 6, 2005 [...] This week's topics: -- Police Under Attack from Kingston Gunmen -- Latest Crime Statistics -- Prime Minister Rolls Out the Goodies -- PNP Sources Report Concerns of a Party Divided -- Mexican President Fox Visits Jamaica -- Air Jamaica Settles Labor Dispute ----------------------------- [...]	2005-05-06 20:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV JM SNAR KCOR KCRM ELAB
05KINGSTON1449	A SENIOR POLICE OFFICER DISCUSSES DEPORTEES, [...] Summary: In a June 3 meeting with Poloff, the head of the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB),Assistant Commissioner of Police George Williams, concurred with one of the findings of an Embassy-funded study of deportees, acknowledged deep corruption within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF),[...]	2005-06-07 13:18:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM JM
05KINGSTON1465	A SENIOR POLICE OFFICER DISCUSSES DEPORTEES, [...] (C) In a June 3 meeting with Poloff, the head of the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB),Assistant Commissioner of Police George Williams, concurred with one of the findings of an Embassy-funded study of deportees, acknowledged deep corruption within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF),char [...]	2005-06-08 20:46:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM JM
05KINGSTON1534	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: MAY 7 - JUNE 16, 2005 [...] This week's topics: -- TIP: GOJ Responding to Threat of Sanctions -- Foreign Carriers Yield After Call Blocking Crisis -- Mayor of Spanish Town Resigns Following Arrest -- Seaga Offers Advice on his 75th Birthday -- Crime Statistics - Count Them Yourself -- Tax Laws to Fight Crime -- Prime [...]	2005-06-17 19:11:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV JM SNAR KCOR KCRM ELAB CASC TIP
05KINGSTON797	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: MAR 5-17, 2005 [...] This week's topics: -- Date Set for West Kingston By-Election -- A New Record? Crime Rate up 49% from 2004 -- Shooting at Funeral; Finance Minister Unharmed -- JLP Councillors Sue Government over Toll Bridge -- 11 Cubans Rescued Near Jamaica -- Jamaica Hosts African Diaspora Conference - [...]	2005-03-18 21:05:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON JM KCOR KCRM EINV EAID
05KINSHASA1678	NEW CAST OF CHARACTERS FOR GDRC PARASTATALS [...] (C) PolCouns met in September with Ngoba Maloba, the former CEO of the Congolese electricity company SNEL, who was replaced in the August 5 realignment of the directors of most of the major Congolese parastatals. Although Maloba complained bitterly that he was the victim of &political deals,8 [...]	2005-10-07 10:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EMIN KCOR CB
05KINSHASA1870	LARGEST CONGOLESE BANK CLAIMS GROSS INJUSTICE [...] (SBU) Summary. The DRC's largest and oldest bank has launched a lobbying campaign in opposition to a Supreme Court decision that upheld a USD 5.7 million judgment against it. The Commercial Bank of the Congo (BCDC) claims that the October 28 decision is a gross miscarriage of justice and yet [...]	2005-11-09 11:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV KCOR KJUS CG
05KINSHASA1956	KAMITATU DISTANCES HIMSELF FROM MLC/GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Olivier Kamitatu, President of the National Assembly and Secretary General of the MLC party, along with 45 MLC senators and deputies from all provinces, delivered a letter on November 26 asking MLC founder and DRC Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba for a more democratic party. In it, the [...]	2005-11-28 14:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR CG
05KINSHASA2072	TAX AUTHORITIES ARRESTED FOR CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: The GDRC's tax authority is grappling with a high-level scandal that also implicates several large enterprises. In October, Congolese authorities arrested the director of the national tax authority, Direction Generale des Impots (DGI),plus other DGI officials and businesspersons [...]	2005-12-21 11:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCOR EINV ECON PGOV CG
05KINSHASA710	S. KIVU GOVERNOR REMOVED FOR POOR MANAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. South Kivu Governor Augustin Bulaimu was dismissed April 25 for poor management and large-scale embezzlement. Post welcomes his dismissal. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) After months of negotiations, Minister of Interior Theophile Mbemba "permanently" suspended South Kivu Governor Augusti [...]	2005-04-27 10:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR CG
05KIRKUK289	(C) TURCOMANS: USG MUST PREVENT KURDS STEALING [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. The Iraqi Turcoman Front (ITF) believes the Kurds are making a massive, flagrant effort to steal the election in Kirkuk with IECI connivance. ITF leaders made a number of specific complaints to us and repeatedly threatened to take to the streets if their concer [...]	2005-12-14 19:07:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PNAT KCOR IZ
05LAGOS1543	LAGOS ANTICORRUPTION UNIT REQUESTS USG TECHNICAL [...] Summary. (C) The Lagos branch of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) met with the G8 Anticorruption/Transparency pilot team on September 23 to discuss its efforts to pursue financial crimes, institutional capacity to pursue such crimes, and areas in which it would like USG fund [...]	2005-10-05 07:44:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCOR KCRM ECON EINV PGOV PREL NI
05LILONGWE1043	MALAWI TELECOMMUNICATIONS PRIVATIZED AT LAST [...] (SBU) After a delay that started last August, Malawi's telecom provider has been sold to a consortium of local companies for $29 million. President Bingu wa Mutharika had stopped the deal out of concern that the privatized company might disconnect the two state-owned television broadcasters. [...]	2005-12-15 08:07:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ECPS KCOR MI
05LILONGWE1058	MALAWI TELECOM BOARD HOLDS UP PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) At what should have been a largely pro-forma meeting on 15 December, the board of Malawi Telecommunications Ltd. (MTL) voted down a proposal to privatize itself. The GOM, its sole shareholder, signed the deal on 14 December, together with all the other interested parties. Although MTL' [...]	2005-12-19 07:25:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCOR ECPS ECON MI
05LILONGWE107	MALAWI REIGNING IN PARASTATALS, PUSHING [...] (SBU) President Bingu wa Mutharika has recently reactivated the GOM's privatization program with a public speech strongly endorsing the Privatization Commission's efforts to push ahead with selling parastatal corporations. He is also said to have ordered the halt of operations at the Malawi De [...]	2005-02-03 12:17:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMCA KCOR PREL ECON EINV EAID MI
05LILONGWE131	MALAWI'S ANTI-CORRUPTION FIGHT RATCHETS UP [...] (U) Malawi's president used Malawi's Anti-Corruption Day on February 5 as a platform to reaffirm his stance against corruption and to use the issue as a political lever against the ruling party. As he raises the profile of this issue still further, the main GOM agency responsible for prosecut [...]	2005-02-10 14:41:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EINV KCOR PGOV KMCA MI
05LILONGWE179	UDF OFFICIALS CRY FOUL, DEFEND PARTY [...] SUMMARY. In a February 17 meeting with the donor community, four United Democratic Front (UDF) officials lashed out bitterly against President Muthartika. The officials outlined the political hazards of Mutharika's new party, professed support for his anti-corruption efforts, and denied tha [...]	2005-02-25 11:06:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KCOR PHUM KMCA MI
05LILONGWE341	MALAWI SCORES FIRST BIG CORRUPTION WIN [...] The mayor of Blantyre, Malawi's largest city, was convicted of theft yesterday. The Blantyre Magistrate's Court sentenced John Chikakwiya to three years in prison for stealing MK400,000 ($3,700) of funds solicited from a local merchant for city road repairs. This is the first conviction of a [...]	2005-04-21 06:11:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KCOR PREL KMCA MI
05LILONGWE438	EDUCATION MINISTER ARRESTED FOR CORRUPTION [...] On May 17 President Bingu wa Mutharika fired Education Minister Yusuf Mwawa after Mwawa was charged with using government funds for his own wedding reception. Earlier that day, Mwawa was arrested and charged on four counts: theft by a public servant, forgery, altering an official document, an [...]	2005-05-23 08:42:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
05LILONGWE448	GOVERNMENT CLOSES FINANCE BANK OF MALAWI [...] (U) In a move that took the Malawian business community by surprise, the GOM revoked the license of Finance Bank of Malawi (FBM) and closed the bank without warning on May 19. In public statements, the GOM has said the bank was regularly violating the country's banking regulations. GOM sources [...]	2005-05-26 09:50:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCOR KMCA EINV PREL MI BUD FIN
05LILONGWE457	PRESIDENT MUTHARIKA'S FIRST YEAR IN POWER [...] SUMMARY: Bingu wa Mutharika's first year as President of Malawi has seen ups and downs. The questionable nature of the May 2004 presidential election created an unsettled political atmosphere that would have tested any president. His inaugural speech generated hope with its emphasis on the [...]	2005-05-31 14:47:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR ECON KPAO MI
05LILONGWE508	MALAWI IMPEACHMENT RUMORS SWIRL [...] (C) Long-standing rumors of an impeachment attempt in Parliament have gained some credibility recently. The President's former party is said to be ready to bring the issue to the floor soon, and the President's office is canvassing diplomatic missions for legal help. At this point, the main [...]	2005-06-16 12:22:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KDEM PGOV KCOR MI
05LILONGWE540	SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT COLLAPSES DURING IMPEACHMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Speaker of Parliament collapsed on the House floor on June 23 as MPs debated procedures for possible Presidential impeachment. He was then taken to the hospital, stabilized, and then flown to South Africa. Parliament has been indefinitely suspended, and it is unclear who will [...]	2005-06-24 10:45:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCOR KDEM PGOV PREL MI
05LILONGWE555	SPEAKER DIES AS PRESIDENT BLASTS OPPOSITION [...] (U) Summary: The Speaker of Parliament passed away late on June 27, after suffering a heart attack on the house floor on June 23. This comes as the President, along with various community groups, is blaming the opposition parties for the Speaker's condition, as well as Parliament's delay in pa [...]	2005-06-28 14:42:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KCOR KDEM PGOV PREL MI
05LILONGWE564	MALAWIAN MILITARY'S ROLE IN CURRENT POLITICAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-29 14:41:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR KDEM PGOV PREL MI POL MIL
05LILONGWE577	PARLIAMENT RECONVENES TO FOCUS ON BUDGET [...] Parliament reconvened on Thursday, July 7, to focus on passing the budget for 2005/06. This is the first meeting of Parliament since the late Speaker collapsed on the floor of the House on June 23 during debate over Presidential impeachment procedures. MPs seemed focused on addressing the bu [...]	2005-07-07 14:47:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KDEM PREL PGOV KCOR MI BUD FIN
05LILONGWE614	GOVERNMENT PASSES OPPOSITION TEST IN PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) A controversial constitutional ammendment (reftel) supported by the full force of both opposition parties was rejected in Parliament on July 19th. The bill would have forced MPs who change parties to give up their seats in Parliament. The bill had the full support of the opposition, an [...]	2005-07-20 11:36:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KCOR KDEM PGOV PREL MI
05LILONGWE649	PRESIDENT RESHUFFLES CABINET; SIDELINES [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika has reorganized his Cabinet, removing the portfolio of Vice-President Chilumpha and demoting the Minister of Information. The President also fired the Minister of Mines and the Environment, promoted the Minister of Home Affairs to Minister of Agriculture, an [...]	2005-08-01 14:48:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON KCOR KDEM PGOV PREL TBIO MI
05LILONGWE930	MALAWI ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE [...] (SBU) In a recent conference with Malawi's Anti-Corruption Bureau, director Gustave Kaliwo described the status of his agency's new and ongoing prosecutions. Three new cases are significant: the upcoming deposition of former president Bakili Muluzi in an investigation against him, and the rece [...]	2005-10-25 09:41:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV KCOR EINV KHLS MI
05LIMA4341	PERUVIAN PARTICIPATION AT APEC EXPORT CONTROL [...] This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. As requested in reftel, we spoke with Ambassador Juan Capunay, Director of the APEC office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 3. Capunay confirmed that Peru will send three participants to the November 1-3 APEC conference on "Eff [...]	2005-10-06 20:42:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KCOR PE APECO
05LJUBLJANA67	COM CALLS ON DIRECTOR OF SLOVENIA'S CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary. In a January 27 courtesy call, COM met with Drago Kos, the head of Slovenia's newly independent Commission for the Prevention of Corruption, (CPC). Kos explained the CPC was established as an independent Commission to address the issue of preventingcorruption. It has no invest [...]	2005-02-01 10:21:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCOR PINR SI
05LJUBLJANA840	REFERENDUM INITIATIVE KEEPS ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: A last ditch attempt to call a referendum on this issue has delayed the Government's plan to abolish Slovenia's independent Anti-Corruption Commission and transfer oversight responsibilities for government corruption to the parliament. The Government claims the Commission is t [...]	2005-12-07 08:32:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR SI
05MANILA1061	RECRUITMENT COMPANIES AND TRAFFICKING [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Recruiting Filipinos to work abroad is an important national industry in the Philippines. The GRP regulates and licenses recruitment companies through the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency [...]	2005-03-07 08:31:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWMN PHUM KCRM KCOR ELAB ECON RP
05MANILA1506	LAW ENFORCEMENT CORRUPTION IN THE PHILIPPINES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The nexus of law enforcement corruption in the Philippines lies in four key areas: 1) bribery in recruitment and extortion in training; 2) ineffectual and politically manipulated Internal Affairs; 3) financial mismanagement; and, 4) procurement and resource mismanagement. PNP [...]	2005-04-01 06:19:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS KCRM KCOR KJUS ASEC RP
05MANILA1595	LATEST KILLING OF JOURNALIST SPARKS OUTRAGE [...] (U) Summary: The shooting of a well-known journalist in Mindanao on March 24 marked what media organizations say is the fourth of a journalist this year and has sparked new public outrage. The House of Representatives plans a hearing and the Catholic Church has condemned the attack. The Ph [...]	2005-04-06 08:09:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS KCOR KPAO RP
05MANILA1618	TIP UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Mission has underscored to the GRP the possibility that the U.S. might place the Philippines on the TIP Tier 3 list due to lack of convictions and allegations of official corruption, among other reasons. We have repeatedly requested comprehensive statistics about prosecutions an [...]	2005-04-07 08:30:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB KCOR RP JA
05MANILA1641	CORRUPTION UPDATE: PLUNDER CHARGES (AT LAST) [...] (C) Summary: The Ombudsman filed plunder charges on April 6 against Major General Carlos Garcia and his immediate family members, while his court martial continues. Neither case is expected to conclude soon, however. The GRP has also filed new charges against 21 officials in the Department [...]	2005-04-08 08:12:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PREL MARR ECON RP
05MANILA1909	PROPOSED MOU FOR THE "MAPP" [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (U) Noting that the Philippine National Police (PNP) -- at the instigation of Philippine Ambassador to Washington Del Rosario -- was now interested in pursuing a "Management Assessment of the Philippine Police" with the USG that would parall [...]	2005-04-27 08:37:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM SOCI KCOR PTER PGOV PINS ASEC RP
05MANILA2142	BISHOPS LASH OUT AT PRESIDENT ARROYO [...] (C) Summary: In a recent press conference, three left-leaning Catholic bishops accused President Arroyo of not doing enough to help the poor, and said they would participate in a "national day of mourning and protest" on June 12. Separately, in public testimony in the House on May 3, Archbi [...]	2005-05-11 21:01:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KCOR PHUM SOCI RP
05MANILA2359	ILLEGAL "JUETENG" LOTTERY POTENTIALLY THREATENS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The illegal lottery known as "jueteng" played a prominent role in the downfall of former President Estrada, and a newly brewing scandal related to jueteng could potentially have a similar impact on the Arroyo Administration. Despite Malacanang's vows to crack down on jueteng, [...]	2005-05-23 07:42:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR KCRM ASEC RP
05MANILA2578	CORRUPTION UPDATE: "JUETENG"; GARCIA; ESTRADA [...] (C) Summary: Amid a recent swirl of allegations involving the first family, a witness at a May 30 Senate investigation of "jueteng" (illegal lottery games) accused the President's son, Congressman "Mikey" Arroyo, of receiving profits from the game. President Arroyo dismissed the accusations [...]	2005-06-02 08:12:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KCOR ECON RP
05MANILA2670	PHILIPPINES CORRUPTION: BUSINESS LEADERS [...] (C) Influential members of the Manila business community increasingly express concerns about how corruption is undermining the RP's economic outlook. According to long-time Embassy contact Washington Sycip, who is widely respected as among the top economic observers in the country, corruption [...]	2005-06-09 05:32:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV BEXP KCOR RP
05MANILA271	FORMER PRESIDENT ESTRADA RETURNS TO THE [...] (C) Summary: Former president Joseph "Erap" Estrada returned to Manila on January 15 after undergoing knee surgery in Hong Kong. Despite concerns that there could be a confrontation between his supporters and authorities, Estrada's return was uneventful, with police whisking him off via hel [...]	2005-01-18 09:39:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PREL ECON PINR RP
05MANILA2712	SETBACK IN GARCIA GRAFT CASE [...] (C) Summary: The recent ruling in the corruption trial of former comptroller of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) General Garcia that his wife cannot be charged as a co-conspirator poses a serious threat to the prosecution's case. Though the prosecutors intend to appeal the ruling, [...]	2005-06-14 03:30:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KCOR ECON RP
05MANILA2730	FIRMS PERCEIVE PERVASIVE [...] Summary: A recently released "Social Weather Station" survey indicated that Filipino business executives perceive a "very high" and "steady" level of corruption in public agencies and a "serious" level of corruption in the private sector. The survey will probably erode confidence among po [...]	2005-06-14 07:33:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV BEXP KCOR RP
05MANILA2821	EMBASSY ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS -- LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past year, Mission has stepped up law enforcement anti-corruption efforts. Mission played a key role in major anti-corruption cases, particularly the case against former Comptroller of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) General Carlos Garcia. We are now activ [...]	2005-06-21 08:09:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KCOR CVIS ECON RP
05MANILA3593	HOUSE SETS RULES FOR IMPEACHMENT COMPLAINT [...] (C) Summary: The House has set the rules for the Opposition's impeachment complaint against President Arroyo. The rules will allow the House to refer the complaint to the Senate at any point if the Opposition is able to show that it has attained requisite support (79 members). The Opposition [...]	2005-08-03 08:11:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL KCOR RP
05MANILA3862	CABINET SECRETARY IN DISCUSSIONS WITH ESTRADA [...] (C) Summary: Michael Defensor, Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, has confirmed that he has been engaged in talks with supporters of former president Estrada. The exact scope of the talks is unclear, but Defensor, claiming that he is acting on his own volition, says the talks su [...]	2005-08-21 09:27:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR SOCI KCOR RP
05MANILA464	ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE PICKS UP STEAM [...] (C) Summary: Mission is actively working with GRP counterparts to help them develop legal cases against Philippine officials who have allegedly been engaged in graft and other forms of corruption. GRP officials have recently advanced numerous new corruption-related cases against prominent m [...]	2005-01-28 07:35:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PREL MARR ECON PINR RP
05MANILA4693	KEY FIGURE IN GRP FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On September 30, GRP Ombudsman Simeon Marcelo announced that he would resign effective November 30 due to health reasons. Marcelo is widely respected as a highly effective anti-corruption crus [...]	2005-10-02 07:38:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR ECON RP
05MANILA5012	SEARCH FOR NEXT OMBUDSMAN -- GRP'S KEY ANTI- [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GRP's Judicial and Bar Council is reviewing possible candidates to replace Ombudsman Simeon Marcelo, who is resigning on November 30. Favored candidates include Presidential Legal Counsel [...]	2005-10-25 03:35:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR ECON EAID PINR RP
05MANILA5647	COURT-MARTIAL FINDS GENERAL GARCIA GUILTY [...] (U) On the afternoon of December 2, a general court martial board sentenced retired Major General Carlos Garcia to dishonorable dismissal, forfeiture of military retirement benefits, and two years of hard labor at a military prison. The military court found Garcia, a former military comptroll [...]	2005-12-02 09:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KCOR ECON RP
05MANILA5688	PRESIDENT ARROYO APPOINTS NEW OMBUDSMAN TO LEAD [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: President Arroyo has named her Chief Legal Counsel, Maria Merceditas "Mercy" Gutierrez, as the new Ombudsman for the Philippines. Gutierrez, a 1995 participant in the State Department's Intern [...]	2005-12-06 08:50:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR KWMN ECON EAID PINR RP

05MANILA5734	TESTIMONY OF FORMER ELECTORAL OFFICIAL BEFORE [...] (C) Summary: Former Commission on Elections (COMELEC) official Virgilio Garcillano's House testimony on December 7 did not bring closure to the "Hello Garci" audiotape controversy involving President Arroyo. Garcillano refused to comment directly on the audiotapes, but firmly denied rigging [...]	2005-12-08 07:32:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR PINS PINR EAID RP
05MANILA5749	CONVICTION IN MEDIA KILLING, BUT SLAYINGS CONTINUE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: A Philippine court has sentenced a former policeman to life imprisonment for murdering a journalist, the first such conviction since 2000. The Philippines, however, remains a very dangerous pl [...]	2005-12-09 07:27:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINS KCOR KPAO RP
05MANILA5806	SEARCH FOR NEW SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE NARROWS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GRP's Judicial and Bar Council has submitted to President Arroyo its "short list" -- consisting of the three most senior associate justices -- to succeed current Supreme Court Chief Justice [...]	2005-12-14 03:33:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR PREL ECON EAID ETRD PINR RP
05MANILA5914	PRESIDENT ARROYO APPOINTS NEW SUPREME COURT CHIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 20, President Arroyo appointed Associate Justice Artemio V. Panganiban, 69, as the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Panganiban is a well-respected, articulate jurist and is expected to continue the judicial reforms begun by his predecess [...]	2005-12-21 09:21:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR PREL ECON EAID ETRD PINR RP
05MANILA84	LATEST PROGRESS ON ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The President's new anti-corruption czar has requested Embassy's cooperation, which Embassy officers will provide in addition to ongoing coordination with the Office of the Ombudsman. The GRP is making progress on some new high profile corruption cases, most recently charging an [...]	2005-01-06 08:45:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PREL MARR ECON PINR RP
05MAPUTO106	Mozambique: Request for FY 2005 ESF funding [...] Summary: Post requests USD 700,000 for FY2005 to fund efforts to combat official corruption by promoting integrity and transparency within the public sector and to improve the investment climate by making the regulatory framework for resolving labor disputes more investment-friendly. Anti- cor [...]	2005-01-21 10:49:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MZ KCOR ELAB ESF
05MAPUTO1138	MOZAMBIQUE: MINISTER SACKS HEAD OF NATIONAL [...] (U) On August 3, Mozambican Labor Minister Helena Taipo dismissed Elina Mafuiane Gomes as Director General of the Social Security National Institute (INSS -- Mozambique's social security agency). Gomes had headed INSS since 2001. More than a dozen other senior INSS officials have either been d [...]	2005-09-01 16:26:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR PGOV PREL MZ
05MAPUTO1176	MOZAMBIQUE - AUGUST ECONOMIC DIGEST [...] (U) The following is a brief summary of significant economic issues in Mozambique in August 2005. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. 2. (U) Index: - Labor Arbitration Centers Planned by End of Year - Government Reorganizes Anti-Corruption Office - Audit of Alleged Crimin [...]	2005-09-14 06:08:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB KCRM KCOR ETRD SENV KHIV EINV MZ
05MAPUTO133	MOZAMBIQUE: ACCUSED CARDOSO ASSASSIN ANIBALZINHO [...] Anibal dos Santos Junior ("Anibalzinho"),the man convicted of leading the hit squad responsible for the November 2000 assassination of investigative journalist Carlos Cardoso, arrived in Maputo on January 22 and was taken into custody, after having been deported from Canada. In January 2003, [...]	2005-01-27 14:42:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KJUS MZ KCOR KCRM
05MAPUTO1334	MOZAMBIQUE: NEW CHIEF FOR RESTRUCTURED [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 9 the controversial head of Mozambique's Anti-Corruption Unit, Assistant Attorney General Isabel Rupia, was removed and replaced by her colleague, Assistant Attorney General Rafael Sebastiao. The GRM explained the move as part of a restructuring process of the Unit [...]	2005-10-13 11:52:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR PGOV PREL MZ
05MAPUTO1408	MOZAMBIQUE: MURDER OF DIRECTOR OF MAPUTO CENTRAL [...] On October 21 the Director of Maputo Central Prison, Jorge Microsse, was fatally shot in the Pequenos Libombos area of Boane district, about 40 kilometers outside Maputo city. According to press reports, Microsse was approached in his car by four armed men at approximately 1730 hrs as he stoppe [...]	2005-10-28 07:57:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCOR KCRM MZ PGOV PHUM
05MAPUTO1424	MOZAMBIQUE: WEALTHY BUSINESSMAN'S SON KIDNAPPED; [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. Not for internet distribution. 2. (U) According to reports in the press, Gafur Hassan, son of prominent Indo-Mozambican businessman Gulamo Hassan, was kidnapped in the evening of October 27 in the city of Nacala, Nampula province, [...]	2005-11-01 14:27:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KCOR SNAR PHUM MZ
05MAPUTO1569	MOZAMBIQUE: ANIBALZINHO RETRIAL BEGINS; DEFENDANT [...] The retrial of Anibal dos Santos Junior ("Anibalzinho"),the man convicted of leading the hit squad responsible for the November 2000 assassination of investigative journalist Carlos Cardoso, began on December 1 in the Maputo City court. Anibalzinho was previously tried in absentia and, in Jan [...]	2005-12-06 12:15:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KCOR PREL PHUM MZ
05MAPUTO1586	MOZAMBIQUE: 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-09 10:09:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCOR KCRIM MZ
05MAPUTO1653	MOZAMBIQUE: NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY [...] (SBU) The Ministry of State Administration presented a draft of Mozambique's National Anti-Corruption Strategy at a December 7 - 9 seminar held in Maputo. The event was designed to build consensus around the anti-corruption strategy and identify challenges in its implementation, and brought [...]	2005-12-27 05:38:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR PGOV PREL MZ
05MAPUTO559	MOZAMBIQUE - CORRUPTION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Mozambique has a serious corruption problem. The former Chissano government did little to confront the problem despite repeated promises. In the past three months newly-elected President Guebuza has vowed to take action. There are signs that his government is serious about grappli [...]	2005-05-05 12:00:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM EAID MZ
05MAPUTO692	MOZAMBIQUE: GUEBUZA'S 100-DAY VICTORY LAP [...] (SBU) President Guebuza has spent the first 100 days in office traveling the length of the country, bolstering support for himself and the ruling party, Frelimo. In public addresses he has held firm to the themes of his campaign promise to alleviate poverty, combat corruption and eliminate bur [...]	2005-06-03 10:02:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MZ KCOR HIV AIDS PEPFAR
05MINSK851	THE BANKING SECTOR, BELARUSIAN STYLE [...] Summary: The banking system in Belarus is characterized by its underdevelopment, lack of foreign competition, and constant government interference. The Belarusian economy still relies primarily on cash as a settlement instrument. Cash outside the banking sector is the preferred method of paym [...]	2005-07-28 14:18:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV KCOR BTIU PGOV AFIN BO
05NAIROBI1488	Kenya Telecom Reform: A Good Story Gone Bad? [...] (SBU) Summary: After years of stagnation under a government-mandated monopoly, Kenya's telecom and ICT sectors looked set to grow rapidly in 2005 following the adoption late in 2004 of bold reforms aimed at opening the market to all comers. These prospects are now in doubt, however, followi [...]	2005-04-10 21:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON KCOR KE
05NAIROBI1517	KENYA: FINANCE MINISTER TALKS ABOUT CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: The kingpins of corruption who fleeced Kenya under the previous administration went about "business-as-usual" with officials in the current Kibaki government, acknowledged David Mwiraria, Kenya's Finance Minister, in a meeting with the Ambassador on March 6. In this regard, th [...]	2005-04-13 04:26:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KCOR PINR KE
05NAIROBI1756	BUDGET REFORM: A KEY TO BETTER GOVERNANCE IN KENYA [...] (U) This is a joint State-USAID cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Kenya's system for allocating its scarce national resources though the national budget process is broken and has long been a factor in the country's slow economic decline. Recognizing this, the government, spearheaded by the Minist [...]	2005-04-26 13:09:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV KE
05NAIROBI2651	KENYA'S IMF PROGRAM: PROGRESS HINGES ON [...] This is a Joint Embassy-USAID message. 2. (SBU) Summary: Kenya performed reasonably well in meeting the quantitative and structural targets of its IMF program during the current, second review period, and the government and the IMF have reached broad agreement for targets in the next revi [...]	2005-06-28 15:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV KE
05NAIROBI3052	KENYAN GOVERNMENT REJECTS, BUT PUBLIC APPLAUDS, UK [...] (C) SUMMARY: A just-announced UK travel ban on Minister of Transport Murungaru has dominated the media, and provoked a flurry of GOK criticisms of the UK, despite a quiet warning to President Kibaki six weeks ago. Most Kenyans, however, are cheering at this diplomatic slap against the governm [...]	2005-08-01 03:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CVIS CLOK OFDP SNAR KPAO KCOR KE UK GM
05NAIROBI3129	IMF BRIEFS KENYA'S "LIKE MINDED" POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya IMF Resident Representative Jurgen Reitmeier briefed a small gathering of "Like-Minded Donors/Political" (LiMiD/P) on July 12. In addition to outlining Kenya's progress on its PRGF, as reported in reftel, Reitmeier offered a guardedly optimistic assessment of Kenya's cu [...]	2005-08-04 04:53:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR KE
05NAIROBI3170	DESPERATE MURUNGARU TURNS TO THUGS TO DEFEND HIS [...] (SBU) Kenyan and international media reported August 4 that a foreign-owned ranch was invaded on August 3 by a group of Kenyans who were reacting to the United Kingdom's announcement (ref a) that Kenyan Minister for Transportation Chris Murungaru is ineligible to visit or transit the UK. The [...]	2005-08-04 13:09:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PREL SOCI PINS KE
05NAIROBI3180	ENGAGING KENYA ON ITS MCA THRESHOLD PROPOSAL [...] (U) This is joint Embassy-USAID Message. 2. (C) Embassy Nairobi welcomes the proposed August 15-19 visit by MCC personnel to evaluate Kenya's application for MCC Threshold funding and encourages an early country clearance request. We see the purpose of this visit as assessing Kenya's eff [...]	2005-08-05 07:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KMCA EAID PGOV ECON EFIN PREL KCOR KE MCA
05NAIROBI3287	KENYA PASSES TWO MAJOR ECONOMIC REFORM BILLS [...] (U) This is a Joint Embassy-USAID message. 2. (SBU) Summary: Kenya's Parliament has passed two pieces of economic reform legislation, the Public Procurement Bill and the Privatization Bill. Both are important in the long march towards a stronger, faster growing economy and improved gover [...]	2005-08-12 08:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV KE
05NAIROBI3289	NGILU: NARC DISAPPOINTING; MY MINISTRY CORRUPT AND [...] SUMMARY. Health Minister Charity Ngilu confided to the Ambassador August 10 that she has lost faith in the Kibaki government's commitment to fighting high-level corruption. She pointed to the resurgence of unsavory figures like Nicolas Biwott as evidence that NARC, once in power, had abandon [...]	2005-08-12 08:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KHIV KCOR PREL PGOV EAID KE
05NAIROBI3927	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: More than six months after the Government of Kenya's anti-graft credentials all but disappeared, the country is at a crossroads in the war on corruption. On the one hand, senior civil servants are driving a series of systemic reforms and improvements in the country's legal and i [...]	2005-09-22 06:40:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID KCOR PGOV KE
05NAIROBI4384	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT KIBAKI [...] (C) I met alone with President Kibaki for 40 minutes October 19. The meeting was prompted by the decision in Washington earlier this week to find Transport Minister Christopher Murungaru ineligible for entry into the U.S. under Presidential Proclamation 7750. Advised of this decision early [...]	2005-10-24 02:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CVIS KCOR KE
05NAIROBI4436	"OFFICIAL" CAMPAIGN PERIOD KICKS OFF AS PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The "official" period for campaigning for or against the proposed draft constitution kicked off on October 21, with the banana "Yes" team on the defensive following the publication of unfavorable opinion poll results and President Kibaki attracting criticism for allegedly defying [...]	2005-10-26 13:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SENV KDEM KCOR KE
05NAIROBI4470	REACTION TO TRAVEL BAN ON DR. CHRIS MURUNGARU [...] (U) Summary. Following an apparent leak from within the Kenyan government, news of the U.S. travel ban on Kenyan Transport Minister Dr. Chris Murungaru (reftel) spread quickly late on Tuesday October 25, becoming the top news item on all of the major television news reports that evening. The [...]	2005-10-28 02:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL CVIS KCOR KE
05NAIROBI4506	GIFTING AMBOSELI FOR VOTES - A BAD ENVIRONMENTAL, [...] (SBU) Summary: Hoping to create support among the Maasai community for Kenya's draft constitution, on September 28, Kenya's Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife degazetted (declassified) Kenya's renowned Amboseli National Park and handed over administrative control to the local county council. [...]	2005-10-31 07:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV PREL EAID ECON KCOR KE
05NAIROBI4599	IMF BRIEFS DONORS ON KENYA'S ECONOMY AND PRGF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IMF Mission Chief for Kenya Godfrey Kalinga briefed donors on the results of a 10-day IMF mission examining Kenya's progress on the second review of its three-year $326.7 million Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). Kalinga was generally optimistic on Kenya's near-te [...]	2005-11-07 11:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR KE
05NAIROBI4781	WFP: POLITICS, ECONOMICS HINDER KENYA'S FIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: World Food Program (WFP) officials briefed Ambassador and Emboffs on the November 2nd appeal for donor support for Kenya's continuing food emergency, which will likely keep more than 1.2 million people at risk until at least February. WFP Country Director Tesema Negash expres [...]	2005-11-17 12:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID ETRD PGOV PREL TBIO KCOR
05NAIROBI4902	A DEFINING MOMENT FOR KIBAKI,S PRESIDENCY [...] (C) Summary. President Kibaki met with me and three other chiefs of mission on November 25. The COMs praised the government,s handling of the Constitutional Referendum and Kibaki,s stoic leadership following the massive &no8 vote. We urged that Kibaki seize this chance to remove corrupt and [...]	2005-11-29 01:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	KE KDEM PGOV PREL KCOR
05NAIROBI5072	KENYA'S NEW CABINET APPOINTEES AND U.S. INTERESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kibaki's new cabinet is a mixed bag for U.S. interests in security, corruption, and economic policy. New Foreign Minister Raphael Tuju will be more capable than the laterally transferred Ali Mwakwere, but given his antagonistic track record, will not necessarily be ame [...]	2005-12-08 11:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KCOR ETRD KE
05NAIROBI5103	CORRUPTION IN KENYA - JOHN GITHONGO PREPARES TO TELL [...] (C) Summary: Former Kenyan "anti-corruption czar" John Githongo has organized all of the evidence of wrongdoing in his possession and put it into a single seamless narrative detailing the grand scale corruption committed by several of the highest-ranking and most influential ministers and ad [...]	2005-12-13 09:36:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV KCOR KPAO PINR KE
05NAIROBI5240	AMBASSADOR RAISES ISSUES OF U.S. CONCERN WITH NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador raised several issues of concern in our bilateral relationship during December 20 meeting with newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs Raphael Tuju, including: counter-terrorism, Article 98, Rewards for Justice, travel warnings, narcotics, public corruption, [...]	2005-12-23 03:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SNAR MASS CASC KCOR KE SO SU AU KICC
05NAIROBI660	DONORS: NO BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR KENYA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 8, World Bank Kenya hosted the quarterly meeting of the Donor Coordination Group (DCG) at which near consensus was expressed that the planning for the April 11-12 annual Consultative Group Meeting (CG) for Kenya could not be "business as usual" in light of the resi [...]	2005-02-14 12:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON KCOR KMCA PGOV KPAO KE
05PARIS5176	OECD REPORT: WORKING GROUP ON BRIBERY, HELD ON [...] On the June 14-16 meeting of the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB),the Tour de Table of recent enforcement developments (see Paras. 18-26) reconfirmed that the U.S. remains far and away the most aggressive enforcer of the foreign bribery offense. France was particularly disappointing, sho [...]	2005-07-27 09:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KCOR ECON ETRD EINV PREL UK OECD
05PRAGUE1275	CZECH CORRUPTION FIGHTER UNDER ATTACK BY JUSTICE [...] SUMMARY. (C) In the midst of a very public battle between Justice Minister Pavel Nemec and the Supreme State Prosecutor (Attorney General) Marie Benesova, Benesova's number two, Deputy Attorney General Jaroslav Fenyk, contacted the Embassy to air grievances and his version of events. Fenyk pro [...]	2005-09-01 15:26:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EZ KCOR
05PRAGUE1329	CZECH CORRUPTION: BAD, AND UNLIKELY TO GET BETTER [...] SUMMARY. In light of several recent Czech corruption scandals, post offers the following snapshot of the issue. Internal statistics, as well as assessments from Transparency International and the World Bank show the number of cases is increasing, while the government's effectiveness in combati [...]	2005-09-14 07:49:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	KCOR PGOV EINV KJUS EZ
05QUITO1000	EMBASSY RECOMMENDS 3C FINDINGS FOR ISAIAS BROTHERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: William and Roberto Isaias, former chiefs of Filanbanco bank and among Ecuador's richest men, fled Ecuador in 1999 after absconding with over $100 million in government bailout funds. They used their ill-gotten wealth to buy safe passage from Ecuador and later pressured prosecu [...]	2005-05-02 23:21:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CVIS EFIN KCOR EC
05QUITO1350	GOE DEMANDS DEBTORS' RESIGNATIONS [...] Summary. On June 6, Secretary General of the Administration Luis Herreria called for the resignations of all senior public servants, including Cabinet ministers, who were delinquent in debt repayments before taking office. Herreria's announcement came two days after Congress published a lis [...]	2005-06-10 18:26:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCOR PREL ECON EC
05QUITO1507	ROADBLOCKS MANY TO GUTIERREZ RETURN [...] SUMMARY. Former Ecuador President Lucio Gutierrez has announced his intention to return to Ecuador to confront those who deposed him. An imminent Gutierrez return appears unlikely, however, owing to the myriad of charges, criminal and otherwise, filed against him. The ex-president's politic [...]	2005-06-24 20:06:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCOR PREL PHUM EC
05QUITO1522	FURTHER BACKGROUND ON POTENTIAL INTENDING [...] (U) Reftel requested Department concurrence regarding Embassy-recommended visa revocations. This telegram provides additional background on the visa holders, all associated with the administration of former Ecuador President Lucio Gutierrez. We no longer seek to revoke the visa of one, but [...]	2005-06-28 18:14:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PREL KCOR EC
05QUITO236	ANOTHER DEFECTION FROM GUTIERREZ'S INNER CIRCLE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tired and forlorn, Presidential Legal Advisor and close Embassy contact Carlos Larrea informed Poloffs January 27 that President Lucio Gutierrez was feeling growing pressure from legislative allies for cabinet and policy changes. The PRE party sought ministerial positions from [...]	2005-01-28 22:12:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KDEM PREL PHUM EC
05QUITO650	UN ENVOY'S VISIT: ALL POTATOES, NO MEAT [...] SUMMARY: Attempting to spur dialog toward an eventual solution to Ecuador's ongoing court crisis, UN Rapporteur Leandro Despouy visited Quito March 13-18 for a series of meetings with pro-government forces, political opposition, and third-party actors. Great expectations surrounded Despouy' [...]	2005-03-22 22:12:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM KCOR EC
05RABAT2258	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] The Government of Morocco's 2006 appropriation bill forecasts a 5.4 percent growth rate and a two percent inflation rate, with oil at $60 a barrel and an exchange rate of nine Moroccan dirham to one U.S. dollar. Finance Minister Fathallah Oualalou revealed these figures during his presentati [...]	2005-11-02 17:29:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EFIN KCOR KIPR MO
05RIODEJANEIRO1118	Garotinho: President-in-Waiting or Political Exile? [...] Summary. Despite a series of polls and articles discussing the presidential chances of Rio de Janeiro's popular and populist ex-governor Anthony Garotinho, the issue of whether he is even eligible to run will not be decided for several days. Even if the electoral courts choose not to revoke [...]	2005-10-06 17:26:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCOR BR
05RIODEJANEIRO1228	Garotinho Scores Victory, Loses Ground [...] Summary. Despite winning a narrow victory in the Regional Electoral Tribunal (TRE) that restored his political rights, Anthony Garotinho (Rio de Janeiro's ex-governor and 2006 presidential candidate) appears to be losing ground in his quest for the presidency. His own PMDB party has been luke [...]	2005-12-02 16:21:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCOR BR
05SANAA106	ADEN PORT: YEMEN MISSES ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY [...] (SBU) In a briefing to donors on January 10, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Ahmed Sofan announced that Prime Minister Ba Jammal "in the interest of promoting the widest competition" rejected the Rotterdam Management Group's (RMG) recommendation to [...]	2005-01-17 10:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KCOR YM COM
05SANAA144	RECENT JUDICIAL RESHUFFLE: REFORM OR VANDETTA [...] (U) Summary. Most legal experts view a recent reshuffle of the Yemeni judiciary by the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) more as a vendetta against supporters of rebel cleric Hussein al-Houthi (reftel) than as a serious effort to reform Yemen's weak judiciary. What is required, they note, is a po [...]	2005-01-25 11:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KMPI KMCA KCOR YM KHUM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA277	DECLINING OIL AND PARLIAMENTARY INTERVENTION [...] (C) Summary: Yemen's oil production is steadily declining, and may drop below 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2005. (Note: Production reached a high of 490,000 bpd in 2003.) Mismanagement of existing oil fields accelerates production and could serve to reduce long-term yields. Current explor [...]	2005-02-12 06:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KCOR ECON YM COM ENERGY
05SANAA37	ECONOMIC REFORM PART DEUX: ROYG MAKING LIMITED [...] (C) Summary. During a rancorous Parliamentary session on December 26, Prime Minister Ba Jammal's bodyguards ushered him out of the building while he was trying to give a speech promoting the government's 2005 budget. Attached to the budget are much needed economic reforms including reduction o [...]	2005-01-06 13:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KMCA KMPI YM ECON COM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA420	CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS CALL ON U/S DOBRIANSKY FOR [...] Summary: On February 24, Undersecretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, explored at a roundtable with Yemeni NGOs areas where the U.S. can support Yemen's nascent civil society. Representatives from forty NGOs raised concerns over human rights abuses, women's access to political and eco [...]	2005-02-28 14:11:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCOR KMCA KMPI YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM HUMAN RIGHTS
05SANAA612	FINANCE MINISTER SALAMI PUTS A GOOD SPIN ON HIS [...] (C) Summary and comment: In a cordial and open meeting on March 13 with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Alawi al-Salami, Ambassador highlighted U.S. efforts to support decentralization, urged the ROYG to take serious anti-corruption and transparency efforts and encouraged Yemen t [...]	2005-03-16 11:27:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PGOV ECON YM KMCC COM
05SANAA9	MCC VISITS SANAA: YEMEN ON THE THRESHOLD [...] (SBU) Summary. USAID Millennium Challenge Account Secretariat Representatives Bryan Kurtz and Steve Feldstein SIPDIS and MCC Threshold Country Managing Director Kevin Saba briefed senior level ROYG officials at the Ministries of Planning, Justice, and Human Rights December 16-19 on requirem [...]	2005-01-02 15:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMCA KCOR PGOV YM KMEPI ECON COM DEMOCRATIC REFORM HUMAN RIGHTS
05SANJOSE2787	COSTA RICA REPORTING ON OTHER FOREIGN BRIBERY [...] Summary. It has been a year since the story of scandal broke out and there is no sign yet of any criminal charges. On September 28, 2004, the influential daily, La Nacion disclosed the details of a `bonus' paid by the French telecommunications company Alcatel (see reftel A). According to the [...]	2005-12-05 22:30:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KCOR BEXP ETRD EINV ECON PGOV CS
05SANSALVADOR2930	EL SALVADOR'S COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, A WEAK [...] (C) Summary: El Salvador's supreme audit institution is the Comptroller,s Office (Corte de Cuentas). It is a nominally-independent body charged with reviewing fiscal spending by the public sector, and has been at the center of recent political scandals. The National Conciliation Party (PCN [...]	2005-10-27 20:12:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR ES
05SANSALVADOR2964	AMBASSADOR RAISES SUMMIT, ETHICS DECREE, FDR [...] (C) Summary: On October 31, the Ambassador met with President Saca to review GOES support at the upcoming Summit of the Americas, the controversy regarding certification of the moderate left FDR Party, rumors of a new government ethics decree, and Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez recent visit [...]	2005-11-01 18:04:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KSUM KCOR EINV ETRD ES
05SANSALVADOR3215	EL SALVADOR: FDR LOSES BATTLE FOR OFFICIAL STATUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 27, El Salvador's Supreme Electoral Council (TSE) threw out some 12,000 invalid signatures out of approximately 49,000 total signatures obtained by the moderate FMLN splinter group Revolutionary Democratic Front (FDR) in its efforts to obtain legal recognition as a pa [...]	2005-11-14 23:00:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PGOV PREL KCOR ELECTIONS
05SANTODOMINGO1570	DOMINICAN CONGRESS AND SUPREME COURT PUNISH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The ongoing battle against corruption in the Dominican Republic saw two important victories as Congress stripped the Constitutional immunity of convicted alien smuggler Guillermo Radhames Ramos Garcia and the Supreme Court rid the judiciary of two discredited judges, one of who [...]	2005-03-19 18:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KJUS KCOR PGOV SNAR DR
05SANTODOMINGO1929	DOMINICAN POLITICS #20: OPPOSITION PRD STRUGGLES [...] (SBU) This is #20 in our current series on politics in the Dominican Republic: The Opposition PRD Struggles for a Comeback The Great Revival - - - - - - - - - The main opposition Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD),tied up in factional and personal recriminations since losing office [...]	2005-04-08 11:49:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR DR
05SANTODOMINGO4386	DOMINICAN CUSTOMS SUSPENDS EXPRESS CLEARANCES FOR [...] Summary. A Dominican government initiative to reform customs handling and to institute closer controls against fraud briefly disrupted express courier services to and from the Dominican Republic September 15-20. After exchanging with the government formal commitments to cooperate, three in [...]	2005-09-23 11:18:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV BEXP EFIN KCOR DR
05SANTODOMINGO4387	DOMINICAN POLICE COMMAND AND TRAINING CLOUDED BY [...] (C) Summary: Deputy police chief Brig. Gen. Guzman Fermin (protect source) told DCM on September 19 that Interior and Police Minister Franklin Almeyda is undermining the authority of recently named police chief Gen. Rafael Santana Perez. Guzman warned of problems in the chain of command. Guzma [...]	2005-09-23 11:19:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR VE CU SNAR PGOV KCOR PHUM PREL
05SANTODOMINGO4567	DOMINICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL PUSHES CAREER TRACK FOR [...] (U) Summary. On September 28, General Secretaries of the three dominant political parties in the Dominican Republic met publicly to respond to Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito's draft document calling for political agreement on the implementation of a career track within the Public P [...]	2005-10-07 11:29:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM KCOR
05SANTODOMINGO4689	DOMINICAN POLITICS II #2: OFFICIAL PASSPORTS, INC [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-19 11:16:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCOR DR EAID
05SANTODOMINGO471	DOMINICAN INTERIOR MINISTER SEEKS CLOSER TIES WITH [...] (C) Summary: Dominican Interior Secretary Franklin Almeyda, meeting with the Ambassador, Embassy staff, and City of New York Police Department (NYPD) officials January 27, expressed his intention to work with the Embassy and U.S. police advisers to fight corruption and boost efficiency in the [...]	2005-02-01 18:31:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN KJUS SNAR KCOR PTER EFIN PGOV PREL BEXP ASEC DR
05SOFIA1207	(U) BULGARIAN ORGANIZED CRIME (C-CN5-00054) [...] (U) This cable is in response to ref A request for information about organized crime in Bulgaria and the Balkans. Where direct sources are not cited, connections are largely based on information from operational contacts and open-source publications. ----------------------- OVERVIEW AND ACTIVITIES [...]	2005-07-07 07:59:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR KCRM PGOV EINV ECON KCOR BU
05SOFIA187	BULGARIAN DEFENSE MINISTER SIGNS SUSPECT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite a letter from the Ambassador questioning the adequacy of the process used to select the winning bidder, Defense Minister Svinarov signed January 28 a deal worth up to USD 400 million for the purchase of 18 Cougar and Panther helicopters from EADS. Sikorsky Helicopter was [...]	2005-01-31 15:53:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL BEXP ETRD KCOR BU NATO
05SOFIA1882	BULGARIA'S CRACKDOWN ON ORGANIZED CRIME: IS IT [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the high-profile killing of banker Emil Kyulev, Bulgarian authorities have begun a crackdown on organized crime, including the arrest of two notorious crime figures. It is not yet clear whether this is a genuine effort to deal with the problem of organized crime or [...]	2005-11-02 15:44:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR EINV ECON KCOR KCRM BU
05SOFIA2054	BULGARIA'S CRACKDOWN ON ORGANIZED CRIME: BUSINESS [...] (C) Summary: The Bulgarian government has little to show for its effort to crack down on organized crime six weeks after the killing of controversial banker Emil Kyulev. The police and Interior Ministry have yet to conduct a thorough investigation of the murder, possibly out of concern about r [...]	2005-12-14 11:51:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ECON KCOR KCRM BU
05SOFIA2089	SHADES OF GRAY: BULGARIA'S UNDERGROUND ECONOMY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's thriving underground economy is one of the few cloudy areas in an otherwise bright macroeconomic outlook. Most experts estimate the gray economy is responsible for 30-40 percent of GDP. Likewise 14 to 25 percent of the labor force are employed in the gray economy, [...]	2005-12-22 05:20:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KCOR KCRM BU EUN
05TEGUCIGALPA1349	THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: HONDURAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM [...] (C) SUMMARY: It is possible that the National Congress may remove the Attorney General (AG) Ovidio Navarro and Deputy AG Yuri Melara in the next 2-4 weeks. Last week's indictment of the outgoing Government and Justice Minister and the revelation of U.S. revocation of the Deputy AG's visa are [...]	2005-06-24 14:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KJUS PHUM PINR ASEC EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1433	NO DOUBLE "DIP"PING: SURPRISING RESULTS FOR SOME [...] With the general election approaching in the fall, a review of the results of Honduras' February primary elections tells an interesting story about Diputados (members of Congress) seeking reelection to the National Congress. 86 current Diputados (46 from the Nationalist Party (PN) and 40 fro [...]	2005-07-08 21:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR KJUS HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1593	DEMOCRACY AND DYNASTIES: THE SAGA OF HONDURAN [...] SUMMARY: The politics of Honduras have been dominated by a group of dynasties that have controlled the politics in the country for decades. Local press coverage has recently focused on the younger potential politicians in those dynasties. There are no laws prohibiting children of current or [...]	2005-08-01 22:32:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR PINR ECON HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2372	FEMINISM, CRONYISM, AND HONDURAN ELECTIONS: THE [...] SUMMARY: With Honduran national elections taking place November 27, polls are beginning to flesh out what shape the 128-seat Honduran legislature will likely take. While it is uncertain if the 2004 Electoral Law mandating a quota at least 30 percent female participation will prove to be the [...]	2005-11-23 00:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KCOR KWMN PINR ECON HO
05TEGUCIGALPA366	HONDURAS: POST SUPPORTS CUSTOMS SERVICE REQUEST [...] This is an action request; please see para 3. 2. On February 10, Post received a written request, dated January 31, 2005, from Customs Director Arquimedez Jimenez for technical assistance to improve various facets of the Honduran Customs Service. Jimenez specifically cites CAFTA implementa [...]	2005-02-15 13:59:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON KCOR ETRD PGOV PINR KMCA KJUS HO
05VIENNA2698	CENTRAL EUROPEAN INTERIOR MINISTERS PLEDGE TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the annual meeting of the "Salzburg Forum" (an informal conference of Central European Interior Ministers) Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Romania pledged to strengthen police cooperation against organized crime, corruption, and [...]	2005-08-11 09:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KCOR KCRM SMIG EZ HU PL LO SI RO BU AU EUN
05VILNIUS58	LITHUANIA'S JUSTICE MINISTER PLEDGES CONTINUITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Justice Minister Gintautas Buzinskas, meeting with Ambassador Mull on January 14, pledged continuity in his Ministry and U.S.-Lithuanian cooperation on legal issues. Both sides agreed on the need for additional efforts on anti-corruption and counter-terrorism. The Ambassador e [...]	2005-01-18 15:59:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR KNAR PREL LH
06ABUDHABI2927	IRAQ'S ILLICIT FUEL TRADE [...] (S/NF) Embassy and Congen's best estimate is that the illicit fuel trade with Iraq (both black market and gray market) continues primarily in the northern emirates. The U.S. Navy continues to collect reports that the trade continues with boats reportedly selling gas oil off the coast of the U [...]	2006-07-17 14:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET EFIN KCOR IZ AE
06ABUJA1860	PLATEAU STATE GOVERNOR CLAIMS VINDICATION [...] (C) Summary. Plateau State Governor Dariye, in his first meeting with US officials since 2004, tried to put a positive spin on his last two years in office, dismissing the corruption charges against him as baseless and trumpeting his ability to remain in office despite his expulsion from the [...]	2006-07-19 14:01:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR NI
06ABUJA1959	THE ROAD TO CALABAR [...] Summary. Emboffs recently took an overland trip from Abuja to Enugu, and then onward to Calabar, traveling on 2 of Nigeria's 3 "national roads." Poor road and vehicle conditions, appalling standards of driver conduct, and a lack of signage all provided challenges throughout the journey. Thi [...]	2006-07-28 14:02:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ELTN PHUM KCOR ASEC NI
06ABUJA2007	SPECULATIONS REGARDING NGOZI'S RESIGNATION [...] (U) As reported reftel, Nigerian Foreign Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala tendered her resignation on August 3. This follows her unexpected redeployment June 21 from the Ministry of Finance to Foreign Affairs and the surprise announcement August 2 that she would no longer head President Obasanjo' [...]	2006-08-04 14:30:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN PREL KCOR NI
06ABUJA2349	OBASANJO MOVES TO IMPEACH ATIKU [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late on September 6, the results of an investigation requested by President Olusegun Obasanjo into alleged corrupt practices by Vice President Atiku Abubakar were presented to Senate President Ken Nnamani with a request to the Senate to take "appropriate action." The assumed ac [...]	2006-09-08 11:44:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2766	IMPEACHMENT LEADS TO VIOLENCE AND CONFUSION IN [...] (C) Summary: Efforts to impeach Governor Joshua Dariye in Plateau State have exacerbated long simmering intra-state political rivalries and led to violence. The battle to remove the divisive and corrupt Dariye has become a proxy battle about control over local politics, with an eye toward 20 [...]	2006-10-18 10:53:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM KCOR NI
06ABUJA2773	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT AND VP VOLLEY ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The public volley of corruption accusations and abuse of office continues between Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and Vice President Atiku Abubakar with the daily drama played out in the local press. A report of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Panel of I [...]	2006-10-18 16:16:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCOR NI
06ABUJA2896	NIGERIA: DRAFT PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION PLAN LEAKED [...] (C) SUMMARY. A leaked Presidential succession strategy from within the Villa outlines a strategy for PDP political domination in Nigeria over the next 24 years. The strategy calls for President Obasanjo to name the next six candidates, who will govern in a North-South swap of the presidency a [...]	2006-11-03 13:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCOR NI
06ABUJA483	CORRUPTION: NIGERIA "IMPROVES" TO SIXTH-WORST IN [...] (U) Transparency International recently released its annual Corruption Perceptions Index for 2005, showing that there are now five countries in the world perceived to be more corrupt than Nigeria. In 2004, only two countries had been listed as more corrupt. As expected, the GON both claim [...]	2006-02-28 12:03:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KCOR KDEM CVIS NI
06ALMATY1437	ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING IN KAZAKHSTAN - [...] (SBU) Summary: In conjunction with pending anti-money laundering (AML) legislation, INL sponsored an AML study tour for Kazakhstani parliamentarians to visit the financial intelligence unit (FIU) in Copenhagen, Denmark. Prior to the trip, the majority expressed doubt about the necessity for t [...]	2006-04-20 08:42:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR ASEC KCOR KCRM PREL KZ
06ALMATY1960	KAZAKHSTAN: A/S PATTERSON'S MEETINGS WITH GOK [...] (SBU) Summary: During a May 12 visit to Astana, INL A/S Anne Patterson, accompanied by Ambassador Ordway, secured agreement with the Vice Minister of Interior to initiate a counter-narcotics strategy dialogue. Her conversation with the Deputy Procurator General broke through a logjam on the [...]	2006-06-03 03:09:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR ASEC KCOR KCRM PREL KZ
06ALMATY2191	KAZAKHSTAN: PROCURATOR GENERAL'S OFFICE WANTS CHANGE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: INL funded a conference on improving the collection of crime statistics, organized by the Procurator General's Office in conjunction with the Customs Control Committee and the Border Guard Service. The main purpose of the conference was to improve collection of legal statistics [...]	2006-06-21 08:45:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR ASEC KCRM KCOR PREL KZ
06ALMATY3002	KAZAKHSTAN: AUTHORITIES FREE 21 TRAFFICKING VICTIMS [...] Summary: On August 14, Astana city policemen announced that they had freed 21 Tajik citizens from confinement by an Astana labor trafficker, who they promptly arrested. The Tajik victims were kept in a shed and forced to work at construction sites in the rapidly growing capital city. The E [...]	2006-08-23 11:12:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL PINT KZ TJ
06ALMATY3102	KAZAKHSTAN: POTPOURRI OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS CASES [...] Summary: The following is a collection of media reports on various types of TIP ranging from debt servitude to sex tourism. End summary. --------------------------------------------- ----- DEBT OF THE PARENTS PAID BY ENSLAVING THE CHILDREN --------------------------------------------- ---- [...]	2006-09-02 07:59:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PINS PGOV PHUM KCRM KCOR KZ
06AMMAN9005	FIRST CONFERENCE OF THE STATES PARTIES TO THE UN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USDEL to the 1st Conference of the States Parties (COSP) to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) ) held December 10-14 at the Dead Sea in Jordan ) garnered support for several decisions that will serve as a strong foundation for effective implementation of UNCAC. Despit [...]	2006-12-20 15:38:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCOR KCRM JO
06ANKARA4406	TURKEY AND IRAQ'S ILLICIT AND LICIT FUEL TRADE [...] (C) Summary: Illegal fuel product trade in Turkey is significant and an issue of great concern to the Turkish Government, but we are not aware of any evidence that fuel smuggling in Turkey has any link with the insurgency in Iraq. Despite the challenges of the single bottleneck Habur Gate an [...]	2006-08-01 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EPET KCOR TU IZ
06ASHGABAT899	SUBJECT: IT TAKES A TOUGH MAN'S SON TO MAKE A [...] (C) Turkmenistan continues to get curiouser and curiouser. The embattled but profitable German-Turkmenistan Joint Venture "Shohrat" chicken farm apparently is being slowly but surely expropriated, possibly to end up as a model enterprise for presidential son Murat Niyazov. The Turkmen partn [...]	2006-08-24 03:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EINV KCOR PREL PGOV PHUM TX GM
06ASTANA188	KAZAKHSTAN: COUNTER-NARCOTICS GOES UPTEMPO [...] Summary: Kazakhstan is increasing its anti-narcotics efforts in the capital and increasingly throughout the country. The "Astana - Drug-Free City" program was a key issue at the Security Council Session chaired by President Nazarabayev on September 20. The intensified counter-narcotics opera [...]	2006-10-18 10:25:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ

06ASTANA590	KAZAKHSTAN: 2006-2007 INSCR, PART I [...] In response to reftel instructions, the text of Part 1 of the 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR) for Kazakhstan follows. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. In 2006, Kazakhstan significantly increased counter-drug operations. President Nazarbayev declared a nati [...]	2006-11-17 06:54:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ
06ASTANA591	KAZAKHSTAN: 2006-2007 INSCR, PART II, FINANCIAL CRIMES AND [...] In response to reftel instructions, the text of Part II of the 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering for Kazakhstan follows. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. Kazakhstan, with its developed and modern banking system, has beco [...]	2006-11-17 06:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN PGOV KCRM KCOR KTFN KZ
06ASTANA689	KAZAKHSTAN: DEFACTO DELAY IN AML LAW? [...] Summary: Enactment of an extension of the Property Legalization Law until April 1, 2007 is likely to create similar delay in the enactment of the anti-money laundering (AML) and counter terrorism financing law currently under consideration in the Kazakhstani Mazhilis (lower house of parliament) [...]	2006-11-29 09:36:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR ASEC KCOR KCRM PREL KZ
06ASTANA88	KAZAKHSTAN: INL QUARTERLY REPORT [...] Summary: INL conducted activities in anti-money laundering, border security, anti-trafficking, crime statistics, and counter-narcotics through the calendar quarter that ended September 30. Also during this period, Ambassador Ordway and MVD Minister Mukhamedzhanov signed the FY2005/2006 ALOA [...]	2006-10-15 14:14:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ
06ASUNCION1275	PARAGUAYAN PRESIDENTS' CORRUPTION CASES HIGHLIGHT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Seventeen years into its transition to democracy, respect for the rule of law remains an elusive ideal for the Paraguayan justice system. All three of Paraguay's former Presidents in the post-Stroessner era are in various stages of the legal process for multiple financial crime [...]	2006-12-29 16:15:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCRM KCOR PREL PINR PA
06BAGHDAD101	DPM CHALABI UPDATES ON ENERGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Ahmad Chalabi, serving at that time as acting Minister of Oil (MoO),hosted a status review on January 8 for the Steering Group for Infrastructure Integrity. According to data he presented, Chalabi claimed that Baghdad has 1.1 days of gasoli [...]	2006-01-11 15:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON ENRG EPET EFIN MOPS MARR PGOV PREL KCOR IZ
06BAGHDAD1024	TOUR D'HORIZON FROM HIGHER JURIDICAL COUNCIL [...] (S) Summary. Judge Medhat al-Mahmud, President of the Iraqi Higher Juridical Council and Chief Justice of the Iraqi Federal Supreme Court, described the importance of public integrity and the need to keep -- but improve -- all the major anti-corruption institutions in Iraq today. He called [...]	2006-03-29 10:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM KCOR KCRM IZ
06BAGHDAD1197	FORMER SOMO DIRECTOR GENERAL ON THE IRAQI OIL [...] (C) Summary: Former Director General of the State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) Dr. Musab al-Dujayli said that the Fadhila party was focusing its efforts to siphon money from the Ministry of Oil (MoO) to enrich the party on crude oil export contracts, due to expire in June 2006. Dujayli c [...]	2006-04-13 02:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD1216	SOMO PLANS TO IMPROVE EXPORT EARNINGS [...] (C) Summary: The newly-appointed Director General of the State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) requested USG assistance in upgrading platforms in Basrah to allow increased exports of heavy fuel oil (HFO). According to al-Amiry's calculations, Iraq would increase revenue from the sale of HFO [...]	2006-04-13 19:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL TU IZ
06BAGHDAD1244	BEGINNING MUCH-NEEDED FOOD SUBSIDY REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-17 11:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD KCOR KDEM KPRV PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD1286	CAUTIOUS BEGINNINGS TO FOOD SUBSIDY REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Evidence on the ground indicates that the GOI intends to reform -- and eventually eliminate -- its Public Distribution System (PDS),a $3 billion subsidy program that fails in its mission of ensuring food security for all Iraqis. The Embassy PDS Reform Team (chaired by Embassy [...]	2006-04-20 10:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD KCOR KDEM KPRV PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD13	BAYJI REFINERY FUEL DISTRIBUTION RESTARTED [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Chalabi, who is now the acting Minister of Oil, informed us the Bayji blockade has been broken and trucks loaded and dispatched to Baghdad. He also reported pipeline repairs had been expedited on the energy corridors between Baghdad and Bayji [...]	2006-01-02 16:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG PGOV KCOR PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD1498	PRT BAGHDAD: OFFICE OF MARTYR SADR ATTEMPTING TO [...] (C) During a conversation with PRT representative, Karada District Council (DC) Chairman Mohammed Al-Rubiey commented that the Office of Martyr Sadr (OMS) is attempting to take over the distribution of benzene and cooking gas (LPG) at petrol stations in Karada, as well as house-to-house distri [...]	2006-05-07 04:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PTER ENRG ECON KCOR IZ
06BAGHDAD1552	SHAHRISTANI: PORTRAIT OF AN OIL MINISTER-IN-WAITING [...] (S) Summary: Dr. Husayn Shahristani, under consideration by some in the United Iraqi Coalition (UIC) to become Oil Minister, shared his ideas for the oil sector with EmbOffs on May 1. Key themes included the needs to attract foreign investment, combat oil smuggling/corruption and increase tr [...]	2006-05-10 03:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	EPET ENRG KCOR PGOV PREL PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD1620	SISTANI CONFIDANTE URGES HELP FOR PM-DESIGNATE [...] (C) Summary: In a May 11 conversation with PolCouns, Najaf cleric Emad Kalanter told PolCouns that Muqtada al- Sadr sees the benefits of participating in the political process, and will not attack Coalition Forces. Kalanter argued that Shia militias could not be dissolved while the Sunni Ara [...]	2006-05-16 09:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD2004	NEW TRADE MINISTER STRONG ON PDS REFORM AND TRADE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 5, new Minister of Trade Abd al-Falah al-Sudani shared with Ambassador his strong support for reform of the Public Distribution System (PDS),reduction of corruption in the ministry, and economic policies favorable to international trade and to Iraq's accession into the W [...]	2006-06-14 04:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAID KCOR PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD2204	MALIKI TAKING SMALL, UNCERTAIN STEPS ON CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 22 meeting with Charge d'Affaires Speckhard and EconCouns, Prime Minister Maliki requested USG expertise and assistance to help combat corruption in Iraq. The new GOI has declared anti-corruption a top priority, but the PM has yet to focus seriously on the issue. Neverth [...]	2006-06-26 06:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCOR PREL PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD2278	FUEL PRICE PUBLIC AWARENESS: A STRUGGLE FOR [...] (C) Summary. Embassy efforts beginning in January to help the Iraqis produce public service messages on economic themes have exposed the irregularities inherent in routine commercial dealings here. Over five months, the public awareness campaign has encountered obstacles including a lack of [...]	2006-06-29 06:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KCOR PINR PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2380	TRADE MINISTER FIGHTING FOOD SUBSIDY CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: Trade Minister Al-Sudani told us on July 3 that he is ready to install electronic tracking systems in the Ministry of Trade's (MoT) trucks and warehouses to fight corruption in the Public Distribution System (PDS). He said he would like Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih's Econo [...]	2006-07-07 12:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD KCOR PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD2381	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF COMMERCE VISIT TO IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez's visit to Iraq provides an opportunity to press the GOI for action on economic reform that would fundamentally change the investment climate (particularly in the hydrocarbon sector),open the country to international trade, and dismantle the remna [...]	2006-07-07 12:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD KBCT KCOR IZ
06BAGHDAD3257	DPM SALIH'S ENERGY RETREAT ADVANCES HYDROCARBON [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-05 04:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS
06BAGHDAD3506	PM,S OFFICE NOTES PROBLEMS WITH THE ANTI-CORRUPION [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting on September 14 with the State Department Inspector General, Charge, and EconCouns, the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff remarked corruption is equal to the dangers of terrorism, and asked for U.S. assistance to solve Iraq,s corruption problem. He noted the contro [...]	2006-09-19 12:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCOR PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD3653	SHAHRISTANI ON THE HYDROCARBON LAW - THE WAY AHEAD [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met September 28 with Oil Minister Shahristani to discuss the status of the Hydrocarbon Law. Shahristani confirmed that broad agreement has been reached on most elements, and felt that especially with U.S. help, the Kurds could be convinced to reach agreement on the rem [...]	2006-09-29 14:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS
06BAGHDAD3654	AMBASSADDOR'S 9/27 MEETING WITH DPM BARHAM SALIH - [...] ( C) Summary: Ambassador met September 27 with Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih to discuss prospects for the hydrocarbon law. Barham expressed optimism that a compromise could be reached, confirming the main issue was regional vs. central control of contracting, with the DPM taking the posi [...]	2006-09-29 15:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS
06BAGHDAD403	IRAQI MINISTRIES AGREE -- AD REF -- ON [...] (SBU) Embassy Media Development Officer attended a February 6 meeting convened by Mohammed al-Asadi, director of the Government Communications Directorate (GCD),to continue discussions of a public "message" for government reductions in fuel subsidies. (Note: Messages would eventually encom [...]	2006-02-10 08:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EFIN ECON KCOR KPAO OPRC IZ
06BAGHDAD405	POLITICAL POWER - AND REVENUE - GRAB AT OIL [...] (C/REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Dr. Musab al-Dujayli (strictly protect),Director General (DG) of the State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO),asked the U.S. and UK embassies February 8 to intervene with the Prime Minister to prevent new Minister of Oil Hashem al-Hashimi from abrogating SOMO's curren [...]	2006-02-10 14:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET KCOR PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD41	AN IRAQI PUBLIC-EDUCATION STRATEGY FOR ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy, the British Department for International Development (DFID) in Baghdad, and the GOI are developing an economic-reform public-education strategy. To date, we have established that an effective campaign would address three areas: 1) fuel-subsidy reform; 2) social safe [...]	2006-01-05 11:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET PGOV PINS KCOR IZ
06BAGHDAD4342	KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT LEADERS ON [...] (C REL GBR) Summary. In a November 19 meeting with Economic Minister Counselor, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and KRG Minister of Natural Resources Ashti Hawrami presented their compromise proposal on contracting which denies signatory authority to the f [...]	2006-11-25 12:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS
06BAGHDAD4370	APPARENT BREAKTHROUGH ON HYDROCARBON LAW AT [...] (S) Summary. Apparent breakthroughs on the issues of contracting, arbitration and arrangements for revenue sharing have raised a real prospect that agreement on a hydrocarbon law can be reached in time for a draft to be submitted to the Council of Representatives (CoR) before it adjourns for tw [...]	2006-11-27 17:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS
06BAGHDAD4407	PRT TIKRIT: POWER, CORRUPTION, AND AQIZ IN SALAH [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The disintegration of the social fabric of Salah ad Din (SaD),which started during the Saddam regime, was exacerbated by its fall and the subsequent aftermath, has caused political disarray in the province. With the diminuti [...]	2006-11-30 05:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINR PTER KCOR KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4512	SHAHRISTANI UNLIKELY TO ADHERE TO SCHEDULE OF IMF [...] (C REL GBR) Summary: At the November 2-5 Government of Iraq (GOI) - International Monetary Fund (IMF) meeting in Amman, Jordan, Minister of Oil Husayn al-Shahristani agreed to very ambitious targets for fuel price increases before the end of 2006. The price increases discussed in Amman are a [...]	2006-12-11 06:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS
06BAGHDAD475	GOI, EMBASSY AND DFID EXPECTING BIDS FOR [...] (SBU) On February 12, Embassy ECON and PAS, together with the Iraqi Government Communications Directorate (GCD) and the UK's Department for International Development (DFID),met with two Iraqi production companies to present our request for proposals for TV and radio ads. All said they had t [...]	2006-02-15 17:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EFIN PGOV ECON KCOR KPAO OPRC IZ
06BAGHDAD48	OIL SECTOR IN CENTER OF CONFLICT [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Chalabi, who is now the acting Minister of both Oil and Finance, hosted a status review January 4 of energy infrastructure protection. Fuel convoys were reported to be delivering fuel to Baghdad. The convoys had been attacked multiple times [...]	2006-01-06 14:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG PGOV KCOR PINR EFIN IZ PO TU
06BAGHDAD495	DPM CHALABI ON OIL MINISTRY CORRUPTION AND KURDISH [...] (C/REL GBR AUS) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi, newly provided with expanded authority over the energy sector, is wrestling for results with the military and civilian bureaucracies. On other subjects, Chalabi cited a recent comment by Kurdish Regional President Mas'ud Barzani o [...]	2006-02-16 17:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET KCOR MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD515	IRAQI ISLAMIC PARTY WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVISTS [...] (C) Summary. Maysoon Ahmad Bekr, head of women's programs for the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP),and Shatha Abd al-Razzak, IIP member of the Council of Representatives from Salah al-Din province and a member of the Iraq's Promise (Ahad al-Iraq) movement, told Poloff February 16 that the IIP wome [...]	2006-02-18 21:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR KDEM KWMN IZ
06BAGHDAD516	FORMER EXILE IRAQI BUSINESSMAN DESCRIBES [...] (C) Summary. Former exile Iraqi businessman Muhanned Eshaiker, cousin to Prime Minister Ibrahim Jafari, described the challenges of doing business in Baghdad: when and whether to pay bribes, the difficulty of finding qualified, energetic professional workers, and keeping up with the politic [...]	2006-02-19 04:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KCOR IZ
06BAGHDAD745	MINISTRY OF OIL OFFICIAL -- LACK OF SECURITY IS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr Radwan Al-Sa'adi (Please protect),a Director General at the Ministry of Oil, confirmed that lack of security reduced both oil exports and investment. Lack of constitutional clarity also inhibited upstream investment. Nevertheless, he said Iraq has 12 draft contracts with f [...]	2006-03-08 14:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EPET IZ KCOR PINR
06BAGHDAD750	CORRUPTION IN THE IRAQI OIL MINSTRY FAVORS FADHILA [...] (S/REL UK) Iraqi State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) Director General Mussab al-Dujayli (strictly protect) told US and UK Emboffs that the Fadhila Party was blatantly trying to use its control over the Ministry of Oil to raise as much money from corruption as possible. Dujayli obtained su [...]	2006-03-09 03:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV KCOR ECON EPET KCRM IZ
06BAGHDAD766	IRAQ ENERGY COUNCIL ADDRESSES FUEL SHORTAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Energy Council (NEC) directed that fuel be moved by rail from Bayji to Baghdad March 9. DPM Chalabi said he would submit draft fuel law to Council of Ministers (COM) to liberalize private import of fuel. NEC requested Ministry of Defense (MOD) increase security of [...]	2006-03-09 15:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET IZ KCOR MOPS
06BAGHDAD777	ABD AL-MAHDI'S ADVISORS CONTEMPLATE CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) In a March 7 conversation, Zuhair Humadi, Kadhim Shubber, and Fareed Yasseen, advisors to Deputy President (DP) Adel Abd al-Mahdi, told PolOffs they plan to organize a think tank, to be called Al-Rafidain, which would include a number of people around DP Abd al-Mahdi on its board. The thre [...]	2006-03-10 18:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KCOR KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD825	ECONOMIC-REFORM PUBLIC EDUCATION UPDATE [...] From the $2 million recently allocated by the Department (reftel),we have hired two Iraqi media companies to produce television spots (one per company) on fuel-subsidy reform. These spots will briefly explain the reasoning behind the December price increases and tie higher fuel prices to inc [...]	2006-03-15 05:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EPET KCOR KPAO PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD917	ZELIKOW-CHALABI DISCUSSION: GOVERNMENT PRIORITIES [...] (C/REL GBR AUS) Summary: In a March 16 discussion with Department of State (DoS) Counselor Philip Zelikow, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Ahmad Chalabi took deserved credit for a series of strategic and tactical victories to meet the ongoing energy crisis during the past week, the most important [...]	2006-03-20 17:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET IZ PGOV PREL KCOR
06BAKU1083	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her introductory call on Minister of Internal Affairs Ramil Usubov, the Ambassador discussed Azerbaijan's cooperation with the U.S. in law enforcement and the effort against trafficking in persons. She emphasized the need for the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to adhere to [...]	2006-07-24 06:55:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCOR KCRM SOCI AJ
06BAKU1085	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her introductory call on Minister of Internal Affairs Ramil Usubov, the Ambassador discussed Azerbaijan's cooperation with the U.S. in law enforcement and the effort against trafficking in persons. She emphasized the need for the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to adhere to [...]	2006-07-24 06:55:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCOR KCRM SOCI AJ
06BAKU1124	AZERBAIJAN: HAJI MAMMADOV KIDNAPPING RING TRIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The trial of former Chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) Criminal Investigation Division Haji Mammadov and his 26-member gang began on July 20. The group is charged under 50 articles of the Criminal Code, including kidnapping and manslaughter. Mammadov has plead guilty t [...]	2006-08-01 05:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI KCOR KCRM KJUS AJ
06BELGRADE673	SERBIAN TELECOMS REGULATOR OFF TO A ROCKY START [...] Two years after the passage of the Serbian Law on Telecommunications, the Republic Telecommunications Agency was established and finally became operational on December 19, 2005. Shortly after its inception, however, the Government of Serbia (GOS) suspended the Agency's license- monitoring fu [...]	2006-05-03 08:44:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS PGOV EFIN BTIO KPRV KCOR SR MW
06BERLIN1937	GERMAN VIEWS ON S/P INITIATIVE, "PARTNERSHIP FOR [...] (C) Summary: S/P Director Dr. Stephen Krasner consulted with German officials June 29 on the "Partnership for Better Governance" initiative (PBG). The PBG would be a multilateral partnership to support the emergence of democratic institutions in the developing world by contracting to provid [...]	2006-07-11 08:06:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM KCRS KMCA KMPI GM
06BISHKEK1741	A TALE OF CORRUPTION IN THE KYRGYZ PRIVATIZATION [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Parliament Speaker Alymbekov revealed to Ambassador aspects of a murky privatization deal for the Kyrgyz tin and tungsten company "ShPU." According to Alymbekov, the government inexplicably selected the lower of two bids for "ShPU," rejecting a much higher bid from a U.S. [...]	2006-12-11 10:54:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR ECON EINV EMIN KG
06BISHKEK1775	A KYRGYZ LINK TO RUSSIAN BANKER'S DEATH? [...] (C) In a conversation with emboff concerning Kyrgyz Central Bank operations (septel),former Kyrgyz Central Bank governor Ulan Sarbanov linked information he provided Russian Central Bank First Deputy Chairman Andrei Kozlov in September during a meeting in Poland to Kozlov,s subsequent murder [...]	2006-12-19 04:12:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN KCOR KCRM KG
06BISHKEK419	KYRGYZ MOB FIGURE MOVES ONE STEP CLOSER TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 21, the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced that it had approved the candidate registration of notorious mob figure Ryspek Akmatbayev, who is seeking to run for parliament. The CEC decision clears the way for Akmatbayev to run for the seat left vacant when hi [...]	2006-03-27 10:38:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM KCOR PREL KDEM KG
06BISHKEK435	BUSINESS AS USUAL - KYRGYZ PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although corruption seemed to subside immediately after the March, 2005 overthrow of the Akayev government, local and foreign businesspeople now complain that government corruption is the same as under Akayev, or in some cases worse. Many blame below subsistence-level governmen [...]	2006-03-30 11:13:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PGOV PREL KCRM EAID ECON KG
06BISHKEK436	CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION REVOKES REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) On March 30, the Central Election Commission voted 10-0 to revoke the candidate registration of notorious mob boss Ryspek Akmatbayev. Akmatbayev is running for parliament from the Issykul Oblast city of Balikchy. The CEC decision comes only nine days after its March 21 decision to appr [...]	2006-03-30 11:44:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM KCOR PREL KDEM KG
06BISHKEK457	BISHKEK SCENESETTER FOR SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (C) Ambassador Boucher, thank you for your willingness to come to Bishkek. Your visit comes as Kyrgyzstan still struggles to make sense of last year's Tulip Revolution. Although the government declared March 24 a national holiday ) "People's Revolution Day" ) and staged a Soviet-style milita [...]	2006-04-05 12:33:00	Embassy Bishkek	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KCOR KCRM EINV KG
06BISHKEK502	VISIT OF SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER TO BISHKEK [...] (C) During a series of meetings on April 11, SCA Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher urged the Kyrgyz Government to move forward on constitutional reform and said that the U.S. is eager to begin the next round of negotiations on Manas Coalition Airbase. He also expressed concern over the Apr [...]	2006-04-17 08:46:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM KCOR EAID ECON KG
06BISHKEK503	CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION REFUSING TO CERTIFY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 10, Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Tuigunaly Abdraimov announced that the CEC would not certify organized crime kingpin Ryspek Akmatbayev as the winner of the April 9 parliamentary by-election pending the outcome of Akmatbayev's impending re-trial for three [...]	2006-04-17 10:15:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCRM KCOR KG
06BISHKEK504	GOVERNMENT STICKING TO PARTY LINE ON BAISALOV [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings with Ambassador Yovanovitch to discuss the April 12 attack on civil society leader Edil Baisalov, government officials largely stuck to the party line, calling the assault "an unfortunate incident" [...]	2006-04-17 10:55:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM KCOR KG
06BRATISLAVA974	PM FICO ON AFGHANISTAN, SIS, CORRUPTION, U.S. VISIT [...] (C) On the margins of a three-hour long Christmas party he hosted December 18 for the diplomatic corps, Prime Minister Robert Fico told the Ambassador he was determined to travel to Kahdahar, Afghanistan in mid-January. He reiterated his invitation to the Ambassador to join him (reftel). Me [...]	2006-12-19 12:43:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS KCOR ETRD AF LO
06BUCHAREST1171	THREE ROMANIAN INTELLIGENCE CHIEFS AND GENERAL [...] (C) Three Romanian Intelligence Chiefs and the General Prosecutor resigned July 20 and 21 amid a media frenzy over Omar Hayssam's disappearance before being prosecuted in court in connection with the 2005 Romanian hostage crisis in Iraq. Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) Director Radu Timofte [...]	2006-07-21 17:35:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	PGOV KCOR KJUS PREL PINR PTER RO
06BUCHAREST1600	THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION IN ROMANIA: PASSING [...] (C) Summary: There is some good news in Bucharest these days in the fight against corruption, a longstanding Romanian vice. There is something of a consensus that ongoing anti-corruption efforts are positively impacting both Romanian political life and society. Corruption remains rampant in [...]	2006-10-17 14:58:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KJUS RO
06BUCHAREST1667	ROMANIA WITHDRAWS EU COMMISSIONER NOMINATION, [...] (SBU) Summary: Romanian senator and Liberal Party spokesperson Varujan Vosganian withdrew his nomination for European Commissioner amid allegations of links to the Communist-era Securitate and shady financial ties. The timing of the allegations lead many to speculate that this was politics Ro [...]	2006-10-31 17:12:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR RO
06BUCHAREST1747	FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO ROMANIA [...] (C) Summary: FBI Director Robert Mueller's November 14 visit to Bucharest sent a strong message about our continued commitment to our growing partnership in law enforcement and intelligence. In meetings with President Basescu, Prime Minister Tariceanu, and other key officials, our Romanian interloc [...]	2006-11-17 16:45:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	PREL PGOV KCOR PTER PINR KJUS SOCI RO
06BUCHAREST1797	ROMANIA - ENERGY SCANDAL UNFURLING, AMCIT HELD ON [...] (U) SUMMARY. An unfolding energy-related scandal is causing turmoil among Romania's political and economic elites, with allegations of corruption and influence peddling hitting two government ministers, among others. The accusations come with the approach of winter and amid political attacks [...]	2006-11-29 16:03:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG PGOV KCOR CACS ECON PREL RO
06BUCHAREST1810	ROMANIAN PM TARICEANU UNDER FIRE AS PNL REVOLT [...] (C) Summary. A significant number of National Liberal Party (PNL) figures have joined Agriculture Minister Flutur in support of the rebel Stoica-Stolojan faction, handing Romanian Prime Minister Tariceanu his biggest Liberal Party leadership challenge to date. The breakaway faction has stren [...]	2006-12-04 15:17:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI KCOR RO
06BUCHAREST1839	LIBERAL DEPUTY ON PATRICIU SALE OF ROMPETROL [...] (C) In a 12/8 conversation with Poloff, National Liberal Party (PNL) deputy and youth leader Cristian Adomnitei explained that Rompetrol Chairman and leading PNL figure Dinu Patriciu, was in advanced negotiations to sell a 20 percent stake in Romania's Rompetrol to Russia's Gazprom. Adomnitei [...]	2006-12-08 17:54:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCOR ENRG RO
06CAIRO4142	EGYPT: ETISALAT CONSORTIUM WINS THIRD MOBILE [...] (U) Emirati telecommunications corporation Etisalat, in partnership with the Egyptian Post Office, the Commercial International Bank of Egypt (CIB),and the National Bank of Egypt, on July 4 won the auction for Egypt's third mobile license, pledging to pay a whopping LE 16.7 billion (USD 2.91 [...]	2006-07-05 11:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD EG KCOR KGIT
06CAIRO5287	EGYPT: THIRD MOBILE LICENSE AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] (U) Summary: The National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA) recently signed a licensing agreement with Egyptian-Emirati consortium Etisalat for operation of Egypt's third mobile phone system. Etisalat paid LE 16.7 billion ($2.9 billion) for the license, a sum that will have a sig [...]	2006-08-23 13:38:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD EG KCOR KGIT
06CAIRO6035	GOOGLE'S VIEWS ON EGYPT'S ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 14, Google,s Regional Manager for the Middle East and North Africa Sherif Iskander gave econoff an overview of Google,s business in the region and opined optimistically about the improvement of Egypt,s business environment and economy, though with some reservations [...]	2006-09-26 08:25:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD KCOR KGIT PHUM EG CH
06CAIRO7190	GRAFT, BRIBES, AND SWEETHEART DEALS: THE RISE (AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Corruption in Egypt, long a concern of investors, opposition politicians and average Egyptians trying to keep on the good side of shady officials, is receiving renewed attention from civil society activists, media commentators, the Egyptian government and even the Arab League. [...]	2006-12-20 07:23:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	ECON KCOR KDEM PGOV PINR PREL EG
06COTONOU1231	BENIN: PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS REFERRAL OF TWO [...] On December 21, 2006, after examining a report from a parliamentary investigative committee, the Legal Committee of the National Assembly recommended that Cosme Sehlin and Valentin Houd, respectively the former ministers of Finance and Institutional Relations under President Mathieu Kerekou, be [...]	2006-12-22 09:26:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR KMCA BN
06COTONOU989	BENIN'S MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT COMPACT EBNTERS INTO [...] President Yayi hosted a major ceremony to mark entry into force of Benin's Millennium Challenge Compact. The compact will focus on four major activities: the port, land tenure, financial reform, and improvements to commercial dispute resolution. In his remarks, Yayi particularly stressed the [...]	2006-10-12 11:48:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KMCA ECON PREL KCOR BN
06COTONOU990	BENIN: WHEREABOUTS OF CHANTAL DE SOUZA IDOHOU [...] (C) Please see action request in Paragraph 6. 2. (C) On September 28 LTC Alassane BOURANDI, Director of Military Intelligence appointed by President Yayi, requested a meeting with Poloff. Bourandi began by asking if it were possible for the embassy to determine the whereabouts and internati [...]	2006-10-12 13:48:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	OFDP CVIS KCOR PGOV PINR BN
06DAKAR1608	PRESIDENT WADE AGREES TO PUT HISSENE HABRE ON [...] (C) The African Union (AU) has asked Senegal to adjudicate the case of former Chadian leader Hissene Habre. President Wade has agreed, although under certain conditions. Human Rights Watch, the most vocal advocate of Habre's alleged victims, is optimistic, but is urging the international com [...]	2006-07-06 15:49:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM CD SG
06DAMASCUS3965	SYRIA,S INVOLVEMENT IN IRAQ,S FUEL TRADE [...] (U) Syrians are involved in both the legal and illicit trade in oil and oil derivatives from Iraq. On the legal side, the Syrian Oil Marketing Bureau (OMB) imports 10,000 barrels per day (BPD) of crude oil and 1,000 BPD of residual fuel-oil (RFO) from Iraq. In exchange, the Syrians export 60 [...]	2006-08-14 09:53:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EPET KCOR JO KU SY TU IZ AE
06DUSHANBE626	KHUJAND'S NEW AIRPORT TERMINAL: AIR TRANSPORT GONE WRONG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajikistan's northern industrial hub Khujand's airport is outdated and lacks adequate security features, but corrupt government officials refuse to open an existing two-year old modern terminal next door. The spacious, light-filled terminal with computerized processing and fir [...]	2006-04-10 09:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAIR SOCI KCOR TI
06DUSHANBE705	TAJIKISTAN: WHY MOUNTING CORRUPTION MATTERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Tajikistan's mounting corruption exacerbates growing income inequalities and degrades the relatively high human capital left from Soviet times. Pervasive corruption limits local and international investment, distorts donor and government development strategies, and undermines ec [...]	2006-04-14 07:20:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV KCOR SOCI TI
06DUSHANBE752	RAHMONOV'S ANNUAL SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT ELECTION-YEAR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Rahmonov's annual speech to the nation, one of his longest in recent memory, was clearly a populist election-year tract, but also a statesmanlike balancing act that leaned, at [...]	2006-04-24 09:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID EINV SOCI KCOR IR CH RS TI
06DUSHANBE779	TAJIKISTAN'S SHARIPOV DISCUSSES CORRUPTION, IRAN, RUSSIA, [...] (C) The Ambassador met April 26 with Director of the President's Strategic Research Center (SRC) Suhrob Sharipov for a wide-ranging discussion on the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC),anti-corruption efforts in Tajikistan, Iranian-Tajik relations, and Tajikistan's increasing unease with [...]	2006-04-27 08:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG SOCI KCOR KMCA KDEM IR RS
06FREETOWN755	SIERRA LEONE: LOSING THE BATTLE AGAINST CORRUPTION? [...] (C) Summary: On August 24, the High Court of Sierra Leone acquitted six defendants accused of procuring an overvalued, non-functional forklift for the Sierra Leone Port Authority for lack of evidence. The acquittal in this case, which was the only corruption case involving high-level governmen [...]	2006-09-11 18:37:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR UK SL
06GEORGETOWN112	SHAHEED "ROGER" KHAN: GUYANA'S OWN ESCOBAR? [...] (S) SUMMARY. Shaheed "Roger" Khan (DOB: 13-Jan-72),Guyana's number one narco-criminal, threatens to exert control over the fragile Guyanese state akin to Pablo Escobar's erstwhile control over Colombia. Khan is presently active in drug trafficking, money laundering, and arms smuggling. His [...]	2006-02-01 13:37:00	Embassy Georgetown	SECRET	SNAR PINR PINS PGOV KCRM KCOR NS GY
06GEORGETOWN1303	GUYANA'S TROUBLED FORESTRY SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: Amid recent public outcry over unscrupulous business practices in Guyana's poorly monitored forestry sector, the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) has announced an investigation into allegations of transfer pricing. Despite some companies' official agreements with the GOG on provi [...]	2006-12-15 19:42:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EAGR EAID PGOV KCOR KFRD XB CH GY
06GEORGETOWN139	TEIXEIRA SHARES INFORMATION ON SUSPECT VISA SEEKERS [...] (C) Ambassador met with Minister of Home Affairs Gail Teixeira on January 12 and January 20 to discuss various matters. At the January 12 meeting, Teixeira handed a document to Ambassador containing a list of Indian nationals who had applied for Guyanese tourist visas through Indian "tour ope [...]	2006-02-09 20:53:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR SMIG KFRD KCOR KCRM GY
06GEORGETOWN208	GOG TO INVESTIGATE UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS IN INTERIOR [...] (SBU) Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC),Robeson Benn, informed EconOff on February 28 that mine officers and immigration officials will begin inspecting interior mining locations by the second week of March in an effort to identify and regularize undocumented work [...]	2006-03-03 12:21:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SMIG ELAB CVIS KCRM KCOR GY
06GEORGETOWN224	GOG REQUESTS ASSISTANCE ON STOLEN WEAPONS [...] (U) Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon called a meeting with Ambassador on short notice March 3 to discuss the recent theft of weapons from a Guyana Defense Force (GDF) storehouse (ref A). 2. (U) Luncheon gave Ambassador a copy of an October 19, 2005, memorandum from hi [...]	2006-03-08 14:03:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC MCAP SNAR KCOR KCRM GY
06GEORGETOWN278	SECRET TAPE, RAID ON DRUG LORD'S ASSETS ROCK GUYANA [...] (U) SUMMARY. Georgetown is flush with intrigue as a joint army/police team conducted raids March 19-20 on drug lord Shaheed "Roger" Khan's properties and, concurrently, a secret recording of Police Commissioner Winston Felix's phone conversations was anonymously and widely distributed to the [...]	2006-03-23 20:33:00	Embassy Georgetown	SECRET	SNAR PINS PGOV KCOR KCRM GY
06GEORGETOWN704	POLICE COMMISSIONER OUT, INTERIM REPLACEMENT TIED [...] (S) SUMMARY. President Jagdeo and his deputy, Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon, separately highlighted to US, UK, Canada and EU chiefs of mission that Police Commissioner Winston Felix is out as of July 24. Jagdeo wants to name a replacement by October -- after election [...]	2006-07-17 17:35:00	Embassy Georgetown	SECRET//NOFORN	SNAR PGOV CVIS KCRM KCOR GY
06GEORGETOWN725	GOG PICKS CROOKED POLICE CHIEF DESPITE REVOKED VISA [...] (S) SUMMARY: The GoG moved ahead with its plan to elevate Deputy Commissioner Henry Greene to Acting Police Commissioner, despite his visa ineligibility for involvement with drug traffickers. Greene assumed his new position July 24. Greene's elevation will bring much international assistan [...]	2006-07-24 21:24:00	Embassy Georgetown	SECRET//NOFORN	SNAR PGOV PINR PREL KCOR GY
06GUATEMALA198	GUATEMALAN JUDGE DISMISSES CASE AGAINST RIOS MONTT [...] (SBU) A Guatemalan judge dropped charges of coercion, threats, sedition, and involuntary manslaughter against former army general and de facto head of state Efrain Rios Montt. The charges, tied to his presumed leadership of the "Black Thursday" riots of July 2003, were dropped at the request [...]	2006-02-01 17:43:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS KCOR GT
06GUATEMALA247	GUATEMALAN PROSECUTORS APPEAL RIOS MONTT DECISION [...] (U) Summary. The Guatemalan Public Ministry is appealing a judge's decision to dismiss charges of threats, coercion, sedition, and involuntary manslaughter against FRG leader Rios Montt. It claims the judge was wrong to dismiss the case rather than respond to the prosecutor,s request for "pr [...]	2006-02-07 22:54:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS KCOR GT
06GUATEMALA450	NEW MONEY LAUNDERING INVESTIGATIVE UNIT [...] (SBU) Post is coordinating with the GOG regarding support for a new anti-money laundering investigative unit. The multi-agency unit would be supported with INL/NAS funds and vetted according to DEA guidelines. The idea is to create a unit capable of working closely with the DEA to target maj [...]	2006-03-06 18:12:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN GT KCOR PTER SNAR KTFN
06GUATEMALA769	BLUE LANTERN END USE CHECKS UNRELIABLE IN [...] (SBU) EconOff attempted to conduct a pre-license end-use check on potential US munitions exports to private Guatemalan distributor, Poligonos S.A. Due to unreliable GOG counterparts, private sector practices that lack transparency, porous borders, and generally weak law enforcement, meaningf [...]	2006-04-20 14:41:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC GT KCOR PM
06HANOI1090	PMU-18 Corruption Scandal: Donor Response [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the break of the Project Management Unit 18 (PMU-18) corruption scandal involving a substantial amount of Overseas Development Assistance (ODA),bilateral and multilateral donors met to share reactions and discuss a coordinated response. Donors agreed: that corruptio [...]	2006-05-08 10:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV KCOR VM
06HANOI1245	VIETNAM'S PARTY CONGRESS: CONSERVATIVES AND [...] (SBU) Analysis of the new membership of the Communist Party of Vietnam's Central Committee and Politburo following the April National Party Congress indicates a barely perceptible victory of conservative over progressive elements within the Party (although Party insiders now say that the prog [...]	2006-05-24 04:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR VM
06HANOI2412	RECENT GVN ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS: SMOKE AND [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In the wake of several high-profile corruption scandals, the GVN is taking steps, both substantive and symbolic, to address corruption involving government and Communist Party officials. In August, the National Assembly Standing Committee passed a resolution specifyi [...]	2006-09-20 09:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KCOR VM
06HANOI771	CORRUPTION IN VIETNAM: MINISTER FALLS, PARTY GETS [...] (SBU) Summary: The media is gleefully reporting a sensational corruption scandal involving millions of dollars in graft that has cost the Minister of Transportation his job. The case amplifies the recent wave of calls for anti- corruption reform that has dominated recent public discussion of [...]	2006-04-04 07:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY320	HCMC MEDIA CONTINUES TO PRESS THE REFORM ENVELOPE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of articles that coincided with the recently-concluded 14th Party Plenum, HCMC-based newspapers continued a public push for reform. Emphasizing rule of law, one of the articles questioned the hitherto-sacrosanct Article 4 of the Constitution, which codifies Communis [...]	2006-03-28 11:44:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI KCOR ECON VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY957	MILITARY OWNED ENTERPRISES IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Military Owned Enterprises (MOEs) in southern Vietnam are tied in with the Ministry of Defense (MOD) much as other State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) interact with their respective owner/ministries, according to HCMC officials. The economic impact of MOEs is hard to gauge due to the [...]	2006-08-25 02:01:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EIND KCOR PINR VM
06JAKARTA11379	INDONESIA - 2007 BUDGET RAISES SOCIAL SPENDING [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia's (GOI) Rp 746.5 trillion (USD 82.1 billion) draft 2007 budget proposes double digit percentage increases in spending on health, education and social welfare programs, with the total amount of central government spending on these programs reaching Rp [...]	2006-09-13 10:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KMCA KCOR PGOV ENRG TBIO ID
06JAKARTA11767	INDONESIA'S ECONOMY - RIGHT DIRECTION, WRONG SPEED [...] Summary. Private sector and Government of Indonesia (GOI) interlocutors expressed optimism about the financial sector's growth and progress, but concern about the real sector, during the September 13-15 visit of Department of Treasury officials Andrew Baukol and Seth Searls. Most agreed Indo [...]	2006-09-21 09:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV KCOR ID
06JAKARTA12687	INDONESIA AND MCC COMPACT ELIGIBILITY [...] (SBU) Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's (SBY) administration has made important progress in the past year implementing a broad-based development strategy emphasizing poverty reduction, private sector growth, and good governance. SBY's bold anti-corruption efforts continue to dism [...]	2006-10-18 10:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON KMCA KCOR ID
06JAKARTA12775	PARLIAMENT PASSES 2007 BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary. Parliament approved a Rp 763.6 trillion (USD 83.4 billion) FY 2007 budget on October 17. Spending for personnel, materials and social programs is slated to rise significantly in 2007 in line with President Yudhoyono's plans to reform the civil service and improve health and ed [...]	2006-10-20 10:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KMCA KCOR PGOV ENRG TBIO ID

06JAKARTA13173	SHOWDOWN BETWEEN PRESIDENT AND VP OVER REFORM UNIT [...] (C) President Yudhoyono and Vice President Kalla have skirmished publicly over SBY's decision to advance the President's reform agenda. Although referred to in general terms for months, the "Presidential Work Unit on Managing Policy and Reform Programs (UKP3KR)" was reportedly designed and un [...]	2006-11-09 11:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL ECON EFIN KCOR PINR ID
06JAKARTA13233	BALL IN SBY'S COURT ON REFORM UNIT [...] (C) With Golkar's November 13-16 annual national leadership meeting as a backdrop, Vice President Jusuf Kalla publicly called for Golkar's continued support for the Yudhoyono administration and privately sought to mend fences with the President following last week's public feud over plans for [...]	2006-11-17 10:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL ECON EFIN KCOR PINR ID
06JAKARTA13450	DPR PASSES NEW PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL BILL [...] (C) On December 7, the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) unanimously passed a bill requiring the creation of a new presidential advisory council within three months. The nine-member council will be charged with advising the President on a full range of issues, its mandate expiring at [...]	2006-12-08 10:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL ECON EFIN KCOR PINR ID
06JAKARTA13480	FINANCE MINISTER ON OPIC, TAX ISSUES, AND NEC [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati told the Ambassador on December 14 that the Directorate General of Taxation (DG Tax) would need to finalize a review of Indonesia's international tax agreements before moving forward on an Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Investment Sup [...]	2006-12-14 09:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL KCOR ID
06JAKARTA13521	FORMER MINISTER DETAINED ON CORRUPTION CHARGES [...] (U) Former Minister of Oceans and Fisheries Rokhmin Dahuri was detained on November 30 in conjunction with a Commission for the Eradication of Corruption (KPK) investigation into his administration of an off-budget fund of nearly IDR 32 billion (approximately USD 3.5 million). The fund alleged [...]	2006-12-19 05:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCOR ID
06JAKARTA2392	SBY'S ANTI-CORRUPTION PROGRAM DEALT A SETBACK [...] (C) Summary. In a verdict that took many observers by surprise, Indonesia's Anti-Corruption Court acquitted three former Bank Mandiri officials of corruption charges on February 20. The Attorney General reportedly stated that he wants to appeal the case to the Supreme Court, and President Su [...]	2006-02-22 11:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KCOR PGOV EINV ID
06JAKARTA3490	SBY'S ANTI CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN MOVES FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's (SBY) anti-corruption campaign, the most significant since Indonesia's independence, has made progress in recent months with a slew of high-profile investigations and prosecutions of current and former Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials [...]	2006-03-20 00:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KMCA ECON EINV ID
06JAKARTA4519	INDONESIA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS - PART II [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-11 00:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR KMCA ECON EINV ID
06JAKARTA4520	INDONESIA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS - PART II [...] (SBU) Summary. A slew of high-profile corruption prosecutions of current and former Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials over the past year has energized the media and civil society groups and placed newfound and largely positive pressure on the bureaucracy (Reftel). Permanently reducing t [...]	2006-04-11 00:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR KMCA ECON EINV ID
06JAKARTA5420	TAX, CUSTOMS CHIEFS REPLACED IN REFORM EFFORT [...] (C) Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) replaced the long-serving, corrupt, and powerful Directors General of Taxation and Customs on April 21. The decision shows SBY's strong support for Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati's efforts to reform the Ministry of Finance (MOF) b [...]	2006-04-29 02:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PINR KCOR KMCA PGOV ID
06JAKARTA5581	DOC DEPUTY SECRETARY SAMPSON'S APRIL 27-28 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Vice President Jusuf Kalla told visiting Department of Commerce Deputy Secretary David A. Sampson on April 27 that under Indonesia's new openness, small interest groups are capable of sensationalizing issues and causing significant damage to Indonesia's reputation and investmen [...]	2006-05-03 23:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV ETRD ECON PGOV KCOR ID
06JAKARTA5582	DOC DEPUTY SECRETARY SAMPSON'S APRIL 27-28 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary. During his April 27-28 visit to Jakarta, Department of Commerce Deputy Secretary David A. Sampson discussed Indonesia's economic reform efforts and U.S. interests in Indonesia and region with business leaders, academics and opinion leaders. American Chamber of Commerce (Amcha [...]	2006-05-03 23:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV ETRD ECON PGOV KCOR ID
06JAKARTA6018	INDONESIA - SUPREME AUDIT BOARD LOSING ITS WAY [...] (SBU) Summary. The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK),one of Indonesia's key anti-corruption institutions, appears losing its way because of weak leadership, internal power struggles and a lack of reform. The BPK's first "Advisory Board on Tsunami-Related Audit" conference April 24-25 in Jakarta [...]	2006-05-12 08:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID KCOR PGOV ID
06JEDDAH481	AMCIT REITERATES CONCERNS ABOUT SAUDI DEFENSE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: A U.S. citizen, who promotes American defense interests in the Kingdom, reported on a meeting he held with his SAG contact who participated in the SAG-French meeting in June about upcoming defense contracts. The AmCit told the Consul General on July 9 that the French are using [...]	2006-07-16 13:18:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MASS MCAP KCOR PGOV PINR
06JERUSALEM4427	PA DECISION TO BREAK TIES WITH ISRAELI FUEL [...] (SBU) Summary: In late September 2006, the PA's Ministry of Finance advised its long-time petroleum product supplier, the Israeli company Dor Alon, that the PA will not renew its contract with the company after its December 31, 2006 termination date. The PA Acting Minister of Finance announ [...]	2006-10-10 13:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV ECON ETRD KCOR KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM4544	FUEL SHORTAGES CONTINUE IN WEST BANK; CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: The PA's exclusive supplier of petroleum products, the Israeli company Dor Alon, continues to restrict shipments of petroleum products to the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Fuel shortages are particularly acute in the northern West Bank. The severity of shortages, however, may have [...]	2006-10-17 14:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV ECON ETRD KCOR KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM5031	KARNI/AL-MINTAR CROSSING CALL CENTER CONTINUES TO [...] (U) This is a joint cable with Embassy Tel Aviv. 2. (S/NF) Summary: Palestinian companies, including several representing U.S. firms, continue to charge that a call center established by the GOI late last year to coordinate the flow of goods through the Karni/al-Mintar crossing fuels cor [...]	2006-12-22 14:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PGOV KWBG KCOR IS
06KABUL3216	PRT FARAH FARAH CITY MAYOR SACKED OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 10, Farah business representatives joined members of the Provincial Council and visiting Parliamentarians demanding Deputy Governor Juma Ghanghor dismiss Mayor of Farah City, Besmellah Khan, amid constant allegations of corruption. Local merchants also protested again [...]	2006-07-19 04:44:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KCOR AF
06KATHMANDU328	REQUEST FOR JIATF-WEST ASSESSMENT [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 6. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) There is considerable political instability in Nepal, which is in the midst of an ongoing Maoist insurgency. The current condition of the country has contributed to Nepal being used as a staging and transit area fo [...]	2006-02-02 12:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KCOR KFRD CVIS SNAR PTER NP
06KATHMANDU333	REQUEST FOR JIATF-WEST ASSESSMENT [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 6. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) There is considerable political instability in Nepal, which is in the midst of an ongoing Maoist insurgency. The current condition of the country has contributed to Nepal being used as a staging and transit area fo [...]	2006-02-02 12:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KCOR KFRD CVIS SNAR PTER NP
06KHARTOUM1092	SOUTHERN ASSEMBLY SETS POLICY; EYES CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly (SSLA) has reviewed and endorsed Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) President Salva Kiir's policy statement, with changes, and is now moving on to addressing corruption. The SSLA wants to be the main watchdog against corruption and plans o [...]	2006-05-09 06:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN KCOR SU
06KHARTOUM1624	Southern Sudan Road Reconstruction - Current Problems Being [...] (SBU) Summary: Two issues have slowed road construction in Southern Sudan: financial accounting and introduction of anti-corruption standards. The World Bank believes that both current obstacles will be overcome, and not dampen donor enthusiasm for developing key Southern infrastructure nece [...]	2006-07-11 07:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ELTN PGOV KCOR IBRD SU
06KHARTOUM2227	Juba: Laws Needed So Legislature Puts Off Anti-Corruption [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 6, the second session of the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly (SSLA) opened with speeches by Speaker James Wani Igga and Government of Southern Sudan President Salva Kiir. While Kiir's speech officially kicked off the 200-day plan (septel),James Wani Igga focu [...]	2006-09-14 14:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR SU
06KHARTOUM814	RUMORS OF CORRUPTION, AND ITS COSTS: AN ANALYSIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Corruption remains an elusive subject in Southern Sudan, as it is easy to deny and difficult to prove. A weak media, the secretive instincts of the SPLM/A honed by two decades of war, and a flourishing rumor mill also make it difficult to winnow speculation from fact. Nonethe [...]	2006-04-02 13:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KCOR EINV EFIN SU
06KINGSTON1342	JAMAICAN ELECTIONS: OPPOSITION CONFIDENT BUT ALSO [...] (C) Summary: In a July 3 meeting with Audley Shaw, opposition Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) Spokesman for Finance and Public Service, Shaw predicted that national elections would be called for late August or early September. He said that a series of scandals could open the door for the first JLP [...]	2006-07-07 20:23:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EPET KCOR JM
06KINGSTON2020	JAMAICA: TRAFIGURA SCANDAL MAY AFFECT TIMING OF GENERAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) The Trafigura scandal delineated septel has forced the resignation of Colin Campbell, Minister of Information and Development and PNP General Secretary, and may cause the Prime Minister to wait to call elections until late next year. Prior to this latest imbroglio, many observers had spec [...]	2006-10-12 12:29:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET KCOR XL XK JM
06KINGSTON2021	JAMAICA: A TRAFIGURA SCANDAL PRIMER [...] (SBU) The six-month old administration of People's National Party (PNP) Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller faces embarrassing and intense scrutiny over its acceptance of JMD 31 million (approximately USD 475,000) from a Dutch-based oil trading firm. The firm, Trafigura Beheer BV, holds the [...]	2006-10-12 12:30:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR PREL SOCI KCOR JM
06KINGSTON2022	JAMAICA: A TRAFIGURA SCANDAL PRIMER [...] (SBU) The six-month old administration of People's National Party (PNP) Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller faces embarrassing and intense scrutiny over its acceptance of JMD 31 million (approximately USD 475,000) from a Dutch-based oil trading firm. The firm, Trafigura Beheer BV, holds the [...]	2006-10-12 12:30:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR PREL SOCI KCOR JM
06KINGSTON2065	JAMAICA: GOVERNMENT DEFEATS NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION [...] (U) On October 17, Parliament debated for eight hours a no-confidence motion brought by Bruce Golding, leader of the opposition Jamaica Labor Party (JLP),against the ruling People's National Party (PNP),in response to the controversy surrounding the USD 500K in political funding donated to t [...]	2006-10-18 20:45:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KCOR JM
06KINGSTON2151	JAMAICA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Ambassador Johnson and Minister of National Security, Peter Phillips, met October 30 to discuss a range of common concerns. Minister Phillips noted that the October 26 meeting with DHS Secretary Chertoff in Port of Spain, Trinidad, had been a positive one, if somewhat shorter than CARIC [...]	2006-10-31 20:29:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM MARR XL JM
06KINGSTON2189	JAMAICA: NEW POLL SHOWS RULING PNP AND OPPOSITION [...] (U) The ruling People's National Party (PNP) and opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) are tied for public support at 32 percent each, according to the latest Bill Johnson poll commissioned by the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper. Since Portia Simpson Miller (PSM) became head of the PNP and Prime Min [...]	2006-11-07 19:04:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON ENRG KCOR JM XL XK
06KINGSTON542	AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 15 MEETING WITH PRIME [...] (C) On March 15, the Ambassador called on a visibly weary Portia Simpson Miller (PSM),at Jamaica House. Minister of Commerce, Science, Technology, and Energy Phillip Paulwell and former Foreign Trade Minister Tony Hylton were also present. In their first formal meeting since the latter's tr [...]	2006-03-17 20:22:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PINR JM
06KINSHASA1365	DOING BUSINESS WITH THE DRC: CAVEAT EMPTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. An increasing number of attempts to defraud potential American investors and traders have come to Post's attention in the past few months. While most are occurring in the extractive industries sector, driven by high global market prices, other sectors are not immune. Blatantly [...]	2006-08-29 14:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON KCOR EPET PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1591	EASTERN KASAI GOVERNOR REJECTS ASSEMBLY SEAT: [...] (C) Summary: Dominique Kanku, the governor of Eastern Kasai province, has declined to take his seat in the DRC's new National Assembly, opting instead to remain in his current position. Kanku is the first high-level GDRC official elected to parliament on July 30 to make it known he intends to [...]	2006-10-17 11:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1658	LEADERSHIP GAP IN ECONOMIC MINISTRIES [...] (SBU) In its final months, the transitional government is facing a large economic leadership void. On October 14 a presidential decree announced several new ministers and vice ministers, as well as the resignation of numerous parastatal managers. All positions affected are held by factions of [...]	2006-10-26 15:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PINR PGOV PDEM KCOR CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1735	TENSION OVER GECAMINES' ATTEMPT TO PREVENT THEFT [...] (C) Tension over efforts to stop natural resource theft nearly resulted in violence in Kolwezi, Katanga province, over the November 3 weekend. November 2, the CEO of Gecamines, the DRC's copper/cobalt mining parastatal, told Gecamines employees in Kolwezi that the ongoing theft of copper/coba [...]	2006-11-13 14:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ETRD ECON KCOR PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1737	DISPUTE EMERGING OVER GOLD MINING DEAL [...] (C) Summary. The CEO of OKIMO, the DRC's gold-mining parastatal, is publicly disputing the validity of a concession contract with the Australian-based company Moto Goldmines Limited (Moto) and a Congolese company, Orgaman, claiming that members of OKIMO's management illegally signed it. If the [...]	2006-11-13 16:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON KCOR PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1758	DRC PARLIAMENT: LUTUNDULA ADVOCATES AMBITIOUS [...] (U) Summary: Longtime Congolese parliamentarian Christophe Lutundula outlined his legislative priorities for the new National Assembly in a November 8 meeting with EmbOffs. Lutundula advocates broad reforms and scrutiny of contracts in the natural resources sector, as well as stringent meas [...]	2006-11-16 16:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN KCOR KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1850	Kabila Lists Ways Toward Economic Growth [...] (U) Summary. In his inaugural address and in a list of "100 Proposals for the Reconstruction of the DRC" released the following day, President Joseph Kabila made a call to action and gave some idea of his priorities for promoting Congolese economic growth. End summary. -------------------- [...]	2006-12-12 10:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV KCOR CG
06KINSHASA1857	WORLD BANK WANTS CRUCIAL ROLE IN POST-ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary. The World Bank's (WB) current priorities in the DRC are to develop a coordinated donor strategy; support the DRC's balance of payments; to implement short-term, high impact development projects; and to revive its nearly-moribund Demobilization, Disarmament and Reinsertion (DDR) [...]	2006-12-14 12:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID KCOR PGOV CG
06KIRKUK101	IRANIAN KURDS ORGANIZING AGAINST TEHRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to an Iranian journalist in hiding in Northern Iraq, Iranian President Ahmadinejad has been cracking down on the Kurds in Iran and has caused souring relations between the Iranian Government and minorities. The Iranian Government under Ahmadinejad has become more reli [...]	2006-04-28 15:34:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PHUM PNAT PREF PREL PINR PGOV KDEM KCOR
06KIRKUK102	HALABJAH DETAINEES SPEAK ABOUT KRG ABUSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. A young teacher and student each describe their detention following the Halabjah protests on March 16. Neither of them participated in the demonstrations. The PUK thwarted more student demonstrations in Kalar through beefed-up security and intimidation. PRT finds these disturb [...]	2006-04-28 15:34:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL PHUM IZ IR
06KIRKUK116	SULAYMANIYAH GOVERNOR AND KURDISTAN TOILERS PARTY RESPOND TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings on May 24, Sulaymaniyah Governor Dana and leaders of the Kurdistan Toiler's Party (KTP) shared with IPAO their reactions to the formation of the newly formed governments in Erbil and Baghdad. Sulaymaniyah Governor Dana said it would be difficult for Prime [...]	2006-06-04 14:08:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR ENRG IZ
06KIRKUK117	PUK LEADERSHIP: PARTY CHANGE, KRG UNITY, IRAN [...] (C) Summary. On May 31 PUK party leader Noshirwan Mustafa informed PRT/REO POLOFS that the number of new KRG ministries was linked to building support for the Kurds on the 2007 Kirkuk Referendum. Further, the PUK would soon hold a congress to restructure the party to adapt to the new political [...]	2006-06-13 13:34:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PNAT KDEM KCOR EPET IZ IN
06KIRKUK16	(SBU) POLITICAL ROUNDTABLE BRINGS PARTIES TOGETHER IN SALAH [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Several political parties in Salah Ad Din Province meet weekly to develop political cohesiveness in the province. The group is showing an amazing unity of purpose during its first two months in existence. END SUMMARY. -------------- (U [...]	2006-01-29 19:07:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR IZ
06KIRKUK36	MEDIA CONSTRAINTS IN KURDISTAN: AN EDITOR'S VIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. The current editors of Hawlati, Kurdistan's most independent newspaper, (strictly protect) charge that Kurdish parties' dominance make press freedoms worse there than in the rest of Iraq. They said the government routinely monitored who met with foreign officials. They said th [...]	2006-02-13 16:19:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR IZ
06KIRKUK37	(U) CORRUPTION IN THE KURDISH NORTH [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Corruption is Kurdistan's biggest economic problem. The two ruling parties' dominant control lets corruption flourish. Corruption relies on family-clan and/or peshmerga ties. Kurdish corruption starts at the top with a few political "godfathers" who quietly di [...]	2006-02-16 19:39:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR ECON PGOV PREL IZ
06KIRKUK46	(C) ORGANIZED, WIDESPREAD CORRUPTION IN FUEL DISTRIBUTION [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: A highly organized corruption ring is running a black market for fuel in Kirkuk, manipulating fuel prices, and siphoning fuel to Iran and Turkey for profit. The organization parallels KDP and PUK party, Peshmerga and Asayish structures. Attempts to cover up its [...]	2006-02-26 19:06:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR EPET ECON PINS IZ
06KIRKUK65	KURDISH TRIBAL OPINION OF COALITION WORSENING OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY. The leader of the influential Baradusti tribe in the Kurdish region of Iraq described the Iraqi security situation as worse today than during Saddam Hussayn's era. The continued violence throughout Iraq is denting Kurdish popular opinion of the Coalition. The U.S. presence, how [...]	2006-03-18 19:08:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PHUM PINS PREL PINR PTER KWMN IZ IR
06KIRKUK66	SULAY GOVERNOR: IRAN'S INFLUENCE INCREASING [...] (C) Sulaymaniyah Provincial Governor Dana Ahmed Majid complained on 13 March to RC(A) and IPAO about Iran's growing influence on Iraq's energy, oil refineries, and imports and exports. Majid said Iran was heavily invested in a new railway route from Basrah to China, which would cross Iranian [...]	2006-03-19 20:17:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KISL PINS IZ IR
06KIRKUK69	HALABJAH DISCONTENT SPARKS VIOLENCE, CRACKDOWN [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. On March 16, protestors in Halabjah torched a museum erected to commemorate the March 16, 1988, chemical weapons attack there. Locals believe the PUK has largely used the Halabjah museum to extract foreign assistance, but failed to spend the funds on Halabjah. [...]	2006-03-24 13:28:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR
06KIRKUK73	KRG UNIFICATION: PLOTTING A PATH [...] (C) SUMMARY. KRG PM Barzani told RC(A) March 29 that that each of the dual Erbil and Sulaymaniyah KRG ministries would form a committee to consider who should get the top jobs in the unified ministry and to find new jobs for redundant incumbents. No one would suffer a pay cut. The PUK has [...]	2006-03-31 07:49:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINS PHUM MCAP KCOR IZ
06KIRKUK75	KURDISH TRIBAL LEADER DOWNS KDP AND PUK, URGES U.S. TO STAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. A leader from the influential Kurdish tribe of Surchi said tribes were forced to work with the KDP and PUK because the parties controlled all the region's revenue. He thought the two Kurdish parties were incapable of working together. Shaykh Surchi urged the U.S. to remain in [...]	2006-03-31 15:29:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PHUM PINS PREL PINR KDEM KWMN IZ IR
06KIRKUK78	STUDENT PROTEST SPARKED HALABJAH VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The KRG had denied permission for the March 16 protests at Halabjah. The KRG Deputy PM had agreed to student protest organizers' demands the night before, but was too late to prevent the violent March 16 Halabjah protests. Protestors were mostly male students from Halabjah, and [...]	2006-04-07 14:03:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR
06KIRKUK79	PUK CRACKDOWN ON ALLEGED HALABJAH PROTESTORS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the wake of the March 16 violent protests in Halabjah, the PUK has confiscated cameras and film, using them to identify perpetrators. Asayish security forces were arresting suspected protestors by conducting raids in the middle of the night wearing ski masks. A source in th [...]	2006-04-07 14:03:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR
06KIRKUK80	MORE PROTESTS AHEAD IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (S) SUMMARY. A freelance press interpreter says some who participated in the violent Halabjah protests could now be inclined to become KRG insurgents because the PUK is giving them few other options. Our contact said he had heard reports that some protestors had fled to the mountains or Ira [...]	2006-04-07 14:07:00	REO Kirkuk	SECRET	PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL PINR IZ IR
06KIRKUK83	ZEBARI SHAYKH SAYS TRIBES CONTROL SOCIAL AFFAIRS IN NORTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The head of the Zebari tribe said he supported the Coalition presence in Iraq, but requested that the U.S. pay more attention to the tribes. He explained that while the Sunni Arabs of Iraq are demanding a U.S. withdrawal, the Kurds fear it. Zebari said Kurds blamed the U.S. fo [...]	2006-04-10 13:50:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PHUM PINS PREL PINR KDEM KWMN IZ IR
06KIRKUK87	IRAQI OIL CO. TALKS CONSTITUTION, CORRUPTION, COMPROMISE [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi businessman and CEO of KAR Group Baz Karim said that the Iraqi national government and the Kurdistan Regional Government were handling new oil contracts in accordance with the new constitution, even though it was not yet in effect. Karim also said the two sides had recently [...]	2006-04-12 10:48:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET ENRG ECON KCOR PREL PINR IZ NO CA
06KIRKUK88	YOUNG KURDS WARN OF IMMINENT PROTESTS IN KALAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Students and recent graduates from Kalar concurred that demonstrations would likely ignite there, but they disagreed on when those demonstrations might occur or how violent they would be. One student was adamant about protesting on April 14 - the commemoration of the Anfal atta [...]	2006-04-12 13:53:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR
06KIRKUK92	STREET TALKS BUSINESS AND POLITICS IN A KURDISH [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. On a visit to Ankawa District in Erbil City, business owners told IPAO an influx of migrants was pushing up real estate prices. The owners complained about inflation, fuel prices, and how winning contracts required party membership. Ankawa is a middle-class, pre [...]	2006-04-14 09:10:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV KDEM KCOR IZ
06KIRKUK95	STUDENT UNIONS MAKE DEMANDS TO KRG ON HALABJAH DETAINEES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Students from Halabjah and As Sulaymaniyah issued a list of demands to the KRG following the violent protests in Halabjah (REFTELS),because detained protestors were being denied fundamental rights. They told REO April 8 that they might go on strike or organize peaceful demonst [...]	2006-04-21 13:08:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR
06KIRKUK99	KURDISH REFUGEE SPEAKS ABOUT IRANIAN TORTURE; REQUESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. An Iranian Kurd contacted Kirkuk Regional Embassy Office requesting asylum. He maintained that Iranian authorities detained him in June 2005 for writing negatively about the government. He claimed that he was tortured by Iranian intelligence and sent to Mariwan prison for thre [...]	2006-04-25 13:34:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PHUM PNAT PREF PREL PINR PGOV KDEM KCOR
06KUWAIT1031	KPC GETTING PAID BY SOMO, TRANSPORTERS ARE NOT [...] (SBU) Econ Officer spoke on March 22 with Kuwait Petroleum Corporation EAMD of Marketing Mr. Waleed Al-Hashash regarding SOMO payments to KPC for gasoline and diesel fuels purchased by Iraq from Kuwait (see all reftels for background.) Al-Hashash made the following points: -- KPC is defini [...]	2006-03-25 06:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET KCOR MOPS KU IZ
06KUWAIT3275	IRAQ'S ILLICIT FUEL TRADE: THE VIEW FROM KUWAIT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Post engaged contacts in Kuwaiti security agencies, but found no substantive reports of Iraqi fuel being smuggled into or through Kuwaiti territory. However, a mid-level Kuwaiti security official revealed to NCIS agent at Post principal routes and methods for smuggling Iraqi [...]	2006-08-14 04:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN EPET IZ KCOR KU
06KUWAIT4481	PROPOSED KUWAITI INVESTMENT IN KENYA APPEARS RISKY [...] (SBU) In response to ref. A, Post sees no reason to suspect Al-Bader International Development Company (AIDCO) of any involvement in illicit or terrorism-related activities as a part of its proposed development project (known as the ROOLA project) in the vicinity of Lamu, Kenya. Although AI [...]	2006-11-20 06:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EINV KCOR PTER KE KU
06KYIV4154	UKRAINE: AIRLINE TICKET PAYMENT SYSTEM UNDER THREAT FROM [...] (SBU) Summary. The Kyiv representative office of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) informed member airlines on October 24 that Ukrainian government agencies were trying to prevent IATA from implementing its billing and settlement plan (BSP) -- the industry-standard clearing [...]	2006-11-01 11:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EFIN BEXP KCOR UP
06LAGOS9	LAND TENURE REFORM NEEDED FOR REAL ESTATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Nigerian housing/real estate sector is cumbersome, costly, and has not been the catalyst for growth and private sector activity that it should be. Primary reasons for the inefficiency of this sector are that the laws and regulations governing conveyance and registration of [...]	2006-01-04 15:46:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EIND KCOR EAID PGOV NI
06LIBREVILLE619	POLITICAL INSIDER WINS JUDGMENT AGAINST CITIBANK [...] (C) Summary: One of President Bongo's closest advisors won an appeals court judgment of $5.4 million against Citibank. Citibank reports that the manner in which the decision was made shows that political influence can trump the rule of law in the Gabonese court system. Coming hard on the heels [...]	2006-10-03 12:25:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCOR PGOV EINV GB
06LILONGWE1048	WRANGLE OVER FLOOR-CROSSING LAW LEAVES PARLIAMENT IN LIMBO [...] (SBU) Summary: Malawi's Constitutional Court has ruled that President Mutharika cannot appeal its advisory opinion on the controversial "floor-crossing" law. The ruling puts the ball firmly in the hands of the Speaker of Parliament, who could use the opinion to declare vacant the seats of over [...]	2006-12-01 10:36:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE118	FORMER GOVT. MINISTER CONVICTED ON CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: In the first conviction against a senior official in President Mutharika's administration, former Education Minister Yusuf Mwawa has been found guilty on four counts of fraud and corruption. Mwawa was arrested, and then fired by the President, after he paid for his $1,500 weddin [...]	2006-02-08 08:58:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE124	STREET VENDORS RIOT OVER REGULATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Hundreds of street vendors rioted in the capital city of Lilongwe on February 7, protesting the arrest of their trade association boss and government orders to move into organized fee-charging market areas. Using tear gas, police attempted to quell the vendors by pushing them o [...]	2006-02-08 16:30:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM ECON KCOR MI
06LILONGWE133	PRESIDENT "FIRES" VICE-PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika has announced that he is effectively firing his Vice-President, a move that is widely seen as unconstitutional. Mutharika claims that by skipping cabinet meetings and avoiding most government functions Vice-President Cassim Chilumpha has essentially tendered [...]	2006-02-10 11:39:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE163	GOVERNMENT DEFIES COURT ORDER TO REINSTATE VP [...] (SBU) Summary: Government continues to ignore a court injunction against the dismissal of Vice President Cassim Chilumpha, and has withdrawn his security detail, staff and vehicles. For his part, Chilumpha announced on February 15 he plans to sue the Attorney General for contempt of court. Th [...]	2006-02-16 17:02:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE376	VICE-PRESIDENT ARRESTED FOR TREASON [...] (SBU) Summary: Vice-President Cassim Chilumpha was arrested on April 28 and charged with treason and conspiracy to commit murder, for an alleged plot to assassinate President Mutharika. The Government claims Chilumpha, who has long been estranged from Mutharika, and four others hired a hit-ma [...]	2006-05-02 14:58:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE384	GOVERNMENT ARRESTS MORE ALLEGED TREASON [...] (SBU) Summary: The government has arrested ten more alleged accomplices of Vice President Chilumpha, claiming that they are all linked to the VP's alleged plot to assassinate President Mutharika. Those arrested include senior members of the United Democratic Front (UDF) party, a former ambass [...]	2006-05-04 15:47:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV KCOR MI
06LILONGWE390	VP'S "ACCOMPLICES" RELEASED FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Twelve of those arrested in connection with Vice-President Cassim Chiulumpha's treason case were released for lack of evidence on May 6, three days after they were arrested. The twelve included a number of leaders in the VP's United Democratic Front (UDF) party, a former Malawian [...]	2006-05-08 14:25:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE391	MUTHARIKA HAILS "AFRICAN HERO" MUGABE [...] (SBU) Summary: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe ended his four day state visit to Malawi on May 6, after opening a road named in his honor and publicly condemning the West. Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika played the part of amiable host, asking donors to resume support to Zimbabwe and [...]	2006-05-08 15:46:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE406	JOURNALISTS' ARRESTS POINT TO INCREASE IN POLITICALLY- [...] (U) Summary: Three independent journalists were arrested in Lilongwe on May 8 and charged with criminal libel, for publishing a story that accused Malawi's attorney general of theft. The arrests are the latest in what appears to be a growing trend toward politically-motivated arrests and pros [...]	2006-05-11 14:03:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PDEM KPAO PGOV KCOR MI
06LILONGWE428	PRESIDENT FIRES ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika sacked Malawi's powerful Attorney General, Ralph Kasambara, on May 17. The move ends the reign of one of the most politically active AG's in Malawi's history. Kasambara often used his post to pressure the police into making questionable arrests, and masterm [...]	2006-05-18 15:37:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE442	MUTHARIKA AT TWO YEARS: A MIXED RECORD [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika this week marks two years in office, and his record is one of mixed success. Mutharika has undertaken a number of popular initiatives to restore order and accountability in Malawian society, and his program of macroeconomic reforms has won praise from donors. [...]	2006-05-25 09:59:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE483	GOM PROPOSES TO POSTPONE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: After a year of delay in staging local government elections that were due in May 2005, the GOM has announced its intention to amend the constitution to postpone local elections to 2009, to coincide with the next regular presidential and parliamentary elections. The move will save [...]	2006-06-01 15:32:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE590	MULUZI RETURNS - HIS ARREST TO FOLLOW? [...] (C) Summary: Former President Bakili Muluzi returned to Malawi on July 9, after spending the last seven months in the U.K., ostensibly for medical care. In a speech given at the airport Muluzi disassociated himself with any impeachment attempt against President Mutharika, and told his supporte [...]	2006-07-12 05:07:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE643	FORMER PREZ ARRESTED AND RELEASED, AS [...] (C) Summary: Former President Bakili Muluzi was arrested, then quickly released in Blantyre on July 27, on forty-two counts of corruption. Only eight hours later it was announced on the government-run television station that Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director Gustave Kaliwo, who had placed [...]	2006-07-28 11:36:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE651	GOM EXPLAINS SUSPENSION OF ANTI-CORRUPTION CHIEF, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Malawi met with donors to explain the recent suspension of the head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and to reassure donors that the country's anti-corruption efforts remain as serious as ever. End summary. A Period of Risk ---------------- 2. (C) Fin [...]	2006-07-31 15:08:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE654	FORMER PRESIDENT'S CORRUPTION CASE DISCONTINUED [...] (SBU) Summary: Amid turmoil caused by the suspension of the Anti-Corruption Bureau Director, the GOM has decided to halt indefinitely the corruption case against former President and United Democratic Front Chair Bakili Muluzi. The move, widely viewed as quid pro quo for the opposition-control [...]	2006-08-01 15:11:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE690	MALAWI PASSES ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING BILL [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-09 07:01:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR KMCA EAID MI
06LILONGWE699	A PROFILE OF THE DEOMCRATIC PROGRESSIVE PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: President Bingu wa Mutharika's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is currently the largest party in the National Assembly with 77 MPs. The party, just over a year old, faces both legal and organizational challenges as it strives to make itself into a lasting party. The main ch [...]	2006-08-10 14:35:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE706	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGENT DEMARCHE ON UN SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-14 06:05:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE708	MALAWI SCORES ANOTHER CORRUPTION CONVICTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-14 10:12:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE713	DEMARCHES DELIVERED: UNSC RESOLUTION AND UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-15 14:35:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE715	PRESIDENT DEMANDS TOP PROSECUTOR'S RESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-16 08:42:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE845	THE UNITED DEMOCRATIC FRONT: DOWN BUT NOT OUT [...] (U) Summary: Malawi's formerly powerful ruling party, the United Democratic Front (UDF),has declined significantly in both resources and influence since President Mutharika's resignation from the party in February 2005 and his subsequent formation of a new ruling party. Following the split, t [...]	2006-09-25 05:22:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LUANDA336	ANGOLA:NEWEST OIL CONCESSIONS:LANDMARK [...] (U) Summary: In a formal ceremony to open and announce bids for the current licensing round of oil concessions in Angola, Sonangol entered a new era of transparency, reading aloud details on each bid, including the signature bonus. In an afternoon of firsts, Italian petroleum producer ENI o [...]	2006-04-06 12:06:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ETRD EINV KCOR CH AO
06MANAGUA1105	NICARAGUA: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION PROGRESS REPORT [...] (C) Summary: This cable update's post's democracy promotion strategy submitted in October and reviewed in December 2005 (refs B and C). Now that the executive will in all likelihood remain in place through the end of President Bolanos' term, we must focus on the results of Nicaragua's nationa [...]	2006-05-19 19:05:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KCOR NU
06MANAGUA1180	REARRANGING THE DECK CHAIRS ON THE TITANIC: RIZO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fear and ambition got the better of Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) presidential candidate Jose Rizo, who set aside his earlier commitment to withdraw his candidacy and join Eduardo Montealegre if PLC caudillo Arnoldo Aleman and the party's leadership did not remove undesirabl [...]	2006-06-02 17:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KCOR NU ECON
06MANAGUA1565	MPN WARNS OF CEDULA IRREGULARITIES [...] (C) Summary: Movimiento por Nicaragua (MpN) leaders warned poloffs on July 14 that Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) is failing to issue national/voter ID cards (cedulas) in a fair and efficient manner. A recent MpN study of eligible voters in secondary schools revealed that only 18 [...]	2006-07-18 15:27:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR SOCI OAS NU
06MANAGUA179	ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT GOMEZ: EQUILIBRIUM AND [...] (C) Summary: Newly elected National Assembly President Eduardo Gomez Lopez (APRE) promises to instill equilibrium on the Assembly Junta and focus on the business of lawmaking. His legislative priorities coincide with those of President Bolanos and USG interests: passage of economic legislation [...]	2006-01-25 16:00:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA220	OAS SENIOR POLITICAL ENVOY READS THE RIOT ACT TO [...] (C) Summary: OAS senior political envoy John Biehl has placed stringent conditions on the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) to enable the OAS to participate in Nicaragua's March and November elections. In his recent visit to Managua, Biehl clarified that CSE's invitation for OAS observation of [...]	2006-01-30 22:27:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA251	HERTY SEEKS CORDIAL, CONSTRUCTIVE, COOPERATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista (FSLN) dissident Herty Lewites seeks cordial, constructive, and cooperative relations with the United States and will request a prestigious U.S. delegation attend his inauguration if he wins Nicaragua's November presidential election. In his recent meeting with Ambassa [...]	2006-02-02 18:59:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA2646	LEGISLATIVE REFORMS WOULD GIVE FSLN "ABSOLUTE [...] (SBU) Summary: National Assembly deputies began approving the articles of a law on December 5 that would give the Sandinista Front (FSLN) caucus in the 2007-2012 Assembly greatly expanded powers, reduce legislative transparency, expand the Assembly's overall authority, and increase routes for [...]	2006-12-05 23:30:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR NU

06MANAGUA277	GON WILL RE-SEND REQUEST FOR DOMINICAN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) The Nicaraguan government will re-send its June 2005 Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) request for Dominican assistance in the money laundering investigation of ex-President Arnoldo Aleman. This time the request will be accompanied by a GON diplomatic note to the Dominican Foreign Min [...]	2006-02-06 16:25:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM KCOR DR NU
06MANAGUA281	"BOILING THE FROG": HOW THE SANDINISTAS HAVE [...] (C) Summary: A former top official in Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) recently described to Emboffs the seamier side of the CSE -- an organization he claims is riddled with corruption and fraudulent partisan influence from top to bottom. In addition to blatant financial fraud and [...]	2006-02-06 19:31:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KDEM KCOR NU
06MANAGUA301	ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT GOMEZ ADVANCES CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the spirit of his commitment to maintain a close working relationship with Embassy on legislation, National Assembly President Eduardo Gomez (Ref.) recently met with emboffs to discuss legislative priorities and how best to expedite them. The Embassy's priorities -- MANPADS [...]	2006-02-09 00:13:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR ETRD ECON EFIN
06MANAGUA302	ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT GOMEZ ADVANCES CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the spirit of his commitment to maintain a close working relationship with Embassy on legislation, National Assembly President Eduardo Gomez (Ref.) recently met with emboffs to discuss legislative priorities and how best to expedite them. The Embassy's priorities -- MANPADS [...]	2006-02-09 00:13:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR ETRD ECON EFIN
06MANAGUA303	ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT GOMEZ ADVANCES CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the spirit of his commitment to maintain a close working relationship with Embassy on legislation, National Assembly President Eduardo Gomez (Ref.) recently met with emboffs to discuss legislative priorities and how best to expedite them. The Embassy's priorities -- MANPADS [...]	2006-02-09 00:13:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR ETRD ECON EFIN
06MANAGUA304	LIBERAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION MAGISTRATE: WE ARE [...] (SBU) Summary: Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) magistrate Rene Herrera of the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) asserts that the PLC has boycotted CSE sessions to prevent the Sandinista (FSLN) majority from passing regulations that will enable the Sandinistas to steal the Atlantic Coast elec [...]	2006-02-09 00:13:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA430	DANIELISTAS RIG COURT RULING TO FACILITATE [...] (C) Summary: Embassy is encouraging non-Sandinista (FSLN) parties to protest recent Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) and the Supreme Court's constitutional chamber decisions enabling CSE president Roberto Rivas to replace two of the CSE's PLC magistrates with the substitutes of his choice, th [...]	2006-02-24 21:11:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA464	A RUSE -- OR DO GENUINE CONCERNS DRIVE PLC'S CALL [...] (C) Many Nicaraguan political and civil society leaders are calling for the resignation of all Supreme Electoral Commission (CSE) magistrates. Asserting that the CSE's substantial irregularities and clear domination by Daniel Ortega's Sandinista (FSLN) party will cause the March 5 Atlantic C [...]	2006-03-02 17:18:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA565	OAS MISSION LEADER - POLITICAL STAKES MUCH HIGHER [...] (SBU) Ambassador and team met with the OAS election mission on March 9 to assess the March 5 Atlantic Coast regional election and to determine the steps necessary to ensure clean, fair, credible, and inclusive national elections in November. OAS Mission leader Gustavo Fernandez believes that [...]	2006-03-13 22:55:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA579	FSLN FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHIEF CLAIMS ORTEGA SEEKS [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista (FSLN) foreign affairs advisor Samuel Santos insists that Daniel Ortega seeks positive, constructive relations with the U.S. government. Santos decried to polcouns, poloff, and visiting INR analyst on March 13 the USG's "loss of interest" in its American neighbors, wh [...]	2006-03-14 23:45:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA632	FSLN FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHIEF: "JUDGE US BY OUR [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista (FSLN) foreign affairs advisor Samuel Santos holds up the FSLN's recent support for CAFTA implementation legislation as evidence of his party's interest in constructive relations with the United States. He suggests that the FSLN might also be willing to vote to destroy [...]	2006-03-21 21:31:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA698	NICARAGUAN MAGISTRATE CRITICIZES SUPREME COURT [...] (C) Summary: During a recent discussion with RLA, Nicaraguan Supreme Court (CSJ) Justice Guillermo Vargas Sandino expressed dismay regarding the ongoing CSJ leadership crisis that began on March 16 when PLC and FSLN-affiliated justices failed to agree on the appointment of presidents and vice [...]	2006-03-27 15:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KJUS NU
06MANAGUA711	ARELLANO DISCUSSES DEFECTION TO ALN-PC, ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: Outspoken National Assembly deputy Delia Arellano plans to actively recruit "converts" in the evangelical community to support presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre now that she has become a member of Montealegre's ALN-PC caucus (reftel). Arellano backs a proposal to chose a [...]	2006-03-30 16:02:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR SOCI NU
06MANAGUA720	IT'S MY PARTY - AND I'LL DO WHAT I WANT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: All is not well on the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) farm, as rivals vie for caudillo leader/convicted money launderer Arnoldo Aleman's blessing to run for president on the party ticket. Five of the six PLC pre-candidates recently confronted Aleman about the PLC Central Co [...]	2006-03-31 13:12:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA803	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 by Roberto Erasmo Cedeno Borgen, born in Nicaragua on November 25, 1938 and by Aminta Or [...]	2006-04-10 20:16:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PGOV KCOR KCRM EFIN NU
06MANAGUA806	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 of Tomas Eduardo Cortez Mendoza, born in Nicaragua on November 30, 1971. Cortez is curre [...]	2006-04-10 20:24:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PGOV KCOR KCRM EFIN NU
06MANAGUA833	VISAS DONKEY: REQUEST FOR CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA INELIGIBILITY FINDING--DAVID EUGENIO ROBLETO LANG [...] (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 by David Eugenio Robleto Lang, born in Nicaragua on November 26, 1957. David Robleto is [...]	2006-04-17 18:23:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PGOV KCOR KCRM EFIN NU
06MANAGUA85	CIRCUS ENDS AS ASSEMBLY ELECTS CONSENSUS BOARD ON [...] (C) Summary: On its seventh attempt, the National Assembly unanimously elected a consensus board of directors (Junta). The Junta selected lawmaker Eduardo Gomez (APRE) as president. Two Sandinista (FSLN) deputies; two Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) lawmakers; and one deputy each from the [...]	2006-01-18 00:17:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA863	THE GLOVES ARE OFF -- MONTEALEGRE TO RUN ON OWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Now that it is clear that the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) will neither participate in multi-party primaries nor sideline Arnoldo Aleman (reftel),Eduardo Montealegre and his National Liberal Alliance-Conservative Party (ALN-PC) are determined to run on their own. In Ambas [...]	2006-04-19 22:19:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL EAID KCOR PHUM
06MANILA1342	FORMER PRESIDENT ESTRADA HEATEDLY DENIES CHARGES [...] (C) Summary: Former president Joseph Estrada testified for the first time in his almost five-year old trial on serious corruption charges on March 22. As expected, Estrada vehemently denied all charges. The government has sent conflicting signals as to whether it wants to continue to try t [...]	2006-03-23 09:26:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR ECON PINR PINS RP
06MANILA1726	MAJOR ANTI-CORRUPTION CASES MOVE FORWARD, SLOWLY [...] (C) Summary: The criminal trial on corruption charges of former Comptroller of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Major General Carlos Garcia will begin on April 25. The court has issued warrants for the arrest of Garcia's wife and three sons, but they remain in hiding. Despite Garcia [...]	2006-04-20 08:19:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCOR SOCI RP
06MANILA1865	COURT MARTIAL AFFIRMED IN MAJOR ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (U) On April 26, 2006, Armed Forces Chief of Staff Generoso Senga affirmed the guilty verdict in the court martial of former Major General Carlos Garcia on corruption charges. The court martial sentenced Garcia on December 2, 2005 to two years' confinement at hard labor, and the verdict had [...]	2006-04-28 09:29:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON KCOR SOCI RP
06MANILA1944	JAIL MANAGEMENT SEMINAR ADVANCES LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (U) Summary. A week-long S/CT-funded seminar on Advanced Jail Management that concluded on April 28 was a crucial effort in Mission's support of law enforcement reform in the Philippines in general and of the Philippine National Police's ongoing Transformation Project in particular. 2. ( [...]	2006-05-05 06:43:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KCRM KJUS PREL KCOR PGOV PINS ASEC RP
06MANILA2172	COURT ACQUITS GENERAL GARCIA OF PERJURY; PLUNDER [...] (U) On May 22, the third division of the Sandiganbayan (anti-graft court) acquitted retired Major General Carlos Garcia of one count of perjury. The charges stemmed from Garcia's failure to disclose three motor vehicles on his mandatory Statement of Assets, Liability and Net worth (SALN). D [...]	2006-05-24 06:43:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON KCOR SOCI RP
06MANILA3574	TIP UPDATE: CORRUPTION IMPEDES ANTI-TIP EFFORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) has made some progress in combating trafficking in persons (TIP) in 2006. However, there have been no additional convictions under the 2003 Anti-TIP Law since December 2005 (refs C and D),despite dozens of human trafficki [...]	2006-08-28 05:30:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM PGOV KCOR RP
06MANILA963	CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS AGAINST NEW CUSTOMS [...] (S) Napoleon Morales, who was appointed as the new Customs Commissioner on January 2, 2006, has two corruption investigations pending against him according to Attorney Eden Dandal, the former head of the Customs Intellectual Property (IP) Unit. Just one day after assuming office, Morales mov [...]	2006-03-02 07:46:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	ECON ETRD KIPR KCOR RP
06MANILA990	NEW DIRECTOR OF CUSTOMS IP UNIT PROMISES INCREASED [...] (SBU) The Intellectual Property (IP) Unit at Customs is under new management again, for the third time since its inception in 2003. Former IP Unit head, Attorney Eden Dandal, was replaced by Attorney Willie Sarmiento, who was Chief of Staff to the new Customs Commissioner, Napoleon Morales [...]	2006-03-03 07:51:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR KCOR RP
06MAPUTO106	MOZAMBIQUE: ANIBALZINHO RECEIVES MAXIMUM SENTENCE [...] On January 20 a Maputo City Court sentenced Anibal "Anibalzinho" dos Santos Junior to 29 years, 11 months, and 25 days for his role in the November 2000 gunning down of investigative journalist Carlos Cardoso. The court found Anibalzinho guilty on all nine of the counts he faced. The court a [...]	2006-01-23 15:48:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KCOR PHUM MZ
06MAPUTO107	MOZAMBIQUE: ANIBALZINHO RECEIVES MAXIMUM SENTENCE [...] On January 20 a Maputo City Court sentenced Anibal "Anibalzinho" dos Santos Junior to 29 years, 11 months, and 25 days for his role in the November 2000 gunning down of investigative journalist Carlos Cardoso. The court found Anibalzinho guilty on all nine of the counts he faced. The court a [...]	2006-01-23 15:48:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KCOR PHUM MZ
06MAPUTO1209	TURMOIL IN MOZAMBIQUE'S POLICE FORCE [...] (C) Summary: In the latest in a string of shootings, on September 4 two riot policemen moonlighting as bodyguards were gunned down by other police while sitting in a car. Minister of Interior Pacheco first said the two were wanted criminals and then the next day admitted that they were riot p [...]	2006-09-21 10:27:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KCOR PGOV PHUM MZ
06MAPUTO1497	FRELIMO CONGRESS STRENGTHENS GUEBUZA'S MANDATE, [...] (SBU) Summary: Mozambique's ruling FRELIMO Party held its 9th Party Congress from November 10-14 in Quelimane, the capital of Zambezia Province. The congress was characterized by a number of `firsts:' the first congress held outside of Maputo since independence, the first congress to be open to [...]	2006-11-17 11:42:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCOR PGOV PHUM MZ
06MAPUTO1531	HIV/AIDS DISCUSSION AT FRELIMO CONGRESS SHOWS [...] The recent congress of the ruling FRELIMO party (reftel) was the year's most important political event. Discussion of HIV/AIDS at the 1,600-delegate event demonstrated both the commitment of senior government and party figures in the fight against AIDS and some of the challenges they face. Pr [...]	2006-11-28 11:42:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCOR PGOV PHUM MZ
06MAPUTO1553	MOZAMBIQUE: BIO DATA ON SOME MEMBERS OF FRELIMO [...] This cable provides biographical information on 10 of the 17 members of the Political Commission, the highest body of Mozambique's ruling political party, FRELIMO (we have provided bio information on the other members in previous reporting). Sources used include official government biographies [...]	2006-12-04 06:23:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCOR PGOV PHUM MZ
06MAPUTO1563	MOZAMBIQUE: NEW GOVERNORS IN NAMPULA AND INHAMBANE [...] On November 26 President Armando Guebuza appointed Felismino Ernesto Tocole and Francisco Itai Meque as governors of Nampula and Inhambane provinces, respectively. .Tocole replaces Filipe Paunde, who was elected secretary general of the ruling FRELIMO party at the Ninth Party Congress in mid-N [...]	2006-12-05 15:13:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCOR PGOV PHUM MZ
06MAPUTO453	ANIBALZINHO ATTEMPS YET ANOTHER ESCAPE; SECOND TRY [...] Mozambican police reportedly frustrated another attempted prison break by Anibal dos Santos Junior (Anibalzinho),the man convicted of leading the group responsible for the November 2000 murder of Mozambique's foremost investigative journalist, Carlos Cardoso. Anibalzinho is currently serving [...]	2006-04-18 06:28:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCOR KCRIM PGOV MZ
06MAPUTO573	MOZAMBIQUE: FIGHTING CORRUPTION OR SHADOW BOXING? [...] (SBU) Apart from continued strong rhetoric and some mid-level action by the Guebuza government, the GRM has not moved very far in tackling corruption in the past year. In August 2005 the government released the results of a nationwide survey, which revealed deep concern by the populace over co [...]	2006-05-17 12:41:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR KCRIM PGOV PREL MZ
06MAPUTO609	MOZAMBIQUE - PROPOSED LANGUAGE FOR PRESS RELEASE ON RELEASE OF CORRUPTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-25 16:09:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC KCOR KPAO MZ
06MAPUTO650	MOZAMBIQUE: WILL NYIMPINE CHISSANO FACE TRIAL FOR [...] (U) The eldest son of former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano, Nyimpine Chissano, has been formally charged in the November 2000 murder of Mozambique's foremost investigative journalist, Carlos Cardoso. According to press reports, Chissano Jr. is accused of "joint moral authorship" of Ca [...]	2006-06-05 12:22:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR KCRM MZ
06MAPUTO668	MOZAMBIQUE: FRELIMO A NO-SHOW AT AFRICAN [...] (U) The African Parliamentarians Network Against Corruption (APNAC) held its third regional anti-corruption training seminar in Maputo on May 22-23. This regional forum, which was supported by both the Canadian and Danish development agencies, aimed to strengthen the capacity of African parli [...]	2006-06-08 06:13:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR PGOV PREL MZ
06MAPUTO897	REQUEST FOR PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING FEDERAL JUDGE [...] NAME OF SPEAKER AND DATES: Peter J. Messitte, United States District Judge, District of Maryland, Greenbelt, MD. Speaker conducted successful, high-impact DVC with Maputo on June 8, 2006 (see reftel). 2. DATES REQUESTED: MAY 1-15, 2007 (any five program days during this period). 3. TOP [...]	2006-07-25 11:48:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCOR KDEM OIIP KPAO MZ
06MEXICO895	DEMONS IN EDEN - LYDIA CACHO CASE UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. The case of Lydia Cacho, the independent journalist arrested in December on libel and defamation charges, exploded back into the headlines on February 14 when the media released excerpts of a tape containing alleged phone conversations in which businessman Kamel Nacif is heard plo [...]	2006-02-16 22:03:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM MX KCRM KWMN KCOR
06MINSK689	State Dominates Banking Sector [...] Summary: Belarus has a poorly developed capital market, and the financial sector almost exclusively consists of banks. The joint stock exchange/currency exchange lists very few companies and is mostly engaged in currency exchange for the government. The banking sector is almost completely dom [...]	2006-06-30 12:31:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV KCOR BTIU PGOV AFIN BO
06NAIROBI1111	IAGGA REPORT FOR KENYA [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-10 08:47:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KCOR KCRM PGOV KE
06NAIROBI1114	AN UNSETTLED KENYA AWAITS NEXT SHOE TO DROP [...] (S) SUMMARY: President Kibaki publicly stands firm behind the Kenyan Police raid on the Standard Media Group. Meanwhile, Standard journalists and others privately say the raids were prompted by a State House belief that the paper possesses documents implicating the President's family in grand [...]	2006-03-10 12:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	PINS SNAR ASEC ECON PREL KCOR KDEM KE
06NAIROBI135	KENYA'S ROADS -- TURNING THE CORNER ON A NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya's road system is a national disgrace and a major drag on the economies of both Kenya and the broader region. Three years after coming to power, the Kenyan government of Mwai Kibaki has little to show in terms of meeting its promises to rebuild the country's long- neglecte [...]	2006-01-12 06:31:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ELTN EFIN KCOR PGOV KE
06NAIROBI1439	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: PARLIAMENTARY REPORT BLOWS [...] (C) Summary: Like a second nuclear strike following the release of the Githongo dossier in January, a long-awaited report into the Anglo-Leasing and related scandals by Kenya's Parliament was released on March 30 and is sending shockwaves through Kenyan politics. The report from the Parliamen [...]	2006-03-31 11:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI157	FOREIGN MINISTER TUJU COMMITS ON ISSUES OF U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Tuju told Ambassador January 11 that Kenya will now proceed, in coordination with the U.S. and UK governments, with the prompt establishment of the long-stalled Joint Terrorism Task Force. Given the government's multiple and unfulfilled previous pledges, Tuju set [...]	2006-01-12 13:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SNAR EAID ASEC MASS KCOR KE
06NAIROBI1614	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR BOOTED [...] (C) Summary: There is likely much more than meets the eye in the recent arrest and suspension of the governor of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) for "abuse of office." In the case, it appears CBK Governor Andrew Mullei erred in hiring his son to help conduct investigations into irregularities [...]	2006-04-12 11:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI1635	THOUGHTS ON THE DIALOGUE WITH KENYA AT THE [...] (C) Summary: In light of recent events in Kenya, Mission Nairobi recommends a tough-but-balanced approach in bilateral meetings between USG policymakers and the Kenyan delegation visiting Washington in late-April for the annual IMF/World Bank meetings. Washington policymakers can expect an a [...]	2006-04-13 11:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PINR KE
06NAIROBI1637	KENYA BULLISH ON EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: Deep-sea oil exploration is scheduled to begin in late-2006 off the coast of Kenya. In preparation for a possible discovery, key donors and the Australian company in charge of exploration are encouraging the Government of Kenya (GOK) to start planning now on how to avoid the "r [...]	2006-04-13 12:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN EPET ENGR KCOR KE
06NAIROBI1688	RAISING THE LATEST MEGA-SCANDAL WITH KENYAN [...] (C) Summary: This is an action request - please see para 6. It is increasingly clear that Kenya has another mega- scandal waiting in the wings to be exposed. In this case, it takes the form of a massive money laundering and tax evasion scheme involving a small local bank and the country's l [...]	2006-04-19 13:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI1720	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: AUDITOR GENERAL REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: A long-awaited audit into the 18 suspect Anglo-Leasing-style procurement scams has been tabled in Parliament. Its detailed findings confirm and confer even greater credibility to the Githongo dossier and to the recently-adopted parliamentary report on the Anglo-Leasing and simi [...]	2006-04-24 05:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI182	GOVERNMENT SPINNING ITS WHEELS WITH ALL EYES ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first meeting of the new cabinet on January 6 indicated the Kenyan government may finally be ready to get back to the business of governing. Political maneuvering and whining, nevertheless, continued, with a singular focus on the next election in 2007. Despite cabinet takin [...]	2006-01-13 07:27:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM KE
06NAIROBI2482	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: HOW FULL - OR EMPTY - IS THE [...] (C) Summary: The bad news in the war against corruption in Kenya is that there continues to be no genuine political will at the leadership level to aggressively investigate and prosecute major graft cases. The desperation of the NARC administration as it positions itself for next year's elect [...]	2006-06-06 13:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI2759	KENYAN OPPOSITION TO ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER: [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kibaki Government is unresponsive and acting with impunity, opposition leaders told Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer during a June 21 meeting in Nairobi. SIPDIS The only solution is for Kenyans to vote in a new government, which is why politicians are fixed on the 2007 [...]	2006-06-25 12:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL KCOR PTER KE SO
06NAIROBI284	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: LET THE FIREWORKS BEGIN [...] (C) Summary: It is widely expected that a newspaper serial exposing in gory detail evidence of grand scale corruption in the administration of Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki will begin the week of January 22. If so, it will likely destabilize an already fragile administration. Kibaki appears aw [...]	2006-01-23 01:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN KCOR KE
06NAIROBI2870	KENYA: SCANDAL CONTROL CROWDS OUT INTEREST IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: With another corruption scandal emerging, this time involving private corporations whose malfeasance may have been enriching government officials, and another ministerial tirade against the media, the government has again demonstrated its aversion to transparent, democratic gover [...]	2006-06-30 11:39:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL KCOR EAID KE
06NAIROBI315	PATRONAGE IN MOMBASA: THE KENYA PORTS AUTHORITY [...] (C) Summary: Based on demands from local politicians for an appointee from Coast Province, Kenyan Transport Minister Chirau Ali Mwakwere appointed Abdalla Mwaruwa to the critical position of Managing Director (MD) of the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA). The Minister ignored the KPA Board,s recom [...]	2006-01-24 09:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EWWT KCOR ETRD PGOV KE
06NAIROBI3217	CHARTERHOUSE WHISTLEBLOWER DETAILS MONEY [...] (C) Summary: Kenyan auditor Peter Odhiambo exposed billions of shillings of tax evasion and money laundering at his former employer, Charterhouse Bank, by a group of major companies partly owned by notorious businessman John Mwau and MP William Kabogo. On July 20, Odhiambo briefed Emboffs on [...]	2006-07-26 02:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR KCRM PREF ECON EFIN KE TZ UG
06NAIROBI3500	KENYA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL OBAMA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Kenya, a country that stands out among its East African neighbors as a stable, open democracy and as a key regional partner for the United States. The country is making a dramatic break from its past by greatly improving respect for human rights and by expanding d [...]	2006-08-11 10:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KCOR KE
06NAIROBI395	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: NOT THE TIME TO MOVE FORWARD [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy-USAID message and contains a policy recommendation and rationale in paras 10-14. 2. (C) Summary: Public release of serious and credible evidence of graft and cover-up at the highest levels of the Kenyan Government is generating outrage in Kenya and threatens to [...]	2006-01-27 10:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL KE
06NAIROBI4105	KENYAN ATTORNEY GENERAL: "DON'T DOUBT OUR WILL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kenya Attorney General Amos Wako told the Ambassador on September 12 that the absence of prosecutions in major corruption cases was not for lack of will, but is a matter of capacity. The Ambassador made clear that the cloud of high-level corruption hangs heavy, shadowing some pos [...]	2006-09-20 12:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL KCOR KE
06NAIROBI4321	AMBASSADOR MEETS KENYA'S BESIEGED ANTI-CORRUPTION DIRECTOR [...] (C) Summary: In a courtesy call by the Ambassador on October 2, Kenyan Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) Director Aaron Ringera vigorously defended the performance of the KACC while also candidly analyzing the structural challenges that make prosecution of grand-scale corruption cases virtually [...]	2006-10-05 13:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL KE
06NAIROBI4327	KENYA'S HEAD PROSECUTOR "COMMITTED" TO ANTI-GRAFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kenyan Director of Public Prosecution Keriako Tobiko told the Ambassador that while he is committed to prosecuting high-level corruption cases, the judiciary and the Anti-Corruption Commission are slowing him down. Delivering a message closely echoing that of the Attorney General [...]	2006-10-05 14:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL KCOR PINR KE
06NAIROBI4330	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND OTHER ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Kenyan Vice President Moody Awori, who sets parliament's agenda as leader of the House Business Committee, assured the Ambassador that an anti-money laundering bill and plea bargaining legislation will be passed by this parliament. He also insisted that long pending appointments t [...]	2006-10-06 06:04:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PREL KCOR AGOA PTER KE
06NAIROBI4421	Charterhouse Bank and Money Laundering; Still Waiting for [...] (C) Summary: The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is fighting a rearguard legal battle to keep Charterhouse Bank temporarily closed in light of convincing evidence that the bank is little more than a money laundering machine. Beyond this, however, the GOK appears to be doing little to bring the cas [...]	2006-10-16 03:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR KCRM PREF ECON EFIN KE
06NAIROBI4631	AG Wako sends Anglo-Leasing Files Back to KACC; Shell Game [...] (C) Summary: As predicted in reftel, Kenya Attorney-General Amos Wako sent the files of 12 prominent people recommended for prosecution back to the Kenya Anti-Corruption (KACC),saying they were inadequate to ensure successful prosecutions in court. The latest developments indicate that Anglo- [...]	2006-10-27 14:04:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR KCRM PREL ECON EFIN KE
06NAIROBI4741	Proposed Kuwaiti Investment in Kenya Looks Fishy [...] (SBU) Summary: Kuwait's Al Bader International Development Company allegedly asked the Kenyan Government for exclusive rights to develop a port, airport, resort, and oil complex near Lamu on Kenya's north coast, but the project appears impractical. Post is concerned the proposal may instead be [...]	2006-11-05 12:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EINV KCOR PTER KE KU
06NAIROBI494	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: FINANCE MINISTER RESIGNS, [...] (C) Summary: In an unprecedented move, Kenya's Finance Minister has resigned in response to the Anglo-Leasing and related revelations. In resigning, David Mwiraria asserted his innocence - a claim swiftly countered by John Githongo, the man whose dossier on high-level corruption and cover-up [...]	2006-02-02 12:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL KE
06NAIROBI5003	KENYA: TWO CORRUPTION-TAINTED MINISTERS REAPPOINTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Kibaki filled a dozen cabinet seats on November 15, bringing back into government two ministers who had earlier this year resigned over their implication in massive corruption scandals. One, reinstated Education Minister George Saitoti, was earlier exonerated in a du [...]	2006-11-22 14:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL KCOR KE
06NAIROBI5077	IMF MISSION VISITS KENYA, WANTS TO EXTEND PROGRAM AND STAY [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF wants to remain engaged in Kenya, and has therefore temporarily extended until February 2007 its three-year, $240 million Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF),which had been set to expire this month. It hopes by early 2007 to complete the program's second revie [...]	2006-11-28 14:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KCOR PGOV KE
06NAIROBI5099	WHEELING AND DEALING AS KENYA'S OLDEST PARTY SPLITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The brewing split in Kenya's KANU party boiled over on November 28 when party leaders elected from a rival faction were officially registered, ousting Chairman Uhuru Kenyatta from the party's top seat. The registration of Biwott as Chairman leaves Kenyatta legally no longer Lead [...]	2006-11-29 14:41:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KCOR KE
06NAIROBI5231	KENYA POLL RESULTS: KIBAKI'S RATING UP, BUT NOT A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent national opinion poll shows that more Kenyans approve of President Kibaki than earlier in the year. However, although Kibaki came out far in front of a field of six leading opposition candidates, he did not fare as well in head-to-head races, in particular against pro [...]	2006-12-11 13:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV KCOR KE
06NAIROBI525	STORMY PARTY POLITICS COMPOUND KIBAKI'S WOES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under mounting pressure to effectively respond to a massive corruption scandal, President Kibaki is also facing the disintegration of his governing "NARC" coalition, as parties and politicians calculate their strategy for the 2007 general election. Kenyans are fired up and fed u [...]	2006-02-06 11:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KCOR PREL KE
06NAIROBI5253	REQUEST FOR ANTI-CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION OF U.S. CITIZEN [...] (C) Summary: I write to request the formal investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) of Merlyn H. KETTERING, a U.S. citizen currently residing in Maryland, under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Available evidence indicates Kettering was directly involved in several grand-scale [...]	2006-12-14 08:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI527	OFFICIAL CORRUPTION: PRESIDENT KIBAKI UNLIKELY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Judging from his remarks to a small group of Ambassadors February 2, President Kibaki does not/not see a need for decisive action in the face of the growing public outcry over official corruption. Kibaki derided his former top adviser on corruption, John Githongo, calling him "a p [...]	2006-02-06 12:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL KE
06NAIROBI5388	Ethnicity & Politics in Kenya: Part 1, The [...] (SBU) Summary: A common Kenyan view of the colonial period holds that blatant favoritism by those in power on behalf of their own ethnic group was never more intense than in Kenya's first 68 years of its 111 year existence. Major political figures in today's Kenya were in their 30s at indepen [...]	2006-12-29 06:57:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR KE
06NAIROBI5393	Ethnicity & Politics in Kenya: Part 2, Kenya's Major Ethnic [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite attempts to steer the political debate in Kenya away from ethnic considerations towards issues-based politics, ethnic identity continues to factor prominently. This message is a survey of the major ethnic groups in Kenya and how their perceptions and history manifest [...]	2006-12-29 09:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR KE
06NAIROBI607	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: ANGLO-LEASING COMBINES WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an apparently transparent attempt to deflect public attention away from allegations of grand scale corruption within his own administration, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has officially accepted a long- awaited report into the Goldenberg affair, a huge scandal that took place ov [...]	2006-02-10 11:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL KE
06NAIROBI661	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: TWO MORE MINISTERS RESIGN [...] (C) Summary: Under intense pressure generated by the Anglo-Leasing and Goldenberg scandals, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki accepted (or, more accurately, demanded) the resignation of two more ministers on February 13. These and related developments perhaps mark the beginning of a change in Keny [...]	2006-02-14 13:16:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI837	CLOSING RANKS ON CORRUPTION AS CABINET GETS A PAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the number of individuals targeted for corruption investigations continues to grow exponentially, the effectiveness of these investigations is called into question. Lucrative recent increases in allowances for members of Kenya's cabinet may prove effective enticements to inst [...]	2006-02-24 10:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KCOR KE
06NAIROBI919	AMBASSADOR BELLAMY VISITS COAST PROVINCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 31 February 3 visit to Mombasa and the Coast Province, the Ambassador discussed counter-terrorism with Provincial Commissioner Maina. Ambassador Bellamy called on Mayor Taib of Mombasa who requested disaster management assistance and met with members of Parliament [...]	2006-03-01 10:27:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EAID ETRD PGOV PREL KCOR PTER
06NAIROBI944	212 (F) VISA SAO REQUEST: ALFRED GETONGA, ANURA [...] (S) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy Nairobi hereby seeks security advisory opinions under section 212(F) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Proclamation 7750, suspending entry into the United States of the following individuals: -- Alfred Getonga, -- Anura Perera, -- Deepak Kaman [...]	2006-03-02 11:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	ASEC CVIS ECON KCOR KCRM KFRD PGOV PREL PTER
06NASSAU1675	CHURCH LEADER SPEAKS OUT ON THE NEED FOR CAMPAIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In wide-ranging remarks on October 24, Anglican Archbishop Drexel Gomez criticized the role of money in Bahamian politics, lamented corruption in government, and called for a stronger focus on character in selection of political leaders. The remarks, witnessed by Gomez special [...]	2006-11-02 22:23:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	BF PGOV PREL KCOR
06NASSAU1815	COMMODORE ATTACKS CORRUPTION, PROMISES TO FIRE 25 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Newly appointed Royal Bahamas Defense Force (RBDF) Commodore Clifford Scavella asserted in a December 5 radio interview that 25 percent of the roughly 1000 RBDF officers are corrupt. He has pledged to move expeditiously to deal with corruption in the force and to improve its ef [...]	2006-12-11 21:46:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP KCOR BF
06NIAMEY1075	POLITICAL DECENTRALIZATION IN NIGER: (STILL) A [...] (C) More than two years have passed since Nigeriens elected local councils to govern the country's 265 communes. The advent of political decentralization - a subject of discussion for most of the nation's first four decades of independence - was greeted with excitement by ordinary Nigeriens wh [...]	2006-09-22 16:22:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR EAID NG
06NIAMEY1088	JAILED JOURNALISTS FAIL ON APPEAL: 18 MONTHS [...] Mamane Abou and Oumarou Keita, jailed publisher and editor-in-chief of Niger's leading opposition weekly, "Le Republican," had appealed their September 1 convictions and eighteen month prison sentences to the Niamey Court of Appeals (reftel A). On September 25, that court ruled against them - [...]	2006-09-27 16:11:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
06NIAMEY1122	DISGRACED FORMER MINISTERS INDICTED BY NATIONAL [...] Hamani Harouna and Ari Ibrahim - both former Ministers of Basic Education and Literacy in the Government of Niger (GON) - were formally indicted by the National Assembly this week, during an extraordinary session devoted primarily to examining the two men's culpability in the public education [...]	2006-10-04 13:58:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCOR KMCA NG
06NIAMEY847	OPPOSITION PUBLISHER, EDITOR JAILED FOR ALLEGING [...] (SBU) On August 4, Maman Abou and Oumarou Keita - respectively the Publisher and the Editor-in-Chief of "Le Republican," Niger's oldest, best respected, and most widely circulated opposition weekly - were arrested and jailed by the Detective Branch of the Nigerien National Police. The two men [...]	2006-08-14 15:58:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KPAO PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KMCA NG
06NIAMEY865	UPDATE ON JAILED JOURNALISTS: MAMAN ABOU AND [...] As noted reftel, Maman Abou and Oumarou Keita, the publisher and editor-in-chief of the opposition weekly "Le Republican," were tried by the Niamey Regional Court on August 14. Claiming that the men's detention in two separate prisons located far from the capitol was illegal, and that they wo [...]	2006-08-16 17:37:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR NG
06NIAMEY898	MIST SPORTS CARAVAN SCORES HIGH MARKS IN NIGER [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-23 12:09:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR KPAO PREL ASEC EAID SCUL KCOR NG
06OTTAWA2977	NATIONAL STRATEGY TO INTERNATIONALIZE EFFORTS [...] (U) On September 29, Economic Minister-Counselor discussed ref A demarche with Sarah Taylor, Director, Development Policy and Institutions Division, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) and with Glynnis French, Deputy Director, Strategies and Partnerships Sector, Financial Tr [...]	2006-09-29 22:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR ECON EAID EINV PGOV KCRM CA
06OTTAWA3599	CANADIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING OECD [...] (U) On December 15, Economic Minister-Counselor delivered reftel demarche on the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) to Mark Moher, Senior Coordinator, International Crime and Terrorism, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). Moher promised to share its contents with L [...]	2006-12-15 19:34:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD OECD KCOR CA
06OTTAWA3613	ADDITIONAL CANADIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING [...] (U) Embassy Ottawa has received an additional Canadian response to the OECD Working Group on Bribery demarche (ref A) that the Embassy Economic Minister-Counselor delivered to DFAIT official Mark Moher on December 15. The initial response was reported in ref B. 2. (SBU) Begin text. Respon [...]	2006-12-19 19:47:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD OECD KCOR CA
06PANAMA1629	SCENESETTER FOR FINCEN DIRECTOR WERNER VISIT [...] (U) This message is confidential. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. Your visit provides support for our Mission's anti-money laundering programs. Your dialogue with key anti-money laund [...]	2006-08-18 21:07:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL PTER SNAR PINR KCOR KCRM PM
06PANAMA1836	GOP SLEIGHT OF HAND DEALING IN GAMING INDUSTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite overcoming two key bureaucratic hurdles, U.S.-based Merit Management continues to encounter what they believe to be high-level GOP obfuscation and delays in securing the license for its $8 million casino in Colon. Merit attributes its delay to financial incentives from the exi [...]	2006-09-19 20:15:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV KCOR PM
06PANAMA2207	FM LEWIS ON UNSC, CORRUPTION, FTA, REGIONAL [...] (C) Panama will be a voice for all of Latin America on the UN Security Council and is willing to help the USG spread its message, Vice President and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro told the Ambassador November 8. He also addressed corruption, saying the court system is the crux of Panama's co [...]	2006-11-09 21:44:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ETRD KCOR PM
06PANAMA2320	MERIT MANAGEMENT RECEIVES CASINO LICENSE [...] (SBU) U.S. investor, Merit Management, received its license to operate the Mallorca Casino in the Sol Melia Hotel in Colon on October 11, 2006. After a lengthy battle of more than 12 months involving allegations of corruption and obfuscation on behalf of GOP officials (reftels),Panama's Mini [...]	2006-12-04 21:01:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV KCOR PM
06PARIS6669	FRANCE ON NATIONAL STRATEGY TO INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS [...] (U) Embassy raised reftel points on the National Strategy to Internationalize Efforts Against Kleptocracy with senior MFA officials, and is sharing points with Ministries of Finance and Justice. MFA DAS-equivalent for International Financial Affairs Cyrille Pierre told us the French stance on [...]	2006-10-06 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR ECON EAID EINV KCRM FR
06PARIS7844	GOF SUPPORTIVE OF ROBUST MONITORING OF OECD BRIBERY [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor raised reftel points on the work of the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) with MFA DAS-equivalent Cyrille Pierre on December 14. Pierre said France was fully supportive of U.S. efforts to continue with a robust post-Phase II monitoring mechanism. Parties to the Conventi [...]	2006-12-19 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD OECD KCOR FR

06PHNOMPENH1509	CAMBODIA'S RENEGADE POLICE CHIEF [...] (C) Summary. On August 2, an arrest warrant was issued for Heng Pov, the powerful former Phnom Penh Municipal Police Chief and Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Interior, who reportedly was tipped off of the impending arrest and fled the country by the time the RGC moved to arrest [...]	2006-08-24 01:11:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH1757	CORRUPT CAMBODIAN UNION UNDER INVESTIGATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Cambodian government has formed a commission to investigate the Khmer Youth Free Trade Union (KYFTU),a labor union notorious for extorting garment factory management and beating rival union leaders. If the commission can find sufficient evidence of illegal activities, the [...]	2006-09-27 08:56:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KCOR PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH700	CAMBODIAN OPPOSITION LEADER ON HUN SEN'S RECENT [...] (C) Summary. Opposition leader Sam Rainsy told the Ambassador on April 12 that he remains encouraged by his interactions with Hun Sen on land issues and opposition inclusion in the National Electoral Commission, but the key test of the PM's willingness to implement meaningful reforms will b [...]	2006-04-13 05:24:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KCOR CB
06PORTOFSPAIN131	SPECIAL ANTI-CRIME UNIT OF T&T: LOOKING BACK, [...] (SBU) Brigadier General Peter Joseph, Director of the Special Anti-Crime Unit of Trinidad and Tobago (SAUTT) provided Poloff with a candid assessment of last year's performance in fighting crime, as well as a look forward to 2006. Joseph stated that 2005 was a year of building capacity, esp [...]	2006-01-26 20:14:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM KCOR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN374	TRINIDAD GOVERNMENT ALLEGES CORRUPTION IN [...] SUMMARY: The Attorney General of Trinidad & Tobago has declared that a water supply contract with desalination company Desalcott, in which GE has a 40% stake, should be terminated due to fraudulent and corrupt dealings in its negotiation during the late 1990s. The announcement came as the GOT [...]	2006-03-24 19:16:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV PGOV KCOR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN411	IS THE LAW CLOSING IN ON PANDAY? [...] (U) SUMMARY: The much-awaited corruption trial for UNC Party Chairman and Opposition Leader Basdeo Panday's trial has begun. Panday is on trial for knowingly failing to disclose his interest in a London bank account as required by the Integrity in Public Life Act. Panday claimed he had no [...]	2006-03-31 20:16:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM KCOR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN488	T&T LEADER OF OPPOSITION FOUND GUILTY IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: United National Congress Leader of the Opposition Basdeo Panday was found guilty on all three counts of knowingly making a false declaration of income and assets to the Integrity Commission. Panday has been incarcerated in the maximum security prison. Constitutionally, he wil [...]	2006-04-25 11:56:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN505	PANDAY NO LONGER OPPOSITION LEADER; KAMLA STEPS UP [...] (U) Basdeo Panday is no longer Leader of the Opposition due to his April 24 conviction (reftel). The Office of the President issued a notice midday on April 25 removing Panday from his position as Leader of the Opposition as he can no longer legally function as a member of parliament. 2. [...]	2006-04-26 19:27:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS KCOR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN521	UNC EXECUTIVE: PNM'S OUT TO GET US, BUT PANDAY'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 25 meeting with Political Section officers, the United National Congress (UNC) executive indicated their belief that former Leader of the Opposition Panday's conviction and sentence is another sign of Government harassment and abuse of the Opposition. They detailed [...]	2006-04-28 17:41:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN530	PANDAY GRANTED BAIL; DOOKERAN TAKES A BACK BENCH; [...] (SBU) Justice Anthony Carmona of the Port of Spain 6th Criminal Court granted bail to former Leader of the Opposition Basdeo Panday on April 28. Panday spent four nights in the Golden Grove Maximum Security detention center while his bail application worked its way through the system. Carmo [...]	2006-04-28 21:25:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN867	T&T CHIEF JUSTICE CASE: SYSTEM STRONG BUT TIED UP [...] (U) Political and legal drama continues to swirl around Trinidad and Tobago's Chief Justice, Satnarine Sharma. The recent investigation into allegations that Sharma influenced the decision in the corruption case against former Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition, Basdeo Panday (ref A) [...]	2006-07-24 11:41:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN868	T&T CHIEF JUSTICE CASE: SYSTEM STRONG BUT TIED UP [...] (U) Political and legal drama continues to swirl around Trinidad and Tobago's Chief Justice, Satnarine Sharma. The recent investigation into allegations that Sharma influenced the decision in the corruption case against former Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition, Basdeo Panday (ref A) [...]	2006-07-24 11:43:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN884	TRINIDAD ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS JULY, PART 1 [...] Caribbean Star/Sun expanding operations in T&T --------------------------------------------- ------- To better support an expansion in service from Trinidad, Caribbean Star Airlines has established a new crew base and maintenance facility at Piarco Airport in Port of Spain. The new crew bas [...]	2006-07-25 14:33:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAIR EIND KCOR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN922	CHIEF JUSTICE CASE HEADED TO LONDON [...] (U) T&T continues to be captivated by the convoluted Chief Justice criminal case (ref A). Chief Justice Satnarine Sharma stands accused of perverting the course of justice by inappropriately influencing the decision in the corruption case against former Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposi [...]	2006-08-04 18:03:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR KDEM KJUS PGOV TD
06PRAGUE160	CZECH CORRUPTION: HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH FOR VOTERS? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Less than a year has passed since Czech Prime Minister Stanislav Gross (CSSD) was forced out of office by questions about the source of money used to pay for his private residence, and succeeded by current PM Jiri Paroubek (CSSD). Since that time several others in the cabinet, p [...]	2006-02-14 17:06:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR EZ
06PRISTINA561	KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY AUDIT REVEALS FISCAL MALFEASANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. An external audit of the Kosovo Assembly's budget under former Speaker Nexhat Daci has revealed serious fiscal irregularities. The audit states that Daci and his Assembly staff used Assembly finances for expensive armored vehicles, a convention/conference center in a suburb of P [...]	2006-06-29 15:24:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KDEM PREL UNMIK YI
06SANSALVADOR1027	EL SALVADOR FINANCE MINISTER RESIGNS [...] (C) During a long conversation at his residence the evening of April 19, GOES Finance Minister Guillermo Lopez Suarez (strictly protect throughout) confirmed to Polcouns that he had, indeed, resigned his post, effective May 1. Lopez Suarez recounted how, on April 7, he had gone to see Preside [...]	2006-04-20 19:48:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR ES ECON EFIN
06SANSALVADOR1166	EL SALVADOR PASSES HISTORIC GOVERNMENT ETHICS LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: El Salvador's departing Legislative Assembly on April 25 unanimously approved a comprehensive and robust ethics law to oversee conduct of public sector employees across all branches of government, following an often-frustrating five-year Embassy effort to institute such legislat [...]	2006-05-03 19:33:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ES PGOV KCOR
06SANSALVADOR1228	EL SALVADOR'S NEW SUPREME COURT JUSTICES [...] (U) Summary: As one of their final acts before conclusion of the Legislative Assembly session, the 2003-2006 Assembly on April 30 elected five new members to the Supreme Court (CSJ). The new justices appear ready to confront the problems of the judicial system and undertake needed reforms. [...]	2006-05-10 15:05:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR ES
06SANSALVADOR2872	EL SALVADOR: LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY REMOVES IMMUNITY [...] (C) On November 29, the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly voted 82-0 to remove the immunity of Alternate Deputy Roberto Silva Pereira (National Conciliation Party - PCN) to allow for his prosecution on money laundering and bribery charges. The removal of Silva's immunity came two days after a S [...]	2006-11-30 17:18:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR EFIN PGOV KCOR ES
06SANSALVADOR2873	EL SALVADOR'S NEW POPULIST THREAT ? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Populist 41-year-old Mayor Wil Salgado of San Miguel (El Salvador's third-largest city) has publicly expressed his intention of running for president in the March 2009 national elections. Although a Salgado national victory in 2009 is highly unlikely, his popularity in the natio [...]	2006-11-30 18:44:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PINR ES
06SANTODOMINGO1919	DHS WORK LEADS TO CSI CERTIFICATION FOR CAUCEDO, [...] (SBU) Embassy has been informed by Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that the Dominican port of Caucedo has been designated as meeting the necessary requirements of the Container Security Initiative (CSI) and that DHS and Dominican Customs have agreed on [...]	2006-06-07 19:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PGOV PINS PREL KCOR DR
06SANTODOMINGO1938	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #14: POST-ELECTION REFORMS ON [...] (U) This is the 14th cable in a series reporting on the Dominican Republic's May 16 congressional and municipal elections: Post-Election Reforms on the Dominican Agenda During the campaign President Fernandez asserted that the PRD-PRSC opposition was using its "tyrannical majority" in Co [...]	2006-06-09 20:33:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV DR KCOR
06SANTODOMINGO287	ALEMAN DEMARCHE TRIGGERS PLEDGE OF ACTION, BUT [...] (SBU) The issue of Nicaraguan - Dominican cooperation in investigating the movement of funds laundered by Nicaraguan ex-president Aleman is long-standing, with a USG-brokered meeting between Dominican and Nicaraguan Attorney Generals occurring as early as June 2005. Poloff discussed the case [...]	2006-01-26 13:58:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM KCOR DR NI
06SANTODOMINGO2941	DOMINICAN SUPREME COURT PRESIDENT SUBERO ISA CONFIRMS CORRUPTION, COMPLEMENTS COOPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-13 16:45:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS KJUS KCOR DR
06SANTODOMINGO3438	SANTO DOMINGO 2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] The Dominican Republic (DR) is a major transit country for drugs from South America, with cocaine transiting to Europe, and both cocaine and heroin transiting to the United States. During 2006, the DR dramatically increased major seizures of narcotics such as heroin, cocaine and MDMA; continued [...]	2006-11-03 20:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR SNAR KCRM DR
06SANTODOMINGO344	DOMINICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL TO RUN FOR SENATE; [...] (C) Summary: On January 26 Dominican Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito previewed for the Ambassador that, at the request of his political party (the ruling PLD),he will take a three-month leave of absence to run for senator from Santiago in the May 16 election. He is responding to [...]	2006-02-01 13:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV DR SNAR KJUS KCOR EFIN PHUM NU HA
06SANTODOMINGO657	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ ON HAITI, BORDER [...] (C) Summary: On February 16 President Fernandez told the Ambassador he expects Haitian President-elect Preval will pay his first foreign visit to the Dominican Republic. Fernandez expressed keen interest in the possibility of President Bush's attendance at a May 30-31 regional summit in Santo [...]	2006-02-24 20:58:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL DR HA EXIM SNAR KCOR KJUS PHUM ETRD
06SANTODOMINGO977	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #3: PRESIDENT'S CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (C) This is the 3rd cable in a series reporting on the Dominican Republic's 2006 congressional and municipal elections:. President's Chief of Staff Previews Elections, Questions Ethics - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Secretary of the Presidency Danilo Medi [...]	2006-03-21 16:49:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV DR PREL KCOR SNAR PHUM
06SOFIA1661	ANTI-OC TRAINING CENTER: BULGARIA READY TO HOST [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Mission strongly supports establishment of a South Eastern European Regional Organized Crime Training Center (SEEROCTC). We believe a center located in Bulgaria will advance U.S. rule of law objectives here and regionally. A center in Bulgaria would build on an [...]	2006-12-13 11:13:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM EAID KJUS KCOR SNAR KPAO BU
06SOFIA1691	DIRTY ENERGY: CORRUPTION AND LACK OF TRANSPARENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cleaning up pernicious corruption in Bulgaria's powerful (and often murky) energy sector, where cronyism is alive and well, should rank high on Bulgaria's to do list. A closer look at the sector reveals an ideal environment for graft and abuse. Accounting for a significant shar [...]	2006-12-20 13:52:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD KCOR KCRM PGOV PREL BU
06SOFIA198	NEW CHIEF PROSECUTOR READIES FOR "WAR" [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 3 meeting with the Ambassador, newly elected Chief Prosecutor Boris Velchev made clear that despite pressure to produce immediate results for an EU audience, his main focus would be on building solid cases against OC figures and asserting control over a deeply dysfun [...]	2006-02-07 16:27:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCOR KCRM BU
06SOFIA215	SCENESETTER FOR BULGARIAN INTERIOR MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Interior Minister Rumen Petkov is one of the most influential personalities in the current government, and is almost certainly the one who evokes the strongest feelings among Bulgarians. Recent public opinion data shows him to be among the most popular public officials in the coun [...]	2006-02-10 16:00:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	PREL PGOV ASEC KCRM KCOR BU
06SOFIA444	BULGARIA: FINAL COURT DECISION REJECTS JEWISH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a decision released March 20, Bulgaria's highest court ended the Jewish community's 15- year legal struggle for restitution of the Rila Hotel. The ruling of the Supreme Court of Cassation denied the Jewish community's request for an extraordinary appeal of the 2005 court de [...]	2006-03-24 15:22:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KCOR KNAR KIRF BU
06SOFIA502	BULGARIA: CORRUPTION MAKES A COMEBACK IN 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: Corruption in Bulgaria reached a high-water mark in 2005, reversing a gradual positive trend of declining rates of corruption from 1998 to 2004. This was the main conclusion of the seventh annual Corruption Assessment Report prepared by the NGO, Center for the Study of Democracy [...]	2006-04-10 15:23:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM BU
06SOFIA647	BULGARIA'S MOST POPULAR POLITICIAN: GREAT HOPES, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Sofia Mayor and former Interior Ministry General Boiko Borisov has stormed onto the national political scene in recent weeks, founding a new movement that has quickly become the most popular political force in the country. Borisov has denied rumors that he will be a candidate [...]	2006-05-09 10:04:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR MARR ASEC KCOR KCRM BU
06SOFIA82	BULGARIA: SELECTION OF NEW CHIEF PROSECUTOR IS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The main event on Bulgaria's political calendar this year is often considered to be the November presidential election, but in fact the selection of a new Chief Prosecutor today may have more of a lasting impact on Bulgaria's future. As previewed with the Ambassador by Interior [...]	2006-01-19 17:28:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KCOR KCRM BU
06SOFIA926	BULGARIAN CHIEF PROSECUTOR'S JULY 9-13 VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: New Chief Prosecutor Boris Velchev is arguably Bulgaria's best hope for fighting organized crime and related political corruption. His position under the constitution gives him vast powers, which, if wielded effectively, could put a major crimp in the activities of organized cr [...]	2006-07-05 07:28:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCOR KCRM OVIP BG
06SOFIA986	CAN ALL THE KINGS MEN PUT SIMEON BACK TOGETHER [...] (C) Summary: Rocked by scandal and feeling betrayed by his partner in the governing coalition, former Prime Minister and boy-king Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha is facing increasing frustration from his party's members, who fear his decline could spell an end to the party. The scandal -- which orig [...]	2006-07-14 14:53:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR BU
06STATE196224	HIGHLIGHTING THE U.S. ROLE IN THE UN CORRUPTION CONVENTION [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST. Please see paras 7 and 9 for action. ---------- Background ---------- 2. (U) On November 29, 2006, the United States became a party to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC). The Department issued a Media Note to that effect on the sa [...]	2006-12-07 00:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OIIP KCOR KPAO KTIA UN
06TAIPEI3126	TAIWAN DEMOCRACY VERSUS CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan Justice officials see the growing number of indictments of high-level government officials for corruption as a positive sign of both increasing democratization and higher standards of accountability for government officials. End summary. Government Corruption Dominate [...]	2006-09-11 07:20:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR ECON POL TW
06TEGUCIGALPA684	The Early Stages of the New Honduran Congress and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The new Honduran Congress is made up of every extreme, with politics permeating every part of it. Because of the political diversity of this group, it has been hard for them to come to agreement on many of the issues that they face. Within Congress, the Liberal Party has the m [...]	2006-04-07 23:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KCOR KWMN PINR ECON HO
06THEHAGUE986	NETHERLANDS MAY END DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch parliament passed a resolution this month mandating an end to direct development assistance to the Kenyan government, unless substantial and significant progress on corruption is shown. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs told emboffs it will spend the next 5 months (i.e., [...]	2006-05-03 12:18:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KCOR PREL XW ZF
06ULAANBAATAR783	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FINANCE MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-17 08:40:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL EAID KCOR KMCA MG
06USUNNEWYORK2234	UNGA SECOND COMMITTE ADOPTS TEN RESOLUTIONS BY [...] Summary: On December 6, the UN's Second Committee on economic and financial affairs passed nine resolutions by consensus, including one on external debt. None had program budget implications. The other resolutions were on commodities, the international year of forests, disaster reduction, UN [...]	2006-12-08 23:02:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD SENV KCOR UNGA
06VIENNA2947	KLEPTOCRACY: DEMARCHES TO AUSTRIA ON U.S. [...] Ambassador conveyed reftel demarche to Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik, Finance Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser, and Justice Minister Karin Gastinger on September 26. DCM discussed the issue separately with Chancellery Foreign Policy Advisor Hans-Peter Manz on September 26. EconPolCou [...]	2006-10-03 09:04:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KCOR ECON EAID EINV PGOV KCRM AU
06YAOUNDE1631	CAMEROON: OFF ROAD IN THE WESTERN PROVINCES [...] (U) Pol/Econ chief made a three-day trip at the height of the rainy season September 28-October 1 to inaugurate Self-Help and Ambassador's Girls Scholarship projects in the North West, South West and West provinces. This message offers her impressions of the region. ----------------------- [...]	2006-10-26 08:55:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	CM EAGR SENV KCOR SCUL PINR
06YAOUNDE1811	TOUGH LOVE IN CAMEROON'S ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) Summary. Corruption, specifically the Government's faithfulness to its anti-corruption promises, continues to take center stage in Cameroon. Indeed, this was Anti-corruption Week in Cameroon, as the Prime Minister launched a high-profile seminar on how to implment the UN Anti-Corrupt [...]	2006-12-08 11:31:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PREL PGOV EFIN CM
06YAOUNDE1883	CAMEROON: CORRUPTION TRIAL EMBROILS FIRST LADY, [...] (C) Summary. Defense attorneys in the FEICOM corruption trial created tumult in the courtroom and a splash in the headlines when they demanded, on December 19, that the court hear testimony from First Lady Chantal Biya and other Cameroonian notables who feature prominently in the list of il [...]	2006-12-21 13:22:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR ECON PGOV EFIN KMCA CM PINR
07ABUJA1434	NIGERIA: YAR'ADUA'S INITIAL ANTI-CORRUPTION RECORD [...] (C) SUMMARY. With just over one month in office, President Umaru Musa Yar'adua made history when he released his declaration of assets to the public, gaining praise for his transparency and setting a high marker for other public officials. However, other of his decisions raise the question o [...]	2007-07-06 08:04:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR NI
07ABUJA1535	EFCC ARRESTS FORMER GOVERNORS [...] (U) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested four former governors on allegations of money laundering, diversion of public funds for private use, conspiracy to steal, and abuse of office. Former governors Orji Kalu of Abia State and Saminu Turaki of Jigawa State were [...]	2007-07-18 13:21:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCOR NI
07ABUJA163	BUYING NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS [...] (S) SUMMARY. House of Representatives member Saudatu A. Sani, strictly protect, told Poloffs on January 23 that she bought her PDP nomination to return to the House for approximately 1 million Naira (USD 7,812). Sani maintained that the party primaries are the most corrupt segment of the ele [...]	2007-01-25 15:19:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV KDEM KCOR EAGR EFIN NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA1658	NORTHERN RULER ON YAR'ADUA'S INITIAL STRATEGIES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Northern tribal leader Bashani Aminu decribed Yar'adua's attempts to "disentangle" Obasanjo from the new administration. Aminu maintains Yar'adua succeeded in working behind the scenes to keep Bode Augusto, Obasanjo's lead supporter, out of the cabinet and that Yar'adua has plac [...]	2007-08-02 12:55:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM KCOR NI
07ABUJA1741	ADMINISTRATION PLANS FOR EFCC UNCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Yar'Adua announced approval on August 6 of an Attorney General request to require the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent and Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) to seek the consent of and report to the Attorney General in their activitie [...]	2007-08-14 10:35:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR NI
07ABUJA1750	SENATE PRESIDENT AT RISK OF LOSING SEAT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senate President David Mark is at risk of losing his seat to the opposition candidate from the ANPP, Alhaji Usman Abubakar. Abubakar filed a petition to have Mark's victory annulled and based on the evidence submitted and the reputation of the presiding judge, there is a good po [...]	2007-08-14 16:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR KJUS NI
07ABUJA1834	EFCC CHAIR ON ADMINISTRATION'S ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. EFCC Chairman Ribadu told Charge on August 16 that Yar'Adua is committed to investigating corrupt former officials to send a message that no one is above the law. Despite GON support, however, Ribadu maintains that the EFCC is dependent on international donors to fulfill basic nee [...]	2007-08-23 15:15:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCOR KCRIM SNAR NI
07ABUJA1876	NIGERIA: CONGRESSMAN PAYNE MEETS WITH PRESIDENT, [...] SUMMARY. Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and HIRC Africa Subcommittee Chair Donald Payne discussed regional security issues, the Gulf of Guinea partnership, electoral reform, economic development and anti-corruption efforts in a meeting on August 20. Yar'Adua reiterated Nigeria's comm [...]	2007-08-30 08:59:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON KDEM KPKO KCOR NI
07ABUJA1932	NIGERIAN HOUSE SPEAKER EMBROILED IN SPENDING [...] (C) Summary: Patricia Etteh, the new Speaker of Nigeria's House of Representatives, has been implicated in a scandal involving unauthorized contracts allegedly totaling about USD 5 million to renovate her official residence and purchase several luxury cars. Etteh, who was elected Speaker larg [...]	2007-09-06 10:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR NI
07ABUJA2082	EFCC-AG RIFT SPELLS TROUBLE FOR EFCC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Immediately following assurances by Secretary to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission SIPDIS (EFCC) Emmanuel Akomaye that the rift between the EFCC and the Attorney General (AG) is not a problem, Chief of the EFCC External Cooperation Unit Ibrahim Mohammed pulled Poloff [...]	2007-09-27 13:09:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KJUS NI
07ABUJA2096	PDP ASSEMBLY REPS URGE SPEAKER TO STEP DOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Chairmen of three House of Representatives Committees (all three representing the PDP) on September 27 told Poloffs they have urged House Speaker Patricia Etteh to step down voluntarily before she is removed from her position. The 9-man House Panel of Inquiry released its report [...]	2007-09-28 11:06:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KDEM NI
07ABUJA2324	NIGERIA: SPEAKER ELECTED FROM INTEGRITY GROUP [...] (SBU) The House of Representatives elected Dimeji Saburi Bankole (PDP, Ogun State) as the new Speaker and Usman Bayero (PDP, Gombe State) as Deputy Speaker on November 1, following the resignation of Patricia Etteh and Babangida Nguroje from the positions of House Speaker and Deputy on October [...]	2007-11-01 16:11:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KCOR NI
07ABUJA2381	NIGERIA: DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH EFCC [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his meeting with Deputy Secretary Negroponte and AF A/S Frazer, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman Malam Nuhu Ribadu expressed appreciation for USG backing for the EFCC and asked for continued public and material support. Ribadu expressed single-minded d [...]	2007-11-15 10:12:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN KDEM KCOR KCRIM NI
07ABUJA2446	CANDIDATE FOR NIGERIAN RULING PARTY CHAIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Anyim Pius Anyim, former Senate President and contender the Chairmanship of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) predicted the fall of current Senate President David Mark and affirmed his dedication to democratic principles at all levels of government, including within the P [...]	2007-11-27 14:01:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR NI
07ABUJA2479	ICPC'S ANTI-CORRUPTION BATTLE: OBSTACLES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC) Executive Member Uriah Angulu told PolCouns he believes Yar'Adua is "honest and sincere" in his fight against corruption. In a recent meeting with ICPC leadership, Angulu said Yar'Adua ordered the ICPC to [...]	2007-11-30 11:40:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR NI
07ABUJA2615	EFCC CHAIR RIBADU SENT BACK TO SCHOOL? [...] (C) Summary: Nuhu Ribadu, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been assigned to a one year course at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS). Speculation abounds that Ribadu's one year "study leave" is designed to remove him from the he [...]	2007-12-28 16:04:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR ECON NI
07ABUJA2618	EFCC CHAIR RIBADU SENT BACK TO SCHOOL? [...] (C) Summary: Nuhu Ribadu, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been assigned to a one year course at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS). Speculation abounds that Ribadu's one year "study leave" is designed to remove him from the he [...]	2007-12-28 16:28:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR ECON NI
07ABUJA417	PTDF - EXPOSING NIGERIA'S EXECUTIVE MALFEASANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Senate report on the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) provides a detailed account of the non-transparent nature of the PTDF and, in particular, specific actions taken by both President Obasanjo and Vice President Atiku which fall outside the mandate of the fund an [...]	2007-03-06 14:45:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR NI
07ABUJA449	PTDF - THE DISSENTING SENATE REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In conjunction with the Senate report on the PTDF, Senator Titus Olapitan issued an independent report taking issue with the scope of the investigation, the Committee's impartiality, and several of the specific conclusions. Both houses of the National Assembly have established n [...]	2007-03-08 15:00:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA518	NIGERIA: DISSENTING SENATOR ON PTDF, ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senator Titus Olupitan, author of the dissenting Senate report on PTDF activities, says he expects the Review Committee charged with completing the PTDF investigation and addressing unanswered questions will not fulfill its mandate. He held out hope that failure by the Review Co [...]	2007-03-15 16:10:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA565	NIGERIA: SENATE COMMITTEE INDICTS PRESIDENT, V.P. [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Senate Review Committee looking into the activities of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund released its report recommending both President Obasanjo and Vice President Atiku be referred to the Code of Conduct Bureau for further action in relation to illegal approval of d [...]	2007-03-23 08:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR NI
07ABUJA793	ELECTION RIGGING NIGERIAN STYLE [...] (C) Summary: Governor Yar'Adua of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) was pronounced by INEC to be the winner of Nigeria's April 21 presidential election. However, fraud and mismanagement plagued the poll at every stage, and it is therefore impossible to assert any meaningful relatio [...]	2007-04-26 14:48:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR NI
07ANTANANARIVO758	MADAGASCAR M.P. ARRESTED ON CORRUPTION CHARGES [...] (SBU) Roger Zara, a former deputy from the island of Nosy Be who represented President Marc Ravalomanana's Tiako I Madagasikara (TIM) party in the recently dissolved National Assembly (ref A),was arrested July 27 on corruption-related charges. He was reportedly summoned to the tribunal, accus [...]	2007-07-30 12:50:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM PHUM MA
07ASHGABAT1126	TURKMENISTAN: TURKISH BUSINESS LEADER "STRESSED [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Turkish businessman has recounted to us insider accounts of corruption and incompetence in Turkmenistan. We note his lament might be colored by his company's progressive loss of influence and contracts under the new government. His anecdotes suggest President Berdimuhamedov [...]	2007-10-18 08:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV KCOR TU TX
07ASTANA1094	NEW HEAD OF FINANCIAL POLICE ACADEMY IN [...] (U) Summary: On March 29, the Chairman of the Financial Police appointed Major-General Ramazan Tleuhan to head the Kazakhstani Financial Police Academy located near Astana. The new Head of Financial Police Academy replaces Colonel/Professor of the Financial Police Academy, Marat Kogamov. End [...]	2007-04-26 03:39:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCOR KCRM KZ
07ASTANA1104	KAZAKHSTAN: ANOTHER DELAY IN PASSING AML LAW [...] Summary: The extension of the property legalization period until August 1 will cause yet another delay in the enactment of the anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing law (AML) currently under consideration in the Kazakhstani Mazhilis (lower house of parliament). The postponement [...]	2007-04-26 09:21:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM KZ
07ASTANA1148	KAZAKHSTAN: INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON ANTICORRUPTION [...] Summary: On April 24, the Academy of Public Administration hosted an International Seminar on "Anti-Corruption Strategy: Theory and Applications.". The one-day seminar generated 16 recommendations for Kazakhstan which if implemented would significantly combat corruption. Most significantly, [...]	2007-05-02 00:57:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR ASEC KCOR KCRM PREL KZ
07ASTANA1267	KAZAKHSTAN: TWO SEX TRAFFICKERS GET SEVEN YEARS [...] On May 4, a local procurator in Aktobe, Kazakhstan announced that two Uzbekistani traffickers working in Kazakhstan had been sentenced the previous week to seven years in prison. Post's contacts at the Ministry of Internal Affairs confirmed the convictions. 2. Investigating based on a ti [...]	2007-05-14 00:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL PGOV KZ UZ
07ASTANA1642	KAZAKHSTAN: MONEY LAUNDERING ACCUSATIONS COMPLICATE EFFORTS [...] Summary: The Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC),an enormous Kazakhstani metals conglomerate, has been preparing since 2006 to list on the London Stock Exchange. A criminal investigation by Belgian authorities of alleged money laundering by the three billionaires who control 54.6% [...]	2007-06-15 08:01:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM KZ
07ASTANA1762	KAZAKHSTAN: ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COUNTER-NARCOTICS [...] Summary: On June 18, the Embassy of the United Kingdom in Astana hosted a coordination meeting on anti-money laundering, adding an hour for discussing counter-narcotics assistance. Representatives of the World Bank, OSCE, UNODC, BOMCA/CADAP, and the Embassies of France and Germany provided br [...]	2007-06-27 08:57:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV KCOR KCRM KZ
07ASTANA1925	KAZAKHSTAN: SIX TRAFFICKERS DO THE CRIME... AND GET TIME [...] (U) Summary: On July 12, the town court in the western Kazakhstani city of Aktobe convicted and sentenced six people for torturing and using force to secure the labor and sexual services of 13 citizens of Uzbekistan. The Uzbek men and women had been held as slaves in a sauna complex. The poli [...]	2007-07-17 06:41:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL PGOV KZ UZ
07ASTANA2214	KAZAKHSTAN DRUG AND CRIME REPORT [...] Summary: According to the Agency of Statistics, law enforcement agencies documented 53,700 crimes during the first quarter of 2007. Economic crimes accounted for .07% (3,892) of the total. These crimes included fraudulent property legalization, illegal business activity, and other financial c [...]	2007-08-13 23:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN SNAR SOCI PREL PGOV KCOR KCRM AU KZ
07ASTANA2323	KAZAKHSTAN COMPLETES PROPERTY LEGALIZATION CAMPAIGN [...] Summary: The property legalization process, essentially an amnesty campaign, concluded on August 1 and earned approximately 59.64 billion tenge ($488.8 million) for the Government of Kazakhstan. This campaign was aimed to finally register the rightful owners of property that changed hands duri [...]	2007-08-27 08:54:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN SOCI KCOR KCRM KZ
07ASTANA2686	KAZAKHSTAN: URALSK COURT CONVICTS TWO WOMEN FOR TRAFFICKING [...] (U) Summary: On September 19, the district court in the western Kazakhstani city of Uralsk convicted and sentenced two women for trafficking in minors. End summary. 2. (U) In December 2006 the oblast-level Department of Interior received information about two schoolgirls aged 15 and 16 who [...]	2007-09-26 04:34:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL PGOV KZ UZ
07ASTANA3138	KAZAKHSTAN: KORZHOVA DISMISSED AS FINANCE MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 09:22:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KZ PGOV PREL KCOR
07ASTANA3140	KAZAKHSTAN: KORZHOVA DISMISSED AS FINANCE MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 09:22:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KZ PGOV PREL KCOR
07ASTANA3152	KAZAKHSTAN: KORZHOVA DISMISSED AS FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) Finance Minister Korzhova, whose departure had been rumored for several months, has been dismissed and replaced by Bolat Zhamishev. Korzhova's tenure was a problematic one, with the Finance Ministry showing itself ineffective at dealing with a number of issues, including the recent custom [...]	2007-11-19 12:03:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KZ PGOV PREL KCOR
07ASTANA3162	KAZAKHSTAN TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT REPORT FOR 2007 [...] Post is pleased that Kazakhstan has made significant progress in addressing key deficiencies highlighted in June 2007 TIP report and is pleased to submit the following information in response to reftel A. All responses are keyed to reftel A. 2. PARA 6A (a): Three corrupt anti-TIP police o [...]	2007-11-20 11:58:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM SOCI KCOR PGOV KZ
07ASTANA3178	KAZAKHSTAN: 2007-2008 INCSR, PART II, FINANCIAL CRIMES AND [...] In response to reftel A, the text of Part II of the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering for Kazakhstan follows. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. Kazakhstan, with its developed and modern banking system, has become a financia [...]	2007-11-23 08:36:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN PGOV KCRM KCOR KZ
07ASTANA3207	ADDITION TO KAZAKHSTAN TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT REPORT FOR [...] The following is an addition to the TIP Interim Assessment Report (reftel B). The information was received from the GOK after the submission of retel B and is in response to reftel A. 2. Victims of trafficking are protected under a GOK law on the protection of participants of the criminal p [...]	2007-11-28 09:23:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM SOCI KCOR PGOV KZ
07ASTANA3287	KAZAKHSTAN BORDER GUARDS VISIT U.S. [...] Summary: From October 29 to November 7, General-Major (one star equivalent) Berkaliyev, the First Deputy Director of the Kazakhstani Border Guard Service (BGS),visited Washington, Miami, and Texas to familiarize USG officials with his strategy for the development of the BGS and to learn abou [...]	2007-12-11 09:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ
07ASTANA3313	KAZAKHSTAN TAKES STEPS TOWARDS RATIFICATION OF SLAVERY AND [...] Kazakhstan has taken another step towards ratification of the Slavery Convention, Protocol of Changes and Amendments to the Slavery Convention, and the Additional Protocol on Slavery Abolishment (Slavery Convention). 2. The Slavery Convention was approved by the Mazhilis (the lower chamber [...]	2007-12-13 09:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM SOCI KCOR PGOV KZ
07ASTANA578	KAZAKHSTAN: INL CONDUCTS TRAINING COURSE FOR FINANCIAL [...] Summary: Embassy Astana's International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) office, in cooperation with the Financial Police Academy (FPA),conducted a five day training course on money laundering and financial investigative techniques for financial police investigators in Astana February 13-1 [...]	2007-03-03 09:42:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KCOR PGOV KZ
07ASTANA991	NEW HEAD OF FINANCIAL POLICE ACADEMY IN KAZAKHSTAN [...] (U) Summary: On March 29, the Chairman of the Financial Police appointed Major-General Ramazan Tleuhan to head the Kazakhstani Financial Police Academy located near Astana. The new Head of Financial Police Academy replaces Colonel/Professor of the Financial Police Academy, Marat Kogamov. End [...]	2007-04-18 06:25:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCOR KCRM KZ
07BAGHDAD1122	DCM DISCUSSES HYDROCARBON LEGISLATION STATUS WITH [...] (C REL GBR) Summary. On March 25, the Deputy Chief of Mission met with Minister of Oil Husayn al-Shahristani to discuss the status of the package of hydrocarbon legislation. Shahristani said that drafts of all companion laws were ready -- revenue management, reconstitution of the Iraq National [...]	2007-04-01 06:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET KCOR EIND IZ
07BAGHDAD1352	FUEL TANKERS FROM BAYJI REFINERY TO SULAIMANIYAH, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The three main issues facing tanker companies charged with delivering refined fuel from Bayji refinery in Salah al-Din Province to Sulaimaniyah Province are: the number of authorized tankers, security and corruption. The number of scheduled tankers is authorized by the Ministry [...]	2007-04-19 15:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON KCOR IZ
07BAGHDAD153	MINOIL RESPONDING TO PRESSURES TO ADVANCE [...] (C REL GBR) Summary: On January 14, emboffs and USG hydrocarbon legal advisor met with Minister of Oil Husayn al-Shahristani and senior Ministry of Oil (MinOil) officials to discuss the status of the national hydrocarbon law. Shahristani has stepped-up efforts to produce a draft for presentat [...]	2007-01-15 15:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS
07BAGHDAD1614	DCM VISITS KRG LEADERS, ADVANCING HYDROCARBON [...] (C REL GBR) Summary. On May 14-15, the Deputy Chief of Mission and Economic Minister Counselor met with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, KRG Minister of Natural Resources Ashti Hawrami, and the KRG Ministers of Interior and External Affairs to express US co [...]	2007-05-17 17:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET KCOR EIND IZ
07BAGHDAD1659	DCM VISITS KRG LEADERS, ADVANCING HYDROCARBON [...] (C REL GBR) Summary. On May 14-15, the Deputy Chief of Mission and Economic Minister Counselor met with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, KRG Minister of Natural Resources Ashti Hawrami, and the KRG Ministers of Interior and External Affairs to express US co [...]	2007-05-21 13:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET KCOR EIND IZ
07BAGHDAD1665	DCM MEETS WITH GOI LEADERS IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C REL GBR) Summary. On May 20, the Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) and Economic Minister Counselor discussed the hydrocarbon revenue management law and upcoming hydrocarbon legislation negotiations with Vice President Adel Abdul Mehdi, Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister Tarik Abdullah, Minist [...]	2007-05-21 17:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET KCOR EIND IZ
07BAGHDAD2158	PRT TIKRIT: BAYJI REFINERY SHUTS DOWN AMID RISING [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) This cable has been cleared by the intelligence section, 3 BCT, 82nd Airborne Division. 3. (C) SUMMARY. The Bayji oil refinery closed its distribution gates on June 25 in accordance with the qada-wide general movement curfew decreed b [...]	2007-06-30 14:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ENRG EPET IZ KCOR

07BAGHDAD2241	PRT TIKRIT: BEHIND THE SCENES OF BUDGET EXECUTION [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. While much work still remains in building transparency and accountability in Salah ad Din's (SaD) budget execution procedures, the provincial government has made significant advances in 2007. The provincial government is slowly [...]	2007-07-06 10:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV ECON KCOR PINR IZ
07BAGHDAD2499	PRT TIKRIT: CORRUPTED FUEL DISTRIBUTION PROCESS [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. A corrupted refined fuel distribution process in Salah ad Din (SaD) guarantees severe shortages across a large swathe of the southern area of the province, including strategic cities such as Samarra, Balad, and Ad Du [...]	2007-07-29 07:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ENRG EPET IZ KCOR
07BAGHDAD2752	PRT TIKRIT: CHAIRMAN OF OIL MINISTRY IRAQ-CHINA [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. During an August 6 meeting in Bayji, Abdel Khader Sabah, the chairman of the Iraq-China Committee for the Ministry of Oil (MoO),claimed that the China National Petroleum Company (CNPC) is reneging on agreements made in earlier [...]	2007-08-19 05:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENGR EPET KCOR EIND IZ CH
07BAGHDAD2927	SULAIMANIYAH: YOUTH GROUPS STIFFLED BY PUK [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-01 12:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KDEM PHUM IZ
07BAGHDAD3007	CORRECTED COPY--SULAIMANIYAH: YOUTH GROUPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Youth groups in Sulaimaniyah Province, Iraqi Kurdistan, complain of wide-spread political party interference in the leadership and day to day operations of their activities. They expected greater freedom after 2003 but are still unable to act independently or discuss reform pr [...]	2007-09-08 14:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KDEM PHUM IZ
07BAGHDAD301	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HYDROCARBON LAW, FUEL ISSUES [...] (C REL GBR) Summary. Ambassador Khalilzad met January 28 with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salih, Oil Minister Shahristani and the PM's oil adviser Thamir Ghadhban to discuss how to resolve final differences in the draft Hydrocarbon (HC) Law, as well as fuel supply issues and the IMF's r [...]	2007-01-29 19:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS
07BAGHDAD462	PRT TIKRIT: WHO REALLY RUNS THE REFINERY? [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. A shadowy group of influential sheiks and politicians appears to exert a significant measure of influence over operations at the Bayji oil refinery. The exact composition of the group - possibly including the Governor of Salah [...]	2007-02-12 02:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET KCOR EIND IZ
07BAGHDAD539	PRT TIKRIT: BAYJI OIL PRODUCTION GRINDING TO A NEW [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. During interviews conducted on February 6-7, officials at the Bayji oil refinery discussed continuing production challenges which greatly hamper production and threaten to completely shut down the facility within several days. [...]	2007-02-15 10:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET KCOR EIND IZ
07BAGHDAD677	PRT TIKRIT: A BALANCING ACT: THE OPF AND 4TH IA IN [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The Oil Protection Force at the Bayji oil refinery, normally overseen by the Ministry of Oil (MoO),is now nominally under the command of the 4th IA according to a January 29 directive by PM Maliki. In practice, however, the OP [...]	2007-02-23 18:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KCOR EIND IZ
07BAGHDAD681	PRT TIKRIT: MINISTERS OF OIL, ELECTRICITY, AND 4TH [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. During a February 19 meeting at the refinery, Minister of Oil Al Shahristani, Minister of Electricity Al Hasan, and the deputy commander of the 4th IA, BG Nabeel, revealed their plan to improve oil infrastructure security and in [...]	2007-02-24 15:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KCOR EIND IZ IR
07BAGHDAD682	PRT TIKRIT: NEW BAYJI REFINERY CHIEF LAYS OUT PLAN [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. On February 14, the incoming director of the Bayji Oil Refinery Ali Obeydi discussed his plan to address the refinery,s numerous operational challenges with the Salah ad Din Governor Hamad Hamoud al Shakti al-Qaisi, [...]	2007-02-24 16:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KCOR EIND IZ
07BAGHDAD882	PRT TIKRIT: BAYJI OIL REFINERY: WHERE ARE THE [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. A new breakdown in the distribution system of refined fuel from the Bayji oil refinery is exacerbating already dire shortages in many areas of north-central Iraq. This is occurring several weeks after the commencement of Operat [...]	2007-03-13 13:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET KCOR EIND IZ
07BAKU1063	PRESIDENT ALIYEV REVIEWS THE BILATERAL ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: In an August 15 meeting with visiting EEB A/S Sullivan and the Ambassador, President Aliyev said that he recognized the need to diversify Azerbaijan's economy and also was aware of the dangers of inflationary pressures. Aliyev hopes to address these issues by combining the State [...]	2007-08-23 10:58:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL KCOR IR AJ
07BAKU1067	AZERBAIJANI ISLAMIC STRUCTURE'S [...] (C) Summary: The Caucasus Muslim Board (CMB) -- the official GOAJ establishment for administering Islam -- is a legacy from the Czarist and Soviet approach to religion, and is responsible for the education and placement of imams throughout Azerbaijan. The CMB -- and its leader, Sheikh Alla [...]	2007-08-24 04:45:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KISL KCOR AJ
07BAKU1068	PRESIDENT ALIYEV REVIEWS THE BILATERAL ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: In an August 15 meeting with visiting EEB A/S Sullivan and the Ambassador, President Aliyev said that he recognized the need to diversify Azerbaijan's economy and also was aware of the dangers of inflationary pressures. Aliyev hopes to address these issues by combining the State [...]	2007-08-24 04:45:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL KCOR IR AJ
07BAKU1069	AZERBAIJANI ISLAMIC STRUCTURE'S LAGGING LEGITIMACY [...] (C) Summary: The Caucasus Muslim Board (CMB) -- the official GOAJ establishment for administering Islam -- is a legacy from the Czarist and Soviet approach to religion, and is responsible for the education and placement of imams throughout Azerbaijan. The CMB -- and its leader, Sheikh Alla [...]	2007-08-24 04:45:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KISL KCOR AJ
07BAKU1071	FORMER MINISTER FARHAD ALIYEV'S CORRUPTION TRIAL [...] (SBU) Fifteen weeks after its May 15 opening session, the trial of former Minister of Economic Development Farhad Aliyev continues, with no end in sight. Aliyev and 18 co-defendants, including his brother, former AzPetrol Head Rafig Aliyev, stand trial on charges of corruption and embezzlemen [...]	2007-08-24 12:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCOR AJ
07BAKU1078	EEB A/S SULLIVAN DISCUSSES EPC FOLLOW-UP WITH [...] (C) Summary: During his August 15-16 visit to Baku, EEB A/S Sullivan discussed economic cooperation and reviewed progress and next steps within the framework of the Economic Partnership Commission (EPC) with his EPC Co-Chair Minister of Finance Sharifov. Sharifov reported that the GOAJ planne [...]	2007-08-28 07:06:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD KCOR PGOV PREL
07BAKU1085	EEB A/S SULLIVAN DISCUSSES AZERBAIJAN'S ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: During his August 15-16 visit to Baku, EEB A/S Sullivan discussed economic cooperation with the American Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, President of the State Oil Fund Movsumov, Minister of Economic Development Babayev, Minister of Finance Sharifov (septel),and local in [...]	2007-08-29 04:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ECON EFIN ETRD KCOR PGOV PREL
07BAKU1093	FARHAD AND RAFIG ALIYEV ATTEMPT TO DISMISS THEIR [...] (C) In an August 28 trial session, former Minister of Economic Development Farhad Aliyev and his brother, former AzPetrol Head Rafig Aliyev, announced their intention to dismiss their defense attorneys. According to the Aliyev brothers, the courts' actions have made it impossible for their de [...]	2007-08-31 04:51:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCOR AJ
07BAKU1110	RECOVERY WORK CONTINUES AT COLLAPSED BUILDING, [...] (U) On September 4, the Ministry of Emergency Situations' (MES) Agency for Safety Rules in the Construction Sector published its initial report on the causes of the August 28 collapse of a building under construction in central Baku. According to MES experts, the building collapse was caused by [...]	2007-09-07 12:21:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CASC KCOR ABLD AJ
07BAKU1112	BAKU AIRPORT SECURITY OFFICIALS ARRESTED ON TIP [...] (SBU) On September 6, police arrested Head of Baku Airport Security Emil Suleymanov and an unconfirmed number of other airport officials on charges of facilitating trafficking in persons. According to press reports, an anonymous source said that Suleymanov helped traffickers transport victims [...]	2007-09-07 12:29:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR KCRM KWMN AJ
07BAKU1165	FARHAD ALIYEV'S TRIAL BEGINS WRAPPING UP; [...] (U) Only a handful of trial sessions have been held since our last update (ref) in the case of former Minister of Economic Development Farhad Aliyev, who stands trial with 17 other defendants, including his brother, former AzPetrol head Rafig Aliyev. The defense has begun its rebuttal, and se [...]	2007-09-20 13:31:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCOR AJ
07BAKU1239	AZERBAIJAN DOING BUSINESS EASIER; TRANSPARENCY NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's ranking in the 2008 World Bank/IFC "Doing Business" report improved five positions, to 96 of 178, due primarily to the April 2007 Presidential decree instructing government ministries and agencies to develop a plan to improve the business climate, including developing [...]	2007-10-16 06:24:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL KCOR EAID AJ
07BAKU1250	AZERBAIJAN: INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST BEATEN WHILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the course of covering a forced eviction on September 28, journalist Suheyla Gambarova reportedly was beaten by Ministry of Justice court bailiffs, and was hospitalized and diagnosed with hemorrhaging of the brain, a broken nose and short-term memory loss. In an October 4 hos [...]	2007-10-18 08:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR AJ
07BAKU1275	ACTION REQUEST: PRESS GUIDANCE ON THE FARHAD [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) As the trial of former Minister of Economic Development Farhad Aliyev wraps up (ref a),the need for definitive press guidance on his case has resurfaced. The Prosecutor has asked that Aliyev be sentenced to 11 years in pris [...]	2007-10-23 12:46:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR KPAO AJ
07BAKU1310	EX-MINISTER FARHAD ALIYEV SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS [...] (U) On October 31, former Minister of Economic Development Farhad Aliyev was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment on charges of misappropriation, embezzlement, illegal entrepreneurship, smuggling, tax evasion, abuse of power, accepting bribery, and forgery (articles 179.3.1, 179.3.2, 192.2.1, [...]	2007-11-01 11:09:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCOR AJ
07BAKU1330	PRESIDENT'S STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH: ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 23 cabinet meeting, President Aliyev detailed the social and economic successes of the first nine months of 2007. In a prepared statement, Aliyev commended the Government of Azerbaijan's (GOAJ) efforts to create jobs, develop the rural areas and improve the living [...]	2007-11-06 10:17:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAID PREL KCOR EFIN AJ
07BAKU1506	AZERBAIJAN: DRAFT 2008 EPC AGENDA AND DELIVERABLES [...] (SBU) Embassy passes to Washington colleagues initial thoughts for the 2008 EPC agenda items and potential deliverables and welcomes Washington's comments, edits and additions. We note that in this early draft of possible deliverables, many of the proposed action items are for the Government [...]	2007-12-18 10:00:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EAID PREL ENRG KCOR AJ
07BAKU300	EX-HEALTH MINISTER'S TRIAL RIFE WITH ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The trial of former Health Minister Ali Insanov and ten other former Health Ministry officials began February 15 in the Baku Court of Grave Crimes. Insanov was arrested, along with several other GOAJ officials, in October 2005 on charges of corruption and of fomenting a coup. In F [...]	2007-03-13 13:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KCOR AJ
07BAKU308	UPDATE ON DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FOR A/S LOWENKRON'S DIALOGUE WITH AZERBAIJANI FM MAMMADYAROV [...] (C) In preparation for the inaugural session of the US-Azerbaijan dialogue on democracy and human rights, we provide below an update on developments in Azerbaijan since your December meetings in Baku. Septel will provide the strategic context of the intensified democracy dialogue and detail sp [...]	2007-03-14 15:00:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR AJ
07BAKU312	SCENESETTER FOR DRL A/S LOWENKRON'S MARCH 21 [...] (C) As President Aliyev frequently notes in public and private meetings with Western officials, Azerbaijan is committed to Western values and has set itself the goal of developing as a market-based democracy, rooted in Euroatlantic structures. Aliyev and other senior Azerbaijani officials are [...]	2007-03-16 04:51:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR AJ
07BAKU449	AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 12 MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: During an April 12 meeting with the Ambassador, Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev said that President Aliyev was very interested in the upcoming bilateral security consultations; Mehdiyev also expressed his strong support for the talks and promised to urge the Minister o [...]	2007-04-17 14:12:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR MARR MASS PTER AJ
07BAKU458	AZERBAIJAN/OSCE: FM MAMMADYAROV DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 28 meeting with visiting USOSCE Ambassador Finley, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov was upbeat about his recent visit to Washington but thought critics should acknowledge more Azerbaijan's steady democratic progress. Mammadyarov said political dialogue between oppositi [...]	2007-04-18 14:09:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM KDEM KCOR AM IR AJ
07BAKU471	FORMER MINISTER FARHAD ALIYEV'S TRIAL SET FOR MAY [...] (C) Elton Guliyev, the principal defense lawyer for detained former Minister of Economic Development Farhad Aliyev, reports that the Baku Court of Grave Crimes has set May 15, 2007 as the preliminary hearing date for Aliyev's long awaited trial. Aliyev's 18-month pretrial detention is set to e [...]	2007-04-19 14:12:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR AJ
07BAKU472	INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY VIEWS ON FARHAD ALIYEV AND [...] (C) At an April 19 meeting with key diplomatic missions (UK, Norway, France, OSCE, UN, Council of Europe, and US),Polec Counselor raised the question of press statements/public reactions to the expected April 20 verdict in the trial of former Health Minister Ali Insanov and the upcoming May 1 [...]	2007-04-19 14:26:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR AJ
07BAKU474	AZERBAIJAN INVESTMENT COMPANY STARTS TO PURSUE ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan Investment Company (AIC),established by the Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) in 2006 to promote the development of Azerbaijan's non-oil sectors, is beginning to identify specific multi-million-dollar domestic and regional investment projects. After a slow start, AIC is [...]	2007-04-20 07:32:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAGR EPET KCOR AJ
07BAKU505	INFLATION BEGINNING TO IMPACT AZERBAIJAN'S ECONOMY [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to multiple sources, including the IMF and the Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ),annualized inflation in the first quarter topped 16 percent. The IMF estimates that inflation in 2007 may pass 20 percent, and could quickly outstrip GOAJ efforts to raise salaries and impr [...]	2007-04-25 05:27:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG KCOR AJ
07BAKU533	AZERBAIJAN'S BOOMING ENERGY SECTOR HIDES DIFFICULT [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijan's stunning GDP growth of 34 percent -- fueled largely by the energy sector -- is accompanied by severe corruption and weak rule of law, that since early 2006 appear to be having an increasingly negative impact on firms operating outside the protection of the energy sec [...]	2007-05-02 06:23:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL KCOR EINV KCRM KJUS AJ
07BAKU748	CRITICISM OF CAUCASUS MUSLIM BOARD'S HANDLING OF [...] (SBU) Prominent human rights activist Elchin Behbutov and two of his friends -- Bayram Sadikov, Hafiz Osman -- recently shared with us their views on the Hajj. The three had traveled together to Mecca, Saudi Arabia between December 21, 2006 and January 18, 2007 in order to participate in the m [...]	2007-06-15 08:12:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KISL KCOR AJ
07BAKU769	AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT TELLS COMMERCE DEPUTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 4 meeting with Commerce Deputy Secretary Sampson, President Aliyev reviewed Azerbaijan,s SIPDIS business climate and said the GOAJ would "have finished all the necessary implementation" for WTO accession by year's end. Aliyev lauded Azerbaijan's recent economic progr [...]	2007-06-20 07:00:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KCOR PARM AJ
07BAKU791	AZERBAIJAN: DRUG SEIZURES UP IN FIRST HALF OF 2007 [...] (SBU) According to official Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) and UNDP statistics, for the first five months of 2007 the GOAJ interdicted 330 kilograms of illegal drugs. The breakdown of the seizures by drug type is heroin 23 kg, opium/opiates 67 kg, marijuana 50 kg and hashish 190 kg. In 2006 [...]	2007-06-25 11:41:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SNAR PGOV PREL PINR KCOR AJ IR
07BAKU828	FARHAD ALIYEV'S TRIAL QUIETLY PROCEEDS [...] (C) Since the May 30 start of former Minister of Economic Development Farhad Aliyev's substantive hearing, the trial has been proceeding quietly (literally, as the lack of microphones and the whirring of several air conditioners in the long, narrow courtroom prevent observers from hearing most [...]	2007-06-29 12:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCOR AJ
07BAKU886	EMERGENCY SITUATIONS MINISTER HEYDAROV'S RISING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Through his Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES),Minister Kamalladdin Heydarov over the past year has increased his already significant economic and political clout. Through its civil defense forces, paramilitary troops, zoning, construction and licensing authority, and new f [...]	2007-07-12 13:03:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PINR PGOV KCOR PREL AJ
07BAKU95	AZERBAIJAN: KIDNAPPING AND EXTORTION GANG LEADER [...] (U) In a January 19 verdict, former Chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Criminal Investigation Division Haji Mammadov was sentenced to life in prison. Nine members of Mammadov's 26-member murder, kidnapping and extortion gang also received life sentences. One of the accused, the owner of [...]	2007-01-19 14:27:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI KCOR KCRM KJUS AJ
07BAMAKO1321	FOR WHOM THE WHISTLE BLOWS: AN OFFICE DU NIGER [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-09 07:32:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCOR EAGR PGOV KDEM ML
07BARCELONA52	HIGH LEVEL OFFICIAL ARRESTED IN IMMIGRATION SCANDAL [...] (SBU) Eduard Planells, formerly the Spanish government's deputy representative to the region of Catalonia, was arrested July 16 in connection with Operation Wasp (Avispa),a Spanish National Police (SNP) operation targeting the Russian mafia. A national anticorruption court ordered the arrest [...]	2007-07-20 10:54:00	Consulate Barcelona	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR KCRM RS GG IS SP
07BASRAH101	MAFIA-STYLE NETWORKS STIFLE RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Basrah's infrastructure remains decrepit four and a half years after Coalition forces liberated the province. Mafia-style networks comprised of public officials and their associated political parties, militias, and corrupt contractors exploit weak governmental institutions and unde [...]	2007-10-30 17:42:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV KCOR IZ
07BASRAH17	SECURITY - COALITION URGES TRIBAL ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary. U.S. and British diplomats and the commander of British forces in southern Iraq met on February 21 with 25 sheikhs from the Basrah Tribal Council to encourage them their role in the security process. The sheikhs and the Coalition exhorted each other to take the lead in fighting t [...]	2007-02-28 08:57:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR UK KCOR
07BELGRADE1065	VISAS DONKEY CORRUPTION 212 (F) SRM (MISKOVIC, Miroslav) [...] (s) Summary: Miroslav Miskovic, dpob: 5 July 1945, Serbia, is the richest man in Serbia and, according to the most recent Forbes ranking, one of the richest in the world, with over $1 billion in wealth. He dominates banking, insurance, and consumer goods in Serbia after obtaining massive we [...]	2007-07-27 15:59:00	Embassy Belgrade	SECRET	CVIS KCOR KCRM ASEC PGOV PREL ECON KFRD SR
07BELGRADE303	EDUCATION MAFIA ARRESTED ON BRIBERY CHARGES [...] (U) Serbian police have arrested 18 people, including 12 university teachers, in an ongoing investigation of rampant corruption at the Law Faculty of Kragujevac University. The arrests, all occurring since February 20, include Assistant Minister of Education Emilija Stankovic, Sveta Puric, rec [...]	2007-03-06 14:59:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KCRM KCOR PREL SR
07BELMOPAN624	(C) CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS IN THE BELIZE OIL SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: Several U.S. firms have complained to the Embassy that bribes are determining which companies are being awarded oil exploration contracts in Belize. One company claims to have recorded several government ministers soliciting bribes. The opposition party has taken the informat [...]	2007-10-23 20:53:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ECON EFIN ENRG KCOR BH
07BISHKEK1155	"MAXIMIZING" BUSINESS IN THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: A prominent ex-pat businessman, Giorgio Fiacconi, has reportedly been forced to sell his Kyrgyz Credit Bank (KCB) to a close business associate of Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's son, Maxim. The associate, Latvian businessman Valery Belokon, has also acquired the failed "I [...]	2007-09-18 09:09:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV KCOR ECON EINV PINR KG
07BISHKEK832	KYRGYZ REFORMS: UNDER THE RADAR, BUT HAVING AN [...] (C) Summary: Against a backdrop of domestic political wrangling, changes in government personnel, and heated debate over the presence of the Manas Airbase, important reforms are beginning to reshape Kyrgyzstan's economy, business environment, criminal justice system, and media. While these [...]	2007-06-27 03:31:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCOR KMCA KG
07BRASILIA2258	Court Rulings Limit Party Switching by Elected Officials [...] Summary. Recent federal court rulings have placed strict limits on party switching that are expected to strengthen large parties and could weaken traditional spoils politics. The rulings are a victory for large parties and a loss for smaller, non-ideological parties in the government coaliti [...]	2007-12-11 15:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KCOR BR
07BRATISLAVA614	HZDS: STILL CORRUPT, BUT MECIAR WEAKER [...] (SBU) Summary. In the latest manifestation of tension within this odd governing coalition, Branislav Briza (HZDS),Director of the Ministry of Agriculture land distribution fund, resigned on November 15 under pressure from Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer). Two days earlier, Fico demanded th [...]	2007-11-15 17:24:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PGOV EAGR ECON LO
07BRIDGETOWN669	ST. LUCIA: FREDRICK INVESTIGATION AND MLAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a May 17 television talk show, a prominent news personality leaked the details of a standing evidence request made under the U.S.-St. Lucia Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) concerning Richard Fredrick, St. Lucia's Housing Minister suspected of ties to drug trafficking [...]	2007-05-25 21:21:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KJUS KTIA KCOR PREL PGOV PINR SNAR ST XL
07BUCHAREST1215	STATE TV NEWS EDITOR SANCTIONED FOR REVEALING [...] (C) Summary: Press freedoms appear to have been caught in the political backlash against the release of footage of a Romanian Agriculture Minister caught accepting a bribe. Romanian journalists complain of political pressure as the public television editors who broadcast the footage of high-le [...]	2007-10-25 13:59:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KJUS PREL PINR PTER RO
07BUCHAREST1230	CRIMINAL CODE REVISIONS: A PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary: Prosecutors and NGOs complain that parliament's amended draft Criminal Code and Criminal Procedures Code, if signed into law, would exculpate a wide variety of criminal acts by nullifying evidence gained outside of its new, highly restrictive procedures. In attempting to absolve [...]	2007-10-31 16:05:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR PREL RO
07BUCHAREST1267	ROMANIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PROSECUTOR [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with the Ambassador, Prosecutor General Kovesi expressed concern that new amendments to the Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure Code would affect all court cases and turn Romania into a "paradise for crime." Kovesi expected parliament to override the president's veto [...]	2007-11-09 05:52:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KJUS PREL RO
07BUCHAREST1298	ROMANIA: AMBASSADOR'S SPEECH, BRITISH CRITICISM OF [...] (C) Summary: Although President Basescu announced on November 20 that he is returning a package of controversial amendments to the Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure Code to Parliament, only a simple majority of parliamentarians is needed to enact the amendments into law over his veto, notwi [...]	2007-11-23 21:00:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KJUS PREL RO
07BUCHAREST322	FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE CHIEF RESIGNS [...] (SBU) The head of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SIE),Claudiu Saftoiu, resigned March 19, following his controversial testimony last week before the special parliamentary committee to investigate the president for abuse of constitutional authority. PC President Dan Voiculescu, who chairs [...]	2007-03-19 16:20:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KCOR RO
07BUCHAREST452	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW INTERIOR MINISTER CRISTIAN DAVID [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with new Interior Minister Cristian David to review and maintain major areas of cooperation. David assured the Ambassador of the government's continued commitment to anti-corruption reforms in Justice and Home Affairs. He also requested additional U.S. assistance o [...]	2007-04-19 15:04:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KJUS PREL PINR PTER RO
07BUCHAREST469	EXPERTS QUESTION NEW JUSTICE MINISTER'S COMMITMENT [...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts working to advance anticorruption and justice reform expressed doubts concerning new Justice Minister Tudor Chiuariu's commitment to reform. Two experts, one with the European Commission Delegation in Romania and the other from the Ministry of Justice, evinced ne [...]	2007-04-27 07:54:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KJUS PREL RO
07BUCHAREST491	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW JUSTICE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: The newly appointed Liberal Justice Minister Tudor Chiuariu appeared confident and eager to signal his readiness to fight corruption and support judicial reform. He insisted that he would be more effective than his predecessor, the popular Monica Macovei, because he would work mo [...]	2007-05-02 14:45:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KJUS PREL RO
07BUCHAREST52	LUSTRATION: SECURITATE RECORDS HANDED OVER BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. President Basescu announced December 29 that the intelligence services have completed the transfer of the archives of the former communist political police, the Securitate, to the National Council for the Study of Securitate Archives (CNSAS). At his urging, the Supreme Council f [...]	2007-01-17 12:47:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR SOCI KJUS RO
07BUCHAREST556	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ANTICORRUPTION DIRECTORATE CHIEF DANIEL MORAR [...] (C) Summary: In a May 14 meeting, National Anticorruption Directorate Chief Daniel Morar described to Ambassador the negative effects of recent actions by Parliament and the new Romanian Justice Minister in undercutting the effectiveness of anticorruption prosecutions. Morar said parliamentarians w [...]	2007-05-16 04:42:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCOR KJUS RO
07BUCHAREST574	FALSE START: JUSTICE MINISTER ATTEMPTS TO DISMISS [...] (C) Summary: A heavy-handed attempt by Justice Minister Chiuariu to remove Romania's top anti-corruption prosecutor has been blocked for now by the Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) . The CSM decision effectively prevents the anti-Basescu coalition from gaining control over anticorruption [...]	2007-05-21 04:31:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS KCOR RO
07BUCHAREST747	EC FRUSTRATED BY NEW ROMANIAN CORRUPTION AGENCY'S [...] (C) Summary. Romania's National Integrity Agency (ANI),the last major anti-corruption effort that the GOR promised before acceding to the EU, was formally established last month. While the European Commission is unhappy with Romanian backsliding in the fight against corruption, its monitor [...]	2007-06-27 15:46:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KJUS PREL RO
07BUCHAREST784	PARTING SHOT: FORMER JUSTICE MINISTER CRITICIZES [...] (C) Summary: Former Justice Minister Macovei provided a downbeat assessment of recent GOR efforts on the anticorruption front, alleging attempts to weaken the National Anticorruption Directorate; to direct state funds toward private interests; and to use anticorruption funding from the EU and [...]	2007-07-06 14:28:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS KCOR MA RO
07BUCHAREST789	RESTITUTION AND THE PROPERTY FUND: ENVOY CHRISTIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Christian Kennedy discussed Holocaust education and property restitution with Romanian officials on June 6-8. The minority Liberal government on June 28 forced through an emergency ordinance that should enable the Property Fund to start the p [...]	2007-07-09 09:27:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR PREL EINV ECON RO
07BUCHAREST911	LASZLO TOKES CHALLENGES UDMR LEADERSHIP AND [...] (C) Summary: Romania's ethnic Hungarian party (UDMR),the Liberals' coalition partner government, risks failing to meet the five percent electoral threshold in upcoming elections, starting with this fall's European Parliamentary race. The candidacy of controversial Bishop Laszlo Tokes could di [...]	2007-08-10 14:45:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KJUS PREL RO
07BUENOSAIRES1736	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NATIONAL AUDITOR GENERAL AND UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE [...] Summary: The President of the National Auditing Office (AGN),Ambassador Leandro Despouy, recently discussed the AGN's broad government oversight role and his responsibilities as the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers. He described his impressions of the state of h [...]	2007-08-31 16:04:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PHUM PREL SENV KCOR KPAO AR EAID
07BUENOSAIRES1850	Argentina's Anticorruption Office: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite being ranked 93rd (low) on Transparency International's corruption perception index, Argentina has an active anti-corruption office. The office has both a policy-promotion mission and an investigatory function. Despite a heavy investigatory workload, the office has yet [...]	2007-09-14 19:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KCOR KCRM KJUS PGOV PTER SNAR AR
07BUENOSAIRES1964	ARGENTINE JUSTICE MINISTER PROPOSES OVERHAUL OF [...] (C) GoA Justice Minister Alberto Iribarne briefed the Ambassador September 26 on his draft proposal to reform the federal criminal justice system (other discussion topics reported Ref A and septel). The reforms, based on the recommendations of a Special Commission, aim to alter the rules of e [...]	2007-10-02 13:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SNAR KJUS KCRM EAID KCOR PHUM
07BUENOSAIRES1980	ARGENTINE PUNDITS: RESTORING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE KEY [...] (C) Summary. A group of top political and economic analysts maintain that the main challenges facing Argentina's next administration are restoring confidence in public institutions; reining in inflation and labor demands for higher wages; and improving juridical certainty to attract greater [...]	2007-10-04 12:02:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KLAB KCOR AR
07BUENOSAIRES2032	"Brinks Job" Theft at Argentina Airport: Another Black Eye [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 4 United Airlines flight from Washington to Buenos Aires was the scene of a highly publicized theft of $80,000 in cash, stolen within a U.S.-based Brinks container, part of a larger U.S. Federal Reserve Bank transfer to the Central Bank of Argentina. Government of A [...]	2007-10-11 16:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PGOV ECON EFIN KCOR ICAO AR
07BUENOSAIRES2121	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH INCOMING BUENOS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wayne met former federal judge Guillermo Montenegro, who was enthusiastic about his new position as Minister of Security-elect of Buenos Aires City, outlining political and bureaucratic challenges he anticipates in his "first executive assignment." He spoke openly abo [...]	2007-10-26 18:18:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR KJUS PGOV PREL AR
07BUENOSAIRES2149	ARGENTINA: AIRPORT POLICE CHIEF DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador's October 22 meeting with GOA Airport Police chief Marcelo Sain (protect throughout) focused on common counter-terrorism goals and the need to continue working together on airport security issues. Sain thanked the Ambassador for recent FBI- and DHS-provided tra [...]	2007-10-31 08:02:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PGOV CASC KCRM PREL KCOR AR
07BUENOSAIRES2211	THEFTS OF BAGGAGE AT BUENOS AIRES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT [...] (SBU) Ambassador recently informed Argentina's Foreign Minister Taiana and Interior Minister Fernandez that the Embassy would be updating its Consular Information Sheet to include a warning to U.S. travelers about thefts at Argentina's Ezeiza International Airport. 2. (SBU) On October 24, Am [...]	2007-11-15 08:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EAIR PREL KCOR KCRM CMGT CJAN ASEC AR
07BUENOSAIRES2374	ARGENTINA'S AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO THE U.S. TERMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine media broadcast remarks critical of the U.S. by the GOA's Ambassador-designate to Washington (ref C),Hector Timerman, who said "politically relations with the U.S. are very bad" because certain "sectors linked to DOJ and U.S. intelligence agencies" were troubled by Ar [...]	2007-12-20 19:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OFDP PREL CJAN SNAR KJUS ASEC KCOR VE AR
07BUENOSAIRES2375	ARGENTINA'S AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO THE U.S. TERMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine media broadcast remarks critical of the U.S. by the GOA's Ambassador-designate to Washington (ref C),Hector Timerman, who said "politically relations with the U.S. are very bad" because certain "sectors linked to DOJ and U.S. intelligence agencies" were troubled by Ar [...]	2007-12-20 19:57:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	OFDP PREL CJAN SNAR KJUS ASEC KCOR VE AR
07CAIRO1988	EGYPT: MORE CORRUPTION CHARGES, AD HOC RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: A recent report of a Shura Council member arrested for smuggling, corruption accusations in the People's Assembly by a Muslim Brotherhood (MB) legislator against businessmen affiliated with the National Democratic Party (NDP),and suspicions about the bidding process for a govern [...]	2007-07-01 11:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCOR PINR EG
07CAIRO91	PARLIAMENTARIAN IMPLICATED IN MEDICAL CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) A potential corruption scandal involving NDP parliamentarian Hani Sorour ignited following accusations that his medical supply company's sub-standard equipment is responsible for the death of a 50 year old man who died of kidney failure following a contaminated blood transfusion. The c [...]	2007-01-15 05:02:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR TBIO TSPL EG
07CARACAS2064	VENEZUELA: FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN LATIN AMERICA [...] (U) The Ambassador has identified DCM Philip French as Caracas' participant in the Fighting Corruption in Latin America Conference (reftel). DUDDY [...]	2007-10-23 19:21:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PGOV OTRA KCOR
07COLOMBO1114	SRI LANKA: USAID LAUNCHES NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] SUMMARY: The final version of the USAID-sponsored National Anti-Corruption Action Plan (NACAP),which outlines key steps the Government and private sector can take to address corruption, was presented at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) on July 28 as part of the [...]	2007-08-13 11:12:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KCOR PGOV PREL ECON CE
07COLOMBO1399	SRI LANKA: LAGGING IN WORLD BANK EASE OF DOING BUSINESS [...] Summary: Sri Lanka rated poorly in the World Bank Group's just-released Doing Business 2008 index and in the middle of Transparency International's 2007 Corruption Perception Index. In the Ease of Doing Business index, Sri Lanka ranked 101 out of 178 economies. Notable was its ranking of 133 [...]	2007-10-10 09:14:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EAID KMCA KCOR CE
07COLOMBO394	SRI LANKA: ALLEGATIONS OF IMPROPRIETY IN CONNECTION WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Government of Sri Lanka plans to launch in March 2007 a state-run airline aimed at providing low-cost travel for migrant workers and tourists to the Middle East and India. The budget carrier, called Mihin Lanka, has elicited criticism from politicians, the press [...]	2007-03-09 10:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ETRD EAIR EINV KCOR CE
07COLOMBO720	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT APPOINTS BROTHER AS MINISTER OF PORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa has appointed his older brother, Chamal, as Minister of Ports and Aviation. The position makes Chamal responsible for oversight of several multi-million dollar ventures that the President has pushed, including an international port and airport in his home d [...]	2007-05-17 11:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV KCOR PGOV CE
07COLOMBO779	SRI LANKA: CORRUPTION PANELISTS TELL AMBASSADOR POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: At a recent roundtable hosted by Ambassador, participants from government, civil society organizations, the private sector, and the media described corruption as endemic at all levels of Sri Lankan government, and also widespread in dealings between business and government. Most [...]	2007-05-30 12:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID KCOR PGOV CE
07COTONOU135	NIGERIA'S SHORTAGES AID BENIN'S EFFORT TO CRACK DOWN ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent gas shortages in Nigeria are helping to shift gasoline consumption patterns in Benin from the black market to the legitimate, and taxed, retail sector. Street vendors of "kpayo" were compelled to shut down in late January due to the sky-high price of gas smuggled in from [...]	2007-02-20 12:55:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ETRD ECON EINV KCOR PGOV BN
07COTONOU477	BENIN: UPDATE ON EFFORTS BY THE GOVERNMENT OF BENIN AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In conjunction with President Yayi's program to fight corruption in the administration and advance good governance in the country, the Front of National Anti-Corruption Organizations (FONAC) has accused two former Executive Directors of the Benin Electric Energy Corporation (SBEE [...]	2007-06-29 09:15:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR KMCA BN
07COTONOU512	BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI APPOINTS 9 STATE AUDITORS TO INCREASE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of his program to crack down on corruption in the country, and particularly in reaction to the recent cases of corruption that have shocked the public (Reftel),President Yayi has appointed nine new State Auditors to the State Audit Office of Benin. In doing so, he has on [...]	2007-07-12 04:28:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR KMCA BN
07COTONOU534	BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI ORGANIZES AND LEADS A MARCH AGAINST [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 16, President Boni Yayi led a march and rally against corruption through downtown Cotonou. Government officials and persons from all sectors of civil society took part in the event, which was not announced in advance and which took the public and press by surprise. This i [...]	2007-07-17 12:01:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR KMCA BN
07COTONOU639	BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI FIRES FOUR SENIOR OFFICERS OVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Yayi dismissed four customs officials after an investigation conducted by the State Audit Office (IGE) revealed their involvement in a case of customs fraud. An announcement from the office of the President informed the public of the dismissal of the four officials. END [...]	2007-08-20 03:29:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR KMCA BN
07COTONOU914	NON-ISSUANCE OF U.S. VISA ROILS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Summary: The decision to refer Celestine Adjanohoun's visa application to the department for a possible 212(f) determination (Ref B) has roiled the waters of Benin's National Assembly. As detailed in Ref A, the GOB's State Audit Office (IGE) recently unveiled a report accusing Adjanohou [...]	2007-11-29 12:38:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CVIS KCOR BN
07COTONOU931	STATE AUDIT OFFICE SPEARHEADS FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The State Audit Office or "Inspection General d'Etat" (IGE) recently assumed a higher profile with investigations of Benin's state electricity company (Ref A) and the former state fuel company. On December 4, PolOff and the Political Assistant met with Jacques Alidou Kousse, the St [...]	2007-12-07 10:02:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR KMCA BN
07COTONOU94	BENIN: YEAR-END UPDATE ON BUSINESS SCAM ACTIVITY IN 2006 [...] SUMMARY: In the final 9 months of 2006 Post received over one hundred commercial inquiries about potential Beninese business partners from U.S. companies and individuals, U.S. Export Assistance Centers and the Foreign Commercial Service. Unfortunately, a majority of the deals turned out to be [...]	2007-02-08 05:02:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV KCOR BN
07DAKAR1223	IMF: SENEGAL'S POOR PUBLIC FINANCES WILL MAKE [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to IMF Resrep for Senegal, Alex Segura, President Wade's administration has greatly exacerbated the country's public finances problems in recent years. The GOS and the IMF are facing difficult negotiations on a new program, whether a PRGF or a Policy Support Instrumen [...]	2007-06-05 17:14:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL KCOR SG
07DHAKA1439	FORMER PM KHALEDA ZIA ARRESTED ON CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, head of the Bangladesh National Party (BNP) and her son Arafat Rahman (&Koko8),were arrested in Dhaka September 3 on charges filed by Bangladesh,s Anti-Corruption Commission. The charges relate to the awarding of a bid for a shipping conta [...]	2007-09-04 01:54:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KCOR BG

07DHAKA1494	GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS DISCUSS ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed and Chief of Army Staff General Moeen U Ahmed met September 5 with members of the nation's business community in an effort to strengthen the commercial climate. Business confidence appears to be weakening in the wake of floods, rising prices, the g [...]	2007-09-12 11:26:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCOR BG
07DHAKA275	GOVERNMENT TAKES STEPS AGAINST LABOR TRAFFICKING, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Government officials and international organization representatives take seriously allegations of labor trafficking and migrant labor violations. The Home Ministry asked for more information on specific allegations, and agreed to follow up with the inter-ministerial anti-traffick [...]	2007-02-19 11:36:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCOR KDEM KCRM KWMN KFRD PREF ELAB BG
07DUBAI155	FUJAIRAH CUSTOMS: BUDGET, TRAINING AND LEADERSHIP PROBLEMS [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-05 11:02:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD ECON KCOR AE
07DUSHANBE1432	TAJIKISTAN INL DUSHANBE 2007 SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT [...] In the absence of INL regular quarterly reports, the Narcotics and Law Enforcement Section in Dushanbe herein reports on activities for the period of January - September 2007: ---------------------------------- Narcotics and Law Enforcement Activities --------------------------------- Jan [...]	2007-10-10 07:15:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM TI
07GEORGETOWN400	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN CORRUPTION AND CRIME [...] Guyana: Charge raised the UNCAC and UNTOC April 19 with MFA Director General Elisabeth Harper and MFA Acting Director for Americas and Asia Audrey Wadell. Harper said the Cabinet sub-committee on governance discussed the UNCAC the week before. Wadell was aware of the UNTOC questionaires and s [...]	2007-04-24 20:36:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PTER PGOV KCRM KCOR CARICOM GY
07GEORGETOWN59	VAT AND CASINO GAMBLING CAUSE PUBLIC DISCORD AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The PPP/C government,s sloppy implementation of VAT and heavy-handed efforts to legalize casino gambling are giving rise to public discontent and fueling internal dissent within the party. End Summary. 2. (U) The difficult introduction of VAT in Guyana was reported reftel. [...]	2007-01-16 19:39:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCOR SNAR PGOV GY
07GEORGETOWN607	GOVERNMENT THREATENED BY ANOTHER DRUG SCANDAL; [...] (C) The GoG is threatened with yet another narco-trafficking scandal. An anonymous letter to the Commissioner of Police threatens to release audio and video surveillance recordings that link government and PPP figures to cocaine trafficking unless the Commissioner removes a corrupt senior pol [...]	2007-06-19 16:36:00	Embassy Georgetown	SECRET	SNAR PGOV PREL MARR PINR KCRM KCOR GY
07HANOI1070	ALL THE NEWS FIT TO BE PRESENTED BY YOUR ORGANIZATION'S [...] (SBU) The GVN recently issued a decree prohibiting all government and Party employees, except ministers, provincial governors or appointed spokespeople, from speaking to the media. The GVN's reported intent in passing the decree is to decrease "controversy" and prevent "conflicting information [...]	2007-06-08 07:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCOR KPAO VM
07HANOI1088	ORDINANCE ON "GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY:" POWER TO THE [...] (SBU) The National Assembly recently passed the Ordinance on Grassroots Democracy, which is intended to allow villagers, with local Fatherland Front representatives participating, to convene meetings for the purpose of discussing and proposing solutions to local problems and nominating candidat [...]	2007-06-12 09:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM
07HANOI156	HANI RATCHETS UP PRESSURE ON PRESS [...] (SBU) Politburo member Truong Tan Sang recently called on the Communist Partyof Vietnam to strengthen "management of the press" by amending legal documents on press activities nd improving media workers' "political stances, kills and ethics." Sang's speech followed several high-profile GVN mea [...]	2007-01-26 08:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCOR VM KPAO
07HANOI161	HANOI RATCHETS UP PRESSURE ON PRESS [...] (SBU) Politburo member Truong Tan Sang recently called on the Communist Party of Vietnam to strengthen "management of the press" by amending legal documents on press activities and improving media workers' "political stances, skills and ethics." Sang's speech followed several high-profile GVN [...]	2007-01-26 09:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCOR VM KPAO
07HANOI1617	CITIBANK SAVES LANDMARK DEAL DESPITE HEAVY-HITTING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Citibank appears poised to rescue a landmark $100 million loan in Vietnam, after a rival financial company working with what Citibank believes are powerful government partners nearly sank the deal. The bank has had to sweeten the terms of the offer and may have to scale down plans [...]	2007-09-11 14:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV KCOR PGOV VM
07HANOI1858	VIETNAM SCENESETTER FOR COMMERCE SECRETARY CARLOS [...] (U) Your visit, coming almost one year after President Bush's, is well timed to press Vietnam to continue its rapid pace of opening to the world. The national leadership remains eager to learn from the United States on economic matters, and will be attentive to what you have to say. Your visi [...]	2007-10-30 08:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV KCOR PGOV SOCI VM
07HANOI291	PM DZUNG'S ONLINE CHAT: POWER TO THE PEOPLE? [...] (C) Summary: On February 9, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung went online for over two hours to answer questions on a variety of topics, including corruption, the economy, the media and even his personal life. The GVN says the Internet chats are geared toward increasing its "transparency of ope [...]	2007-02-14 10:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCOR KPAO PHUM VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY160	(C) EXPLOSION REPORTED OUTSIDE HCMC HOME OF PM DZUNG [...] (C/NF) Reliable media contacts in HCMC confirmed to us that a small improvised explosive device went off outside a home belonging to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung in HCMC's District 3 sometime on February 12. No injuries or damage was reported. Rumors of this incident circulated on February [...]	2007-02-15 06:47:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KCOR PTER PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY168	FORMER PM KIET: STILL PRESSING REFORM [...] (SBU) Former Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet, one of the fathers of Vietnam's economic reform and a doyen of the Communist Party, told the Consul General February 12 that improved U.S. ties was one of the biggest milestones for Vietnam in 2006. The "full normalization" of ties with the United Stat [...]	2007-02-15 11:37:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV KCOR VM
07JAKARTA1037	INDONESIA - 2007 IPR PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] Summary: Embassy Jakarta requests $640,000 in INL/EB funding to support the continued employment of our two DOJ-ICITAP Senior IPR Technical Advisors for a second and final year. The success of these advisors has been critical to Indonesia's recent improvements in IPR protection and enforceme [...]	2007-04-12 07:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1059	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL UP AND RUNNING [...] (C) On April 11 President Yudhoyono formally swore in the nine members of the new Presidential Advisory Council, created in accordance with last year's Presidential Advisory Council Bill (Ref A). The Council consists of luminaries from the legal, political, military, academic and educational [...]	2007-04-15 23:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL ECON EFIN KCOR PINR ID
07JAKARTA1211	INDONESIA'S NEW INVESTMENT LAW - [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-30 09:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ETRD PGOV KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1212	INDONESIA'S NEW INVESTMENT LAW - GOOD NEWS AND GREY AREAS [...] (SBU) Summary. After a two year delay, Parliament passed a new Capital Investment Law on March 29 that provides a range of protections for investors including equal treatment for foreign and domestic investors, protection against nationalization, international arbitration for foreign investors [...]	2007-04-30 09:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ETRD PGOV KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1326	Indonesia - East Java/China Trade Growing, Investment [...] SUMMARY: China's legal exports to East Java were close to $1 billion in 2006; illegal imports may have been double that amount. East Java shoe and garment industries have taken a beating from illegal imports, with over 500 small and medium sized firms closing in the past two years. So far, fou [...]	2007-05-11 05:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON KIPR KCOR ID CH
07JAKARTA1388	USTR FINDS IPR PROGRESS, CHALLENGES IN INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Visiting USTR officials Barbara Weisel and David Katz reviewed efforts related to intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and enforcement in Indonesia during their May 3-4 visit to Jakarta. Members of the National IPR Task Force noted that difficult and ongoing challenges [...]	2007-05-16 08:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR EINV ECON EMIN KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1561	USG SUPPORTED EMBEDDED PERSONNEL IN INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Summary: In keeping with Secretary RiceQs Transformational Diplomacy objectives, US Embassy Jakarta really took stock of our successes in placing USG personnel directly into Indonesian government offices. We are pleased to report that we currently have 27 positions embedded within key G [...]	2007-06-06 09:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER EAID PREL PGOV ECON EFIN KCOR KIPR ID
07JAKARTA1726	NEW LAW MINISTER TO PUSH CRIMINAL CODE REFORM [...] SUMMARY (C) In a June 20 meeting with the Charge, newly- appointed Minister of Law and Human Rights Andi Mattalatta expressed his commitment to revising Indonesia's Criminal Procedure Code prior to the 2009 elections, and gave his support to continued engagement with the USG on this and other [...]	2007-06-22 07:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1735	THE AWARD OF THE PRIME CONTRACT FOR THE USG [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-22 11:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV PREL SENV KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1813	PIRATED DISK FACTORIES RAIDED BY INDONESIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian authorities carried out the single largest and most successful operation to date against manufacturers of pirated optical disks on Sunday, July 1, 2007. Fifteen people were arrested and face charges under copyright and optical disk laws. Police also seized approxim [...]	2007-07-03 08:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KIPR ETRD KCOR ECON ID
07JAKARTA1909	East Java - Joint Police Anti-Human Trafficking Operations [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ConGen Surabaya launched a joint operation with local police May 29 targeting East Java human trafficking (TIP) rings. The primary goal is rescuing some of the thousands of child prostitutes in Surabaya and arresting traffickers, pimps and child sex tourists. Operation XXX init [...]	2007-07-13 00:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PHUM ELAB EAID KJUS KCRM KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1920	PROSECUTORS FILE CORRUPTION CASE AGAINST [...] (SBU) Summary: The Indonesian Attorney General has reopened the legal battle to recover former Indonesian president Suharto's allegedly ill-gotten wealth with a civil lawsuit against the Suharto-linked Supersemar Foundation. The case, which seeks the recovery of $1.66 billion plus property, d [...]	2007-07-13 07:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN KJUS KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1933	SCENESETTER FOR EEB A/S SULLIVAN VISIT TO JAKARTA [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Jakarta welcomes you to Indonesia. Yours will be the first high-level State Department economic visit here in several years. We encourage you to make a strong pitch for OPIC to facilitate U.S. investment, for exploratory discussion of a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT [...]	2007-07-16 11:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON ENRG KCOR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1957	GOI PROMISES SWIFT RESPONSE TO NIKE TRADE DISPUTE [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 18, Ambassador Hume met with Muhammad Lufti, Chairman of the Government of Indonesia (GOI) Investment Coordinating Board (BMPK)at Lufti's request to discuss the escalating trade dispute between U.S.-based Nike Corporation and their local business partner, Central Cipta M [...]	2007-07-19 06:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC ASEC EINV ECON KCOR ID
07JAKARTA2034	Eastern Indonesia - Optical Disk Factory Closures Reducing [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ConGen Surabaya informally surveyed pirated optical disk vendors in Bali and Surabaya to assess the impact on supplies after two Jakarta pirated disk factories were raided July 2 (Ref A). Initially we noticed minimal changes in Bali pirated disk supplies. However, a Balinese pi [...]	2007-07-27 08:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR EFIN EINV ECON KCOR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2035	INDONESIANS MAKE GAINS AGAINST COUNTERFEIT DRUGS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 20 Indonesian authorities carried out the largest and most successful operation to date against distributors of counterfeit pharmaceuticals. Jakarta Police raided a small retail pharmacy followed by an associated warehouse serving as a distribution center for imported c [...]	2007-07-27 08:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD KCOR ECON ID
07JAKARTA2069	NIKE COMMERCIAL DISPUTE RESOLVED [...] (C) Summary: Nike and Central Cipta Murdaya (CCM) reached an agreement on July 31 to phase-out their business relationship over the next 24 months. The agreement includes concessions by Nike to increase the phase-out time for one of CCM,s factories to 24 months from 9 months, as well as inc [...]	2007-08-01 08:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC EINV ECON KCOR KPAO PGOV ID CASC
07JAKARTA2097	LARGEST COUNTERFEIT DRUG SEIZURE EVER IN INDONESIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 23 Government of Indonesian (GOI) law enforcement authorities conducted the largest seizure ever of counterfeit pharmaceuticals. Jakarta police raided a warehouse seizing over 16 million finished tablets of counterfeit pharmaceuticals valued between $3 and $7 million. [...]	2007-08-03 06:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD KCOR ECON SNAR ID
07JAKARTA2194	SCENESETTER FOR CEQ CHAIRMAN CONNAUGHTON VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Jakarta welcomes you to Indonesia. You are coming to Indonesia at a time when the country is under increasing criticism for its rapid rates of deforestation, something to which the Government of Indonesia (GOI) is increasingly sensitive with the approach of the 13th Uni [...]	2007-08-11 12:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON ENRG KCOR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2229	NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL MAKING THE RIGHT MOVES ON [...] (C) Summary: Since his appointment in May 2007, Attorney General Hendarman Supandji has made prosecuting anti- corruption cases his top priority. A career prosecutor with a well-deserved reputation for integrity and effectiveness, Supandji has added top-level staff to the Special Crimes Divi [...]	2007-08-15 09:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN KJUS PINR KCOR ID
07JAKARTA2335	SCENESETTER FOR U/S JEFFERY'S SEPTEMBER 9-12 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Jakarta welcomes you to Indonesia. Yours will be the first high-level State Department economic visit here in several years. We have structured your visit to highlight the important themes of investment climate reform, anti-corruption efforts, energy security and climate change, [...]	2007-08-24 10:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON ENRG KCOR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2339	FIGHTING CORRUPTION USING PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Mission has established an interagency working group to identify major Indonesian corruptors for possible treatment under Presidential Proclamation 7750 (PP7750). PP7750 allows the USG to revoke the U.S. visas of highly corrupt public officials, their private sector enablers, and their [...]	2007-08-27 04:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CVIS PGOV KCOR ID
07JAKARTA2411	CORRUPTION ERADICATION COMMISSION SELECTING NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Selection Committee is evaluating new commissioners for a four-year term beginning late December 2007. The new commissioners will lead the KPK at a critical time, determining the future direction of the KPK and the larger anti-corrup [...]	2007-08-31 09:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2464	MEASURED PROGRESS IN EFFORT TO REJUVENATE [...] (C) Responding to a Constitutional Court ruling, a Ministry of Law drafting team has endorsed a proposal which would preserve key elements of the Anti-Corruption Court. The new draft competes with an earlier proposal which would basically pull down the pillars, eliminating aspects of the court [...]	2007-09-06 09:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA EAID ID
07JAKARTA2597	CENTRAL SULAWESI - POSO: "BACK TO NORMAL" [...] (U) This is a joint Surabaya - Jakarta message. 2. (C) Summary: During Surabaya Principal Officer's recent trip to Central Sulawesi, interlocutors uniformly described the situation in Poso as "good" and "back to normal." Despite continuing concerns that hardliners from outside Poso could [...]	2007-09-17 07:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM KISL KCOR ID
07JAKARTA2610	U/S JEFFERY BRIEFED ON ANTI-CORRUPTION REFORM SUCCESSES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders told visiting Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery III September 10 that they have "caught some big fish" (e.g. former governors),but anti-corruption reform will take decades. [...]	2007-09-18 00:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2648	CONVICTED ON CORRUPTION COUNTS, LEGISLATOR--WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: After his conviction on corruption charges, Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) member Nurdin Halid was jailed in Jakarta, September 18. He is slated to serve a two-year jail term. Halid--who has resigned from the DPR--maintained close links with Vice President Kalla. Hi [...]	2007-09-19 10:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KJUS KCOR ID
07JAKARTA2674	IMPLICATED IN CORRUPTION CASE, PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A special unit within the Attorney General's office has reportedly implicated T.B. Silalahi--an influential adviser to President Yudhoyono--in an ongoing corruption investigation. According to media reports, Silalahi allegedly received a house from a contact. Silalahi has heat [...]	2007-09-21 06:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR ID
07JAKARTA2688	"SLIPPERY SLOPE" FOR PRESS FREEDOM? -- COURT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent Supreme Court decision awarding former president Suharto USD 106 million in damages from Time Asia has drawn intense criticism. Critics have attacked the legal basis of the decision and warned of its potential impact on press freedom in Indonesia -- one M.P. told Pol/C t [...]	2007-09-24 04:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KPAO PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2715	INDONESIA PREPARES TO HOST UN CORRUPTION CONFERENCE - ASSET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Asset recovery will be the GOI's top priority as host of the second Conference of State Parties (COSP) for the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC),to be held in Bali on January 28-February 1 2008. A ministerial-level inter-agency national team led by the Ministry of Foreig [...]	2007-09-26 06:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2745	GENERALLY POSITIVE ASSESSMENT OF INDONESIA'S ECONOMY [...] Summary: Several key economic officials proviced a generally positive assessment overall of Indonesia's economy. Coordinating Minister for the Economy Boediono chaired a high-level briefing for donors and the private sector on September 25, noting that Indonesia's economy has grown more than [...]	2007-09-28 03:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV KMCA KCOR ID
07JAKARTA2753	CAUGHT IN THE ACT -- MEMBER OF JUDICIAL ETHICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Agents of a key anti-corruption body this week arrested a member of the Judicial Commission on ethics who had apparently just accepted a sizable bribe. The dramatic arrest--which netted substantial media coverage--is an acute embarassment to the Commission, which already has com [...]	2007-09-28 08:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA ID
07JAKARTA2777	INDONESIA - 2008 DRAFT BUDGET, SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN [...] (U) Summary. On August 16, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) presented to the Parliament his FY 2008 draft budget, which focused heavily on boosting infrastructure spending. The draft budget targets 6.8% economic growth for 2008, up from 6.3% expected in 2007, with 6% inflation. In or [...]	2007-10-02 07:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KMCA ECON KCOR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2833	BALIKPAPAN - DECENTRALIZATION CHAMPION, MODEL FOR EAST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Balikpapan, the commercial hub of East Kalimantan, represents the opportunities - and challenges - of decentralization in Indonesia. A twelve-fold increase in central government budget transfers has led to new public service initiatives and economic opportunitie [...]	2007-10-05 10:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EINV KCOR ENRG ID
07JAKARTA2864	SUPREME AUDIT BOARD SETTING VISION, LACKING CAPACITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Supreme Audit Board (BPK) presented its semiannual audit report to Parliament on October 10, documenting 1,543 cases that caused $854 million in losses to the state. The BPK performs key government oversight functions, yet lacks the resources, capacity, and cooper [...]	2007-10-11 03:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2875	YOGYAKARTA - PROMOTING ACCOUNTABILITY IN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Yogyakarta provincial leadership has instituted several initiatives to promote greater accountability and more responsive local government. The Governor established public and private ombudsman offices and a regional oversight body to promote better governance. Despite some [...]	2007-10-11 09:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA2953	INDONESIA'S SUPREME COURT -- LACK OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Supreme Court has made progress in implementing reforms designed to improve the efficiency and professionalism of the judiciary. The Court's potential remains unfulfilled, however, largely due its reluctance to tackle the issue of judicial accountability. While movin [...]	2007-10-22 09:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA EAID ID
07JAKARTA2969	TIME MAGAZINE FIGHTING TO OVERTURN DEFAMATION RULING IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: TIME magazine will soon file for judicial review - its last available legal option - in the Suharto defamation case. The Supreme Court ruled on August 30 that TIME must pay $111 million to former President Suharto due to defamation of character caused by a May 1999 TIME cover sto [...]	2007-10-23 12:10:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR ECON KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2974	CORRUPTION NEWS -- MAKING STRIDES IN GOI [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest news related to corruption, the GOI continues to make strides in improving inter-agency coordination in anti-corruption cases. In a controversial case, the Supreme Court has overturned convictions against 10 local politicians. A civil case against a Suharto-linked [...]	2007-10-24 06:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA EAID ID
07JAKARTA300	TSUNAMI RECOVERY AND TRANSFORMATION - ACEH AT TWO YEARS [...] (SBU) Summary. Aceh is undergoing a remarkable transformation and recovery since the devastating December 2004 tsunami. All displaced persons are out of tents and in houses or temporary shelters. New or renovated houses are everywhere and the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC)' [...]	2007-02-05 08:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV KCOR EINV ID
07JAKARTA302	TSUNAMI RECOVERY AND TRANSFORMATION - ACEH AT TWO YEARS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency of Aceh and Nias (BRR) has made significant progress on the immense task of rebuilding Aceh and Nias in its 20 months of operation. However, in contrast to a year ago, BRR is receiving increased criticism for spending too slowly (or t [...]	2007-02-05 08:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV PREL SENV KCOR ID
07JAKARTA3130	INDONESIA AND MCC COMPACT ELIGIBILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia's strong performance on its FY08 MCC indicator scorecard is a testimony to the country's stunning progress of transforming into a modern, free-market, secular and democratic nation that plays a positive and active role in the international community. Recognizing these [...]	2007-11-09 10:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON KMCA KCOR ID
07JAKARTA3134	ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION LEADING INDONESIAN REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leads the anti-corruption movement in Indonesia through its high-level investigations, vigorous prosecutions, and highly respected reform-minded leadership. Our legal, law enforcement, and NGO contacts broadly agree that the KPK's leade [...]	2007-11-13 02:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID
07JAKARTA3135	SUCCESS OF INDONESIA'S MCC THRESHOLD PROGRAM [...] Summary: Indonesia's two-year, $55 million Threshold Program focuses on the Control of Corruption ($35 million) and Immunization Coverage ($20 million),two areas where Indonesia fell short on its FY 2006 MCC indicator Scorecard. The Threshold Program projects, operational since April 2007, h [...]	2007-11-13 04:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMCA KCOR KJUS TBIO ID
07JAKARTA3173	CORRUPTION UPDATE -- DIPLOMATS, FORMER MINISTERS, [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: November's corruption highlights include: a credible media report alleges corruption at the Foreign Ministry; a former minister has been named a suspect in a corruption case involving the sale of two crude oil tankers; [...]	2007-11-15 09:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA ID
07JAKARTA3175	INDONESIA - STOLEN ASSET RECOVERY INITIATIVE TO FOCUS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN-World Bank Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) initiative will make recommendations for a technical assistance program in Indonesia. Indonesia has limited technical capacity and uneven political will to recover assets internationally. Managing expectations of StAR is critical a [...]	2007-11-15 10:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID
07JAKARTA3320	ATTORNEY GENERAL RAMPS UP ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a highly positive development, the Attorney General has removed dozens of prosecutors from their positions during his first six months on the job, many for allegedly accepting bribes. These aggressive moves are part of a larger program--which Mission has strongly supported--to [...]	2007-12-05 07:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR EAID ID
07JAKARTA3326	LEGISLATURE CALLS ON PRESIDENT TO TESTIFY RE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Parliament (DPR) has moved to summon President Yudhoyono to answer questions regarding a complex financial case. Abuse of Central Bank liquidity funds--issued to assist depositors at distressed banks--caused billions of dollars in losses to the state. The Attorney Ge [...]	2007-12-05 10:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN KJUS KCOR ID
07JAKARTA3349	INDONESIAN PARLIAMENT SELECTS CONTROVERSIAL ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliament selected five new commissioners for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) for the 2007-2011 term. Civil society leaders have expressed disappointment with the choices, but remain cautiously optimistic that two or three commissioners will be able to quietly lead K [...]	2007-12-07 10:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR ECON KJUS ID
07JAKARTA3378	CORRUPTION UPDATE -- SOLDIERS, LEGISLATORS IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In December's corruption highlights: 15 soldiers have been convicted of involvement in illegal logging; parliament is investigating bribery allegations involving several members; more allegations of corruption have been levied against Tommy Suharto; and, controversy continues [...]	2007-12-12 10:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR ID
07JAKARTA3469	SUPREME COURT UNDER FIRE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A recent Supreme Court decision ordering new provincial elections in South Sulawesi has revived allegations of incompetence and political influence peddling at the Court. Critics of the decision--which has [...]	2007-12-27 07:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA ID
07JAKARTA347	Indonesian Municipal Bonds Limited as Infrastructure [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. East Java leaders are considering issuing municipal bonds to finance development of desperately needed infrastructure in the province. Guntur Pasaribu, managing director of the Surabaya Stock Exchange (SSX),predicts strong local demand for the bonds, once issued. An immature [...]	2007-02-09 00:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON ENRG PGOV KCOR ID
07JAKARTA3484	CONTROVERSIAL EX-MINISTER MAKES A COMEBACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Six months after his removal from the Cabinet in the wake of corruption allegations, former minister Yusril Mahendra is making a political comeback. The Palace recently appointed Yusril to be a Presidential legal adviser. There are also reports that he may be nominated to beco [...]	2007-12-28 08:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR KISL ID
07JAKARTA514	JUDICIAL COMMISSION FAILS TO ADVANCE REFORM [...] (SBU) The Judicial Commission, formed in 2005 to strengthen the accountability and integrity of the judiciary, has fallen far short of expectations and has yet to play a constructive role in judicial reform. The Commission's primary task, to monitor the behavior of judges and recommend sancti [...]	2007-02-26 06:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS PCRM KTIA KCOR ID
07JAKARTA688	Yogyakarta Earthquake: Economic Recovery Rapid, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The May 2006 earthquake that shook Yogyakarta and surrounding areas caused $2-3 billion of damage and destroyed over 33,000 businesses, mostly small and medium enterprises (SMEs). ConGen Surabaya visited the affected areas on February 12-13, 2007 and met regional economic and bu [...]	2007-03-09 08:44:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAID PGOV KCOR ID
07JAKARTA821	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECISIONS GENERATE POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Indonesia's Constitutional Court, created in 2003 to improve rule of law and act as a check on Legislative and Executive power, has been the subject of intense criticism by the media and public after a series of controversial decisions overturned important pieces of legislation. Court d [...]	2007-03-22 05:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS KCOR ID
07JAKARTA978	INDONESIA'S INSURANCE SECTOR STILL STRUGGLING [...] (SBU) Summary. A decade after the financial crisis, Indonesia's small insurance sector continues to suffer from weak regulation and poor enforcement, inadequate training, low professional standards, and insufficient capital. A few players dominate the sector, and some small, non-transparent f [...]	2007-04-05 01:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV KCOR ID
07JERUSALEM529	POSSIBLE NEW ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN COMPANY ATTEMPTS [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian truckers and businessmen allege that a new Israeli-Palestinian transport company is seeking complete control over goods transiting the Karni/al-Mintar crossing. The new company reportedly includes Israeli firms already involved in manipulating the crossing's current [...]	2007-03-21 13:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV KCOR KWBG IS
07KABUL1934	AFGHANISTAN - AHADY CONSIDERS A/S SULLIVAN LETTER ON AFGHAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-11 12:36:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KCOR KPRV EINV EAID ECON PREL PGOV AF
07KABUL229	AFGHAN TELECOM CHIEF FIRED FOR CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Afghan Telecom (AfTel),Afghanistan's state-owned telecommunications company, has now been operating for two months without a formally designated president/CEO. The Minister of Communications, Amirzai Sangin, is currently acting as president/CEO of the company. Sangin fired Aftel's Pres [...]	2007-01-23 11:57:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS KCOR PGOV PREL AF
07KABUL2735	PARLIAMENT PASSES UN CONVENTION AGAINST [...] (SBU) The lower house of the Afghan National Assembly (Wolesi Jirga) passed the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) on August 15. Its passage by the upper house and ratification will complete an Afghanistan Compact benchmark. 2. (SBU) The Government of Afghanistan signed t [...]	2007-08-16 06:13:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR EAID AF
07KABUL427	CORRUPT HEAD OF CORRUPTION COUNCIL WASIFI [...] (S) The Ambassador raised with President Karzai February 6 the unsuitability of former governor Wasifi as head of the Corruption Council. Karzai well knows that Wasifi was convicted of drug-dealing in the US and accused of corruption when he was governor of Farah. Karzai seemed mildly surpri [...]	2007-02-08 06:35:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	KCOR KJUS PGOV PREL AF
07KINGSTON1036	JAMAICA: JLP'S GENERAL SECRETARY SPEAKS FRANKLY [...] (SBU) Deputy Director for WHA/CAR Karen Williams, DCM, and poloff recently met with Karl Samuda - MP and General Secretary for the Jamaican Labour Party (JLP). Samuda spoke SIPDIS frankly about the state of Jamaica and proposed changes to the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) should the JLP win. [...]	2007-07-03 19:32:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG JM KCOR PGOV PINR PREL SOCI VE XL
07KINGSTON1071	JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES ELECTION [...] (U) Ending months of speculation and prophecizing, Prime Minister (PM) Portia Simpson Miller (PSM) called faithful People's National Party (PNP) members to rally in Kingston on July 8 ostensibly to introduce the 60 PNP candidates running for election. After hours of standing and waiving PNP [...]	2007-07-09 20:43:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG JM KCOR PGOV PINR PREL SOCI SNAR XL
07KINGSTON1144	JAMAICA: UNIVERSAL ACCESS FUND - A MEDDLING [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-23 20:29:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ECPS PREL PGOV SOCI PINR KCOR JM
07KINGSTON1161	JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NUMBER TWO [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-25 20:25:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI ECON ECPS ASEC SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1193	JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NUMBER THREE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-02 19:29:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SOCI ECON ECPS ASEC SNAR KCOR OAS CARICOM
07KINGSTON1252	JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NO. 4 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-15 12:06:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC CPAS SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1288	JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NUMBER 5 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-23 20:00:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1301	JAMAICA: COMPARING THE PARTY MANIFESTOS [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-29 11:56:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI ECON EFIN ASEC CPAS SNAR KCOR JM
07KINGSTON1307	JAMAICA: OPPOSITION DRAWS EVEN WITH RULING PARTY [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-30 12:35:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC PINR ECON SOCI ENRG KCOR JM
07KINGSTON1317	JAMAICA: KEY FIGURES PREDICT OPPOSITION LABOUR [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-31 14:35:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC PINR ECON SOCI EFIN KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1325	JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NO. 6 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-01 16:22:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC CPAS SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1326	JAMAICA: OPPOSITION LABOUR PARTY ON COURSE TO VICTORY IN [...] (SBU) The passage of Hurricane Dean has failed to dampen the momentum of the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP),with Opposition Spokesman on Information Dwight Nelson predicting a landslide victory. Nelson told EmbOff that the People's National Party (PNP)'s attempt to gain lost ground through hurrica [...]	2007-09-01 16:22:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC CPAS SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1336	JAMAICA: BRUCE GOLDING'S OPPOSITION LABOUR PARTY (JLP) WINS [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-04 20:44:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1462	JAMAICA: CRIME AND CORRUPTION CHALLENGES FACING [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-25 16:14:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI SNAR PHUM ASEC KCOR KCRM KJUS
07KINGSTON1641	JAMAICA: "CASH PLUS" -- A TICKING FINANCIAL TIME [...] (U) Irrational exuberance abounds among Jamaica's less experienced investors, many of whom deposit their fortunes with Cash Plus Limited in exchange for promised annual returns of 120 percent. Through a series of advertising campaigns over the last five years, Carlos Hill, the principal owne [...]	2007-11-07 15:23:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PINR SOCI SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1681	JAMAICA: BEGINNING TO CLEAN THE AUGEAN STABLES? [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 20:07:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI ENRG ECON EFIN ASEC KCOR
07KINGSTON1686	JAMAICA:LOCAL ELECTIONS ANNOUNCED [...] (U) Fresh from their first successful Parliamentary elections in 18 years the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is poised to carry that success over to local elections. Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding recently announced that the local elections for over 200 local government seats will be held on De [...]	2007-11-21 15:13:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KCOR SOCI JM XL
07KINGSTON1749	JAMAICA: "CASH PLUS" UPDATE, GOJ GETTING WORRIED, [...] (C) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) estimates there are two dozen alternative investment schemes in the country, although many are much smaller than Cash Plus and have different characteristics. Support for the schemes is driven by Jamaicans who feel they have been shut out from the services [...]	2007-12-05 18:18:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PINR SOCI SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON186	JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER'S POPULARITY FADES AMONG [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-07 16:52:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SOCI ECON SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON215	JAMAICA/VENEZUELA: FORMER PRIME MINISTER WARNS OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-13 11:50:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ECON SOCI CARICOM KCOR JM
07KINGSTON343	ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY: CONTRACTOR GENERAL OF [...] Summary: Please see the action request in paragraph 12. Currently, the Mission is exploring mechanisms for encouraging the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to curb corruption. In keeping with the Mission's evolving strategy plan on anti-corruption, we are meeting with heads of Jamaican governmen [...]	2007-03-12 20:01:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	JM KCOR KCRM KJUS PGOV
07KINGSTON380	ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY: JAMAICA'S POLICE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-19 14:07:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KJUS PGOV KCOR JM

07KINGSTON389	ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY: DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC [...] (U) Begin Summary: On March 8, Acting Narcotics Affairs Director (NASDIR) met with Kent Pantry, Jamaica's Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP),principally to acquaint him with the embassy's interest in assisting the Government of Jamaica to fight official corruption. NASDIR also wanted to get [...]	2007-03-20 19:24:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS SNAR KCOR JM
07KINGSTON394	ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY: AUDITOR GENERAL [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EMBASSY'S PLAN TO PROMOTE ANTI-CORRUPTION MEASURES, ACTING NARCOTICS AFFAIRS DIRECTOR (NASDIR) CALLED ON JAMAICA'S AUDITOR GENERAL, ADRIAN STRACHAN, IN ORDER TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HIS ROLE IN COUNTERING CORRUPTION BY PUBLIC OFFICIALS. N [...]	2007-03-21 14:18:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR KJUS PGOV JM
07KINGSTON434	JAMAICA: "SISTER P" MARKS ONE YEAR AS PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Portia Simpson Miller (PSM),the unelected Prime Minister of Jamaica, rose to the head of the ruling People's National Party (PNP) last February. As PNP leader, she replaced the retiring elected Prime Minister P.J. Patterson to become the country's first female Prime Minister on [...]	2007-03-28 11:23:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SOCI ECON ENRG KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON637	JAMAICA: ELECTION VIOLENCE AND POLITICAL PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting with the Commissioner of Elections Danville Walker, the Commissioner noted that he believes the risk of political violence during elections is low. He also revealed his belief that Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller (PSM) did not call elections earlier in order [...]	2007-05-02 17:48:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SOCI ECON ENRG KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON71	2006/2007 OBJECTIVES FOR THE MAJORS LIST REPORT TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-17 15:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCOR EFIN JM
07KINGSTON803	JAMAICA: OPPOSITION LEADER HOPES TO WIN AT LEAST [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-24 16:30:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ECON SOCI ENRG KCOR JM
07KINGSTON887	JAMAICA: PNP FACES INTERNAL PROBLEMS/LACK OF [...] (SBU) Poloff recently met with longtime People's National Party (PNP) activist and organizer Karen Cross to discuss recent media reports of problems within the PNP which could impact the outcome of the upcoming elections (due by October 2007). During the meeting, Cross confirmed that there is [...]	2007-06-06 18:09:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG JM KCOR PGOV PINR PREL SOCI VE XL
07KINGSTON89	JAMAICA: OPPOSITION LEADER CLAIMS VENEZUELA GIVING [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-18 18:04:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SOCI ABLD AMGT ENRG KCOR KCRM
07KINGSTON953	JAMAICA: MOUNTING POLITICAL TENSIONS WITH APPROACH [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-19 19:11:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI SNAR ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL
07KINSHASA128	WORLD BANK IN LISTENING MODE, GEARING UP FOR [...] (C) Summary. World Bank representatives, in Kinshasa to talk with donors about the Bank's program for 2007, expressed particular interest in and concern over Security Sector Reform issues. They agreed with the Ambassador that the handing over of the fully drafted Governance Compact to the GDR [...]	2007-02-01 14:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID KCOR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA388	PM GIZENGA OUTLINES CHALLENGES OF NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga acknowledges that the DRC confronts great challenges, and wants to send a strong signal that things have changed. He is especially concerned about widespread corruption and impunity, and the lack of a culture of work. He looks forward to a product [...]	2007-04-03 13:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KCOR KPKO CG
07LAGOS170	TRANSCORP IPO: CAVEAT EMPTOR [...] (C) Summary: Transnational Corporation's (Transcorp),recent initial public offering (IPO) exemplifies how finance and electoral politics merge to create an ambivalent situation for investors. The 60 billion naira ($462 million) IPO has been greeted with mixed reactions. Transcorp is the brain [...]	2007-03-09 13:36:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL NI KCOR ENRG
07LILONGWE146	POLITICAL RHETORIC HEATS UP IN MALAWI [...] (SBU) Summary: In another sign that the 2009 election campaign is in full swing, President Bingu wa Mutharika and his predecessor and presumptive presidential candidate Bakili Muluzi exchanged barbs over the weekend at competing public rallies. Mutharika also lashed out at Malawi Congress Part [...]	2007-02-26 14:47:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
07LILONGWE186	THE ONCE AND FUTURE PRESIDENT? MULUZI DECLARES [...] (SBU) Summary: Former President Bakili Muluzi, renowned for his government's corruption while in office, has announced that he will run for President again in 2009. Muluzi, famously coy regarding his political intentions, said at a mass ral\|y in Blantyre on March 11 that he was ready to run "i [...]	2007-03-13 15:43:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
07LILONGWE194	ANOTHER PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE BITES THE DUST [...] (SBU) Summary: With raw Malawian power politics on full display, Parliament rejected the President's nominee for Auditor General on March 13. The rejection, the latest in a string of high profile presidential nominees to be refused, comes as a result of government's inept management of parlia [...]	2007-03-14 13:13:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
07LILONGWE226	SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET REJECTED AS PARLIAMENT CLOSES EARLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Parliament finished a four week session on March 22 amid controversy over the opposition's refusal to pass a mid-year supplemental budget. The session ended without any substantive work having been accomplished, and important bills pertaining to local government elections, a nat [...]	2007-03-22 06:51:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
07LILONGWE863	MALAWI: NEW DIRECTOR OF ANTI-CORRUPTION BUREAU APPROVED [...] (U) On November 13 the National Assembly's Public Appointments Committee (PAC) approved President Mutharika's appointee as Director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). The new Director, Alexius Nampota, was the ACB's Deputy Director from its inception in 1998 until late 2004. The confirmation [...]	2007-11-19 13:47:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KMCA KCOR MI
07LONDON2587	DFID'S "COST" INITIATIVE: MORE QUESTIONS THAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Participants from government, industry and the private sector agreed that transparency is a concern in the construction sector but questioned the value added by DFID's Construction Sector Transparency Initiative (CoST). Econoff raised reftel concerns widely at a June 20, DFID- h [...]	2007-07-06 09:06:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ETRD EFIN PINS KCOR UK
07LUSAKA209	UK COURT RULES ON DONEGAL "VULTURE FUND" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On February 15 a UK judge ruled that the Government of Zambia is liable for a debt owed to Donegal, a British Virgin Islands-based investment fund that is partly owned by a U.S. company. Although the ruling received much negative publicity in the international media, some Zambi [...]	2007-02-21 15:01:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCOR ZA
07LUSAKA909	MWANAWASA SUSPENDS DRUG ENFORCEMENT COMMISSIONER [...] (C) Summary. On August 8, President Mwanawasa suspended Ryan Chitoba, the head of Zambia's Drug Enforcement Commission, after receiving compelling evidence from Zambia's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Chitoba's deputy, Jacob Koyi, who may also be implicated in the abuse of authority and p [...]	2007-08-10 09:08:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PGOV ZA
07MANAGUA1327	TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IMPROVES ABILITY OF NEWLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After several years of planning, a vetted unit has been created in Nicaragua to investigate high-profile financial, corruption-related, narcotics and transnational crimes. The unit has been initially funded by illicitly acquired assets of corrupt former Nicaraguan officials t [...]	2007-05-23 23:12:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV OPIC KCOR PGOV SNAR KCRIM KJUS NU
07MANAGUA1392	POST REQUESTS EXTENSION OF RLA PROGRAM [...] This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador requests serious consideration by State INL and DOJ-OIA of a continuation of the highly effective Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) position at Embassy Managua. Over the past three years, the RLA program has allowed this po [...]	2007-06-01 14:53:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV KCOR KCRIM SNAR KJUS NU
07MANAGUA1880	AMBASSADOR'S AUGUST 6 MEETING WITH EDUARDO [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Eduardo Montealegre leader of Nicaragua's Liberal Alliance (ALN) at Montealegre,s request on August 6. Montealegre expressed his doubts about the possibilities of forming a strategic liberal alliance with Liberal Constitutional Party of Nicaragua (PLC) before the [...]	2007-08-09 18:14:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM NU
07MANAGUA1921	MOMENT OF TRUTH FOR THE PLC [...] (C) Nicaragua's Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) stands at a pivotal juncture. An upcoming vote (date TBD) on the issue of Citizens' Councils in the National Assembly will auger whether former President and convicted felon Arnoldo Aleman's power over the party is waning. At stake too are [...]	2007-08-15 20:41:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM NU
07MANAGUA2001	BOLANOS-DAVIS CASE: SILENCING CRITICS MADE EASY [...] (C) National Assembly Deputy Alejandro Bolanos-Davis met with us on August 24 to give us his reaction to his seemingly permanent expulsion from the National Assembly, the next moves in his case, and his overview of Nicaraguan politics. Bolanos-Davis is convinced that the Ortega regime will not [...]	2007-08-30 14:43:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM NU
07MANAGUA2043	NICARAGUAN OPPOSITION IN UNISON: FACT OR FICTION? [...] (C) On September 4, leaders from the two main liberal opposition parties in Nicaragua, the Liberal Alliance of Nicaragua (ALN) and the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) announced that they had signed an agreement to pursue a common legislative agenda. A few days later, on September 7, both [...]	2007-09-07 00:38:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR NU
07MANAGUA2110	ALN PUSHING THE LIBERAL UNITY ENVELOPE [...] (C) The Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance party (ALN) is pushing its fellow opposition Constitutional Liberal Party (PLC) to prove that its true intentions are to cooperate against the Sandinista regime of President Ortega. As reported reftel, The ALN and PLC have signed agreements covering both a [...]	2007-09-13 22:40:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM NU
07MANAGUA2185	SILENCING CRITICS: ATTACKING THE OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (S) The anti-democratic forces of the Ortega government combined with the corrupt powerbroker Arnoldo Aleman are mounting a politically motivated attack against the leader of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) Eduardo Montealegre. The Comptroller General's office has accused Montealegre of [...]	2007-09-24 22:20:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PGOV ECON EFIN RELAM KDEM KCOR NU
07MANAGUA2373	THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL REHABILITATION OF ARNOLDO [...] (C) There is a nascent, subtle process underway in Nicaragua that represents a serious threat to the future of democracy in the country and, by extension, U.S. interests: the public rehabilitation of former President and convicted felon Arnoldo Aleman. Polling data consistently shows that Al [...]	2007-10-23 15:43:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KDEM NU
07MANAGUA2446	CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM AIMED TO PERPETUATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Constitutional reform is the hot political topic of the moment in Nicaragua. The Sandinista Front for National Liberation (FSLN) and the Constitutional Liberal Party (PLC) are privately negotiating a major overhaul of the Nicaraguan body politic, focused on creating likely t [...]	2007-11-07 22:45:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM NU
07MANAGUA284	MRS LOSES CAUCUS STATUS BUT CONTINUES AS MOST [...] (C) Summary: The Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) has lost its official status as a caucus in the Nicaraguan National Assembly, but its deputies continue to offer the most vocal opposition to President Daniel Ortega. MRS members are disappointed by the larger Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance's [...]	2007-01-30 20:38:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KCOR KDEM NU
07MANAGUA583	THE SANDINISTA GOVERNMENT 60 DAYS OUT - AND OUR [...] (C) Summary: The FSLN administration is fast reverting to its improvisation, secrecy, and centralization of the 1980's, forging an operating style more appropriate for a revolutionary junta than a modern, democratic state. President Ortega appears determined to consolidate his power, circumve [...]	2007-03-05 22:52:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NU PHUM PINR PREL KCOR
07MANILA157	FORMER JUSTICE SECRETARY PEREZ FACES GRAFT, [...] (U) The Ombudsman, a body charged with investigating and prosecuting corruption by government officials, on January 8 filed graft, extortion, and falsification charges before the Sandiganbayan anti-graft court against ex-Justice Secretary Hernando Perez, a former aide of President Arroyo and [...]	2007-01-12 07:35:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM KCOR RP
07MANILA2965	PREPARING FOR THE ESTRADA VERDICT [...] (SBU) Summary: Former President Estrada's long-running corruption trial may soon be over. The anti-graft court could hand down its verdict on the charges of plunder and perjury at any time within the next few weeks. While the verdict in the case -- combined with the arrest in the Netherlan [...]	2007-08-31 08:41:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR PINR RP
07MANILA3086	ESTRADA FOUND GUILTY, BUT CALM REACTIONS SO FAR [...] (SBU) Summary: After a six-year corruption trial, the Philippine anti-graft court handed down a guilty verdict for former president Joseph Estrada on the charge of plunder and sentenced him to up to 40 years in prison. Estrada was acquitted on the additional charge of perjury, while his codef [...]	2007-09-12 08:40:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PINR RP
07MANILA3519	PRESIDENT ARROYO PARDONS FORMER PRESIDENT ESTRADA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a widely anticipated move, President Arroyo late on October 25 pardoned former President Joseph Estrada for his unprecedented conviction and sentence of life imprisonment on graft and corruption charges. President Arroyo cited the government's policy of clemency for elderly [...]	2007-10-25 12:42:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR PINR RP
07MANILA3520	PRESIDENT ARROYO PARDONS FORMER PRESIDENT ESTRADA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a widely anticipated move, President Arroyo late on October 25 pardoned former President Joseph Estrada for his unprecedented conviction and sentence of life imprisonment on graft and corruption charges. President Arroyo cited the government,s policy of clemency for elderly [...]	2007-10-25 22:47:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR PINR RP
07MANILA3541	REACTIONS TO ESTRADA PARDON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's October 25 pardon of convicted former President Joseph Estrada (1998-2001) is commanding strong interest throughout Philippine society. The Arroyo administration reportedly enlisted a former Estrada cabinet member to garner support [...]	2007-10-26 08:50:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KCOR RP
07MANILA3669	CORRUPTION IN THE PHILIPPINES: CHALLENGES AND PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Corruption, both real and perceived, remains an ongoing challenge in the Philippines. The recent conviction for plunder of former president Joseph Estrada has highlighted the corruption issue, as have continuing corruption allegations involving a range of government officials [...]	2007-11-15 09:14:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR PINR RP
07MAPUTO1110	HOUSECLEANING IN ATTORNEY GENERAL'S [...] (U) In the past two weeks President Guebuza fired Attorney General Joaquim Madeira and all deputy attorneys general in what some observers are calling an unprecedented display of housecleaning. Included in the firings are the former and current heads of the Central Office for the Combat of Co [...]	2007-09-14 06:08:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR KCRM PGOV PREL MZ
07MAPUTO1198	PRESIDENT GUEBUZA HIGHLIGHTS HIV/AIDS AT [...] (U) During the recent opening session of a National Youth Conference on HIV/AIDS, President Armando Guebuza and Prime Minister Luisa Diogo encouraged young Mozambicans to take the lead in the country's fight against HIV/AIDS. The three- day meeting was organized by the Ministry of Youth and [...]	2007-10-09 07:23:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCOR PGOV PHUM MZ
07MAPUTO1207	China in Mozambique: Illegally Logged Timber. [...] Q(C) SUMMARY: Below is a response to the request for a report on the environmental impact of Chinese trade or investment in the forest and forest products sector, keyed to the topic areas in reftel. Chinese purchase of illegally harvested Mozambican timber has a significant negative impact on [...]	2007-10-11 14:46:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EAGR KCOR PGOV MZ CH
07MAPUTO1393	FORMER PRESIDENT'S SON DIES, IMPLICATED IN MURDER [...] (SBU) The son of former President Joaquim Chissano, Nyimpine Joaquim Chissano, died on November 19 at the age of 37. Though reportedly of a heart attack, his death has been subject to public rumors of foul play, including poisoning. Nyimpine was implicated as the intellectual author of the m [...]	2007-11-29 05:48:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KCOR MZ
07MASERU424	LESOTHO: SPEAKER PROGRAM EVALUATION - MR. ROBERT SMOLIK, [...] SUMMARY: From July 13-17, Embassy Maseru hosted international speaker Mr. Robert Smolik, currently the State Department's Diplomat in Residence at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. Mr. Smolik's presentations on democracy, good governance, and anti-corr [...]	2007-07-19 10:55:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KDEM KCOR ECON LT
07MONTERREY377	MONTERREY SEES BLOODIEST DAY EVER WITH NINE ASSASSINATIONS [...] (SBU) During Monterrey's most violent 24 hours to date, nine people were killed in four separate incidents in Monterrey on March 28 and 29. The first incident took place on March 28 when an off-duty Nuevo Leon State Police Commander was shot and killed near his home in Monterrey. The second i [...]	2007-03-30 22:44:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SN KCRM KCOR KHLS KJUS PGOV PINS MX
07MONTERREY818	MONTERREY LAW ENFORCEMENT UPDATE: AUGUST 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Monterrey's law enforcement agencies remained busy during the month of August. In a victory against narco-traffickers, a Monterrey Special Agent assisted in placing three known Gulf Cartel kingpins on the U.S. Consolidated Priority Organizational Target list. Post continued [...]	2007-09-05 20:32:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC KCOR KHLS KJUS PINS CASC MX
07MONTERREY828	NEW NUEVO LEON SECURITY DIRECTOR'S AMBITIOUS PLANS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a September 5 meeting with Consulate representatives, Aldo Fasci, Nuevo Leon's new Secretary of Public Security, laid out his ambitious plans to combat corruption and low morale among the state's police force. His plans include measures to augment police officers' dismally l [...]	2007-09-07 15:28:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM ASEC KCOR KHLS KJUS PHUM PINS PGOV MX
07MONTERREY95	MONTERREY LAW ENFORCEMENT UPDATE: JANUARY 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Consulate continued its outreach efforts with state and local authorities as the level of violence and drug-related killings increased. In the month of January, five police officers were killed and three others wounded, prompting the resignation of over 300 local police off [...]	2007-02-07 23:21:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM KCOR KHLS KJUS PINS PGOV MX
07MONTEVIDEO956	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] (U) Following (in reftel requested format) is Uruguay's 2007-08 INCSR Part I. 2. (SBU) URUGUAY I. Summary Uruguay is not a major narcotics producing country. However, current areas of concern include increased trafficking of cocaine, marijuana, heroin and increasing local consumpt [...]	2007-11-06 17:42:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR EFIN KCRM KCOR UY
07NAIROBI1128	KENYA ELECTIONS: NARC-K IN THE DARK, ODM ROADSHOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A day before it was scheduled to kickoff, NARC-Kenya postponed indefinitely its party elections and President Kibaki's expected announcement of his candidacy. The sudden change of plans was accompanied by further protest from one-time government supporter, Health Minister Charit [...]	2007-03-09 10:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KCOR KE
07NAIROBI219	KIBAKI SIGNS BILLS THAT MAY SPUR ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary: On New Year's Eve 2006, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki signed into law 11 more bills, including important laws with important implications for the financial and energy sectors. This tally adds to several economic development-related bills passed earlier in the parliamentary year a [...]	2007-01-12 08:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EINV ENRG EFIN KCRM EPET KCOR KE
07NAIROBI2240	OPINION LEADERS TALK POLITICS WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of conversations with visiting Ambassador Johnnie Carson, opposition leaders, government officials and civil society interlocutors agreed that there was still much uncertainty surrounding the strength of Kenyan political coalitions and President Kibaki's health, that t [...]	2007-05-25 10:35:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PINR PHUM KCOR PTER KE
07NAIROBI2449	LAND REFORM IN KENYA: TRYING TO RIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The combination of an ever-expanding population, settler legacy, poverty, corruption, elite impunity, and an inadequate land law system make the ownership, tenure, and use of land one of the most volatile questions in Kenya today and one of the most serious impediments to econo [...]	2007-06-12 13:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EINV EAID ETRD PGOV KCOR KE
07NAIROBI2506	Kenya Improves Governance and Public Services [...] (SBU) Summary: Stung by a series of reports showing poor public services and governance, and recognizing that improvements were needed to boost investment, economic growth and job creation, the GOK has used Results Based Management (RBM),performance contracts, and a Rapid Results Approach (RRA [...]	2007-06-15 10:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR ECON EINV EAID ELAB KE
07NAIROBI2754	CENTRAL BANK OF KENYA GOVERNOR REPUTEDLY UNDER [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. For USG use only. 2. (SBU) Summary: Former Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Bank Supervision Director Gerald Arita Nyaoma suggested to Economic Specialist on June 29 that he fears that President Mwai Kibaki and the State House are a [...]	2007-07-05 13:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV EINV KCOR KCRM PINR KE
07NAIROBI3209	KENYA'S WANGARI MAATHAI CONTINUES TO SPEAK OUT [...] Summary: Kenya's Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai, recipient of the 2007 Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights, continues to be a forceful advocate for better governance as a path to environmentally sustainable economic development in Kenya and across Africa. Her ability [...]	2007-08-09 06:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG KGHG ECON PGOV KCOR KE
07NAIROBI3231	Kenya: Update on Charterhouse Money Laundering Scandal [...] (C) Summary: The massive money laundering and tax evasion scandal involving Kenya's Charterhouse Bank remains stuck in legal limbo, but the momentum is with the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK),which is seeking to liquidate the bank once and for all. But doing so will be tricky in light of a seri [...]	2007-08-10 09:16:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR KCRM PREF ECON EFIN KE
07NAIROBI3830	KENYA: PARLIAMENT MOVES TO PREVENT INVESTIGATION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya's Parliament has passed a bill containing an amendment to the country's primary anti-corruption law that would effectively bar the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission from investigating corruption cases prior to May 2003. This brazen attempt to secure immunity for some of the [...]	2007-09-27 04:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KCOR PGOV KE
07NAIROBI407	KENYA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCY PLAYS POLITICS, EXONERATES [...] (C) Summary: In a setback to political and judicial accountability in Kenya, the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) went public on January 19 with its recommendation, accepted by the Attorney General, to close investigations against two former cabinet ministers implicated on good evidence [...]	2007-01-24 04:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PREL ECON EFIN KE
07NAIROBI4178	Kenya: NGO Board Offers Prize to Encourage Best Practices [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 17, Kenya's NGO Coordination Board (NGO Board) and the NGO Resource Alliance of the UK launched their new "NGO of the Year" awards to be presented in July 2008 to NGOs that demonstrate competence and integrity with their service recipients and their donors. Separately [...]	2007-10-23 10:57:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM PGOV KCRM EFIN KTFN KCOR KE
07NAIROBI4236	KENYA ELECTIONS: ELECTION DATE SET FOR DECEMBER [...] (U) The Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) just announced that the national elections will take place beginning on December 27. The silver-lining to a nation that now must spend its holiday season embroiled in what promises to be turbulent elections is that most people will be visiting fami [...]	2007-10-26 12:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL KCOR KE
07NAIROBI4246	KENYA - DOING BUSINESS THE CHINESE WAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese firms selling into Kenya's information and communications technologies (ICT) sector are throwing a lot of money around, according to industry contacts. Indeed, Chinese influence may be so great that it is distorting important investment decisions in the country. Puttin [...]	2007-10-30 08:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN KCOR CH KE
07NAIROBI4248	KENYA ELECTIONS: UNIFEM ROLLS OUT GENDER RAPID RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 10:11:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL KCOR KE
07NAIROBI871	GOVERNANCE REPORT HELPS CRYSTALIZE DONOR CONSENSUS ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary: A comprehensive World Bank assessment of governance in Kenya, still in draft, concludes that the control of corruption in Kenya improved in the early years of the Kibaki administration, but has since stagnated. Graft has not, however, returned to the levels seen under previous [...]	2007-02-23 09:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV KE
07NASSAU273	CABINET MINISTER RESIGNS OVER PHOTOS WITH ANNA [...] (U) SUMMARY. Bahamian Minister of Immigration Shane Gibson resigned February 18 following publication of photographs of Gibson embracing Smith in her bed. The photos, which also appeared to show an exchange of gifts, created additional press and opposition scrutiny of potential irregularities in Sm [...]	2007-03-06 15:13:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCOR BF
07NASSAU523	EMBATTLED FOREIGN MINISTER ACCUSED OF CHINESE VISA [...] (S) SUMMARY: Bahamian Consular Affairs Chief Dorothea Lafleur in a private lunch with Embassy's Consular Chief accused Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell of complicity in pressuring consular officers to issue visas to patently ineligible applicants. She further alleged that Mitchell was involve [...]	2007-04-24 21:35:00	Embassy Nassau	SECRET	PGOV PREL KCOR CH BF
07NASSAU550	PRE-ELECTION ROUNDUP: MOMENTUM TO FNM AS PARTIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the final run up to May 2 elections, violence has faded, replaced with isolated vote-buying allegations, though these are not expected to compromise outcomes. In its recently released party platform, the opposition Free National Movement (FNM) has promised to restrict foreig [...]	2007-04-30 21:12:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR BF
07NASSAU551	WATERING THE GRASS ROOTS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff observed last-minute campaigning by Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell in his hotly-contested Fox Hill constituency. With small constituencies of only about 4000 people, candidates know voters by name, and are expected to visit with each voter personally. The result is a de [...]	2007-04-30 21:38:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM BF
07NASSAU559	INGRAHAM AND FREE NATIONAL MOVEMENT WIN BAHAMIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to still unofficial counts, The Free National Movement (FNM) captured 24 of 41 parliamentary seats in Bahamian elections May 2. Hubert Ingraham, who served as Prime Minister from 1992-2002, returns to office and is expected to name his cabinet in the coming week. Desp [...]	2007-05-03 20:43:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR BF
07NASSAU673	GOVERNMENT IN THE SUNSHINE: INGRAHAM ROLLS OUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Ingraham rolled out his government's plans for The Bahamas at the ceremonial opening of parliament May 23. Picking up on his campaign theme of restoring trust, Ingraham pledged to focus on good governance, accountability, transparency and respect for human righ [...]	2007-05-31 18:41:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EINV KCOR BF
07NEWDELHI27	INDIA RESPONDS FAVORABLY TO PARTNERSHIP FOR [...] (C) DCM received a letter dated December 20, 2006 from Manjeev Singh Puri, Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (UN Economic and Social),responding to Ambassador SIPDIS Mulford's letter of November 6, 2006 inviting India to participate in the "Core Group" meeting to help shape the [...]	2007-01-04 01:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KCOR BR MX SF IN
07NIAMEY100	PRES. TANDJA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN NAILS A [...] In his remarks on Niger's Republic Day, December 18, 2006, President Tandja declared war on corruption in public life. He instructed the Minister of Justice to take action on over 60 cases that had developed since a public education funds scandal came to light last summer (reftels A,B). In the [...]	2007-02-01 16:56:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCOR KMCA NG
07NIAMEY1220	Journalist's arrest sparks international concern [...] On September 25 Nigerien journalist Moussa Kaka was charged with violating Niger's national security for alleged collaboration with MNJ rebels fighting against GON forces in the North. Police arrested Kaka on September 20 citing evidence including phone records and recordings of telephone call [...]	2007-09-27 10:23:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
07NIAMEY1346	GON Arrests Another Journalist [...] Ibrahim Manzo Diallo, director of biweekly Agadez-based newspaper Air Info, was arrested on October 9, 2007 in Niamey. He remained in custody without formal charges until October 31, 2007, when he was charged with conspiracy and transported to prison. 2. Diallo was arrested at Niamey's inte [...]	2007-11-02 10:02:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
07NIAMEY1452	Journalists' Arrests Raise Questions about GON Commitment [...] (U) On December 5, 2007 two journalists of the private biweekly L'Enqueteur were arrested and held in custody in Niamey. Editor/journalist Ibrahim Souley and owner/journalist Soumana Maiga were detained in response to a libel complaint filed by Niger's Minister of Economy and Finance Mahamane A [...]	2007-12-12 15:39:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
07NIAMEY158	IN LAST PLACE AND FALLING: THE PROBLEM OF EDUCATION IN [...] Niger's education system ranks among the worst in the world. It suffers from a crumbling infrastructure, a lack of resources and a teacher corps that is under-trained and demoralized. Niger's woes are compounded by a population growth rate of 3.4%, one of the highest in the world. Corruption [...]	2007-02-22 15:59:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO KMCA NG
07NIAMEY737	NIGER: PARLIAMENT PLAYS WITH PM CENSURE MOTION [...] (U) On Saturday the 26th, the opposition in Niger's National Assembly raised a censure motion against the coalition government of Prime Minister (PM) Hama Amadou, alleging negligence in its management of the investigation of a public school funds scandal rumored to implicate the PM (reftel). A [...]	2007-05-29 13:10:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR NG
07NIAMEY756	PM CENSURE: TIDE TURNS AGAINST HAMA? [...] (C) As reported reftel, the Nigerien National Assembly has been considering a motion of censure against the government of Prime Minister Hama Amadou since Saturday. After two days of suspension, the Assembly re-convened this afternoon. Mission contacts indicate that the ground may have shifted [...]	2007-05-31 14:38:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR NG
07NIAMEY763	GON FALLS ON CENSURE MOTION; NEW PM AND CABINET WILL [...] On May 31, the National Assembly of Niger passed (by 62 votes out of 113) a motion of no confidence moved by opposition MPs against the GON. Prime Minister Hama Amadou and all of the GON's 31 ministers must now resign. President Mamadou Tandja will name a new PM. Yesterday's events brought an e [...]	2007-06-01 13:11:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR NG
07NIAMEY783	NIGER: PRESIDENT TANDJA NAMES NEW PRIME MINISTER TO [...] President Tandja appointed Seini Oumarou as Prime Minister to replace Hama Amadou, who was removed by the National Assembly's no confidence vote. The National Assembly's removal of the Prime Minister through constitutional means is a positive sign that Niger's relatively new democratic culture [...]	2007-06-07 10:35:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KCOR NG
07NIAMEY787	NIGER: PRESIDENT TANDJA NAMES NEW CABINET [...] Summary: President Tandja, on June 9, announced a new cabinet made up of 32 members (including the Prime Minister),to replace the one that was dissolved following the National Assembly's May 31 no confidence vote on the former Prime Minister (ref a). Nineteen incumbent ministers, including t [...]	2007-06-11 13:48:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KCOR NG
07PANAMA1479	GOP INVESTIGATES USDA'S SCREWWORM PARTNER FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has discovered apparent financial irregularities by the Panamanian section of the U.S.-Panama Commission for the Eradication of Screwworm (Spanish acronym: "COPEG"). These include the use of a Panama COPEG-only account for reimbursements based on falsified travel vouchers [...]	2007-09-04 20:19:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ASIG EAGR KCOR PM
07PARAMARIBO305	CHINA/TAIWAN: ACCUSATIONS OF BRIBERY IN ST. LUCIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of Suriname (GOS) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Head of the Americas Division Terence Craig (protect) told Post the government of Taiwan (GOT) bribed the government of St. Lucia (GOSL) to reject a "One-China Policy." The accusations are ironic given local grumbli [...]	2007-06-15 16:46:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NS ST KCOR
07PARAMARIBO444	CORRUPTION CORRODES MINISTRY OF FINANCE, THREATENS [...] SUMMARY: Authorities in Suriname are investigating a suspected fraud conspiracy within the Ministry of Finance and possible links to the Ministry of Education. According to Minister of Finance Humphrey Hildenberg, employees in his Ministry have embezzled approximately U.S. $375,000. The Ministe [...]	2007-08-20 18:59:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR NS
07PARAMARIBO470	COMBATTING CORRUPTION: THE NEW COOL IN SURINAME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While police have arrested two people in connection with the embezzlement scandal at the Ministry of Finance (reftel),Minister Humphrey Hildenberg has asked the Government's Central Accounting Department (CLAD) to launch a second investigation at his Ministry, this time at the T [...]	2007-09-06 20:20:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR NS
07PARIS1193	FRANCE ON GLOBAL FORUM V ON FIGHTING CORRUPTION [...] (U) Econ Counselor raised reftel points on the Global Forum on Fighting Corruption with DAS-equivalent Cyrille Pierre and desk officer Francois Legue on March 23 and 26. Legue said the French delegation to Johannesburg would be led by Ambassador-at-Large for the Fight Against Organized Crime, [...]	2007-03-26 16:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON AORC ASEC KCRM KCOR KJUS PREL IO UN FR
07PARIS3181	OECD: REPORT OF MARCH 12-14, 2007 MEETING OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At its March 12-14 meeting, the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) conducted Phase 2 peer-review evaluations of Portugal and Ireland's implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention ("Convention"). The WGB called on Portugal to raise awareness of foreign bribery in both th [...]	2007-07-25 14:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD
07PARIS829	OECD: U.K.'S BRIEFING ON TERMINATED BAE/SAUDI ARABIA [...] (SBU) The January 16-18, 2007 meeting of the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) included a separate session on January 16th devoted to the U.K.'s termination of an investigation into BAE plc and a defense contract with Saudi Arabia. A condensed readout of that session was included in an over [...]	2007-03-05 14:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD
07PARIS830	OECD: REPORT OF JANUARY 16-18, 2007 MEETING OF THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: At its January 16-18 meeting, the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) heard remarks from Secretary General Gurria on the need for the WGB to combat corruption. The WGB also conducted a Phase 2 peer-review evaluation assessing Poland's implementation of its OECD Anti-Bribery Conv [...]	2007-03-05 14:42:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD
07PHNOMPENH1506	CAMBODIA: TRADE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT PROMPTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent discussions between key Cambodian government officials and USAID staff about a USAID-funded trade diagnostic report have led to increased political will to tackle economic reform and a resultant improvement in USAIDQs relationship with the government on economic issues. [...]	2007-12-12 09:13:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV KCOR CB
07PHNOMPENH1575	INVESTOR INTEREST IN CAMBODIA SURGES DESPITE CHALLENGES [...] (U) Summary: A dramatic surge in investor interest in Cambodia was evident during a recent investment conference held in Phnom Penh. Presenters emphasized a realistic view of Cambodia--a country with tremendous business opportunities, but where operating challenges such as corruption, poor in [...]	2007-12-31 10:42:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD KCOR EAGR EAID CB CH
07PORTAUPRINCE1247	POSITIVE PUBLIC REACTION TO DRUG STRIKE [...] (C) Public reaction to joint operations conducted by the GoH and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) on July 16 to arrest and remove drug traffickers to the U.S. has been largely positive. Coming after a months-long rhetorical campaign against drug-trafficking and corruption led by Presi [...]	2007-07-19 19:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KCOR KCRM SNAR
07PORTAUPRINCE1329	(C) PREVAL FEELS ATTACKED BY VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE [...] (C) Summary: The Chamber of Deputies passed a vote of no confidence against Minister of Culture and Communication Daniel Elie on July 31. The deputies alleged that the minister had committed malfeasance in his distribution of funds for Haiti's annual Carnival celebration in February. Presid [...]	2007-08-06 13:09:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1407	MINISTER OF CULTURE SUBMITS RESIGNATION [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Minister of Culture Daniel Elie submitted his resignation to President Preval on August 9 following a vote of no confidence against the Minister in the Chamber of Deputies on July 31 (reftel). [...]	2007-08-22 18:08:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1484	PROMINENT JOURNALIST'S ASSASSINS BROUGHT TO [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified please protect accordingly. 2. (U) According to media reports, two young men, Alby Joseph, 22 and Chery Beaubrun, 16 were sentenced to life in prison for the July 2005 murder of well-known poet and journalist, Jacques Roche in Port-au-Prince. Th [...]	2007-09-10 12:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR
07PORTAUPRINCE1572	NEW MINISTER OF CULTURE NAMED AS FORMER IS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GOH installed a new Minister of Culture, Eddy Lubin, on September 25, just days after two government oversight bodies cleared impeached Minister of Culture Daniel Elie of charges of corrup [...]	2007-09-26 16:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1742	WORLD BANK ON HAITI'S EFFORTS TO COMBAT MONEY [...] (U) A World Bank assessment team out-briefed PolCouns and Poloff October 5 on Haiti's efforts to combat money laundering and financial crimes subsequent to a two-week in-country evaluation. World Bank assessment team leader Jean Pesme highlighted several factors that contribute to money laund [...]	2007-10-29 18:05:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PGOV KCOR HA
07PORTOFSPAIN1111	CORRUPTION IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There is concern in Trinidad and Tobago over alleged corruption in the public and private sectors. This is a black mark for the ruling People's National Movement (PNM) and an impediment to Prime Minister Patrick Manning's goal of achieving developed country status by 2020. Tra [...]	2007-11-06 12:54:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV KCOR ECON EFIN EPET TD
07PORTOFSPAIN281	COURT OF APPEAL QUASHES CONVICTION OF FORMER P.M. BASDEO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 20, Court of Appeal Judge Margot Warner, quashed the conviction and sentence pending against former Prime Minister and current interim Political Leader of the United National Congress (UNC) Basdeo Panday. Warner ordered a retrial for reasons of a possible conflict of in [...]	2007-03-22 11:00:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM KCOR KJUS TD
07PRISTINA99	KOSOVO: CREATING GOOD GOVERNANCE OF PUBLICLY OWNED [...] (C) Summary. The final status package proposal presented to Kosovo on February 2 provides UNMIK the opportunity to establish corporate governance and oversight structures for publicly-owned enterprises (POEs) as they transition to Kosovar authority. Several UNMIK agencies and some PISG offic [...]	2007-02-06 13:42:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KPRV KCOR PGOV PREL YI

07QUITO2344	ECUADOR GOVERNMENT MINISTER LARREA ON CONSTITUENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Speaking October 10 at a luncheon meeting with eight Ambassadors (including Ambassador Jewell),Government Minister Gustavo Larrea described the Correa administration's philosophy, how it translated into success in the Constituent Assembly elections, and provisions the adminis [...]	2007-10-18 16:41:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR PREL EAGR KCOR EC

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