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UK Firms Paid Bribes to Saddam
SFO has launched an investigation into UK firms named by Paul Volcker in UN report having paid bribes to Saddam Hussein, list includes pharmaceutical giants GSK and AstraZeneca 14.02.07 Guardian, Corporate Governance, Corruption, Fraud, Pharmaceuticals
Galloway Fraud
George Galloway is one of a number of Britons facing criminal fraud investigation related to oil-for-food programme, SFO officers have returned from Washington with 'thousands of documents' 25.01.06 Guardian, Fraud, George Galloway
Oil for Food
Five execs from DaimlerChrysler have been suspended on suspicion of giving out bribes to secure contracts in Iraq 17.01.06 Times, Corruption, Iraq Reconstruction
Oil for Food
SFO and HMRC are looking into Oil for Food corruption allegations, UK firms named in Volcker report includes GSK and Weir, City lawyers warn of serious outcomes 07.11.05 Sunday Times, Corruption Links, Fraud Links, George Galloway Links
Oil for Galloway
UN insists Galloway's wife Dr Amineh Abu Zayyad received $120k in payments derived directly from Oil for Food deals, audit trail from Finnish oil-for-food trader through Delta Services to Mrs Galloway's Lloyds TSB bank account Telegraph UN report idenifies Fawaz Zureikat as Saddam-Galloway middleman, paid $434k from Oil for Food to Galloway's Mariam Fund 28.10.05 Telegraph, George Galloway Links
Galloway Perjury
US Senate accuses London MP Galloway of perjury, says he lied about soliciting oil for food payments from Saddam Hussein, claims evidence of $150k paid to his wife Amineh Abu-Zayyad by his crony Fawaz Zureikat 26.10.05 Telegraph, George Galloway Links
Galloway Perjury
Senators say Galloway lied about benefits from oil for food, senior Saddam officials say payments made to his wife and manager 25.10.05 Times, George Galloway Links, Iraq Reconstruction Links
Compass Corruption
Widening of Oil for Food corruption investigation has brought out allegations of link between Compass subsidiary Eurarest, which supplies rations to UN peacekeepers, and Alexander Yakovlev, arrested for bribery 19.10.05 Telegraph, Capital Markets Links, Fraud Links
UN Corruption
Volcker report exposing maladministration and corruption across UN oil for food programme, Anan accepts 'harsh' criticism but refuses to stand down 08.09.05 NY Times, Volcker Report, Iraq Reconstruction Links
Oil for Food
Close associate of Kofi Anan, Benon Sevan, has resigned, left US under threat of prosecution for corruption 08.08.05 Times, Corruption Links