US company admits Benin bribery - Democratic Underground

emad

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Wed Mar-02-05 09:49 AM
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US company admits Benin bribery

BBC

A US defence and telecommunications company has agreed to pay $28.5m after admitting bribery in the West African state of Benin.

The Titan corporation was accused of funnelling more than $2m into the 2001 re-election campaign of President Mathieu Kerekou.

At the time, Titan was trying to get a higher price for a telecommunications project in Benin.

There is no suggestion that Mr Kerekou was himself aware of any wrongdoing.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4310331.stm

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Tempest

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Wed Mar-02-05 10:29 AM
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1. Titan gives exclusively to Bush

Edited on Wed Mar-02-05 10:31 AM by Tempest

http://tinyurl.com/3nqzd

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Supersedeas

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Wed Mar-02-05 12:53 PM
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2. will the MSM make this connection?

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Tempest

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Wed Mar-02-05 07:56 PM
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3. Even if they do, will we ever find out?

They'll bury it.

It's what they're good at.

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struggle4progress

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Thu Mar-03-05 08:22 PM
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4. kick

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GetTheRightVote

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Thu Mar-03-05 09:14 PM
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5. * backer goes down, I hope they stay there too

:kick:

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