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| 2004-11-27 |
| New York Sun CLAUDIA ROSETT - Special to the Sun November 26, 2004 One of the next big chapters in the United Nations oil-for-food scandal will involve the family of the secretary-general, Kofi Annan, whose son turns out to have been receiving payments as recently as early this year from a key contractor in the oil-for-food program. The secretary-general's son, Kojo Annan, was previously reported to have worked for a Swiss-based company called Cotecna Inspection Services SA, which from 1998-2003 held a lucrative contract with the U.N. to monitor goods arriving in Saddam Hussein's Iraq under the oil-for-food program. But investigators are now looking into new information suggesting that the younger Annan received far more money over a much longer period, even after his compensation from Cotecna had reportedly ended. Reuters Nov 26, 2004 — By Irwin Arieff UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The son of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan got monthly payments more than four years longer than was previously known from a Swiss firm that won a lucrative contract under the scandal-ridden U.N. oil-for-food program, the United Nations said on Friday. Kojo Annan, the U.N. leader's son, was paid $2,500 monthly — a total of $125,000 — by Geneva-based Cotecna from the beginning of 2000 through last February, as part of an agreement not to compete with Cotecna in West Africa after he left the firm, U.N. chief spokesman Fred Eckhard said. More links at Belmont Club. |
| Posted by:Mrs. Davis |
| #8 Re #6 (Raj) Mike Sylwester - any comments? I chose not to answer under this post, because the guilty do everything they can to withhold evidence because they fear the consequences of its exposure. . |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-11-27 11:09:31 PM |
| #7 Does anyone mind if I net these crickets, I may go fishing in the morning. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-11-27 3:15:38 PM |
| #6 Mike Sylwester - any comments? |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-11-27 11:59:38 AM |
| #5 ada a stewardess exagerated garbage |
| Posted by: Left handed typer 2004-11-27 9:59:28 AM |
| #4 Weak, better would be Karamba! Kafur Kofi's Kleptorcrat Kid Kaught, Can Kojo? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-11-27 9:57:44 AM |
| #3 Thanks, sorry. Hadn't even had coffee. |
| Posted by: Emily Littela 2004-11-27 8:32:10 AM |
| #2 Done. |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-11-27 8:00:36 AM |
| #1 Title should have been Kofi's Kleptorcrat Kid Kaught, or something equally descriptive. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-11-27 7:53:11 AM |