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| Afghanistan |
| 11 Finance Ministry Personnel Detained Over Corruption Charges |
| 2012-05-06 |
Eleven employees of Afghanistan's Ministry of Finance were incarceratedDrop the rosco and step away witcher hands up! Saturday after being accused of embezzling 25 million Afghanis (US$520,000). The embezzled money was related to district development projects, the Afghan Anti-Corruption Prosecution Office chief Abu Baker Rafiee said. "11 people were set to sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock Please don't kill me! in connection with the embezzlement of 25 million Afghanis - four others are still under investigation," Rafiee said. "Some high ranking government personnel and a woman were among those set to sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock Please don't kill me! ."He declined to name the personnel. The money was being embezzled through district-level development projects in 11 districts. The provinces were not named. This comes as Head of the High Office of Oversight and Anti Corruption Azizullah Lodin accused Afghan Minister of Energy and Water of land grabbing. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Must have been infringing on the territory of a more powerful government crook. Don't steal from the Mob Boss. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2012-05-06 07:59 |