Thursday, December 02, 2010

Nigeria and Dick Cheney Back in the News

"Last week, Nigeria arrested at least 23 officials from companies including Halliburton, Saipem, Technip and a former subsidiary of Panalpina Welttransport Holding AG in connection with alleged illegal payments to Nigerian officials. Those detained were all freed on bail on Nov. 29," Bloomberg News' Elisha Bala-Gbogbo wrote.

"Authorities in the West African nation are probing Halliburton, Saipem and Technip for the alleged payment of $180 million in bribes to win a $6 billion liquefied natural-gas contract," Bala-Gbogbo added. "Panalpina is being investigated for illegal payments it allegedly made to Nigerian customs officials on behalf of Royal Dutch Shell Plc."

The prosecuting counsel for the country's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said that indictments will be handed down in the next three days and that an arrest warrant for [Dick] Cheney "will be issued and transmitted through Interpol."

  Raw Story

Not that we give any respect to international law, but one day, maybe sooner than later, when the US is officially part of the third world, the rest of the world will have it's say. Of course, the Nazis won't have to hide out in South America. They can stay right here.

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