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| Ruling Family Involved in Large Corruption Scandals with Oil and Gas Companies in Yemen |
| 2012-01-24 |
| [Yemen Post] A senior Yemeni official in the Ministry of Oil told Yemen Post that international companies working in the oil and gas sector in Yemen are spending millions of government dollars to government officials on a yearly basis. The official told the Yemen Post that oil and gas companies spent large sums of money to please President-for-Life Saleh's ... exemplifying the Arab's propensity to combine brutality with incompetence... ruling family and ensured that they received nearly all the sub contracts. Prices in these contracts were at time triple the average price, therefore, the country would lose billions during the length of their contracts. The official warmed that such strategies will soon have to come to an end and that ordinary people are more in need of financial benefits. "We are aware the bigwigs in President Saleh's regime were core seasons in the corruption these companies are participating in. Members of the ruling family gained millions from these companies and we will do everything possible to ensure that comes to an end," the official told Yemen Post. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Hmmm, read the beginning of the headline Ruling Family Involved in Large Corruption Scandals and immediately thought of someplace somewhat closer than Yemen. |
| Posted by: Cincinnatus Chili 2012-01-24 18:18 |
| #1 What a surprise! |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2012-01-24 09:05 |