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2005-06-25 Africa: Subsaharan

Â£220bn stolen by Nigeria's corrupt rulers

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Posted by phil_b 2005-06-25 03:44|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Surprise, surprise.

Posted by gromgoru 2005-06-25 06:46|| 2005-06-25 06:46|| Front Page Top

#2 Steal a billion here, a billion there, pretty soon it mounts up.

Posted by phil_b 2005-06-25 07:19|| 2005-06-25 07:19|| Front Page Top

#3 A money laundering directive agreed by EU finance ministers this month will impose new responsibilities on banks, casinos and other establishments to be more alert to signs of corruption.

hahahhhaaaaa!!! sniff, sniff. Oh, good one. Oh wait, they are serious? Oh yeah, it's the PU.

Posted by 2b 2005-06-25 07:34|| 2005-06-25 07:34|| Front Page Top

#4 And the G8 is going to relieve Africa's debt why?

Posted by JerseyMike 2005-06-25 07:44|| 2005-06-25 07:44|| Front Page Top

#5 notice they say "responsibilities". Not regulations. Watch out, if you aren't responsible, they'll sic Hans on you. Then they better comply ....or else

Herro Hans....

Posted by 2b 2005-06-25 07:50|| 2005-06-25 07:50|| Front Page Top

#6 That's odd. The total of offers I've received to transfer money for former Nigerian officieals is $430 billion. I wonder if some of it was legitimate.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-06-25 07:51|| 2005-06-25 07:51|| Front Page Top

#7 OMG - does this mean another flurry of spam requesting assistance to move monies :P

Posted by Glaick Whailet9991 2005-06-25 08:16|| 2005-06-25 08:16|| Front Page Top

#8 Gen Sani Abacha, the late military dictator, stole between Â£1 billion and Â£3 billion during his five-year rule.

Small-timer. He should have been able to scoop up a lot more than that. Some people just don't have any initiative.

Posted by Darth VAda 2005-06-25 10:43|| 2005-06-25 10:43|| Front Page Top

#9 And to think: Mr. Blair wants us to help throw even MORE money into that place?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-06-25 12:52|| 2005-06-25 12:52|| Front Page Top

#10 Giving money to the African countries without forcing political, economic, and social reform is just pissing money away. They simply don't a system in place to use the money in a effective way. The have corrupt or criminal systems that are ripe for pillaging any aid that comes in but nothing that will use money for social or economic projects. A good example is the old welfare system where we gave money to people for sitting around and doing nothing. Sure they spent the money on food and whatever else but they were not shown how to better themselves or their children.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2005-06-25 19:16|| 2005-06-25 19:16|| Front Page Top

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