Halliburton / KBR - Prosecute Bribe Takers

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Halliburton scandal - The Nigerian angle
http://www.vanguardngr.com/content/view/31816/42/
Written by Chudi Offodile
Wednesday, 25 March 2009

No one would have heard of the Nigeria LNG bribery scandal if not for Georges Krammer, former Director General of the French company, Technip. Krammer was accused of paying 3 million euros in illegal commissions during investigations into Elf-Aquitane operations in Asia and Africa.

Krammer claimed the commissions were legal and in line with company's policy.

Technip management disputed his claims and left him to face charges of misappropriating 3million euros. Angered by this development, Krammer who had worked for Technip for 35 years, squealed. He went before Judge d’ Instruction Renaud Van Ruymbeke and told him how Technip’s commission payment system worked in Indonesia, Thailand and on the LNG Project in Nigeria.

Thus began, the French investigation of Nigeria LNG project with Renaud Van Ruymbeke in charge. The French investigation triggered off other investigations in Switzerland, the United States, and Nigeria.


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Halliburton - Senate Urges FG to Prosecute Bribe Takers
•Endorses independent probe
From Sufuyan Ojeifo in Abuja, 03.25.2009
Nigeria News
http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=139103

Senate yesterday passed a resolution urging the Federal Government to take all necessary steps to expose and prosecute Nigerians involved in the Halliburton bribery saga.

The Senate also resolved that government should go a step further to recover sums received as bribes, from the affected persons.

In a bid to get to the root of the matter, Senate also appealed to relevant authorities in the United States to “cooperate with and assist government and people of Nigeria in their fight against corruption.”

The resolution noted that, “this is by making public and/or compelling Halliburton and Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) Inc. of the United States to name and expose for the benefit of the Nigerian public, the alleged Nigerian bribe takers.”


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ok, so it's not the US SENATE urging prosecutions - however, who knows what fruit will fall from tree when shaken...