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March 29, (THEWILL) – The United States (US) has announced the final resolution of two civil cases seeking the forfeiture of assets allegedly laundered in and through the country, in a case involving Diezani Alison-Madueke, former minister of petroleum resources, and her associates. Diezani’s associates, who were named in the forfeiture case include Kola Aluko,

A top United States senator focused on government corruption is pushing the Pentagon inspector general to reopen an investigation into allegations that a former top defense official engaged in ethical misconduct related to a multi-billion dollar defense contract, citing new evidence.

Businessman Sentenced for Foreign Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme Involving PetroEcuador Officials Published: 01 February 2021 01 February 2021 Miami, Florida - An Ecuadorian businessman living in Miami was sentenced Thursday to 35 months in prison for his role in a $4.4 million bribery and money laundering scheme that funneled bribes to then-public officials of Empresa Pública de Hidrocarburos del Ecuador (PetroEcuador), the state-owned and state-controlled oil company of Ecuador. Nic...

Storage locker when eight reporters contacted the fbi to ask them for comment on a story the a.p. were pursuing on manaforts finances. could you please state your name for the record. are you currently employed? >> yes. where do you work? the fbi. how long have you been a special agent? since 2002. let me direct your attention of the spring of 2017, were you assigned to the squad at the time? >> yes, which one? >> international squad. during your corruption squad, were you involved in an investi...

>> thanks, laura. yes, i ran the corruption squad here in sacramento for a number of years. it is the states capital city, most populous, large estate of the nation. conducted numerous investigations while being suspect corrupt officials and many high-level officials and i can tell you that conversation that matthew axelrod had with deputy director mccabe asking him to stand down, if you will, the agents working the clinton investigation was improper. you know, i do not agree or support many thi...

Made a criminal referral to the justice department. >> laura: it shouldnt matthew axelrod, i mightve missed his testimony, shouldnt he be called to testify on capitol hill about this? if thats actually how it went down? >> sure. i dont doubt that there are a number of officials. i dont believe axelrod made that telephone call on his own. i dont doubt that he didnt discuss the matter with sally yates. i dont doubt that there are emails and other text communications surrounding the call because th...

Support. >> shouldnt axel rod be called to testify about this? if that is how it within down? >> sure. i dont doubt there are a number of i dont believe he made that -- phone call on his own. i dont doubt we did not discuss the matter. i dont doubt there are e mails and other texts surrounding the call because i will say this, i worked 35 years and ran the corruption squad for a number of years. nobody made a phone call to me attempt to get us influence in investigation that was already opened p...

Phone call in august of 2016. he claimed he pushed back hard against someone who seemed to be pressuring the fbi to squash a probe in the clinton foundation discuss this with former fbi agent in sacramento, california, head of the corruption task force in sacramento? lets talk where we are here. i had you on radio i had to enviolet you on tv. is this normal for an fbi principle deputy to call up the fbi and say, kind of slow walk this of the clinton foundation this is how it went down. >> thanks...

So o, when it comes to these warrants that led to these raids on manafort, those werent just out of the special counsels office. they were signed off in the u.s. attorneys office in the eastern district of virginia with advice from the fbis international corruption squad, again, totally separate and apart from the special counsels office. so out of all the political anxiety around robert mueller potentially being fired or what the president could do to try to make the special counsels office go ...

Just bad dealing? >> i see we are at a place in time that has not occurred before. and i do believe the american public is going to deserve we conduct a fair, impartial but thorough investigation. as we did in california. i ran the corruption squad here in sacramento. its the nations most of populace state, the largest state. we were able to overcome any and all problems with respect to corrupt officials. i have no doubt that we can conduct and get to the bottom story. judge jeanine: who is doin...