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The hunt created a trail that linked such unlikely landmarks as a mansion in Beverly Hills, the shadowy Bank of Credit & Commerce International -- a notorious offshore enterprise that has been convicted of money laundering -- and Paris-based Hachette, one of the world's largest communications companies. Perhaps most disturbing, the...
Saddam shifted his funds through scores of dummy firms and dozens of foreign banks. Conspicuous among the financial institutions was B.C.C.I., now based in Abu Dhabi, which Kroll called "one of the more prominent banks in handling Iraqi money." Saddam also used a Panamanian shell company called Montana Management to...
Washington had previously seized some of Saddam's holdings as part of $1 billion of Iraqi assets that the U.S. froze after Iraq invaded Kuwait. The properties were connected with Anees Masoor Wadi, an Iraqi middleman who resided in a $3.5 million Beverly Hills home -- where his neighbors included actor...
Moreover, if one listed the contributions the Irish have made to the arts in only the past century, they would acquire a virtual dictionary of cultural literacy.
Maxwell has said that if he does acquire the newspaper, the Daily News will undergo severe restructuring.