Word: golodkowski
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Roughly half the Politburo's 26 former members are under investigation for possible treason, corruption and abuse of power. But court inquiries have been hampered by a shortage of investigators, legal questions about what exactly constituted crime in the east, and missing evidence. Alexander Schalck- Golodkowski, 58, formerly in charge of the foreign-exchange procurement agency, is being probed for fraud in the disappearance of $13 billion in East German government funds. Prosecutors have been stymied because a ton of files were hastily shredded after Schalck-Golodkowski fled to the West in 1989 to escape arrest by East German reformers...
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