| Rating: 0 | | | Total Hits - 3 | | | | Wars in the Middle East created opportunities for the business tycoons to readily invest their money in the trade of arms and ammunition, military equipment, food and shelter for the troops and reconstruction of buildings and schools there. Many countries have come forward to support the Army of conflict land in abolishing terrorism completely. They are providing military assistance in form of training the local Army and making them aware of the use of high tech weapons.But this humanitarian work doesn''t seem to go the way peacemakers have planned rather it has increased corruption and wastage of international funds. It is evident that corruption in Afghanistan is deep-buried and spreading its root, the US''s 17 years of presence there seems completely ineffective. This speaks a lot about the Government''s turn a blind eye attitude towards the repetitive misconduct.
There have been several breaching of government''s laws and policies for years and to maintain the dominance of illegal trade and black money in these war-prone regions, powerful businessmen shake hands with rebel groups.The infamous example of these kinds of people is Tony Abi Saab of Lebanon. He defrauded the US of 5 million dollars, supplied weapons to terrorists for profit, and earned important military tenders through his bogus companies like Tactical Ltd Afghanistan, K5 Global, Bennet-Fouch, G2Armory and SIMAINT with no intention of completing the project. He technically deals in Arms and owns a legal arms and weapon company, Brescia Middle East, in Lebanon. It took a lot of brainstorming and intense research by CIA, FBI and US Army before finally catching the imprudent Tony; he stood trial in 2011 in the US court for months. It was Tony''s lawyer who retracted him from all allegations put by the US defence just by playing a tricky card of human rights violation against the military. The court freed him and he paid a little sum of money as a fine for his grievous crimes. Tony illegally supplied we | | | http://news.lebanontransparencycenter.com | Last Updated on 4/26/2019 12:37:00 AM |
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