The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) may have lost nearly $4 billion as a result of dubious mining and oil contracts signed with Israeli businessman Dan Gertler, a coalition of NGOs estimated in a report released Wednesday. Analysis of public financial data shows that between 2003 and 2021, the DRC lost $1.95 billion in revenue, said the anti-corruption coalition, Congo is not for sale (CNPAV). If nothing is done to stop this hemorrhage, an additional $1.76 billion in royalties could escape the state coffers between 2021 and 2039, according to the CNPAV.
The DRC could be deprived of at least $3.71 billion as a result of these dubious contracts with Dan Gertler, a leading figure in the Congolese mining sector.
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On April 15, 2021, the Biden administration announced an expansion of existing sanctions against the Russian government, notably including the intelligence service and affiliated parties identified as.
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On April 15, 2021, the Biden Administration imposed new sanctions on Russia in response to: (1) its efforts to interfere in U.S. and other countries elections; (2) the Solar Winds hacks; and (3) Russia s continued occupation of .
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On April 15, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order (found here), Blocking Property with Respect to Specified Harmful Foreign Activities of the Government of the Russian Federation.
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John Smith spoke to Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence about new sanctions against Russia to punish it for interfering in last year s U.S.
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Many of the Mossad’s 7,000 employees – certainly the senior ones at the highest level – are eagerly awaiting the retirement of their commander and chief, Yossi Cohen, in a month’s time.
Cohen, who met with U.S. President Joe Biden and also CIA Director William Burns in Washington last week, is expected to continue with his farewell events over the next month. The highlight will be a party scheduled for the final week of May, apparently in the spacious hall of a new building at Mossad headquarters in Glilot, just north of Tel Aviv. Invitations (without an exact location) have already been sent out by email.
John Smith spoke to
World Politics Review for
an article about U.S. sanctions against Dan Gertler, an Israeli
billionaire who had been accused by the Treasury Department s
Office of Foreign Assets Control of amassing his fortune through a
series of opaque and corrupt mining and oil deals in
the Democratic Republic of Congo.
In 2019, Gertler was granted a special license that eased the
sanctions against him. This was unique, John said. I never saw a
license of this type. It essentially granted Mr. Gertler all the
relief he would have gotten from being removed from the [sanctions]
list, but issued in a private fashion, away from prying
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