Archive for March 12th, 2010

Former official of the Republic of Haiti pleaded guilty to money laundering

March 12, 2010
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Former official of the Republic of Haiti pleaded guilty to money laundering

MIAMI, FLORIDA (BNO NEWS) – A former official of the Republic of Haiti’s state-owned national telecommunications company pleaded guilty to a money laundering conspiracy, prosecutors said Friday. Robert Antoine, 62, of Miami and Haiti, accepted bribes from three U.S. telecommunications companies, defrauding Telecommunications D’Haiti (Haiti Teleco), admitting that $800,000 of these bribes were intended...
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Released aid workers in Haiti are Czech, Belgian-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

March 12, 2010
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Released aid workers in Haiti are Czech, Belgian-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

PRAGUE — An official says two European aid workers kidnapped in Haiti and later released were from the Czech Republic and Belgium. Lucia Duricova of the Czech office of Doctors Without Borders confirmed the nationalities Friday. She said the two women are fine but declined to give any further details. Initial reports suggested the...
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