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IRAQ: Commander Says Contractors Violating U.S. Labor Trafficking Laws

https://www.corpwatch.org/article/iraq-commander-says-contractors-violating-us-labor-trafficking-laws

Gen. George Casey ordered that contractors be required by May 1 to return passports that have been illegally confiscated from laborers on U.S. bases after determining that such practices violated U.S. laws against trafficking for forced or coerced labor

IRAQ: U.S. Contractor Admits Bribery For Jobs in Iraq

https://www.corpwatch.org/article/iraq-us-contractor-admits-bribery-jobs-iraq

An American businessman who is at the heart of one of the biggest corruption cases to emerge from the reconstruction of Iraq has pleaded guilty to conspiracy, bribery and money-laundering charges, according to documents unsealed yesterday in federal court in Washington.

US: Attorney Pursues Iraq Contractor Fraud

https://www.corpwatch.org/article/us-attorney-pursues-iraq-contractor-fraud

Lawyer uses Civil War-era law to go after frims for corruption, but Bush administration won't help.

IRAQ: Businessman Pleads Guilty in Iraq Scheme

https://www.corpwatch.org/article/iraq-businessman-pleads-guilty-iraq-scheme

With millions of dollars in Iraqi reconstruction contracts to be had, Philip H. Bloom offered up money, cars, premium airline seats, jewelry, alcohol, even sexual favors from women at his villa in Baghdad.

IRAQ: U.S. Contractor Bloom Pleads Guilty

https://www.corpwatch.org/article/iraq-us-contractor-bloom-pleads-guilty

Contractor pleads guilty to conspiracy, bribery and money laundering in connection with a bid-rigging of Iraq reconstruction contracts.

IRAQ: Greased Up for Business

https://www.corpwatch.org/article/iraq-greased-business

Iraq's Halfayah oil field was the glittering prize sought in one of the dodgiest deals linked to the wheat board, write .

IRAQ: They Backed the Scam to the Bitter End

https://www.corpwatch.org/article/iraq-they-backed-scam-bitter-end

Despite emerging evidence of AWB's kickbacks, the Howard Government continued giving the wheat trader its unconditional support.

IRAQ: US Firms Suspected of Bilking Iraq Funds

https://www.corpwatch.org/article/iraq-us-firms-suspected-bilking-iraq-funds

American contractors swindled hundreds of millions of dollars in Iraqi funds, but so far there is no way for Iraq's government to recoup the money.

One Expensive Education

https://www.corpwatch.org/article/one-expensive-education

Two stories this week, that deserve to be looked at side-by-side:

US: Contractor sues Pentagon seeking to keep records secret

https://www.corpwatch.org/article/us-contractor-sues-pentagon-seeking-keep-records-secret

An investigation is seeking to determine whether mechanical failures have caused Black Hawk helicopters to crash in Iraq. The quest for information began in 2003 after several Sikorsky employees told him they were worried that defective parts had caused a series of deadly crashes in Iraq that year.