2/6/2012: From the Guardian:
In an unprecedented move, three serving African leaders and their families are under investigation in Paris over whether they embezzled state funds to acquire vast assets in France including bank accounts, Riviera villas and fleets of luxury cars.
The clan of Gabon‘s late leader Omar Bongo and its current leader, his son Ali Bongo; the Congo-Brazzaville leader, Denis Sassou-Nguesso and his family, and President Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea and his clan are accused of having assets worth €160m in France, from penthouses and villas to scores of bank accounts and luxury car fleets.
Hello, President Berdahl. Why don’t you ask Dennis Galvan to explain exactly why the UO has forged an alliance with these crooks from Gabon?
This is one partnership we don’t need.
Are we twin edens because our leaders get expensive cars? Maybe folks in Johnson Hall were hoping to upgrade from BMWs.
(BTW, it’s silly to pin this on Galvan. No way he’s the point man on a deal involving so much cash. Involved, yes, but he can’t be the lead.)