Assault Weapons Ban: Constitutional Parameters of Gun Control
Nicholas Johnson, Fordham University School of Law
Assault Weapons Ban: Constitutional Parameters of Gun Control
Nicholas Johnson, Fordham University School of Law
Iraqis sue Australian exporter alleged to have paid oil-for-food kickbacks to Saddam
Victims of Saddam Hussein's government filed a class action lawsuit against the Australian Wheat Board (AWB) and its US subsidiary in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York ,...
Australia to strengthen bribery laws after oil-for-food scandal
Australian Attorney General Philip Ruddock said Thursday that the government plans to strengthen foreign bribery laws after a government commission concluded that the Australian Wheat Board (AWB) corporate website] paid roughly $220 million in kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's former...
Several Iraqi citizens sued a leading European bank and Australia's wheat exporting agency in New York federal court Friday for corporate misconduct facilitating the corruption of the Iraq Oil-for-Food program which bilked Iraqis out of humanitarian...
Australia oil-for-food inquiry recommends charges for wheat execs, clears government
An Australian government commission investigating Australian participation in the now-defunct UN oil-for-food program in Iraq has recommended that criminal charges be brought against 12 business executives for paying kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's former regime ....
Australia PM testifies he knew nothing of oil-for-food kickbacks
Australian Prime Minister John Howard testified Thursday before a government commission and said that he had not seen several cables sent to his office which were meant to warn the Australian government...
Australia foreign minister tells oil-for-food probe he didn't get kickback warnings
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer on Tuesday denied that he received or read several cables which were sent by diplomats and trade officials to warn the Australian government that the country's leading wheat exporter was...
US, UK knew of oil-for-food kickbacks, Australia inquiry told
The United States and British governments knew about illegal kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq over four years ago, an Australian judicial inquiry into the UN oil-for-food program was told Friday. During Friday's...
Australia oil-for-food inquiry to probe government knowledge of AWB bribes
The Australian judicial inquiry looking into allegations that leading Australian wheat exporter Australian Wheat Board (AWB) provided over $200 million in kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's former regime as part of the now-defunct...
Oil-for-food probe prompts Iraq to suspend Australia wheat imports
Iraqi officials have suspended business with the Australia Wheat Board (AWB) while an Australian judicial inquiry investigates allegations that AWB paid bribes of up to $300 million to the former government of Saddam Hussein...