Tag: Finmeccanica
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Life and times of the fall guy; will Lavitola turn evidence against Martinelli?
Valter Lavitola cut a deal with the prosecution in Italy and has now admitted guilt to bribing Ricardo Martinelli and other Panamanian officials.
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Martinelli corruption scandal: “Did I tell you to buy helicopters?”
Son of president Martinelli says he is victim of a conspiracy.
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La Prensa’s site down after publication of damning corruption evidence of Martinelli & family
La Prensa’s website has been offline since 10:20 AM, after the newspaper published damning evidence of mega-corruption by president Martinelli and his family.
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First spaghetti boat already kaput
Finmeccanica bribe boat breaks down and there’s no money for new engines.
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Italian prosecutors directly implicate Martinelli in Lavitola trial
Trial starts in July and promises to sink Martinelli and his political project.
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Carnival of the corrupt
Carnival can be a lot of fun, but if you’re the corrupt emperor or one of his affiliated empresaurios, it’s more than anything else an opportunity.
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Martinelli unites China and Taiwan, Italians pull the net tighter
Martinelli bungles his way through Asia while Panama burns and Italian prosecutors are closing in on him.
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Martinelli in radar panic
Ricky and Raul call the Italian embassy: “things have changed, Ricky, Berlusconi is gone, Valter is on the run, I can’t help you, and don’t call again. It’s not safe. It’s each on his own now, ciao”.
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Selex radar useless against narcos
The lanchas typically used by drug traffickers are invisible for radar. Not only is this whole radar deal mired in corruption, it’s also a completely unnecessary purchase costing Panamanian taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Desperate Martinelli sends malware
Martinelli’s government of business people put its IT arm at work and launched a really bad attack video and a malware email campaign.