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Shell game : a true story of banking, spies, lies, politics--and the arming of Saddam Hussein /

In 1991, the manager of the Atlanta branch of the Italian bank BNL was charged with illegally funneling more than $4 billion to Iraq.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mantius, Peter (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 1995.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Banca nazionale del lavoro. > Atlanta Branch > Corrupt practices.
Drogoul, Christopher.
Banca nazionale del lavoro. > Atlanta Branch.
Banca Nazionale del Lavoro > Atlanta Branch
Banks and banking, Italian > Corrupt practices > United States.
Banks and banking, Foreign > State supervision > United States.
Loans, American > Iraq.
Illegal arms transfers > Iraq.
Banques italiennes > Pratiques déloyales > États-Unis.
Banques étrangères > Contrôle de l'État > États-Unis.
Armes > Trafic > Irak.
Banks and banking, Foreign > State supervision.
Banks and banking, Italian > Corrupt practices.
Corruption.
Illegal arms transfers.
Loans, American.
Iraq.
United States.
Wirtschaftskriminalität
Golfkrieg > 1990-1991
Kreditgewährung
Irak
Description
Summary:In 1991, the manager of the Atlanta branch of the Italian bank BNL was charged with illegally funneling more than $4 billion to Iraq.
Physical Description:xvi, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-274) and index.
ISBN:0312131690
9780312131692