The Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project named Ilham Aliyev, president of Azerbaijan, ‘Person of the Year’
Isn’t it reassuring to know that the man who will control 20% of Malta’s main power station was named Person of the Year by the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project only a year ago?
OCCRP names Aliyev “Person of the Year”
Monday, 31 December 2012
lham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan, has won the first ever Organized Crime and Corruption Person of the Year bestowed by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP).
The award is given for the person who figured prominently in 2012 on stories on crime and corruption in its coverage area.
Aliyev was chosen because of new revelations this year about how his family had taken large shares in lucrative industries including the telecom, minerals and construction industries often through government related deals.
The award is chosen by the 60 reporters and 15 news organizations that make up the OCCRP consortium. Runners-up included Albanian drug lord Naser Kelmendi, President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“2012 was a banner year for those of us who cover organized crime and corruption,” said OCCRP editor Drew Sullivan. “It’s a growth industry around the world and we expect a lot of work next year as well.”
OCCRP, based in Sarajevo and Bucharest, is a non-profit, consortium of independent investigative centers, media outlets and investigative journalists from 20 countries. Its purpose is to educate readers worldwide on how organized crime and corruption works.
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What information do we have so far about the parties behind the land reclamation projects submitted following the government’s highly secretive expression of interest?
You may be onto something, Aliyev has a fetish for delusional architecture.
http://gizmodo.com/361769/death-star-hotel-in-azerbaijan-is-no-moon
The Malta connection
http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/en/newsdetails/news/national/Azeri-gas-suppliers-accused-of-opaque-trading-practices-20140205
”Ali Kerimli, chairman of the Azerbaijani Popular Front, an opposition party, said in a telephone interview, “We all know that our country is one of the most corrupt.” But when told about the Dubai purchases, he added that he was surprised at the apparent lack of effort to conceal them.
Azerbaijan’s leaders, Kerimli said, “face no danger” because the judiciary, anti-corruption bodies and most of the country’s media outlets are firmly under their control.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/04/AR2010030405390.html?hpid=artslot
Next time round some of our ministers will feature in this report no doubt.