UN: High Ranked United Nations Official Is Arraigned On Money Laundering C

[libertypirate]

http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/09/18738683-F838-4B09-992B-A264C3F475BE.html

Vladimir Kuznetsov, a Russian citizen and a former chairman of the United Nations budget advisory committee, was arraigned yesterday in New York on a charge of money laundering conspiracy. Kuznetsov was stripped of his UN diplomatic immunity on 1 September and arrested by the FBI. According to the indictment, from 2000 to about June 2005 Kuznetsov laundered hundreds of thousands of dollars in criminal proceeds obtained by a co-conspirator who served as a procurement officer at the United Nations. The indictment names the officer only as a “CC-1” but further details leave the strong impression that the officer in question is Alexander Yakovlev, another UN official, also a Russian citizen, who was indicted on bribery charges and pleaded guilty less than a month ago.