Joseph Lim Aug 28, 2025
Mauerberger’s Thai Citizenship Request Unrelated to Any Conflict w Thaksin
🧐"meeting w Thaksin likely focused on #sourcing private jets thru #offthebooks channels aka #greyjets. Te #aircraft in qn was a #Bombardier G7500, reportedly for Thaksin’s private travel. Acquir'g te jet via #grey #channels cld bypass financ'l #scrutiny, #registration, & #international #flight #controls, reflect'g concerns abt travel restrict'ns & #monitoring by #Thai #authorities & int'l partners"
https://www.thaienquirer.com/58343/anutin-benjamin-mauerbergers-thai-citizenship-request-unrelated-to-any-conflict-with-thaksin/
katch wreckFeb 27, 2023

"Officials who question why contract prices are inflated receive warnings, including one who objected to a power plant in northern Salahaddin province that was overvalued by $600 million. He got a call when it became clear he would not sign off on the deal, he said.

Be careful, he was told."
https://apnews.com/article/business-middle-east-elections-iraq-baghdad-177d3284c87d892ac4f9f56140f13331#:~:text=Officials%20who%20question,he%20was%20told.

#middleEast #energyEconomy #kickbacks #shadyDeals #iraqWar #saddamHussein #fertileCrescent #stability #prosperity #corruption #extortion #embezzlement #offTheBooks #accountability

Shadow contracts, corruption keep the lights out in Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) — In the Baghdad suburb of Sadr City, glossy election campaign posters are plastered alongside jungles of sagging electrical wires lining the alleyway to Abu Ammar’s home. But his mind is far from Iraq’s Oct.

Associated Press