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Weekly Roundup: Cables Link Lukashenko to Laundering, OFAC Targets Iranian Banks, and More
printThe publication of sensitive diplomatic cables by Wikileaks.org renewed speculation this week of Belarusian President Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko's ties to money launderers. Released only a day after Lukashenko's victory in an election widely thought to be fraudulent, the 2007 communiqu?© links the Belarusian leader's former interior minister, Yuri Sivakov, and his head of personal security, Dmitry Pavlichenko, to money laundering, smuggling, extortion and murder. Specifically, U.S. diplomats said that reports by Russia-based Internet newspaper Belaruskiy Paritizan in late 2006 were true according to "reliable" embassy contacts, according to Aljazeera. The allegations involve laundering $1.5 million daily through a pro-government veterans...
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