Afghanistan Vice President Ahmed Zia Massoud was suspected of corruption after he was caught with $52 million in cash while visiting the United Arab Emirates last year.My big question: What could Massoud possibly control that was worth $52 million in payoff money? Is it looking the other way on major opium shipments out of the country, or something else?
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Why does the money have to belong to him? He could've just as easily been a money-mule for some other individual or group, like the CIA. After all, it's a lot easier to smuggle just about anything when you have diplomatic immunity (like, say, a US politician smuggling their dignity past the TSA in a US airport without being subject to a molestation or cancer-zapping).
ReplyDelete$52 million in hundreds would weigh 1,092 lbs and take up about 312 cubic feet--that is, six grocery pallets piled four feet high with cash. It would also fill 62 large suitcases.
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