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The group was ranked the second largest group in Mauritius in 2010. April 2015, British American Group of companies was seized by the Government of Mauritius, under the claim of an alleged massive ponzi perpetuated by the principal shareholder. After four years, the Government has not provided a single piece of evidence to support the accusation.
Military. General Raoul Le Mouton de Boisdeffre, architect of the military alliance with Russia. The Dreyfus affair occurred in the context of German annexation of Alsace and Moselle, an event that fed the most extreme nationalism. The traumatic defeat of France in 1870 seemed far away, but a vengeful spirit remained.
Iran–Contra affair. The most well-known and politically damaging of the scandals came to light since Watergate was in 1986, when Ronald Reagan conceded that the United States had sold weapons to the Islamic Republic of Iran, as part of a largely unsuccessful effort to secure the release of six U.S. citizens being held hostage in Lebanon.
The Times of India. 7 June 2008. Archived from the original on 9 May 2013. ^ "Teachers' recruitment scam: Pleas to make 4 IAS officers, teachers accused rejected". The Times of India. 28 March 2012. Archived from the original on 9 May 2013. ^ "No headway in Rs 16,000 cr submarine scam probe".
The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921 to 1923. Secretary of the Interior Albert Bacon Fall had leased Navy petroleum reserves at Teapot Dome in Wyoming , as well as two locations in California , to private oil companies at low rates without competitive ...
A child sexual abuse scandal in Haiti involving the Sri Lankan UN peacekeepers emerged in 2007 following an investigation by the UN's Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS). At least 134 Sri Lankan soldiers serving with the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti were accused of sexually abusing nine children from 2004 to 2007.
Kenya portal. v. t. e. Prime Minister Raila Odinga addressing the Kenyan media during the 2007–08 Kenyan crisis. Mass media in Kenya includes more than 91 FM stations, more than 64 free to view TV stations, and an unconfirmed number of print newspapers and magazines. Publications mainly use English as their primary language of communication ...
1950s quiz show scandals. Host Jack Barry and contestant Charles Van Doren on the set of Twenty-One in 1957. NBC took the show off the air after the scandals made headlines; its production was dramatized in the 1994 film Quiz Show. The 1950s quiz show scandals were a series of scandals involving the producers and contestants of several popular ...