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Subject: Correspondence sa Susan Manuel re: Kosovo energy fraud
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From: Sonja Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: (Fwd) Four million dollars lost in Kosovo energy fraud: EU
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Date sent: Wed, 1 May 2002 11:51:23 -0500
Dear Ms Manuel,
It's been a long time since I have contacted you with regards to KEK. I have raised many questions in my letter dated December 10, 2001 that are still to be answered. Among them was the question specifically related to the lack of electricity for the entire Serbian villages as well as Kosovo in general, versus the $260 million dollars given by the EU/USA for the improvement of electricity supply in Kosovo and repair/replacement of NATO destroyed/damaged power stations. I have asked you then, to tell me if UNMIK/KEK have any records of bills paid to show where did the EU and US tax payers money go and have they been audited. I also asked if anyone knew how much money was really spent for this purpose, where is the rest of it and what is being done to rectify this situation before the next winter.
If the information released by the Agence France-Presse is correct, UNMIK was aware of corruption at KEK but did not have evidence at the time, which is presumably why you could not address my questions at all. Needless to say, it makes me sick to my stomach, as I am sure it makes you, to see that an "international", a former member of UNMIK administrationa that was supposed to help, was participating with the local Albanians in the theft of 4.5 million US dollars and profiting out of the misery of Kosovo people, all of them, Serbs, Roma and Albanians alike.
However, despite the theft of 4.5 million US dollars, there is still the 255.5 million US dollars which should be accounted for. Is Mr. Steiner planning on finding out what happened to that money and who benefited from it since those who should have - did not!
Respectfully
Sonja Myers,
Houston, Texas
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http://www.ptd.net/webnews/wed/au/Qkosovo-un-corruption.R9Pw_CAU.html
Four million dollars lost in Kosovo energy fraud: EU
Tuesday, 30-Apr-2002
-Despite imports of energy over the past three years, local media reported that Kosovo only enjoyed four full days without any power cuts last year.
PRISTINA, Yugoslavia, 30 April (AFP) - Fraudsters have creamed off 4.5 million euros (four million dollars) from the budget of Kosovo's electricity company, an EU official said Tuesday, adding that an international member of the UN mission in the territory was suspected of involvement.
Andy Bearpark, a top economic official in the UN-administered province, said he had evidence of possible corruption in Kosovo's KEK electricity company, which both produces energy locally and imports it from outside.
He said the money was stolen from international aid provided to allow the territory to import energy, which comes mainly from elsewhere in Serbia and from Bulgaria.
"I have known for many months that there are rumours about corruption in KEK... I now have evidence," Bearpark said at a press conference.
"From people possibly concerned one is an international that at one stage was working for my organization," Bearpark said adding that he had notified the European anti fraud office in Brussels.
The official, who heads the EU's economic program in Kosovo, declined to give further details.
The province's economy has struggled to recover since Kosovo came under UN administration in 1999 after NATO military action ended Slobodan Milosevic's crackdown on ethnic Albanians in the province.
Despite imports of energy over the past three years, local media reported that Kosovo only enjoyed four full days without any power cuts last year.
"In the last three years a substantial amount of electricity was imported into Kosovo. Most of it came from Bulgaria and some from Serbia," Bearpark said.
KEK is run by a local managment and supervised by international staff in the province.
The province's UN administrator, Michael Steiner, who took up his post earlier this year, said that fighting corruption and crime was one of his priorities.
"What we heard today shows that we mean it. There is zero tolerance for crime," Steiner said at Tuesday's press conference.
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From: Sonja Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: (Fwd) Four million dollars lost in Kosovo energy fraud: EU
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Date sent: Wed, 1 May 2002 11:51:23 -0500
Postovana gospodjice Manuel,
Mnogo vremena je proslo od kada sam Vam pisala u vezi sa Elektrodistribucijom Kosova (EK). U svom pismu od 10. decembra 2001, postavila sam veliki broj pitanja koja jos uvek cekaju na odgovor. Pored ostalih, postavila sam pitanje koje se odnosilo na nestasicu struje u srpskim selima kao i na celom Kosovu, uprkos velikim investicijama Evropske zajednice i Sjedinjenih americkih drzava, tacnije 260 miliona americkih dolara pomoci za poboljsanje elektricne mreze na Kosovu, kao i za popravke/zamene elektricnih centrala koje je NATO unistio ili ostetio. Tada sam Vas pitala da mi kazete da li UNMIK/EK raspolazu bilo kakvim dokumentima ili placenim fakturama koje pokazuju na sta je novac poreskih obveznika EU i SAD-a utrosen, kao i da li je tu dokumentaciju neko knjigovodstveno pregledao. Pitala sam takodje da li bilo ko zna koliko novca je stvarno bilo utroseno u ovu svrhu, gde je ostatak novca i sta se cini da se situacija sa snabdevanjem elektricnom energijom sanira pre dolaska sledece zime.
Ako je donja informacija Frans Pres-a tacna, UNMIK je dakle znao za korupciju u EK ali nije imao dokaza sto je, pretpostavljam, bio razlog zbog koga Vi niste odgovorili na moja pitanja. Ne moram da vam kazem da mi je bilo mucno, a ne sumnjam da je i Vama, zbog cinjenice da je jedan "internacionalac", bivsi clan UNMIK-ove administracije koji je trebalo da pomogne, zajedno sa lokalnim Albancima, ucestvovao u kradji od 4.5 miliona americkih dolara i profitirao na bedi ljudi sa Kosova - Srba, Roma i Albanaca.
Medjutim, uprkos ovoj kradji od 4.5 miliona americkih dolara, jos uvek se ne zna sta se desilo sa preostalih 255.5 miliona americkih dolara. Da li gospodin Steiner planira da trazi odgovor na to pitanje i nadje ko je od tih para imao koristi, posto oni koji je trebalo - nisu imali nikakve koristi!
Sa postovanjem
Sonja Myers
Houston, Teksas
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