The owner of European 2000 Airlines in Malta, Oscar Wyatt Jr, an 81-year-old oil tycoon from Texas, is being charged in a U.S. court. Read the
New York Times story here. None less is the alleged crime than paying Saddam Hussein's regime extras to have the first tanker load with oil to leave Iraq in 1996 under the UN Food-for-Oil program to be - his. The money traffic has gone through Switzerland, Jordan and "foreign companies". It shouldn't be far-fetched if European 2000 was that kind of company, set up after the autumn of 2000, when the first irregular payments were made. Buy two Metroliners, fly them overseas, launder the money.
I take it's a coincidence that the timeline is this:
Autumn 2003: PPrune starts this debate on expat pilots at E2000 being arrested for working in Malta without permits.
April 2004:
Originally Posted by acehigh75
I would rather trust Saddam Hussain than Ray Micallef...
23 Sep 2005: European 2000 starts flts between Malta and Sicily
22 Oct 2005: European 2000 owner Wyatt is charged at a New York court for paying millions of dollars under the table to the Iraqi regime. He can face up to 62 years in jail.