>Louis,
> You are right that the article does not provide
>much evidence of thievery by Milosevic personally.
>But it certainly provides quite a bit of it regarding
>his cronies. To say that most of those millions
>abroad were strictly for getting around the embargo
>is naivete at the worst.
There is no evidence, just assertions. In the one instance where there is
something substantial, it amounts to this:
"Mladjan Dinkic, the new central bank governor who is on a crusade to
recover the cash, estimates the overall sum at $4bn. The bulk was
used not for personal gain, but to keep Serbia trading through a decade of
United Nations economic sanctions."
I have done a thorough Lexis-Nexis search on Milosevic and corruption. The
one thing that kept getting mentioned was that there was patronage. Big
deal, I say. No reason to make the country and its leaders a pariah.
> The issue of corrupt privatizations by his cronies
>was discussed at length.
Sure, it did get discussed.
>One of the more bizarre
>remarks you made in connection with all this was your
>complaint about "illegal" seizures by workers of enterprises
>in Serbia. Once again, most of those were to undo the
>corrupt privatizations carried out by Milosevic's cronies.
>The reporting of this has been extensive.
I have no idea what you are referring to. The only thing being "undone" in
Serbia today is state ownership. What else would you expect from a
government that begs for imperialist dollars like a dog at a dining table.
Louis Proyect
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