Sunday, February 4, 2007

Translator Buys Military Vests and Tactical Equipment

This blog is focused on bringing you not only the best news about the world of Russian Translation, but on everything about Translations. So, here is a very sad news from Russian Media source.
A man who worked as an Arabic Translator in Iraq was sentenced to 3 years of prison. This Translator tried to offer a bribe to a police official. Faheem Mousa Salam of Livonia was convicted in August to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
The translator offered sixty thousand dollars to an Iraqi policeman. But he thought that his translation services can be spead on arranging the purchase of military vests and other tactical equipment.
The Interpreter tried to make an arrangement with a member of the training group, but who was actually an undercover agent.

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