The Sunday TimesApril 27, 2008
Anna Mikhailova and David Leppard
A billionaire businessman friend of Tony Blair and Peter Mandelson is the subject of a criminal inquiry into alleged bribery and corruption involving a Middle Eastern royal family.
Victor Dahdaleh, a Jordanian-born tycoon who lives in London, is being targeted in an inquiry by the US Department of Justice into alleged fraud against a company owned by the Bahraini royal family. A spokesman for Dahdaleh, who is in his sixties, said the tycoon was “saddened” by the allegations and would be “vigorously contesting” them.
The claims have emerged from a commercial dispute, nicknamed “the aluminium wars”, between the American company Alcoa, one of the world’s largest metals firms, and Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) ................................
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