Dan Gertler’s lobbying networks in Washington and Brussels
In the United States and the European Union, Israeli businessman Dan Gertler, close to Joseph Kabila and controversial for his transactions in the mining sector in DR Congo, relies on a network of various lobbyists. The aim is to try to avoid international sanctions preventing him from continuing his activities.
10/02/2021 at 16h10, by Africa Business+
In Washington, Donald Trump‘s lawyer during the former president’s impeachment, Louis Freeh, director of the FBI under Bill Clinton, and lobbyist associates Gary Apfel and Gregory Paw are on speed dial. Their efforts secured Trump’s lifting of US Treasury sanctions against Dan Gertler in the last hours of his term.
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