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James H. Giffen, a wealthy American merchant banker and a consultant to the Kazakh government, is accused of channeling more than $78 million in bribes to the president of Kazakhstan and the head of the country's oil ministry. Case has opened a window onto the high-stakes, transcontinental maneuvering that occurs when Big Oil and political access overlap -- a juncture marked by intense and expensive lobbying, overseas deal-making and the intersection of money, business and geopolitics. |
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