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Sakata la Dominique Strauss-Kahn laibua upya skendo za wanadiplomasia wa Tanzania
2011-05-18 WikiLeaks Notes: Diplomatic Sexual Abuse a la Strauss-Kahn
FROM THE CABLES/GITMO FILES
Dominique Strauss-Kahn may be just one of many diplomats or international officials alleged to have abused maids or nannies in the United States:
In April 2007, a Tanzanian maid filed a lawsuit against Alan Mzengi, a minister-counselor at the Tanzanian Embassy. She alleged the Mzengis kept her as "a virtual prisoner in their residence, stripping her of her passport, refusing to permit her to leave the house unaccompanied." The lawsuit states she was not paid for her four years of work.
On this case, Reuters reports a US State Embassy cable from December 2009 shows the US government asked the Tanzanian government to investigate saying, "While payment of the lost wages to Ms. Mazengo is our first priority, we also hope that any diplomat who has treated his domestic staff in such an abusive manner would face appropriate sanction upon his return home," the cable said.
The State Department continues to monitor a possible Tanzania investigation and claims it will be getting "tough on alleged abuse of domestic workers by foreign diplomats."
In a rare criminal case that began as an FBI investigation into alleged domestic worker abuse, a World Bank economist from Tanzania -- who, like Strauss-Kahn, qualifies for only limited immunity related to official duties -- pleaded guilty in March, 2010, to two counts of making false statements.
The economist, Anne Margreth Bakilana, hired a Tanzanian woman, Sophia Kiwanuka, to work in her home in Falls Church, Virginia, and improperly withheld Kiwanuka's wages and threatened to send her back to Tanzania, according to court records. Unaware that she had been taped by Kiwanuka at the request of the FBI, Bakilana then lied to federal investigators about her statements. She was sentenced to two years probation and fined $9,400.
A civil case is ongoing in federal court in Washington. Jonathan Simms, an attorney for Bakilana, said he believed she was not longer in the United States. A World Bank spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.
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2011-05-18 WikiLeaks Notes: Diplomatic Sexual Abuse a la Strauss-Kahn
FROM THE CABLES/GITMO FILES
Dominique Strauss-Kahn may be just one of many diplomats or international officials alleged to have abused maids or nannies in the United States:
In April 2007, a Tanzanian maid filed a lawsuit against Alan Mzengi, a minister-counselor at the Tanzanian Embassy. She alleged the Mzengis kept her as "a virtual prisoner in their residence, stripping her of her passport, refusing to permit her to leave the house unaccompanied." The lawsuit states she was not paid for her four years of work.
On this case, Reuters reports a US State Embassy cable from December 2009 shows the US government asked the Tanzanian government to investigate saying, "While payment of the lost wages to Ms. Mazengo is our first priority, we also hope that any diplomat who has treated his domestic staff in such an abusive manner would face appropriate sanction upon his return home," the cable said.
The State Department continues to monitor a possible Tanzania investigation and claims it will be getting "tough on alleged abuse of domestic workers by foreign diplomats."
In a rare criminal case that began as an FBI investigation into alleged domestic worker abuse, a World Bank economist from Tanzania -- who, like Strauss-Kahn, qualifies for only limited immunity related to official duties -- pleaded guilty in March, 2010, to two counts of making false statements.
The economist, Anne Margreth Bakilana, hired a Tanzanian woman, Sophia Kiwanuka, to work in her home in Falls Church, Virginia, and improperly withheld Kiwanuka's wages and threatened to send her back to Tanzania, according to court records. Unaware that she had been taped by Kiwanuka at the request of the FBI, Bakilana then lied to federal investigators about her statements. She was sentenced to two years probation and fined $9,400.
A civil case is ongoing in federal court in Washington. Jonathan Simms, an attorney for Bakilana, said he believed she was not longer in the United States. A World Bank spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.
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