Suspected of laundering 100 million – have traveled to Dubai – Aftenbladet.no

The news that Økokrim for two weeks went to swoop against using the organization’s premises in Kvalaberg road in Stavanger, struck like a bomb in the town when the news broke through the evening news yesterday.

According to NRK, the organization and its leader, Loai Deeb, charged with money laundering and fraud of over 100 million, and Økokrim believes there are reasonable grounds to believe that money is the proceeds of an offense. The amount of over 100 million will come from sources in the United Arab Emirates over a period of three years.

– The money has come from abroad and in Norway. Beyond that we have no comment, said District Attorney Havard Kampen NRK.

Dagens Næringsliv today publishes a major case concerning the organization and Loai Deeb, and according to this, the organization is almost unknown for Norwegian foreign and aid agencies.

– We do not know them. It is not easy to understand what kind of organization this is, says communications director Eva Bratholm said.

Human Rights

It is an image that also recur locally in the Stavanger area. Although the organization has several 10-odd employees at the office in Hillevåg and claim to have over a million followers on Facebook, no one knows organisasjonen.Forkortelsen GNRD stands for Global Network for Rights and Development, and many staff in Stavanger are of foreign origin.

– Completely unknown to me, says the head of Sola Labour Jorunn Blomvik to Aftenbladet. Nor Odd Kristian Reme, central to the work of the Palestinian rights and previously has been central to Labour locally, know the organization.

– I first became aware of the short time ago, says Reme.

The headquarters of the organization is located in Stavanger, but according to NRK has partners in Austria, Belgium, Jordan, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates and Zambia. GNRD opened a new office in London recently, and plans an office in New York, writes Dagens Næringsliv.

According to the newspaper received the organization also recently also limited consultative status at the United Nations, which both access, position and influence. Several Western countries, including the US, were skeptical, but the majority where including Russia and China signed an approved application.

Labor politician

Loai Deeb came as a refugee from Palestine to Norway and settled in Sola. Where he engaged in Sola Labour, and set four years in municipal government.

– Loai Deeb walked out of the council four years ago, and is no longer active, said the leader of Sola Labour, Jorunn Blomvik.

– Have you contact him?

– No, not anymore.

– You know where he is?

– He is in Dubai, said Blomvik.

Aftenbladet tried yesterday to get in touch with several of them working in the organization in Stavanger, but no one was willing to say anything about the case or heard.

Kjell Brygfjeld law firm Endresen, Brygfjeld and Torall lawyer for Deeb.

– I am appointed by the prosecutors. I have had contact with the organization and assisted in connection with the stay for part of the applicants from the developing world. Beyond that, I have no comment to the case, says Brygfjeld.