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Justice Abroad

Professional Overseas Contractors

A Texas federal judge dismissed subcontractor C3PO’s nearly $6.6 million suit against DynCorp International LLC over an Afghanistan housing project canceled after a terrorist attack, saying lawyers for the two sides agreed to drop the case.

U.S. District Judge John H. McBryde’s Feb. 12 order said DynCorp. attorney Garreth A Sarosi called that day to report the decision by the companies and that attorneys for C3PO International Ltd. designated him to serve as their proxy in the discussion with the judge.

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Professional Overseas Contractors

Department of Justice (DOJ) — Centerra Services International Inc., formerly known as Wackenhut Services LLC, has agreed to pay $7.4 million to resolve allegations that Wackenhut violated the False Claims Act by double billing and inflating labor costs in connection with a contract for firefighting and fire protection services in Iraq, the Department of Justice announced today.  Centerra is a security services company headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

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Professional Overseas Contractors

Despite reports of the economy in Iraq rebounded after years of conflict the Iraqi dinar contractors brought back with them brought back with them during LOGCAP III & IV is pretty much worthless. According to some sources the Dinar has no chance of significant appreciation. The main reason is because of the political uncertainty — who would invest in the currency of a government that is still fighting a significant insurgency and might not be around the next year, any year? Second, and much more importantly, there are so many Dinars floating around that even if Iraq discovered the world’s largest gold mine tomorrow, the value of the Dinar would not significantly appreciate.

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