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Marc Rich figures in the Panama Papers. He appears in the leaked documents in connection with Industrial Petroleum Ltd., registered in the [[Bahamas]] in 1992,[5] and owned by Glencore International. Rich, who died in 2013,[14][15] was indicted in 1983 on 65 [[criminal]] counts and fled to [[Switzerland]].[16] The fugitive billionaire received a controversial presidential [[pardon]] from Bill Clinton. Charged with [[income tax]] evasion, wire [[fraud]], racketeering, and trading with [[Iran]] during the oil embargo, while Americans were still being held [[hostage]] there, he could have been sentenced to 300 years in [[prison]].[14][17] He was also accused of keeping [[South Africa]] supplied with oil between 1979 and 1993, partially during the time when official anti-[[apartheid]] [[sanction]]s were passed by [[US Congress]].[18]

Marc Rich figures in the Panama Papers. He appears in the leaked documents in connection with Industrial Petroleum Ltd., registered in the [[Bahamas]] in 1992,[5] and owned by Glencore International. Rich, who died in 2013,[14][15] was indicted in 1983 on 65 [[criminal]] counts and fled to [[Switzerland]].[16] The fugitive billionaire received a controversial presidential [[pardon]] from Bill Clinton. Charged with [[income tax]] evasion, wire [[fraud]], racketeering, and trading with [[Iran]] during the oil embargo, while Americans were still being held [[hostage]] there, he could have been sentenced to 300 years in [[prison]].[14][17] He was also accused of keeping [[South Africa]] supplied with oil between 1979 and 1993, partially during the time when official anti-[[apartheid]] [[sanction]]s were passed by [[US Congress]].[18]

His ex-wife Denise made a $450,000 donation to Clinton's presidential library in [[Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]] and an additional $1.2 million in donations to Democratic Party political campaigns, including Hillary Clinton's first bid for the [[Senate]].[5] Clinton critics called it a ''[[quid pro quo]]'', but both [[Israel]]i [[prime minister]] [[Ehud Barak]], and former prime minister [[Shimon Peres]] personally asked Clinton to pardon Rich. After the 1973 [[Yom Kippur War]], Rich supplied Israel with oil. In addition, Rich, whose family escaped [[Nazi]]s in 1941, funded operations to help [[Jews]] leave [[Yemen]] and [[Ethiopia]] during the 1970s and 80s.[19] Rich had contributed [[intelligence]] to [[Mossad]] (the Israeli intelligence services), wrote ''Salon'''s Joe Conason. "Winning the pardon was a top priority for Israeli officials because Rich had long been a financial and intelligence asset of [Israel], carrying out missions in many hostile countries where he did business," and the US wanted Israeli cooperation in upcoming peace talks.[20]

His ex-wife Denise made a $450,000 donation to Clinton's presidential library in [[Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]] and an additional $1.2 million in donations to Democratic Party political campaigns, including [[Hillary Clinton]]'s first bid for the [[Senate]].[5] Clinton critics called it a ''[[quid pro quo]]'', but both [[Israel]]i [[prime minister]] [[Ehud Barak]], and former prime minister [[Shimon Peres]] personally asked Clinton to pardon Rich. After the 1973 [[Yom Kippur War]], Rich supplied Israel with oil. In addition, Rich, whose family escaped [[Nazi]]s in 1941, funded operations to help [[Jews]] leave [[Yemen]] and [[Ethiopia]] during the 1970s and 80s.[19] Rich had contributed [[intelligence]] to [[Mossad]] (the Israeli intelligence services), wrote ''Salon'''s Joe Conason. "Winning the pardon was a top priority for Israeli officials because Rich had long been a financial and intelligence asset of [Israel], carrying out missions in many hostile countries where he did business," and the US wanted Israeli cooperation in upcoming peace talks.[20]

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