Bahrain

Winding-Up Petition In the Matter of Arcapita Investment Holdings Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint in Robert E. Lee and RE Lee International, LLC v. Mohammed Abdel-Haq, Fortune Nest Corporation, of the Cayman Islands; and Fortune Nest, Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands, at the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Defense of Saad Investments Company Limited, Singularis Holdings Limited, Saad Cayman Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 2) Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 3) Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 4) Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 5) Limited,  Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 8) Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 9) Limited, and Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 10) Limited in Ahmad Hamad Algosaibi and Brothers Company v. Saad Investments Company Limited (in Official Liquidation), Maan Al Sanea, Awal Trust Company Limited, Barclays Private Bank and Trust (Cayman) Ltd. (as Trustee of the Saad Settlement); Saadgroup Limited, Golden Belt 2 Limited, Golden Belt 3 Limited, Singularis Holdings Limited, Singularis Holdings (No. 2) Limited, Singularis Holdings (No. 3) Limited, Singularis Holdings (No. 4) Limited, Singularis Holdings (No. 5) Limited, Awal Feeder 1 Fund, Awal Finance Company Limited, Awal Finance Company (No. 2) Limited, Awal Finance Company (No. 3) Limited, Awal Finance Company (No. 4) Limited, Awal Finance Company (No. 5) Limited, Awal Finance Company (No. 6) Limited, Saad Air Limited, Saad Air (A340-600) Limited, Saad Air (A320) Limited, Saad Air (A320 No. 2) Limited, Saad Air (A320 No. 3) Limited, Saad Air (A320 No. 4) Limited, Saad Air (A320 No. 5) Limited, Saad Air (A380) Limited, Saad International Bank Limited, Saad Advisory Holdings Limited, Saad Cayman Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 2) Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 3) Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 5) Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 8) Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 9) Limited, Saad Investments Finance Company (No. 10) Limited, Saadgroup Finance Company Limited, Saadgroup Finance Company (No. 2) Limited, Saadgroup Finance Company (No. 3) Limited, Saadgroup Finance Company (No. 4) Limited, Saadgroup Finance Company (No. 5) Limited, and Saadgroup Financial Services Company Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Affidavit filed by Venture Capital Bank BSC regarding shares in QCon Cayman Ltd. owned by Qatar First Investment Bank LLC, filed at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

A breakdown by jurisdiction and amounts of accounts held at Stanford International Bank.

Application by Porton Capital Inc., of the Cayman Islands, to take discovery from Margaret A. Hamburg, MD, described as "Commissioner of Food and Drugs for the United States Food and Drug Administration", for use in legal proceedings in England "against 3M UK Holdings Limited", filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

Winding-Up Petition filed by EYRY II Fund SPC against Opus Trinity SPC at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Amended Statement of Claim with Further Corrected Cross References filed by Riad Tawfiq Al Sadik against Investcorp Bank BSC, Investcorp Investment Advisers Limited, Shallot IAM Limited, Blossom IAM Limited, Investcorp Nominee Holder Limited, and Investcorp Trading Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Amended Statement of Claim filed by Riad Tawfiq Al Sadik against Investcorp Bank BSC, Investcorp Investment Advisers Limited, Shallot IAM Limited, Blossom IAM Limited, Investcorp Nominee Holder Limited, and Investcorp Trading Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Petition filed by Charles Russell LLP In the Matter of Awal Bank BSC (in Administration) at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

In the space of four or five years, Halliburton, the international oil services and construction conglomerate that is under attack for overcharging and underperforming in Iraq, has gone from reporting approximately 70 to 80 offshore subsidiaries in its annual SEC filing to just two, both in the Cayman Islands.Offshore networks had become a central part of Halliburton's management and financial strategy. When current United States Vice President Dick Cheney was CEO of Halliburton from 1995 to 2000, the company's offshore subsidiaries increased from nine to 44. By the year 2001, that had nearly doubled. Now most of them have gone missing!

The Receiver of the Lancer Offshore group has filed a lawsuit against 26 financial institutions and other firms in an attempt to recover more than $17 million of allegedly fraudulent transfers.Defendants include companies from Bahrain, Bermuda, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Luxembourg, Monaco, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in France into Jean-Pierre Chariou and others for the alleged production and circulation of counterfeit currency.

Four offshore bankers were arrested by United States law enforcement agencies in November and charged with money laundering.Two more have also been charged with money laundering but are still at large after warrants were issued but not executed.Those arrested were