Hazim Nada et al v. United Arab Emirates et al: Complaint (‘Dark PR Campaign to Smear Victims’)

Complaint alleging “the United Arab Emirates and some of its top officials managed, directed, and bankrolled a years-long “dark” public relations campaign through the Swiss private investigative firm, Alp Services S.A.” and “leveraged a network of coconspirators – private operatives, paid “journalists,” and a professor at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., among many others – to smear dozens of innocent victims” in Hazim Nada, described as a citizen of Italy and USA residing in Italy, and “the founder and sole owner of Lord Energy SA”, and Lord Energy SA, of Switzerland, described as “a crude oil and commodity trading company” v. The United Arab Emirates, c/o Ambassador of the UAE, Yousef Al-Otaiba, in Washington, D.C., USA; Ariaf Studies and Research LLC, The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Matar Humaid Al-Neyadi, all of Abu Dhabi, UAE; Alp Services SA, Diligence Sarl, Mario Brero, Muriel Cavin, Sylvain Besson, all of Switzerland; Lionel Badal, of Luxembourg; Lorenzo Vidino, of Washington, D.C., USA, and John Doe Nos. 1-25 at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.


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    January 24, 2024
    United Arab Emirates, Ariaf Studies and Research LLC, The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Matar Humaid Al-Neyadi, Alp Services SA, Diligence Sarl, Mario Brero, Lionel Badal, Muriel Cavin, Lorenzo Vidino, Sylvain Besson, John Does
    Thomas Clare, Clare Locke, Nicholas Brechbill
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    Hazim Nada, Lord Energy SA