Shaun Going is a Canadian construction engineer who was arrested by

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in August 2000 and charged with terrorism. An acknowledged power broker with "enormous influence known to bribe and fraternise with other powerful figures in the region, including the

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, he was quickly defended by Canada who insisted on his innocence.Fennell, Tom.

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Canadians in Serbia Accused of Terrorism
August 21, 2000

Life

Going grew up in a family of six children on a ranch near

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. He opened ''Going Real Estate'', but following the collapse of the

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and the fall of communism across

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, he built a construction company named ''Meridian Resources'' based in

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. He was contracted to build the local American embassy, as well as roads and sewers. Due to his contacts in the country, Going became informally known as "the King of Albania" as he took advantage of the military strife to secure construction contracts, pay off officials and deal directly with both the government and rebel militants. He purchased a former headquarters of the Communist Party of Albania in

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, and hired security guards to patrol the grounds with

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s, and was frequently accompanied by them even when going into town. In 1997, the building came under attack by locals and was burned to the ground. Going fled to

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and worked in the petroleum industry.

Arrest

Going returned to

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on August 1, 1999. When the

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police raided Gani Thaci's house, they found C$375,000 in cash which he claimed was a bribe from Going, who denied the claim and said he'd only paid the KLA commander $90,000. He was arrested, along with his 19-year-old nephew Liam Hall, and British police officers Adrian Prangnell, 41, and John Yore, 31, when a security check found

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s and wires in the back of their car. He was charged with training successionists to perform terrorist actions,Erlanger, Steven.

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,
Yugoslavs hold 4 Westerners in Arms Case
but eventually released on

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as the charges were downgraded to "military spies".

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Life

Arrest

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