The company executive hiding Qatar-Hezbollah links
Calls are being made for putting pressure on Doha and bringing it to account, a short time after links between the Qatari regime and the Lebanese Hezbollah militia were revealed.
The strategy consultancy, WMP EuroCom, which is based in
Berlin, played an important role in hiding facts about Qatar's support to
Hezbollah.
Michael Inacker
Michael Inacker functioned as the Head of
Corporate Communications, Public Affairs and CSR at Metro Group since February
2009.
Previously,
he was deputy chief editor at the weekly business magazine Wirtschaftswoche and
head of the magazine’s Berlin office.
From
2004 to 2007, Inacker was vice-president for external affairs and public policy
at DaimlerChrysler.
Hiding the facts
Inacker
played an important role in hiding the facts about Qatari support to Hezbollah.
In 2014, the head of WMP EuroCom said his company would not deal with
human traffickers, arms dealers or drug traffickers.
This became the general policy of the
company. However, this policy did not prevent the company from doing business
with Qatar in the same year.
This came as Qatar violated the rights of
migrant workers constructing World Cup facilities in it. Qatar also bought arms
for Hezbollah and supplied the Lebanese militia with money. Hezbollah works in
drug and human trafficking.
At the end of 2014, the head of WMP EuroCom said
Qatar was an important client of his company.
This
head was succeeded by Inacker in 2015. The new head of the company maintained
strong business relations with Doha, despite accusations to it of involvement
in terrorism financing and violating human rights.
