Financial Transparency Coalition

Who is Mina Corp and why is the U.S. government doing business with it? Last week Andrew Higgins and Walter Pincus at the Washington Post wrote an article highlighting the U.S. military’s connection with this fairly mysterious company. The Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs of the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is investigating the contracts awarded to Mina Corp and its associated form Red Star Enterprises and is expected to publish a report on its findings sometime this month. While we wait for the report from Congressional investigators,...

WASHINGTON—In a move that could anger a vital ally in the war in Afghanistan, the Pentagon on Wednesday awarded a major jet fuel contract to Mina Corp., a secretive company that has declined to reveal its ownership but has nonetheless become a trusted partner with the U.S. military.