- Ely Calil
Ely Calil (born 8th December 1945 in
Kano ,Nigeria ) is a Lebanese businessman holding British citizenship. He successfully negotiated a number ofoil mining deals inNigeria in the 1980s. He is a father of five (including actorGeorge Calil ), currently living inChelsea, London .In 2004 he was charged as one of the fixers and financiers in the background of a planned coup-d'état in oil-rich
Equatorial Guinea . Calil is currently sought by courts both inEquatorial Guinea and South Africa. He is generally believed to be the character nicknamed "Smelly" in the prison notes ofSimon Mann , the leadingmercenary of the planned coup-d'etat.In 2002, Calil was arrested in
Paris in connection with theElf Aquitaine bribery but was never formally charged.Fact|date=June 2008External links
* [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=534408&in_page_id=1811 The shadowy Mr Calil accused of being the £100m mastermind behind failed coup that landed Simon Mann in jail] (14th March 2008)
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2088-1388635,00.html Profile: Ely Calil: Smelly, the missing essence in a coup plot]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/equatorialguinea/story/0,,1291474,00.html Mandelson rented flat from oil tycoon in coup claim]
* [http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/cops_others/thatcher_and_mann/13.html Mark Thatcher & Simon Mann's African coup - The Crime library]
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