Shaun Going

Shaun Going is a Canadian construction engineer who was arrested by Serbia 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 Kosovo Liberation Army, he was quickly defended by Canada who insisted on his innocence.

Life Going grew up in a family of six children on a ranch near Longview, Alberta. He opened Going Real Estate, but following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the fall of communism across East Europe, he built a construction company named Meridian Resources based in Albania. He was contracted to build the local American embassy, as well as roads and sewers.

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 blasting caps and wires in the back of their car. but eventually released on bail as the charges were downgraded to "military spies". Minister of Foreign Affairs Lloyd Axworthy campaigned Serbia to release the two men.