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Police drop Lesotho bribery probe
(November 6, 2008) British police will not investigate a construction company accused of corruption in Lesotho, they have said.British firm Mott Macdonald were implicated in an audit of a dam project in the southern African kingdom. Continue reading
Resentment builds in Lesotho highlands
(August 7, 2007) Lesotho’s action against international corruption in one of Africa’s largest engineering schemes holds little weight on the steep, bare mountain sides above the Katse dam and reservoir. Here, anger against the government is easy to find. Continue reading
Lesotho judge ups fine for dam bribery
(April 11, 2007) There is a wall of silence that is very difficult to penetrate. Everyone who is in a position to talk cannot do so because someone else in turn has something on him," said prosecutor Guido Penzhorn. Continue reading
UK firm accused of Lesotho bribes
(December 11, 2006) British company accused of bribing officials connected to the Lesotho Highlands Water Project as part of a consortium led by convicted German company, Lahmeyer. Continue reading
World Bank debars Lahmeyer for bribing Lesotho water chief
(November 8, 2006) But some say the sanction is too late in coming. Continue reading
German firm barred by World Bank for bribery in Lesotho project
(November 7, 2006) The World Bank has suspended contracts to the German engineering firm, Lahmeyer International, after finding the company guilty of paying bribes in the multi-billion dollar Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP). Continue reading
Water project trial targets Italian giant
(September 4, 2006) Impregilo, the last remaining company to be charged in the landmark Lesotho corruption trials and one of the world’s largest construction companies, was charged on Sept. 4 with five counts of bribery involving millions of rands in connection with the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. Continue reading
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Lesotho dismisses dam appeal
(April 14, 2006) Italy’s biggest construction company Impregilo has lost an appeal to challenge the right of the high court in Lesotho to try it for bribing officials to win a major dam contract there. Continue reading
