(July 2, 2003) "One side-effect of the American/British occupation of Iraq is that it has sparked public debate on a dark secret of international finance: the debt taken on by odious regimes," say James K. Boyce and Leonce Ndikumana.
Lahmeyer International sentenced in Lesotho
(July 2, 2003) German consultancy firm Lahmeyer International found guilty of bribery in Lesotho Highland Water Project.
Lesotho Judge Convicts German Engineering Firm of Bribery Charges
(June 18, 2003) "Like the Acres’ verdict before it, the judgment against Lahmeyer throws into doubt the legitimacy of these companies’ involvement in other large dam projects throughout the world," says Ryan Hoover of International Rivers Network.
Germans guilty of bribery
(June 17, 2003) Lesotho High Court Judge Gabriel Mofolo found Lahmeyer, a German engineering company, guilty on seven counts for paying R5.9m in bribes to Lesotho Highlands Development Authority former chief executive Masupha Sole over a six year period.
German company guilty of bribery
(June 17, 2003) Lesotho High Court Judge, Gabriel Mofolo, found Lahmeyer, a German engineering company, guilty on seven counts for paying R5.9m in bribes to Lesotho Highlands Development Authority former chief executive, Masupha Sole, over a six year period.
Larson previews Economic Forum meeting in Jordan
(June 17, 2003) "I do expect that when the analysis of the numbers has been completed and the analysis of Iraq’s capacity to pay has been undertaken, that it will be necessary to have very significant debt relief for Iraq." says Alan Larson, Under Secretary of State.
Africa’s odious debts
(July 6, 2003) The war in Iraq might have succeeded in dismantling at least one weapon of mass destruction, the debt bomb.
South African pleads guilty to charges in Lesotho
(June 3, 2003) Jacobus Michiel du Plooy, a South African citizen of Ficksburg in the Free State, pleaded guilty in the Lesotho High Court today to bribery totalling more than $ 1 million related to the Lesotho highlands water project.
A fresh start for Iraq: The case for debt relief
(May 30, 2003) "Powerful as the economic case for debt relief may be, it is reinforced by the fact that much of Iraq’s debt is illegitimate in a wider sense. The doctrine of ‘odious debt’ clearly sets out the reasons for this illegitimacy." says Oxfam.
ANEEJ Supports Obasanjo’s Debt Cancellation Move
(May 22, 2003) President Olusegun Obasanjo’s position that dubious foreign debts owed by Nigeria and other African or Third World countries should be cancelled has been commended by the African Network for Environmental and Economic Justice (ANEEJ).
Lesotho corruption
(May 19, 2003) A National Public Radio report on the historic foreign aid-related corruption court case unfolding in the remote South African kingdom of Lesotho.
Our record of accomplishment in fighting Odious Debts
(May 15, 2003) Some of Probe International’s accomplishments in fighting Odious Debts during the last decade.
Paying for apartheid
(May 15, 2003) Two major lawsuits – filed in the United States against multinational corporations including GM, IBM and Citigroup for aiding and abetting apartheid – are at a critical juncture.
Halliburton subsidiary admits bribes
(May 10, 2003) A subsidiary of controversial US oil services giant Halliburton paid a Nigerian tax official $US2.4 million ($A3.75 million) in bribes to get favourable tax treatment, the company has admitted.
Acres loses appeal on bribery charge in Lesotho
(August 18, 2003) Canadian engineering firm Acres International Ltd. lost an appeal against conviction on a charge of bribery in a high-profile corruption case in Lesotho on Friday – but won its fight against a second graft conviction and had a whopping fine of $4.2-million reduced to $2.8-million.
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