(August 2000) Does international law provide a remedy to instances where debts are contracted for purposes of committing recognised international wrongful acts? A contemporary case of the Apartheid Debts
How good it is to see genocidal and corrupt dictators brought to justice
(August 4, 2000) The Indonesian attorney-general brought charges of corruption yesterday against former president Suharto.
Suharto charged with corruption
(August 4, 2000) Disgraced, thrown from power, then made a prisoner in his own home, Indonesia’s former president Suharto faced further humiliation yesterday when prosecutors charged him with stealing $210-million in state funds.
Archbishop issues urgent call to stop servicing debt
(July 26, 2000) Anglican Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane has issued an urgent call to the world’s highly indebted poor countries (HIPC) to close ranks and refuse to service their debt to the G-8 countries.
Statement by Jubilee 2000 South Africa on the G7 announcement on debt
(July 24, 2000) Jubilee 2000 South Africa is outraged at the G7’s announcement on debt at their Summit here in Okinawa.
Loot: Government recovers N66 billion
(July 14, 2000) Money recovered so far from members of past administration has risen by N66 billion ($66 million), from N6.88 billion.
Olmos, Alejandro S/dcia- Expte N° 7.723/98 (PDF file)
(July 13, 2000) The Argentine Federal Court ruling which held that a substantial portion of Argentina’s foreign debt is rooted in fraudulent and illegitimate loans amassed during the country’s military period.
MPs attack export credit proposal for Turkish dam
(July 13, 2000) MPs yesterday launched a devastating attack on the Foreign Office and Department of Trade and Industry over provisional plans to use export credit guarantees to support a controversial Turkish dam project.
West’s blind eye opens to Third World corruption
(July 13, 2000) An emerging war against corruption in several countries in southern Africa is changing the economic and political climate and challenging old ideas of sovereignty in unexpected ways.
LHWP: What went wrong?
(July 10, 2000) This detailed account of the history of the
LHWP, the ensuing corruption scandal and the role of the World Bank was
presented at the Chatham House Conference on corruption in South Africa.
Lesotho Highlands bribes trial starts
(June 5, 2000) The Lesotho Highlands Water Project corruption trial begins on Monday, with some of the world’s largest construction companies among the accused.
Criminal debt in the Indonesian context
(July 3, 2000) Associate Professor of Political Economy at Northwestern University discusses the concept of criminal debt and corruption of World Bank funds in Indonesia.
Export Credit Agency finance in sub-Saharan Africa
(July 1, 2000) ECA activities in Africa are linked to mismanagement, environmental disruption, corruption, and increasing social conflict.
FBI raids British firm’s offices
(June 22, 2000) Balfour Beatty – which also has a contract for the controversial Ilusi dam in Turkey and may face prosecution in Lesotho over alleged corruption payments over a dam project – was raided this month by 40 FBI agents.
Haiti in life and debt struggle
(June 17, 2000) President René Préval signed a petition calling on international creditors to annul Haiti’s swelling $1.2bn (£800m) debt. Forty percent of Haiti’s debt was incurred under Duvalier family misrule, when loans were regularly skimmed by regime cronies.
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