(September 18, 2002) Acres International, a Toronto-based engineering firm, was convicted yesterday of two counts of bribing a foreign official in connection with contracts tied to a US$8-billion water project in Lesotho, a tiny landlocked country within South Africa.
Acres Int’l convicted in African bribery case
(September 18, 2002) In a 300-page judgment, Judge Lehohla found that Acres had intended to bribe Mr. Sole and that its agreement with its agent was struck in order to cover the bribe. Acres said it was shocked by the ruling and plans to appeal.
Acres found guilty of bribery African court ruling is warning for foreign firms
(September 18, 2002) "What Lesotho has said is that it takes two to tango . . . [Now] businesses will look at Lesotho and say, ‘We don’t have to engage in criminal activities in order to get contracts. We prefer to do business in countries like that’," said Patricia Adams.
Who wants this dam anyway?
(September 18, 2002) ‘No matter how severely the Yangtze River is damaged, and no matter how miserable local people’s lives become as a result, these high-level backers of the dam will be quite unscathed,’ says celebrated environmental journalist Dai Qing.
Canadian engineering multinational convicted of bribery in Africa
(September 17, 2002) In a landmark decision that has sweeping implications for Third World development, engineering multinational Acres International has been convicted in Lesotho of bribing a foreign official to secure contracts on a multibillion dollar dam scheme.
Acres International to appeal Lesotho court decision
(September 17, 2002) Acres International Press Release.
China to tap Tibet’s hydel potential to sell power to India
(September 17, 2002) China wants to harness the hydroelectric capacity of rivers in eastern Tibet and sell the bulk of the power to India, The Hindu reports.
Letter to Pierre Pettigrew about Bill C-31, amending the EDC Act
(September 17, 2002) In a thousand quiet and unknown ways, speech is stifled.
PRESS RELEASE: Canadian engineering multinational convicted of bribery in Africa
(September 17, 2002) In a landmark decision that has sweeping implications for Third World development, engineering multinational Acres International has been convicted in Lesotho of bribing a local official to secure contracts on a multibillion dollar dam scheme.
Canadian engineering multinational convicted of bribery in Africa
(September 17, 2002 ) In a landmark decision that has sweeping implications for Third World development, engineering multinational Acres International has been convicted in Lesotho of bribing a foreign official to secure contracts on a multibillion dollar dam scheme.
Mark Thomas reveals shady business in Africa
(September 16, 2002) Why are we using taxpayers’ money to arm dictators and to back projects that destroy the environment and displace thousands of men and women from their land?
PRESS RELEASE: Belize wildlife activist battles Canadian power company
Sharon Matola, the woman leading the international fight against a Canadian-backed hydro scheme in Central America’s Belize is in Toronto this week to meet with environmentalists.
Acres Judgment
(September 13, 2002) Acres International Ltd. was found guilty of the crime of bribery over the period June 1991 to January 1998, when Acres paid/transferred funds into a Swiss Bank Account held by Zalisiwonga Mini Bam.
Allies in bed with Saddam
(September 13, 2002) British Aberdeen Asset Management Trust has invested in North Korean and Iraqi debt. "It’s toxic stuff," admits Colm McDonagh, an Aberdeen fund manager, "but when it moves, it really moves."
Enterprises called to frontline of green battle
(September 13, 2002) ‘Environmentalist Yu Xiaogang and his Green Watershed group, based in Kunming and famed for its opposition to dams on the Nu River, were awarded this year’s top prize.
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