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2008/07/01
(The Corner House, Dorset, 30 July 2008) The law lords have ruled that the Director of the Serious Fraud Office acted legally in terminating the SFO's investigation into alleged corruption by BAE Systems in its dealings in Saudi Arabia. The SFO's decision followed lobbying by BAE and threats from... more
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2008/06/08
ECAs: Euler Hermes Deutschland AG
Issue: Aircraft, Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
Member: FERN, urgewald
(June 4, 2008) While the threat of climate change and the urgent need for action become ever clearer, air transport and other polluting industries are expanding on a massive scale. Supposed green pioneers such as Germany are supporting the trade with public money it hands out through its...
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2008/06/08
(The Corner House, Dorset, 11 June 2008) The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has appealed against the High Court's judgment that it acted unlawfully in terminating a corruption investigation into arms deals between BAE Systems and Saudi Arabia. The appeal will take place at the House of Lords on Monday... more
2008/06/07
(ECA Watch, 30 June 2008) Recent fraud investigations and convictions in ECA cases raise questions about the committment of OECD export credit agencies to due diligence in their monitoring of compliance with their own anti-bribery standards.
2008/06/04
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) US Ex-Im, Kexim and SACE, as well as a commercial bank consortium of Société Générale, BBVA, Calyon, Sumitomo, ING, Mizuho, and Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, are providing loans of some $2.25 billion for... more
2008/06/03
On May 30, 2008, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), agreed to investigate a compliance review request and a problem solving request presented by the Ayllu Machaca People over the San Bartolome Mining project in Potosí, Bolivia.
2008/06/02
(Friends of the Earth Japan, Tokyo, 16 June 2008) Environmental organizations today condemned the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and four private banks' June 16 decision to provide approximately 5.3 billion dollars in financing for the problematic Sakhalin II oil and gas project in... more