Monsanto schikt voor omkoping: $1.5 mln

"Jakarta, Indonesia - In early January, U.S. government prosecutors nabbed a big company in an unusual corruption case. Agricultural and biotechnology giant Monsanto Co. agreed to pay $1.5 million (Euro 1.2 million) to settle charges of bribing Indonesian government officials. In seeking permission to sell genetically modified seed, Monsanto made $750,000 in payoffs to officials during a six-year period, according to a January complaint filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The filing cited gifts including golf memberships, luxury travel and money to buy land.
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1,2 miljoen Euro schikingsbedrag inzake aanklachten omkoping van Indonesische overheidsfunctionarissen. Teneinde toestemming voor ggo-zaden te verkrijgen, besteedde Monsanto $750 duizend aan smeergelden over een periode van zes jaar, aldus de aanklacht.

In early january 2005, the SEC filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colombia charging Monsanto with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. It stated that between 1997 and 2002 Monsanto failed to record, or inaccurately recorded, about $700,000 in 'illicit payments to at least 140 current and former Indonesian government officials and their family members.' That's in addition to the $50,000 bribe, which the complaint detailed at length."

De US aanklacht, bij het Colombia gerechtshof, verluidde dat er $700 duizend niet (goed) geadministreerd was en daarboven $50 duizend waarover gedetailleerde info bekend was.