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The DOJ filed a complaint Tuesday for the civil forfeiture of $34 million — the value of shares in a Canadian energy company used to bribe Chad’s former ambassador to the United States and Canada to influence the award of oil development rights.… Continue Reading
Chad’s former ambassador to Canada who was named in the Griffiths Energy bribery case has been fired from his current diplomatic post in South Africa.
Last week a judge ordered Griffiths to pay a C$10.35 million for bribing the wife of Mahamoud Adam Bechir in 2009.… Continue Reading
A Canadian oil and gas company that self reported illegal payments to officials in Africa has been charged under Canada’s Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act.
Calgary-based Griffiths Energy International Inc.… Continue Reading