Archives: Incidents
| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/11/2010 | Noble Corporation | Noble charged on paying approximately $74,000 to a Nigerian freight forwarding agent, acknowledged that certain employees knew that some of the payments would be passed on as bribes to Nigerian customs officials, and admitted that the company falsely recorded the bribe payments as legitimate business expenses in its corporate books, records and accounts. Criminal penalty - $2.59 million. | Nigeria | US Department of Justice | Bribing & Corruption | |
| 04/11/2010 | Pride International | Pride paid a total of approximately $800,000 in bribes directly and indirectly to government officials in Venezuela, India and Mexico. The bribes were paid to extend drilling contracts for three rigs operating offshore in Venezuela; to secure a favorable administrative judicial decision relating to a customs dispute for a rig imported into India; and to avoid the payment of customs duties and penalties relating to a rig and equipment operating in Mexico. Criminal penalty - $32.625 million. | Venezuela, India and Mexico | US Department of Justice | Bribing & Corruption | |
| 04/11/2010 | Tidewater | Tidewater Marine charged with paying approximately $160,000 in bribes paid through its employees and agents to tax inspectors in Azerbaijan to improperly secure favorable tax assessments, and paying approximately $1.6 million in bribes through Panalpina to Nigerian customs officials to induce the officials to disregard Nigerian customs regulations relating to the importation of vessels into Nigerian waters. Criminal penalty - $7.35 million. | Azerbaijan & Nigeria | US Department of Justice | Bribing & Corruption | |
| 04/11/2010 | Transocean | Transocean charged with paying approximately $90,000 in bribes to Nigerian customs officials to circumvent Nigerian customs regulations. Criminal penalty - $13.44 million. | Nigeria | US Department of Justice | Bribing & Corruption | |
| 04/11/2010 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Shell subsidiary (SNEPCO) charged on paying approximately $2 million to its subcontractors with the knowledge that some or all of the money would be paid as bribes to Nigerian customs officials by a freight forwarding company to import materials and equipment into Nigeria. Criminal penalty - $30 million. | Nigeria | US Department of Justice | Bribing & Corruption | |
| 04/11/2010 | Panalpina | Panalpina pleads guilty on engaging in a scheme to pay bribes to numerous foreign officials on behalf of many of its customers in the oil and gas industry between 2002 and 2007. It paid thousands of bribes totaling at least $27 million to foreign officials in at least seven countries, including Angola, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Russia and Turkmenistan. Criminal penalty - $70.56 million. | Fresno 52, Villas de Sopeña, 36119 Silao, Gto., Mexico | US Department of Justice | Bribing & Corruption | |
| 31/08/2012 - 01/05/2012 | Tianjin Samsung Mobile Display (TSMD) (Part Of Tianjin Central Electronic Information Group, Ltd.) (Supplier Of Nokia) (Supplier Of Lenovo) (Supplier Of Microsoft) (Supplier Of Apple) (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) (Supplier Of K-Touch) (Part Of Samsung) | Labor violations at SDI Mobile factory (3500 workers) producing mobile displays: workers reach up to 186 hours of overtime during peak season; overtime is forced; serious gender and age discrimination; insulting and beating up of workers; hiring workers under 18 years of age; some workers receive wages below the legal minimum. | Xiqing, Tianjin, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Beatings & Violence, Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage | |
| 31/08/2012 - 01/05/2012 | Intops (Tianjin) Electronics Co., Ltd. (Supplier Of Samsung) | Legal violations at factory (about 1200 workers) manufacturing cell phone casings: about 100 hours/month of overtime during low season; about 150 hours/month during peak season; low base wage (1310 RMB - $206); workers dependent on overtime in order to make a living wage; no protective masks for workers in contact with printing fumes; physical pat downs from security guards; verbal abuse. | Jinnan, Tianjin, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Beatings & Violence, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard | |
| 31/08/2012 - 01/05/2012 | Tianjin Chaarmtech (Crucial) Electronic Co., Ltd. (Supplier Of Samsung) | Violations at factory (about 900 workers) producing cell phone casings and other parts: 120 hours or more mandatory overtime/month; work 28 days/month; 11 hour daily shifts; low base salary (1310 RMB - $206); workers dependent on overtime in order to make a living wage; workers must always stand while working. | Xiqing, Tianjin, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Unpaid Insurance | |
| 31/08/2011 - 01/07/2011 | Zhejiang Cathaya Clothing Pty Ltd. (Supplier Of American Eagle Outfitters) | 12 hour daily shifts; 6 days/week; some workers even work 15 - 16 hours a day; overtime is necessary for 300 workers to support themselves at clothing factory. | Zhejiang, China | China Labor Watch | Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage |