Chiquita admits to paying off terrorists

Highlights from a Reuters article called: Chiquita sells unit, fed probe ongoing:

Chiquita Brands International Inc. (CQB.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , which is being probed by the U.S. government for payments its Colombian business made to right-wing gunmen, said on Friday it will sell the unit to a Colombian banana producer for about $51.5 million. [...]

In April 2003, Chiquita's management and audit committee voluntarily disclosed to the DOJ that its Colombian unit had been forced to make "protection" payments. The payments went to certain Columbian groups that have been designated as terrorist organizations under U.S. law, the company said.

 

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