on Tuesday 23. august started the appeal in the Borgarting court of appeal against four former Yara International-tops. The four is the former president and ceo Thorleif Enger and the former executive directors Tor Holba, Ken Wallace and Daniel Clauw. They are indicted for bribery in connection with the negotiations in India and Libya. All four refuse straffskyld. They were convicted in Oslo district court, but appealed, and the judgment is therefore not final and enforceable. French Clauw was only sentenced for the relationship relating to the negotiations in India.
in the Spring of 2011 started the Økokrim investigation of Yara, one of the world’s largest gjødselselskaper. The Norwegian state owns 36 per cent of the shares in Yara. The background for Økokrims investigation were suspicions that Yara had paid bribes in connection with the negotiations for a plant in Libya. Parallel put Yara-the board of directors started a private investigation in the direction of the attorney firm Wiersholm. Auditors concluded in the summer of 2012 that it was paid large sums of money in “unacceptable payments” from Yaras subsidiary in Switzerland to råvareleverandører in Eastern Europe.
Økokrim-the investigation ended with Yara in 2014 acknowledged three cases of gross corruption and adopted a fine of 295 million kroner – the largest foretaksbot in Norway.
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