The public prosecution
department wants to see former SBM Offshore workers prosecuted for their role
in the recent bribery scandal, the department’s chief Marianne Blos told the
NRC newspaper.
Yesterday the
department announced that the marine services company had agreed to pay $240m
in an out of court settlement on bribery and corruption charges. The deal is
made up of a $40m fine and a penalty of $200m for financial gain and focuses on
corrupt deals made in Brazil, Angola and Equatorial Guinea.
Because the workers
involved are not in the Netherlands, they will have to be pursued through the
local courts in the countries concerned.
Blos said the Netherlands
is in talks with various countries to ensure this is ‘organised’, the paper
reported. Less than a handful of former workers is involved but their number
does include ‘people whom SBM Offshore has taken disciplinary measures
against’.
The prosecution of
staff coupled with the record fine would send out a ‘very powerful signal’,
Blos said.
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