Cases / Law, regulation and treaties · Indonesia · 2005
Monsanto faces US bribery charge over Indonesian environmental review
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The US Justice Department announced in January 2005 a bribery charge against Monsanto over payments in Indonesia to have an environmental impact assessment requirement removed. At stake is whether a required environmental review can be bypassed by payment.
What?
The US Department of Justice charged Monsanto with bribery in Indonesia to have an environmental impact assessment requirement removed. US Department of Justice
Where?
Indonesia US Department of Justice
When?
Charge announced January 2005 US Department of Justice
Who?
Gained
- Monsanto — Removal of an environmental impact assessment requirement in Indonesia, as charged US Department of Justice
Lost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Payments in Indonesia, as charged, to have the EIA requirement removed US Department of Justice
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What happened
The record, in order.
The US Department of Justice announced a bribery charge against Monsanto in January 2005, according to its press release. The charge concerned payments in Indonesia made to have an environmental impact assessment (EIA) requirement removed.
The press release is the only source reviewed for the charge.
In court and with insurers
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Lawsuits and rulings
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Insurers
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What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: the Indonesian officials or agencies that received the payments are not named in the sources reviewed.
- None on record The outcome of the US charge, including any penalty, is not stated in the sources reviewed.
- Unclear Whether the EIA requirement was removed is not confirmed in the sources reviewed.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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Press and investigations
- Monsanto's bribery charge (Indonesia)US Department of Justice · 2005-01
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