Dutch companies linked to human rights abuses in Angola: report
NL TimesDredging company Van Oord, ING Bank and credit insurer Atradius were all involved in an urban development project in Angola in which 3 thousand families were forcibly driven out of their homes to make from for the project, Trouw and Financieele Dagblad report based on leaked documents. Van Oord collaborated on the project in the Angolan the capital of Luanda with Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of the former president of Angola around whom stories of corruption have been circulating for years. Experts Trouw gave access to the confidential documents told the newspaper that Van Oord, Atradius and ING did too little research before joining the project and should have done more to prevent corrupt payments to Dos Santos via her company. Van Oord told the newspaper in a reaction that the company did not know about the land seizures at Areia Branca in Luanda and denies that too high costs were claimed for the project.
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