The Netherlands’ top shipbuilder, Damen Shipyards, has had its offices raided by authorities in regards to a foreign bribery case. Documents were seized but no arrests made.
Last March, Damen was debarred by the Word Bank for 18 months after a probe by the bank revealed the shipbuilder had acted fraudulently when it failed to disclose an agent and the commission paid to the agent in the tender to supply a fisheries patrol boat under the West Africa Regional Fisheries Programme.