Dutch development bank is financing land theft, intimidation: Trouw

Dutch development bank FMO is financing projects in which land theft, intimidation and even murder come on board, Trouw reported on Tuesday. The bank, set up to stimulate economic growth in developing countries, is not doing enough to investigate the projects it supports, the paper’s researchers said. They claim at least seven projects financed by the FMO, or in which the FMO has a stake, have problems. FMO is involved in financing almost 800 projects worldwide. For example, FMO helped...