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Nigerian Shell employees orchestrated oil spills for own profit – Dutch TV

Nigerian Shell employees orchestrated oil spills for own profit – Dutch TV

BART H MEIJER and ANTHONY DEUTSCH EMPLOYEES at Royal Dutch Shell's Nigerian joint venture orchestrated damage to oil pipelines to profit from the money spent on clean-up operations, Dutch investigative TV programme Zembla has reported. Employees of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) recruited local youth to sabotage the pipelines and then hired them back as workers to clean up the mess, the report said, citing research by Dutch environmental group Milieudefensie. Shell's SPDC said it investigates all credible reports of misconduct and takes action where needed. "As of now, we are not aware of any staff or contractor…
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