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Canada leads the world in companies and individuals that have been banned by the World Bank from contributing to international aid and infrastructure projects. Of the 608 companies and individuals listed on the World Bank's just-released blacklist for fraudulent or corrupt conduct, 119 are Canadian companies. But engineering firm SNC-Lavalin and its subsidiaries, many of which are registered outside Canada, comprise 16 per cent of the total. The World Bank bans companies from participating in aid and development contracts if they "have been sanctioned under the Bank's fraud and corruption policy." The number of companies included on that list soared in 2013, rising from only 65 banned entities on last year's list, according to the South China Morning Post. The World Bank says about $40 billion of the roughly $200 billion it has given out since 2008 has been stolen. Companies with head offices listed in Canada, which does not include overseas subsidiaries, comprise 119 names on the World Bank list, the most of any country. The U.S. is second with 44 debarred firms, Indonesia third with 43 and Britain close behind with 40. The grounds for getting blacklisted vary, but usually include some manner of bribery, fraud, collusion, coercion or obstruction either in bidding for contracts or in carrying them out. More Economic news: http://hendrengroup.biz/blog/ https://www.facebook.com/hendrenglobalgroup?ref=hl http://hendrengrp.livejournal.com/

Canada leads the world in companies and individuals that have been banned by the World Bank from contributing to international aid and infrastructure projects. Of the 608 companies and individuals listed on the World Bank's just-released blacklist for fraudulent or corrupt conduct, 119 are Canadian companies. But engineering firm SNC-Lavalin and its subsidiaries, many of which are registered outside Canada, comprise 16 per cent of the total. The World Bank bans companies from participating in aid and development contracts if they "have been sanctioned under the Bank's fraud and corruption policy." The number of companies included on that list soared in 2013, rising from only 65 banned entities on last year's list, according to the South China Morning Post. The World Bank says about $40 billion of the roughly $200 billion it has given out since 2008 has been stolen. Companies with head offices listed in Canada, which does not include overseas subsidiaries, comprise 119 names on the World Bank list, the most of any country. The U.S. is second with 44 debarred firms, Indonesia third with 43 and Britain close behind with 40. The grounds for getting blacklisted vary, but usually include some manner of bribery, fraud, collusion, coercion or obstruction either in bidding for contracts or in carrying them out. More Economic News: http://www.good.is/posts/canada-leads-world-bank-blacklist-of-fraudulent-companies-thanks-to-snc-lavalin http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1042164