Deal #3907

Lao PDR
Created at
2013-07-18
Last update
2022-03-15
Last full update
2022-03-15

Overall comment

Overall comment
The previous CEO of Outspan reportedly gave a luxury vehicle and paid a large amount of money under the table to Lao government officials, who acted as land brokers for the company and helped to get operations started. However, they later found it difficult to resolve problems with villagers [ Ian G. Baird, 2019].