Legal proceedings against Damen Shipyards commence | SWZ
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In May this year, the Dutch Public Prosecution announced it would be prosecuting Damen Shipyards and Damen Naval for bribery, forgery and money laundering.

In May this year, the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM) announced it would be prosecuting Damen Shipyards Gorinchem and Damen Naval Shipyards for bribery, forgery, money laundering and sanctions violations. The trial is starting today, 24 November.(…)

The Dutch government feels the company is of ‘national strategic importance’ as it builds naval vessels for the Netherlands and other NATO countries.

Here the Shipyards official response: “(…) the suspicions of the Public Prosecution Service are unfounded”