Tuesday, October 29, 2013

NAT GEO Under Investigation for Bribery

Reports have surfaced that US Government investigators are looking into whether National Geographic's business relationships with former Egyptian Antiquities Pharaoh Zahi Hawass violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.  CPO first raised questions about this business relationship back in 2011.  In CPO's opinion there needs to be far more scrutiny of such relationships between foreign cultural bureaucrats and US archaeologists and their related organizations.  As it is, there is virtually none at this time.
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2 comments:

  1. Voz EarlOctober 29, 2013 at 11:01 PM

    Do you consider NAT GEO an archaeological organization?

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  2. Cultural Property ObserverOctober 30, 2013 at 2:32 AM

    It's certainly one of the things they do. They have sponsored digs since the beginning, Perhaps, its an archaeological organization plus....

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