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Australia’s Westpac Bank Apologizes for Money Laundering, Links to Child Abuse Funds

Westpac Banking Corp.’s board stood behind its management team on Friday, offering embattled chief executive Brian Hartzer some respite from mounting criticism over allegations of a breach of money-laundering laws, including failing to detect payments linked to child abuse. Chairman …

Public Consultation Launched to Help Set Global Standards for Tailings Dams

A six-week public consultation launched [in London] on Friday will help set global standards to improve mining safety, aiming to prevent any repeat of the Vale tailings dam disaster in Brazil that killed 300 people in January. Tailings dams are …

Vale’s ‘Negligence’ May Have Cost Lives, Says Brazil Mining Regulator

Brazil’s mining regulator on Tuesday blasted iron ore miner Vale SA for failing to disclose problems with a mining dam before a deadly collapse in January, saying this kept the agency from taking actions that could have saved lives. The …

Vale CEO Received Emailed Warning Ahead of Brazil Dam Collapse: Report

The former chief executive of Brazilian iron ore miner Vale received an anonymous email weeks before the deadly collapse of a tailings dam at Brumadinho in January 2019 warning about “dams at their limit,” according to the findings of an …

Brazil Police Accuse Mining Firm Vale, Auditor of Fraud Related to Deadly Dam Collapse

Brazilian federal police proposed criminal charges against Vale SA, auditor TÜV SÜD and 13 of their employees, alleging fraud in relation to a deadly dam collapse in January, according to a document seen by Reuters on Friday. Federal police accused …

Atlantia CEO Resigns 13 Months After Fatal Genoa Bridge Collapse

Atlantia SpA Chief Executive Officer Giovanni Castellucci resigned as leader of the Benetton family infrastructure unit, 13 months after a fatal bridge collapse in Genoa sparked an investigation into maintenance practices. Castellucci, who spearheaded Atlantia’s transformation into the world’s biggest …

Probe into Deadly Genoa Bridge Collapse Reveals Falsified Safety Reports: Police

The long-standing head of Italian infrastructure group Atlantia is ready to step down as a probe into a deadly bridge collapse snowballs, prompting its top shareholder, the Benetton family, to pull support, sources said on Monday. Giovanni Castellucci, who masterminded …

How VW Emissions Scandal Hurt Other German Car Makers’ Reputations and Profits

The fallout from Volkswagen’s 2015 emissions scandal cost other German car makers billions of dollars in sales, according to new research from Notre Dame University. In 2015, Volkswagen was exposed for bypassing U.S. emissions standards by equipping their diesel-engine cars …

Mining Firm Vale Must Fix All Damages from Deadly Dam Collapse: Brazil Court

A Brazilian state judge on Tuesday convicted mining company Vale SA for damages caused by the deadly rupture of a tailings dam in January that killed at least 240 people. Judge Elton Pupo Nogueira ruled that Vale is responsible for …

British Hacker Gets 4 Years in Jail for TalkTalk Data Breach

A British man who hacked TalkTalk Telecom Group Plc, blackmailed executives and offered to supply customer data has been jailed for four years. Daniel Kelley, 22, was sentenced after pleading guilty to 11 charges of hacking and blackmailing TalkTalk, London …