Honduras: Berta Cáceres' family requests investigation against FMO alleging that it would have "ignored warnings of possible bribery and fraud while providing millions of dollars"
"Family of slain Honduran activist seeks criminal probe into Dutch lender", 28 June 2022
...The family of a murdered Honduran activist filed a petition with prosecutors in the Netherlands on Tuesday to urge a criminal probe into a Dutch development bank that financed a Honduran infrastructure project linked to her killing...
The 138-page petition, prepared by the Amsterdam-based Global Justice Association, argues that bank FMO ignored warnings of potential graft and fraud while providing millions of dollars to the project.
FMO did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The bank has said it conducted environmental studies and consulted the local community, then exited the project after Caceres' killing. FMO also says it has since improved its human rights policies.
The Dutch public prosecutors' office did not respond immediately to a request for comment.
Caceres' family wants prosecutors to investigate whether FMO violated anti-money laundering and other financial laws, and whether it could be held liable for complicity in violence surrounding the project, including Caceres' murder...