Esja Investment (Pty) Limited, owned by the Icelandic company Samherji HF through its subsidiary company in Cyprus, Esja Fishing, which also owned Esja Seafood in Namibia, has offered to pay severance packages to the 23 former fishermen. The fishermen previously worked on the Heinaste vessel, before their employment was abruptly terminated in December 2018. Following...
Das Fischereiunternehmen Samherji steht im Mittelpunkt des Fishrot-Korruptionsskandals; © Gestur Gislason/iStock Der von der isländischen Regierung genehmigte Zuschuss für Klimaprojekte des in den namibischen Fishrot-Skandal verwickelten Unternehmens Samherji ist kein allgemeines Statement zum Geschäftsgebaren in Namibia. Dies teilte das Büro der isländischen Premierministerin in einem Schreiben gegenüber PDM-Oppositionsführer McHenry Venaani mit. Vielmehr wolle das dafür...
A local analyst and an official from Transparency International have criticised a recent decision by Iceland’s Energy Fund to grant fishing and fish-processing company Samherji a subsidy of 100 million Icelandic krona (about N$13 million). Samherji, which is tied to the ‘Fishrot’ fishing quota corruption scandal in Namibia, is reported to have received the grant...