AWB Limited controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2007
Alleged breach of US sanctions involving Iran
Reports alleged that AWB's US subsidiary attempted to pay an Iranian transport company approximately US$1 million in circumstances that could breach United States sanctions. The allegation added to scrutiny of AWB's compliance systems after the Iraq scandal.
2005
Oil-for-Food kickback scandal
AWB was accused of paying approximately A$290 million in transportation fees through Alia, with the money ultimately benefiting Saddam Hussein's Iraqi government during the United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme. Australia's Cole Inquiry later found that AWB knowingly entered the arrangement to retain Iraqi business. The affair led to executive resignations, investigations, civil proceedings, regulatory criticism and renewed opposition to the wheat single desk.