Suntory Global Spirits controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2020
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation
Beam Suntory agreed to pay a criminal penalty of $19,572,885 and entered a three-year deferred prosecution agreement to resolve a U.S. investigation involving alleged bribery of an Indian government official and related books-and-records and internal-controls violations.
2019
Jim Beam Brands fined over warehouse fire and river pollution
Fine or penalty
Kentucky's environmental agency fined Jim Beam Brands Co. $600,000 over a July warehouse fire that caused bourbon to spill into the Kentucky River and killed fish in the Kentucky and Ohio rivers. Jim Beam agreed to the fine in a Dec. 6 order and will reimburse the agency $112,000 for its costs.
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Jim Beam agreed to the fine in a Dec. 6 order from the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, and it will also reimburse the state agency $112,000 for its costs.
Jim Beam Brands Co. was fined $600,000 by Kentucky's environmental agency this month for a July warehouse fire that caused bourbon to spill into the Kentucky River, killing fish there and in the Ohio River.