Case Study
Cambodia
Australia
Associated commodity
Associated crime
Source
Australian mining company investigated for foreign bribery in Cambodia

In 2023, an Australian mining company, Oz Minerals, which was being investigated by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) over alleged foreign bribery, agreed to confiscation orders to the value of at least AUD$9.3 million. Oz Minerals Ltd self-reported to the AFP that employees of Oxiana (Cambodia) Limited, a foreign subsidiary of Oxiana Limited that later became a part of the Oz Minerals group, may have bribed foreign officials to obtain gold and copper mining rights in Cambodia between November 2006 and October 2009. The company agreed to a payment of a pecuniary penalty of AUD$3.65 million and forfeiture of AUD$5.71 million received by the company pursuant to the sale agreement.

Keywords
Southeast Asia And Pacific, Cambodia, Australia, Minerals, Mining, Gold, Corruption & Bribery, Commodity Supply