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06/14/2004:

"Oil giant Shell admits it fuels Nigeria violence"

By Dino Mahtani in Lagos
June 14, 2004, www.smh.com.au

The behaviour of Royal Dutch/Shell in Nigeria is often indirectly responsible for a vicious cycle of violence and corruption that results in the theft of its crude oil, a leaked report funded by the oil giant says.

An increase in crime in the poverty-stricken Niger Delta could force Shell out of onshore production in Africa's largest oil producer by 2008, the WAC Global Services report said. Full Article