http://www.reuters.com/ article/2012/08/21/us-cuba- corruption-nickel- idUSBRE87K0YG20120821
President Raul Castro's campaign to root out governmental corruption...netted 12 top officials.
3 ex-ministers and 9 nickel industry execs were sentenced to long prison terms...between 6-12 years.
Nickel is Cuba's 3rd largest source of hard currency...with 30% of the world's reserves...and also holds 10% of the world's cobalt.
Several foreign companies on the isla have been shuttered from corruption probes...with executives detained...and even jailed.
President Raul Castro's campaign to root out governmental corruption...netted 12 top officials.
3 ex-ministers and 9 nickel industry execs were sentenced to long prison terms...between 6-12 years.
Nickel is Cuba's 3rd largest source of hard currency...with 30% of the world's reserves...and also holds 10% of the world's cobalt.
Several foreign companies on the isla have been shuttered from corruption probes...with executives detained...and even jailed.