Two former executives for the oil company, Lundin Oil, have been charged by public prosecutors in Swedish court for their involvement in war crimes in Sudan between 1999 and 2003. Both claim they are innocent. The World’s Marco Werman talks with Eric Reeves, an author and lecturer on Sudan who helped document oil companies’ activities in Sudan during the time period in question.
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