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• Sept. 5 - Major Washington Lobbyist Sentenced to Four Years in Prison.   Jack Abramoff (pictured), the powerhouse Washington DC lobbyist who admitted running a wide-ranging corruption scheme that ensnared lawmakers, their aides and government officials, received a reduced sentence of four years in prison because of his cooperation with federal investigators, The Washington Post reported.  More than a dozen people have been convicted in the Abramoff trial, which has contributed to a decline in public trust of the American government.
  
  
• Sept. 4 - Sustainable Investment In the Netherlands Has Increased Eight-Fold.  The Responsible Investor reported that Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) assets under management in the Dutch market have increased by a massive 816% in just two years, according to a Dutch sustainable investment organization.  Increased interest is suggested to be due to a heightened sensitivity to Dutch pension funds alleged to have invested in companies that pollute heavily, are involved in child labor or produce controversial weapons like landmines or cluster bombs.
  
  
• Sept. 4 - Ex-Exec at KBR Pleads Guilty to Paying Over $180M in Bribes to Nigeria.  Albert J. Stanley, a former executive with a Halliburton subsidiary KBR, pleaded guilty to paying two consulting companies over $180 million dollars to be used to pay bribes to Nigerian officials in return for contracts to build a $6 billion liquefied natural gas complex, The New York Times reported.  Mr. Stanley also admitted that he had received $10.8 million in kickbacks from a consultant he had hired.
  

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