For $100,000, the consultant, Cynthia Vanier, wrote a five-page report condemning the NATO-led bombing campaign against Colonel Qaddafi’s forces. She wound up in a Mexican jail, charged with trying to smuggle the dictator’s son into that country, and remained there for 18 months. It was among a series of episodes that exposed widespread corruption at SNC-Lavalin, led to the firing of its top executives (several of whom were arrested) and raised questions about the survival of the company. Now, of course, SNC-Lavalin’s time with the Qaddafi family is at the heart of a political mess confronting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau just eight months before a federal election.

Source: New York Times February 16, 2019 03:00 UTC