Latin American troubles pile up for Smurfit Kappa
The state of Venezuela has seized one of the packaging company’s factories, while it’s also at loggerheads with environmentalists and trade unions in Colombia
Last week, through its official website, the state of Venezuela announced it had seized a plant belonging to Smurfit Kappa and detained two of its employees.
The charges – when translated from Spanish to English – are “speculation, boycott, extracting contraband, as well as corruption between individuals and non-compliance with formalities, relating to price remarking; as well as selling or offering goods or services at prices higher than those determined in the Organic ...