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Jóhannes Stefánsson
Jóhannes Stefánsson (born 1973) is a former Director of Operations in Namibia for Icelandic fishing company Samherji and a whistleblower known as the source of the Fishrot Files (), which included thousands of the company's documents, emails and other files. The files and Jóhannes' testimony allegedly show that the company paid hundreds of millions to The Fishrot Six, senior officials in Namibia to get the country's fishing quota and have led to high profile resignations and arrests in at least 27 countries. Career Jóhannes worked as a fisherman for ten years before taking more managerial positions at a fish factory. He worked his way to foreman, and then started traveling the world looking for opportunities for Samherji in 2007. In 2011 he came to Namibia where foreign companies weren't allowed to bid on fishing quotes, but local bidders could resell their rights. Samherji sent him to Walvis Bay in Namibia to sign deals and manage the business. Jóhannes says he helped Samh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fishrot Files
On 12 November 2019, WikiLeaks began publishing what it called the Fishrot Files (), a collection of thousands of documents and email communication by employees of one of Iceland's largest fish industry companies, Samherji, that indicated that the company had paid hundreds of millions ISK to high ranking politicians and officials in Namibia with the objective of acquiring the country's coveted fishing quota. That same day, Jóhannes Stefánsson, the former general manager of Samherji in Namibia and a whistleblower working with anti-corruption authorities in Namibia, and other countries, stated on the investigative TV-program Kveikur on RÚV that Samherji's CEO and biggest shareholder, Þorsteinn Már Baldvinsson, authorized the bribe payments. The scandal also reached Norway when it was revealed that its biggest bank, Den Norske Bank, was involved in transferring money used in the alleged bribes. On 15 November 2019, Fréttablaðið published a story about an email exchange bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |