Eat Dole bananas or the terrorists win

[Idaho]

... really

http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/14/news/companies/chiquita/index.htm

Chiquita Brands International entered a plea agreement with federal authorities on charges that it engaged in transactions with a terrorist organization.

The company agreed to pay a $25 million fine regarding the investigation of protection payments made by the company's former banana-producing subsidiary in Colombia.

Federal authorities charged banana giant Chiquita with ties to a terrorist organization.

"In 2003, Chiquita voluntarily disclosed to the Department of Justice that its former banana-producing subsidiary had been forced to make payments to right- and left-wing paramilitary groups in Colombia to protect the lives of its employees," Fernando Aguirre, chairman and chief executive officer, said in a statement.

 

[Ace]

Not sure I believe their rationale, but I sure don't want to say anything negative about the fine Chiquita folks.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

As long as nobody inside the company leaks voicemails to you, you're probably OK.

Probably.