lesotho: Acres' reputation at risk in African bribery trial

Acres International Ltd., one of the great names in Canadian engineering, is nearing the end of a criminal trial in an impoverished African kingdom on charges that could stain its reputation. Acres is accused of bribing the former head of one of Africa's biggest public projects, a system of dams and tunnels to divert water from Lesotho's mountains to thirsty South African cities and generate electricity in the process. Acres maintains it is innocent of bribery.