Argentina Withdraws International Arrest Warrants for IBM Employees

On August 23, 2000, the media reported that an Argentine judge has annulled international arrest warrants issued in 1998 for two United States nationals who are executives for I.B.M. The Argentine investigators have sought the two U.S. nationals, Steve Lew and Peter Rowley, to obtain evidence for an investigation in which investigators claim some $30 million in bribes were paid for a government contract. Already, the Argentine Government has invested significant resources in a 1994 corruption probe, in which many persons have been convicted and significant revelations have occurred about the extent of corruption in the award of government contracts...[more]