Sabotage
Sabotage is Big Alcohol's deliberate actions to damage and obstruct people's access to public goods. This Dubious Five strategy comprises calculated actions to break and undermine society's rules, laws, and regulations. This strategy also includes willful activity that jeopardizes people's access to essential resources such as water and basic food. And it includes Big Alcohol's deliberate activities to damage or disrupt the proper functioning of society's institutions, preventing them from addressing alcohol-related harm in the public interest. Examples of this strategy include corruption, bribery, tax evasion and avoidance, price-fixing cartels, violations of alcohol marketing rules, and other unethical practices, such as depleting scarce drinking water.
Latest cases of Sabotage
Alcohol Industry Group Asobares Pushes for Expanded Late-Night Service Despite Rising Violence
Bogotá’s nightlife is under renewed scrutiny as a series of violent incidents have drawn attention to what happens in the city’s bars ...
Heineken, Heineken Mexico Heineken’s Yucatán Brewery – A Threat to Water, Rights, and Communities
Heineken is pushing ahead with a massive new brewery in Kanasín, Yucatán – a project that symbolizes how Big Alcohol drains communities ...
AB InBev AB InBev Facing Fraud Probe in South Korea Over Alleged Tax Evasion and Shell Company Scheme
AB InBev, the world’s largest beer producer, is facing serious allegations of misconduct – this time in South Korea. Its local ...
Heineken Rule‑Breaking Brewer – Heineken Slammed by African Regulator and European Court
In the first four months of 2025, Heineken has already been caught flouting competition laws in two major jurisdictions – fined ...
AB InBev AB InBev’s Mexican Footprint: Exploiting Water, Dodging Accountability
Grupo Modelo – owned by global giant AB InBev – is draining Hidalgo dry. While the company boasts of its “sustainability” efforts, ...
Cuervo, Diageo, Pernod Ricard Water Crisis in Oaxaca – Mezcal Production Leaves Local Communities Without Access
The massive production of mezcal in Oaxaca, Mexico, primarily targeting international markets, has precipitated a severe water crisis in ...
AB InBev, Ambev “Work similar to slavery” – Ambev Caught Exploiting Workers again
The Brazilian Ministry of Labor has exposed Ambev, a company controlled by AB Inbev, for subjecting workers to conditions akin to modern ...
AB InBev, Grupo Modelo Beer Over People – How AB InBev Drains Mexico’s Water
Mexico’s water crisis isn’t just about climate change – it’s about corporate greed. While communities face severe droughts and ...
AB InBev, Heineken Beer at What Cost? How Heineken and AB InBev Exploit Mexican Communities
The brewing giants Heineken and Grupo Modelo (controlled by AB InBev) are driving down barley prices for farmers in Mexico’s Altiplano ...
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Deception
Manipulation
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