Irish fruit firm Fyffes and U.S. rival Chiquita agree to combine, creating the world's largest banana company in an all-stock deal valued at about $1.07 billion.

A specialized court in Antioquia, Colombia, sentences seven former Chiquita executives to 135 months in prison and fines them COP$13.876 billion (US$3.4 million) for financing the now-defunct AUC paramilitary group.
2025-07-23

German police announce that they found 95 kg of cocaine worth €7 million ($7.8 million) hidden inside banana crates in supermarkets across North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
2024-09-23

After 17 years of litigation, Chiquita Brands International is found liable by a jury in United States Federal Court of financing the far-right paramilitary death squad United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia in the Antioquia and Magdalena Departments of Colombia. [https:--earthrights.org-media_release-colombian-victims-win-historic-verdict-over-chiquita-jury-finds-banana-company-liable-for-financing-death-squads- (EarthRights International)]Right-wing paramilitarism in Colombia
2024-06-10

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Irish fruit firm Fyffes and U.S. rival Chiquita agree to combine, creating the world's largest banana company in an all-stock deal valued at about $1.07 billion.

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