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OTTAWA andTORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 10, 2010) - A coalition of Canadian non-governmental groups todayfiled a memo with the RCMP asking it to investigate Calgary-based BlackfireExploration Ltd. and its Mexican subsidiary under the
Corruption of ForeignPublic Officials Act. Blackfire had submitted documentation of its paymentsto the mayor of Chicomuselo in the state of Chiapas, Mexico to the stateCongress in June, 2009. These documents are now in the hands of the RCMP.Bribing a foreign public official is illegal under the rarely-used Act, one ofthe few Canadian laws that applies internationally. Under this Act any personfound guilty could face up to five years in jail.
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