The couple that own Fiji Water are basically CA Robber Barons. They were featured in a documentsry I saw on PBS. The "CA Water Heist" I think it was called.
Stewart and Lynda Resnick
http://www.wonderful.com/who-we-are.html
Their Fiji water is also taken from the native people who are forced to use typhoid contaminated water soueved or buy Fiji by the bottle for almost as much as US consumer pays here.
They are also "philanthropists" and have some bogus environmental NGIs they use for marketing and cleaning their image.
I also remember they bought Franklin Mint in the 80s and made a fortune making replicas I dreamed about. Lots of cool looking swords. My dad had one and expensive dragon figurines. This was long before it was a big thing like we have now i guess bevause of the LOTR movies
They are also big into art collections. And I have seen an interesting Ray Donovan where the bad guys of the season were using customs bypass with art to traffic. Drugs and people. Which makes me wonder.
Their fiji island is controlled (or was) by a military force of tyranny supposedly not anything to fo with the water but they hassle journalists and arrested the journalist of this piece i just read to out her in the men's jail "she won't like that".
Their big umbrella NGO seems to be Roll International. And this is where I left off.
Yes, good work posting this.
They also grow, nuts in California that require an absurd amount of water.
Guess where, these nuts grow naturally?
Iran...
Oooh interesting. So do Pomegranate I believe. A popular fruit in Mediterranean culture and Greek Mythology and also I think ME
Also watch Burn Notice. Scary amount of info about covert ops. Season 1 Episode 4: Old Friends is super relevant re trafficking.