On the eve of SOE implementation, more details of massive fraud have been unearthed in Europe, leading to an indictment for organic grain exporters.  Along with organic grain exporter Hakan Agro DMCC, several Turkish individuals have been implicated in a conspiracy to sell conventional corn and soybeans as organic.

Turkish businessman Hakan Bahçeci died in 2020, but he was at the center of the elaborate scheme that sought to source conventional corn and soybeans from Eastern Europe, store them in Turkey while fake certificates were generated, and export to the U.S.  Born in Kurdish province Diyabakir, Bahçeci was a representative for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to…