Leaders of several indigenous communities have lodged a complaint with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD, that a Netherlands-based oil company fouled the environment in Peru’s slice of the Amazon Rainforest in which they live, threatening the region’s species and sullying water sources.

The complaint also charges that the company, Pluspetrol, sought to avoid paying taxes through its convoluted ownership structure...

Pluspetrol’s parent company is headquartered in Amsterdam, according to its website. But the Dutch research NGO Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, known as SOMO, contends that its presence in the Netherlands is little more than a mailing address...

The complaint maintains that such tax avoidance schemes violate OECD guidelines around transparency. It also calls attention to the environmental damage caused by the company’s activities in the 15 years it operated in the region...

OECD Watch and SOMO say the company has shirked its responsibility to restore the local environment. Mongabay’s request for comment from Pluspetrol before publication went unanswered.