Although the prosecution was able to prove that the two bombs had been hidden in luggage originating in Vancouver, capitalofBritishColumbia, it was unable to provide hard evidence linking the two men directly to either the fabrication or the planting of the bombs.
"Unlike entrepreneurs in the United States who fail, in Europe, people worry about finding another job, " says Thomas Hellmann, professor at the University ofBritish Columbia's business school in Vancouver and expert in venture capital practices in Europe.