I can assure you the word is out.
I visited both the Texas and GA SCI conventions and they were at both. I was told by a friend and some one closely associated within the African hunting community the "stories" and from that point on heard rumblings all weekend at both locations about them.
I am unsure if the US has any proof of the allegations or would react if they did but I can assure you the word is out here and people steered away from them, it was obvious to myself a uninitiated bystander.

As for the first part of your post I imagine the same thing classic doubles, tented camps, honest people that are not affraid to follow there love and for me hunting lion off horseback something I plan to do on a latter trip. I have no dough my safari coming up next month will be the trip of a life time event if I do go back year after year

James F. Nixon III