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Switzerland Charges Trafigura and a Former Top Executive With Bribery
7Dec By adminNo Comments
Money

Switzerland Charges Trafigura and a Former Top Executive With Bribery

Updated Dec. 6, 2023 3:29 pm ETSwiss prosecutors charged a former top executive at Trafigura with facilitating payment of millions of dollars’ worth of bribes to land the energy trader preferential treatment in African oil producer Angola.Mike Wainwright helped to funnel part of the payments to an Angolan official, Swiss prosecutors said in an indictment at the Federal Criminal Court on Wednesday. These included more than 4.3 million euros, equivalent to $4.6 million, to a bank account in Geneva between 2009 and 2011, and $604,000 in cash payments in Angola. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Switzerland Charges Trafigura and a Former Top Executive With Bribery
6Dec By adminNo Comments
World

Switzerland Charges Trafigura and a Former Top Executive With Bribery

Updated Dec. 6, 2023 1:21 pm ETSwiss prosecutors charged a former top executive at Trafigura with facilitating payment of millions of dollars’ worth of bribes to land the energy trader preferential treatment in African oil producer Angola.Mike Wainwright allegedly helped to funnel the payments to an Angolan official, including some of more than 4.3 million euros, equivalent to $4.6 million, to a bank account in Geneva between 2009 and 2011, the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland said when it announced the criminal charges on Wednesday. He also approved transactions that led to over $604,000 in cash payments in Angola, prosecutors said in an indictment at the Federal Criminal Court.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb...
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DOJ Settles With Two U.K. Reinsurance Brokers Over Ecuador Bribes
20Nov By adminNo Comments
World

DOJ Settles With Two U.K. Reinsurance Brokers Over Ecuador Bribes

The Justice Department has settled with two U.K.-based reinsurance brokers that admitted to participating in a scheme to bribe Ecuadorean government officials.Tysers Insurance Brokers and H.W. Wood have agreed to enter into three-year deferred prosecution agreements filed in the Southern District of Florida. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Tens of thousands of ancient coins have been found off Sardinia. They may be spoils of a shipwreck
5Nov By adminNo Comments
Entertainment

Tens of thousands of ancient coins have been found off Sardinia. They may be spoils of a shipwreck

A diver who spotted something metallic not far from Sardinia’s coast has led to the discovery of tens of thousands of ancient bronze coinsByThe Associated PressNovember 4, 2023, 1:00 PMA picture made available by the Italian Culture Minister showing some of the discovered ancient bronze coins. A diver's spotting something metallic not far from the Sardinian coast has led to the discovery of tens of thousands of ancient bronze coins. Italy's culture ministry said on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, that the diver alerted authorities, who sent divers assigned to an art protection squad along with others from the ministry's undersea archaeology department. Found in sea grass, not far from the northeast shore of the Mediterranean island were the coins dating from the first half of the 4th century. (It...
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Brazil Must Do More to Stop Foreign Bribery, OECD Says
19Oct By adminNo Comments
World

Brazil Must Do More to Stop Foreign Bribery, OECD Says

Brazil has made progress in combating foreign bribery schemes over the last nine years, but still has a way to go in successfully charging individuals, an international antibribery watchdog said.In a report published Thursday, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions commended the Brazilian government for progress implementing new legislation against corporate bribery and taking enforcement actions against large-scale foreign bribery schemes since its last evaluation in 2014.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Sen. Bob Menendez Indicted on New Charge of Aiding Egypt
12Oct By adminNo Comments
World

Sen. Bob Menendez Indicted on New Charge of Aiding Egypt

Updated Oct. 12, 2023 5:46 pm ETSen. Bob Menendez was indicted Thursday on a new charge of conspiring to act as an illegal foreign agent of Egypt, adding a new criminal count to the bribery case the New Jersey Democrat already faces.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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