Three global oil trading companies with strong ties to the UK face being dragged into Brazil’s “Car Wash” investigation, after a report raised questions about their connections to businessmen named in the vast corruption scandal. Vitol, Glencore and Trafigura, which boast combined annual revenues of more than half a trillion dollars, feature in a report by the campaign group Global Witness that uncovers links to men accused or convicted of involvement in the bribery scandal. The Car Wash controversy has had seismic effects in Brazil, toppling one president and leading to the imprisonment of another, as well some of ... (full story)