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Swiss orders Gunvor to pay $95 million in Congo oil corruption case

From reuters.com

Swiss federal prosecutors have found oil trading firm Gunvor Group criminally liable for corruption in Congo Republic and Ivory Coast, ordering it to pay almost 94 million Swiss francs ($94.8 million), the Swiss Attorney General’s Office said on Thursday. The settlement includes a fine of 4 million Swiss francs, out of a maximum of 5 million, as well as gross profits plus interest the company gained from its oil deals in the two west African countries in 2009-2011 worth hundreds of millions of dollars. “The Geneva commodities trader has been convicted of failing to take all the organizational measures that were ... (full story)

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