Wednesday, July 22, 2020

The Bribe of the Century!



Prosecutors in Milan push for jail time for Eni and Shell execs for their alleged roles in the $1.1 billion OPL245 oil block corruption scandal in Nigeria previously exposed by Global Witness, HEDAgend, Re:Common and CornerHouse.

Eni chief threatened with 8 years’ jail in Nigeria corruption trial.

Italian prosecutors also seeking $1.1bn in fines against oil major and Shell over deal for OPL 245 production block.

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Monday, July 06, 2020

The Bribe of the Century



“They were kickbacks. And Eni and Shell knew it,” Sergio Spadaro told judges in Milan, summing up the prosecutors’ case in what is one of the industry’s largest corruption scandals ever.

Read more at Reuters.