Exclusive: Brazil pursues criminal probe of top Trafigura executives - sources Reuters 12/15/2020
By Sabrina Valle
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian investigators are pursuing the first criminal probe of current executives at commodities trading firm Trafigura on allegations they approved the bribery of employees at state-controlled oil producer Petrobras, according to three people familiar with the matter.
The investigation has focused on two of the three top Trafigura https://www.trafigura.com/about-us/leadership directors, Co-head of Oil Trading Jose Larocca and Chief Operating Officer Mike Wainwright. The criminal probe is advancing alongside a civil lawsuit against the same executives and others disclosed this month, the people said.
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