Multinational, Glencore Used Private Jets To Move Multi-million Dollars In Bribes To Nigeria, Other West African Countries – Prosecutors Tell UK Court
Prosecutors have told a London court that employees and agents of British subsidiary of mining and trading group, Glencore, used private jets to transfer cash to pay bribes to oil officials in Nigeria and other West African countries. Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) told Southwark Crown Court on Wednesday, according Reuters report, that Glencore Energy UK Limited paid – or failed to prevent the payment of – millions of dollars in bribes to officials in five African countries, on the first day of a sentencing hearing.
Source: saharareporters.com
