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NGOs and activists are today disappointed and outraged as Shell and Eni - two of the worlds biggest polluters - were found not guilty of corruption relating to the purchase of a Nigerian oilfield, in a Milan trial. Global Witness urges the prosecution to consider all options to appeal this verdict and continues to follow ongoing criminal investigations into the case in Nigeria and the Netherlands. Barnaby Pace, Senior Campaigner at Global Witness, said: “Today's legal verdict is a disappointment but it will not stop us in our unrelenting quest to ensure accountability in the fossil fuel ind...

FILE PHOTO: A Shell logo is seen reflected in a car's side mirror at a petrol station in west London, Britain, January 29, 2015. REUTERS/Toby Melville MILAN (Reuters) - A Milan court acquitted energy company Eni, its chief executive and Royal Dutch Shell on Wednesday in the oil industry's biggest corruption case revolving around the $1.3 billion acquisition of a Nigerian oilfield a decade ago. The sentence, read out in court by judge Marco Tremolada, came more than three years after the trial first began and after 74 hearings. Tremolada said the companies and defendants had been acquitted...

The oil giants were acquitted Wednesday by an Italian court in what has been called the oil industry’s biggest corruption scandal, involving a $1.3 billion deal over an offshore oil field in Nigeria. (CN) — An Italian court on Wednesday acquitted Royal Dutch Shell, Italian energy giant Eni and their former and current oil executives in a massive corruption scandal involving a lucrative offshore Nigerian oil field. The trial was described as the oil industry’s biggest corruption case and centered on allegations of a sprawling $1.3 billion bribery scheme involving Shell and Eni executives...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Shell, Eni acquitted in Nigeria oil corruption case A court in Milan has acquitted oil giants Shell and Italy’s Eni of corruption charges in a $1.1 billion bribery case involving control of a lucrative Nigerian oil block ByThe Associated Press • 2 min read MILAN -- A court in Milan on Wednesday acquitted oil giants Shell and Italy’s Eni of corruption charges in a $1.1 billion bribery case involving control of a lucrative Nigerian oil block. In addition to the companies, Eni’s current CEO, hi...

The CEO of Italian energy giant Eni was granted access to commissioners and EU officials to push for gas in the bloc's energy transition - while being on trial in an alleged billion-dollar corruption scandal.