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The First Art Newspaper on the Net   BOCA RATON, FLA .- “There is every reason this year to have a world view,” says Irvin Lippman, the Boca Raton Museum of Art’s Executive Director, as South Florida boldly ushers in the new year with the national premiere of Glasstress 2021 Boca Raton. “Three years in the making, with 2020 being such a challenging year to coordinate an international exhibition of this size and scope, the effort serves as an important reassurance that art is an essential and enduring part of humanity. This is also a tribute to the resilience of Venice’s surviving the fl...

Mr. Steinmetz, a French-Israeli businessman, was convicted on charges of corrupting foreign public officials in a bid to reap iron ore resources in Guinea. He was sentenced to five years in prison.

January 24, 2021 GENEVA (AP) — A Geneva court on Friday convicted Israeli Diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz on charges of corrupting foreign public officials and forging documents, in a trial over his successful bid to reap lavish iron ore resources in the Guinea. Steinmetz was sentenced to five years in prison, after facing a maximum of 10 years in the case. Steinmetz, who was on trial with two other defendants who received lesser penalties, was ordered to pay a CHF50-million fine. His defence lawyer Marc Bonnant said he would “immediately” appeal the court ruling. The case centred on all...

BBC News By Imogen Foulkes image copyrightCopyright © 2016 Rio Tinto image captionThe Simandou mines are thought to have some of the most valuable untapped iron ore deposits in the world Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz has been given a five-year jail sentence by a court in Geneva, in a trial described as the mining sector's biggest-ever corruption case. The trial threw a spotlight on an often murky struggle for control of Africa's natural resources. Steinmetz, a former diamond magnate who also holds French citizenship, was convicted of bribing public officials in Guinea, in order to gain ...

news Verdict for tycoon in historic mine corruption trial © Copyright © 2016 Rio Tinto The Simandou mines are thought to have some of the most valuable untapped iron ore deposits in the world Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz has spent two weeks on trial in Geneva, in a case being described as the mining sector's biggest-ever corruption case, and one that shines a spotlight on an often murky struggle for control of Africa's natural resources. Mr Steinmetz, a former diamond magnate who also holds French citizenship, is accused of bribing public officials in Guinea, in order to gain contro...