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Trump's halt of US law banning business bribes abroad raises specter of a 'Wild West' ...

The Nashville Ledger 12 Feb 2025
The law has been used hundreds of times in the past decade to stop bribes to win deals, leading to massive settlement payments from multinationals like Goldman Sachs, Germany's Siemens and the Swiss commodities trader Glencore ... interests to thrive.
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Trump’s halt of US law banning business bribes abroad raises specter of a ‘Wild West’ ...

Wtop 12 Feb 2025
The law has been used hundreds of times in the past decade to stop bribes to win deals, leading to massive settlement payments from multinationals like Goldman Sachs, Germany’s Siemens and the Swiss commodities trader Glencore ... Then under U.S.
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Trafigura and former executive found guilty of bribing Angolan official

Business Day 02 Feb 2025
“It is a strong signal that reflects the determination of (Swiss prosecutors) to combat all forms of transnational corruption, particularly in the commodities sector,” the office of the attorney-general of Switzerland said in a statement.
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Swiss court convicts Trafigura of corruption in Angola

Black Hills Pioneer 01 Feb 2025
A Swiss court convicted Trafigura and three people linked to the commodities trading firm of corruption in Angola, in what campaigners hailed Friday as a "historic" first in Switzerland ....
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Trafigura’s former chief operating officer sentenced to 32 months in jail

Financial Times 31 Jan 2025
Mike Wainwright found guilty by Swiss court of paying more than €5mn in bribes in first conviction of commodity trader for corruption ....
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Trafigura fined, defendants jailed in bribery case

Swissinfo 31 Jan 2025
Swiss commodities trader Trafigura has been fined CHF3 million for bribing the head of an Angolan oil company. Three individual defendants received prison sentences ... .
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