Shell To be Dragged To Court Over Bribery Scandal
There will be a criminal case against Shell oil and gas company. The company is suspected of bribing the exploitation rights of an oil field off the coast of Nigeria.
Shell reports this on its website and the Public Prosecution Service confirms that “he investigation is almost complete and we are working on criminal prosecution of the multinational”.
It concerns the acquisition of the rights of the oil field off the Nigerian coast, called OPL-245. To this end, Shell paid 1.3 billion euros in 2011, together with the Italian energy group Eni.
Shell and Eni have always denied that there was bribery, but an Italian judge already found that both companies knew that the proceeds were being channeled to a company of a controversial former oil minister from Nigeria. In Italy people have already been condemned for this.
In the Netherlands, the judiciary invaded the Shell headquarters in The Hague three years ago.
Shell reports this on its website and the Public Prosecution Service confirms that “he investigation is almost complete and we are working on criminal prosecution of the multinational”.
It concerns the acquisition of the rights of the oil field off the Nigerian coast, called OPL-245. To this end, Shell paid 1.3 billion euros in 2011, together with the Italian energy group Eni.
Shell and Eni have always denied that there was bribery, but an Italian judge already found that both companies knew that the proceeds were being channeled to a company of a controversial former oil minister from Nigeria. In Italy people have already been condemned for this.
In the Netherlands, the judiciary invaded the Shell headquarters in The Hague three years ago.
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