UK Serious Fraud Office Charges 6 Former Employees of $60 Billion Switzerland Commodities Giant Glencore for Bribery to Benefit Company Oil Operations in West Africa with Corrupt Payments in Cameroon & Ivory Coast for Oil Contracts in Cameroon, Nigeria & Ivory Coast from 2007 to 2014, 6 Individuals Charged are David Perez, Alex Beard, Andrew Gibson, Paul Hopkirk, Ramon Labiaga & Martin Wakefield
18th September 2024 | Hong Kong
The United Kingdom (UK) Serious Fraud Office has charged 6 former employees of $60 billion Switzerland commodities giant Glencore for bribery to benefit company oil operations in West Africa with corrupt payments in Cameroon & Ivory Coast for oil contracts in Cameroon, Nigeria & Ivory Coast from 2007 to 2014. The 6 individuals charged are David Perez, Alex Beard, Andrew Gibson, Paul Hopkirk, Ramon Labiaga & Martin Wakefield. UK Serious Fraud Office (10/9/24): “Today, six former employees of commodities giant Glencore appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court charged with conspiring to make corrupt payments to benefit their company’s oil operations in West Africa. This is the first time that the SFO has announced charges against David Perez, for conspiring to make corrupt payments in Cameroon and the Ivory Coast. Perez has also been charged in relation to the falsification of invoices to Glencore’s London office marked as service fees to a Nigerian oil consultancy. Alex Beard, Andrew Gibson, Paul Hopkirk, Ramon Labiaga and Martin Wakefield were charged by the Serious Fraud Office on the 1st August 2024. All six face charges in relation to the awarding of oil contracts variously spanning Cameroon, Nigeria and the Ivory Coast from 2007 to 2014. They have been granted unconditional bail, with a hearing set at Southwark Crown Court for the 8th of October.”
“ UK Serious Fraud Office Charges 6 Former Employees of $60 Billion Switzerland Commodities Giant Glencore for Bribery to Benefit Company Oil Operations in West Africa with Corrupt Payments in Cameroon & Ivory Coast for Oil Contracts in Cameroon, Nigeria & Ivory Coast from 2007 to 2014, 6 Individuals Charged are David Perez, Alex Beard, Andrew Gibson, Paul Hopkirk, Ramon Labiaga & Martin Wakefield “
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UK Serious Fraud Office Charges 6 Former Employees of $60 Billion Switzerland Commodities Giant Glencore for Bribery to Benefit Company Oil Operations in West Africa with Corrupt Payments in Cameroon & Ivory Coast for Oil Contracts in Cameroon, Nigeria & Ivory Coast from 2007 to 2014, 6 Individuals Charged are David Perez, Alex Beard, Andrew Gibson, Paul Hopkirk, Ramon Labiaga & Martin Wakefield
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