Region: Switzerland

Nigeria loses bid for victim compensation in Glencore’s UK bribery case

A London court has denied a request from the Nigerian government to receive compensation from Glencore over bribes the commodities trader has admitted paying to a state oil company.

26 October 2022

Credit Suisse reaches settlement in France over alleged tax fraud

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Swiss lender Credit Suisse will pay €238 million to settle an investigation by French prosecutors into alleged tax fraud.

24 October 2022

Switzerland to consider new beneficial ownership legislation

13 October 2022

SFO’s ENRC request to proceed in Switzerland despite Gerrard revelations

Switzerland’s highest court has given Geneva prosecutors the go-ahead to send evidence requested by the UK’s Serious Fraud Office as part of its investigation into Kazakh mining company ENRC, despite objections filed over the SFO’s conduct in the case in the UK.

11 October 2022

OFAC fines Crédit Agricole subsidiaries for sanctions breaches

Two companies indirectly owned by the wealth management arm of French lender Crédit Agricole have been fined for processing more than $4 million of payments for clients in five sanctioned countries.

27 September 2022

ABB hit with trade secrets theft allegations

A US technology company has accused ABB's US business of poaching an ex-chief scientist who helped the technology and robotics company steal source code from his former employer.

26 September 2022

Glencore’s US resolution delayed by monitorship, restitution issues

Federal courts in Manhattan and Connecticut have delayed Glencore’s respective sentencings linked to the US portion of the Anglo-Swiss commodity trader’s global bribery and market manipulation resolution.

02 September 2022

Steinmetz challenges Swiss bribery conviction

The Israeli mining magnate has switched up his legal team as he attempts to overturn his landmark foreign bribery conviction.

31 August 2022

Switzerland to return stolen Uzbekistan assets via UN development fund

The Swiss and Uzbek governments have reached an agreement to return at least $131 million that was allegedly embezzled from Uzbekistan by the daughter of the country’s former president.

16 August 2022

Glencore details legal spend of first half of 2022

04 August 2022

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