Glencore Ltd, a member of the multi-national commodity trading and mining firm headquartered in Switzerland, has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay US$485 million to resolve the US government’s investigations into a commodity price manipulation scheme. Separately but at the… Read More ›
Washington is preparing to expose and contain what it sees as “malign Russian activities” in Africa’s oil, gas and mining sectors in which individuals and entities connected with Russian President Vladimir Putin appear to be playing an increasingly big role…. Read More ›
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) says its engagement with legislators in the national assembly is gaining traction as it seeks to persuade them to frame laws that curb financial crime, terrorist financing and illicit financial flows involving the… Read More ›
Sophisticated financial services and legal specialists in the Global North are instrumental in facilitating the “systematic looting” of the Global South according to a founder of the Tax Justice Network. In a comprehensive article published by the New Internationalist media… Read More ›