Vol 63 No 21 | SWITZERLANDUNITED STATES Settlement hits another bump 20th October 2022 Swiss-based commodity trading giant Glencore is struggling to finalise its US$1.5 billion settlement with the US authorities. Now, a new player has entered into the drama. Glencore...
Vol 63 No 19 | GUINEASWITZERLAND Steinmetz plays his get out of jail card 22nd September 2022 Dropping earlier arguments that the evidence of corruption was fake, the mining magnate is appealing against his conviction by redefining bribery Punishing foreign bribery is still a novel idea in Switzerland. There have been just 18 convictions since it became a crime in 2000, before which it was tax-deductible. And the pro...
Vol 56 No 11 | NIGERIASWITZERLAND Cash for loot 29th May 2015 The Swiss lawyers who brokered Nigeria's much-criticised immunity-for-cash deal with Mohammed and Abba Abacha last July are major beneficiaries, it has emerged. The two sons of the...
