28/02/2017at 10:24

CEO of oil major charged with corruption

The CEO of the world's sixth-largest oil company denies wrongdoing in the allegations related to a controversial billion-dollar transaction. "What the seller does with the money is not your responsibility," he says.

by MAZ PLECHINGER

Chief executive of Italian oil company Eni, Claudio Descalzi, has been charged with international corruption. The prosecutor has filed charges to take the CEO and 10 others, including the previous CEO, to court in Milan in relation to the protracted case regarding Eni and Shell's alleged bribery in Nigeria.

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