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April 11, 2017

Report: Shell Knew About Billion-Dollar Corruption in Nigerian Oil Deal
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A new investigation by Global Witness has revealed oil giant Shell
knowingly participated in a massive bribery scheme that ended up robbing
Nigerians of more than $1 billion. In 2011, Shell and Italian oil
company Eni paid a combined $1.1 billion for access to a massive
offshore oil block. Newly revealed internal emails show Shell executives
knew the money would be stolen by Nigeria's former oil minister, a
convicted money launderer, who used the stolen money to bribe government
officials and to buy a private jet, armored cars and firearms. Shell has
long denied knowing anything about the corruption involved in the deal.


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