Nigeria: $1.3 Billion Malabu Scam - South Court Rejects Appeal to Stop Shell, Eni Corruption Trial

14 June 2018

Italy's Supreme Court, yesterday, threw out an appeal by Shell and four former Shell managers to stop their trial on alleged corruption in Nigeria, reports Reuters.

The oil majors are accused of corruption in the 2011 purchase of Oil Prospecting Licence 245, an offshore oil block in Nigeria estimated to hold nine billion barrels of crude.

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