Congo-Kinshasa: Kabila Sucked Into UK Probe Against Swiss Firm

Kinshasa — A BRITISH probe into alleged bribery incriminating a global mining and commodity trading group is the latest setback for the company already beset by scandals in the continent.

The United Kingdom's (UK's) Serious Fraud Office's (SFO's) investigation of Glencore is also set to lift the lid on the controversial friendship between Israeli billionaire, Dan Gertler, and Joseph Kabila, who was president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (2001 to 2017) when some of improprieties allegedly occurred.

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