Swiss prosecutors charge Trafigura and former top executive with bribery

Profits from contracts alleged to have been secured corruptly amount to $143.7m.

Trafigura Group and one of its longstanding top executives have been charged over allegations of bribing public officials in Angola. The business is one of the world’s largest commodity traders specializing in oil and metals,

Trafigura acknowledged the Swiss charges in a statement, and also revealed the US

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