A billion-dollar Nigerian oil bribe equals the nation’s entire health budget
A billion-dollar Nigerian oil bribe equals the nation’s entire health budget
In Italy a judge declared that two multinational oil giants — and executives — will go on trial for a major bribery case involving Nigeria. At its core, it alleges Shell and the Italian oil giant Eni paid more than a billion dollars for oil-drilling rights that were actually bribes.
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