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Fallout from the Glencore resolutions & lessons learned

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Published on: 15 June 2022

Published by a LexisNexis Corporate Crime expert

Table of contents

Global resolutions
Negotiating coordinated resolutions with multiple regulators
Corporate bribery sentencing in the UK
Conclusion

Article summary

Corporate Crime analysis: On 24 May 2022, Glencore International AG announced a series of coordinated resolutions with various international enforcements agencies including the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Brazil’s Ministerio Publico Federal (MPF), and the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) following investigations into bribery and market manipulation by the group and its affiliates. What do the financial penalties involved reveal and how is the sentencing of Glencore Energy UK Ltd on 21 June 2022 likely to play out?

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