Logistics and freight operations company F.H. Bertling and six current and former employees have been convicted of conspiracy to make corrupt payments to an agent of the Angolan state oil company, Sonangol, in relation to F.H. Bertling’s freight forwarding business in Angola and a contract worth approximately $20 million, the U.K. Serious Fraud Office announced.

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