Glencore, a multinational commodity trading and mining company, announced on April 25 that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is investigating whether Glencore and its subsidiaries might have violated certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act and/or CFTC regulations through corrupt practices in connection with commodities.

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