Glencore fined $1B, placed under 3-year monitorship for FCPA violations
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Aaron Nicodemus2022-05-24T21:47:00
Glencore International AG, one of the world’s largest commodity traders, will be placed under a three-year compliance monitorship and pay more than $1 billion to resolve multiple investigations into alleged bribes paid in several countries over more than a decade.
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