SBM Offshore subsidiaries fined $7.6M in Swiss bribery probe
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Jaclyn Jaeger2021-11-29T16:06:00
The Swiss Public Prosecutor’s Office ordered three subsidiaries of Dutch oil and gas services company SBM Offshore to pay a criminal penalty of CHF 7 million (U.S. $7.6 million) as part of the conclusion of a legacy bribery investigation.
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