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Opinion: Recent events have cast a spotlight on the troubling role of major law firms in enabling corporate misconduct. Law professor ...

It’s official: Allen & Overy Shearman (A&O) has inked a deal with Donald Trump. A&O is one of five so-called “elite” law firms that have...

Another case of the #CuckooStrategy in action. Trafigura ’s playbook is becoming painfully familiar: leverage special situations emerging...

The truncated communication from Nyrstar clearly does not please the Financial Services and Markets Authority  ( FSMA ) and the Antwerp...

‘It seems that the justice system wants to send a strong message to politicians’, this week in Trends Tendances. Does the justice system...

The classic 'principal-agent problem' played a central role in the Nyrstar case. Kris Vansanten describes how board members and legal...

Summary : In April 2025, Trafigura agreed to a $75.8 million settlement with Brazilian authorities, resolving civil cases stemming from...

Public Eye’s latest podcast investigates the Angolan corruption scandal involving Trafigura. It sheds light on how the company allegedly...

"Trafigura Group will pay $126 million and plead guilty to US charges related to bribery in Brazil, in the latest case involving...

'Critical infrastructure and smelting capacity are a national security issue and therefore they need some kind of government ownership or...

illustration Summary : Trafigura CEO addressed the firm’s $1.1 billion fraud loss in Mongolia, calling it a “humbling experience” and a...

In a ruling in the Nyrstar case, the chamber of indictments at the Brussels court of appeal lashes out at the federal government for its...

Here is the truth: the criminal investigation in Brussels into Nyrstar  was closed solely due to a lack of resources, and the verdict...

How do you commit a hold-up on a publicly traded company in Belgium? By applying a cuckoo strategy, as this video explains in less than...

'The biggest robbery in Belgian industrial history' is how Le Vif magazine describes Trafigura's role in the takeover of Nyrstar's...

“The greatest hold-up in Belgian industrial history” — that is how the magazine Le Vif describes Trafigura’s role in the acquisition of...

Tunneling—sometimes called self-dealing—occurs when those running a company funnel resources to themselves (or to entities they control),...

A true David versus Goliath story. The small shareholder against one of the most powerful companies in the world, Trafigura, which turns...

Mike Wainwright Summary : In a landmark ruling, Switzerland’s Federal Criminal Court convicted Trafigura and its former COO, Mike...

The conviction of  Trafigura  and one of its key executives is a watershed for the commodity trading industry, and is by all means...