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Trafigura Reshuffles Top Team as Metals Losses Rattle Trader
"Trafigura has been exploring a range of potential deals involving the metals business as it weighs the future of the unit, Bloomberg...
Sep 18, 20242 min read


When Loyalty Clashes with Duty: Legal Battle Brews at Nyrstar
It appears that, as part of the restructuring of Nyrstar, the listed residual company Nyrstar NV was transformed into a shell company...
Aug 31, 20242 min read


Where does the moral compass of young lawyers point?
Two special committees have been formed within the Nyrstar Board of Directors: one to follow the investigation by the Financial Services...
Jul 25, 20241 min read


Keep (or not) quiet, little one
When the grown-ups talk, the little ones must be silent. This was a familiar scene at many family tables for a long time. In the business...
Jul 22, 20245 min read


Trafigura Is Using Late Founder as Scapegoat on Bribes, Son Says
After Trafigura last week admitted that Trafigura's former CEO Claude Dauphin personally approved bribery schemes in Brasil, his family...
Apr 8, 20242 min read


Nyrstar owner Trafigura admits founder approved bribes
While Trafigura , the (former) directors of Nyrstar NV and their respective armies of advisors in Belgium remain deafeningly silent...
Apr 4, 20241 min read


NGOs Say US Should Stop Backing Trafigura After Bribery Charges
According to Bloomberg News , several NGOs ask that the Ex-Im bank “immediately terminate its support for Trafigura and in doing so send...
Apr 1, 20241 min read


Politicians, it is now your turn to act!
After more than five years of struggle by a group of minority shareholders against Trafigura's takeover of Nyrstar, and with the facts...
Mar 28, 20241 min read


Ladies and gentlemen, politicians, the floor is now yours.
Following more than five years of minority shareholders fighting against the alleged fraudulent takeover of Nyrstar by Trafigura, and...
Mar 28, 20241 min read


Trafigura to Pay $126 Million and Plead Guilty to Brazil Bribes
"Trafigura Group will pay $126 million and plead guilty to US charges related to bribery in Brazil, in the latest case involving...
Mar 27, 20241 min read


Luc Tack must regain the trust of Tessenderlo investor
'The market seems to have completely lost confidence in Tack,' says Naard Broeckaert, a renowned asset manager. Why is that? Tessenderlo...
Mar 25, 20242 min read


Sophisticated bribery schemes commodity traders have developed to rip off poor countries
The LinkedIn post from Jack Farchy, author of the highly insightful book hashtag#TheWorldForSale and renowed Energy and Commodities...
Mar 18, 20242 min read


The justice system's shameful stain
Isabel Albers writes in De Tijd: 'There are too many structural problems with Lady Justice. And I don't even want to mention the...
Feb 17, 20241 min read


Auditor Deloitte hedges its bets on conviction in Nyrstar case
Following a period of over four years during which we have been urging the former and current commissioners of Nyrstar to take...
Feb 13, 20242 min read


Justice Department looks the other way in Nyrstar case
Rik Van Cauwelaert's column is spot on. 'The Belgian judiciary has a regrettable shortcoming: it is no longer able to resolve financial...
Jan 5, 20242 min read


Two cases against Trafigura on suspicious payments
This year, Saint Nicholas once again generously distributed gifts to all the well-behaved children. The minority shareholders of Nyrstar,...
Dec 6, 20232 min read


Biocartis: shareholders resist ‘expropriation’
Biocartis is yet another Belgian listed company in trouble that is disappearing from the Brussels stock exchange, at a time when the...
Oct 11, 20232 min read


Von der Leyen: 'Europe opens subsidy investigation into electric cars from China'
“From wind to steel, from batteries to electric vehicles — our ambition is crystal clear: the future of our clean tech industry must be...
Sep 12, 20232 min read


Accounting firms accused of ‘operating with impunity’ as regulator flags growing number of flawed audits
Investigative journalism by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) shows that (i) US regulators are...
Jul 31, 20231 min read


Audit firms fight to block expansion of fraud detection role
The US is preparing new rules to increase the responsibility of audit firms with respect to corporate fraud. These new rules would widen...
Jul 30, 20232 min read
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