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Trafigura Agrees to Pay $76 Million in Brazil Bribery Cases
Summary : In April 2025, Trafigura agreed to a $75.8 million settlement with Brazilian authorities, resolving civil cases stemming from...
Apr 11 min read


Trafigura’s $1.1 Billion Mongolia Fraud Was ‘Humbling,’ CEO Says
illustration Summary : Trafigura CEO addressed the firm’s $1.1 billion fraud loss in Mongolia, calling it a “humbling experience” and a...
Mar 251 min read


Trafigura and ex-COO convicted of Bribery by Swiss Court
Mike Wainwright Summary : In a landmark ruling, Switzerland’s Federal Criminal Court convicted Trafigura and its former COO, Mike...
Jan 311 min read


Vitol, Glencore, Trafigura and the Petrobras scandal
Summary : This comprehensive report outlines how Vitol, Glencore, and Trafigura engaged in systematic bribery to win oil contracts from...
Jan 1, 20251 min read


Singapore-Based Trafigura Group Hit by Multiple Scandals
Summary : This article explores how Trafigura's global corruption and fraud cases have put Singapore’s clean image as a commodities...
Nov 12, 20241 min read


Trafigura pays $55mn US fine in case alleging market abuse
illustration Summary : Trafigura agreed to pay a $55 million fine to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) over charges of...
Jun 17, 20241 min read


Trader Trafigura Pleads Guilty to a Decade of Oil Bribery in Brazil
illustration Summary : In March 2024, Trafigura pleaded guilty in a U.S. court to a decade-long bribery scheme in Brazil and agreed to...
Mar 28, 20241 min read


Bribery Case Snares Man Who Held Trafigura’s Secrets and Purse Strings
Summary : Mike Wainwright, former COO and one of Trafigura’s most powerful yet low-profile figures, has been charged by Swiss prosecutors...
Dec 7, 20231 min read


Trader Trafigura Targeted by US and Swiss Over Corruption
illustration Summary : Swiss prosecutors have formally charged Trafigura and former COO Mike Wainwright for bribery related to shipping...
Dec 6, 20231 min read


Trafigura accused of multimillion trading cover-up in London’s High Court
illustration Summary : In an explosive legal twist, Indian businessman Prateek Gupta—accused by Trafigura of defrauding the company in a...
Dec 5, 20231 min read


How a Brazen Plot to Rig Oil Auctions Cost Venezuela Billions
© IkerAlex10 Summary : This investigative deep dive reveals how Venezuela’s state oil company, PDVSA, lost billions through a...
Apr 21, 20231 min read


Trafigura: the 10-day unravelling of an alleged $500mn fraud
Nickel Summary : This gripping exposé details Trafigura’s $577 million loss in a massive alleged fraud involving Indian tycoon Prateek...
Feb 27, 20231 min read


Trafigura hands out $1.7bn in dividends on profits fuelled by Ukraine war
© Nils Mulvad - creative commons Summary : In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and ensuing energy market chaos, Trafigura...
Dec 8, 20221 min read


Trafigura slams the door in the face of IBI World
illustration Summary : This article recounts how Trafigura blocked accredited journalists from IBI World and Gli Stati Generali from...
Jul 4, 20221 min read


Trafigura, Putin and those useless sanctions
illustration Summary : This exposé explores how Trafigura maintained close ties with Russia’s state oil firm Rosneft even after...
Jun 4, 20221 min read


Trafigura to give £1bn in bonuses to top traders and executives
Jeremy Weir - © creative commons Summary : In the wake of record profits driven by pandemic-induced market volatility, Trafigura...
Dec 8, 20211 min read


How a Zimbabwe Tycoon Made a Fortune from a Trafigura Partnership and Spiralling National Debt
illustration Summary : This investigation reveals how Zimbabwean tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei built a vast fortune through a decade-long...
Oct 13, 20211 min read


Vitol, Trafigura Face Years of Oil-Trading Curbs in Mexico
illustration Summary : Mexico’s government has barred Vitol and Trafigura from new oil trading contracts with Pemex until at least the...
Aug 20, 20211 min read


Brazil prosecutors sue Trafigura over irregular Petrobras contracts: statement
illustration Summary : Brazilian federal prosecutors filed a civil lawsuit against Trafigura and former executives over alleged...
Dec 1, 20201 min read


Trafigura investigated for alleged corruption, market manipulation
illustration Summary : Trafigura is under investigation by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for alleged corruption...
May 31, 20201 min read
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