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The Market Court recently received a petition for the annulment and reform of the decision of the Sanctions Commission of financial watchdog FSMA in the Nyrstar case. The commission had found Nyrstar NV guilty of market manipulation. The company was fined €80,000, but its board members were acquitted. The commission ruled that there had been insufficient investigation into their individual roles in the manipulation. That ruling is now being challenged. The ball is therefore i

Minority shareholders who suffer huge losses are left waiting for years, while courts, despite their best efforts, lack the resources to...

Minister Annelies Verlinden is requesting an additional €1 billion for structural investments in her department. Her message is sobering:...

Is Nyrstar’s board of directors truly caught between a rock and a hard place? That metaphor positions the board as a victim. In reality,...

The financial newspaper De Tijd published an opinion by Kris Vansanten in which he argues that Nyrstar should finally act in line with...

The wheels of justice turn slowly – too slowly – and this undermines the credibility of the rule of law. In an opinion piece in De Tijd,...

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

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

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...

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

It is hereby (once again) confirmed: Trafigura, the international commodities trader that hijacked the assets of Belgium's industrial...

Pleadings were held yesterday before the Turnhout District Court for the appointment of a provisional administrator at Nyrstar NV. The...

The court in Turnhout has postponed the appointment of a provisional administrator for Nyrstar pending the results of the investigations...

On December 2nd, trading giant Trafigura faces court over allegations of corruption involving its former parent company, Trafigura Beheer...

Isabel Albers writes in De Tijd: 'We should not accept that our police and judicial systems are so dysfunctional. The judicial system is...

The recent landmark bribery trial involving  Trafigura 's former COO, Mike Wainwright, sheds a disturbing light on the inner workings of...

Recent revelations from Swiss prosecutors have unveiled a deeply entrenched culture of corruption within  Trafigura  Group. Between 2011...

The recent revelations in the Swiss federal criminal court paint a troubling picture of Trafigura's operations, underscoring the lengths...

In a revelation, a consultant, referred to as "Mr. Non-Compliant" due to his alleged role in managing bribes, believed he was an integral...