Global Witness welcomes investigation into Glencore by US commodities regulator
摘要
日期: 2019年4月25日
地點: 剛果民主共和國
企業
Glencore - Parent Company項目
Katanga - Unknown受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
Public entity: ( 數字未知 - 地點未知 - 未知行业 , Gender not reported )議題
Corruption回應
Response sought: 否
資訊來源: Regulatory action
Peter Jones, Campaign Leader at Global Witness, said today:
“We welcome the news that Glencore is under investigation by the US commodities regulator, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), for possible corrupt practices.
With the company already under investigation by the US Department of Justice, as well as the recent ruling against a Glencore subsidiary by Canadian regulators, this latest announcement further demonstrates that the heat is on for Glencore and its executives.
The CFTC investigation is another promising step towards holding Glencore to account for its suspect dealings and showing that this corporate behemoth is not above the law. At Global Witness, we have exposed the company’s murky mining transactions in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with sanctioned businessman Dan Gertler, a close friend of the former Congolese president, Joseph Kabila. These deals have potentially robbed the Congolese people of billions of dollars.
We now also want to see the UK’s Serious Fraud Office open an official inquiry into the company’s activities in DRC, given that Glencore is one of the biggest companies listed on the London Stock Exchange.”