Italian prosecutors have asked for oil majors Eni and Shell to be fined and some of their present and former executives, including Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi, to be jailed in a long-running trial over alleged corruption in Nigeria. In one of the oil industry’s biggest alleged scandals, Italian prosecutors allege Eni
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Malabu Oil Deal: Eni, Shell Aware of Bribes in Nigeria Case–Italian Prosecutor
Nigerian, Italian jailed over Malabu oil deal
•As fraud claims first convicts Samuel Ogundipe A Nigerian man and his accomplice in Italy were on Thursday sentenced to four years each for their roles in the controversial Malabu oil deal, marking the first victory for Italian prosecutors in the complex corruption case. The deal, struck in 2011 under President Goodluck Jonathan,
Migrant crisis: 26 Nigerian women found dead at sea
The Italian prosecutors are investigating the deaths of 26 Nigerian women – most of them teenagers – whose bodies were recovered at sea. There are suspicions that they may have been sexually abused and murdered as they attempted to cross the Mediterranean. Italian prosecutors are investigating the deaths of 26 Nigerian women