On 31 December, Bloomberg reported that the fine was imposed after the company allegedly violated Ukraine-related sanctions with a series oil and gas deals in Russia. A court reported that Exxon was not given sufficient notice that the 2014 contracts with a powerful ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin would violate restrictions put in place after Russia annexed the Crimea.
Day: January 1, 2020
EUROPEAN MONEY INTENDED FOR LIBYAN MIGRANTS BEING DIVERTED AND LAUNDERED
On 31 December, AP published an article about an investigation it had carried out in Libya which had revealed, inter alia, that huge sums of EU money have been diverted to intertwined networks of militiamen, traffickers and coast guard members who exploit migrants. It says that, in many cases, the money goes to neighbouring Tunisia to be laundered, and then flows back to the militias in Libya. This is said to be despite the EU’s own documents, dating back to as early as 2017, showing that it was aware of the dangers of effectively outsourcing its migration crisis to Libya.
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