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Vale agrees to pay 7 bln USD for dam disaster

February 5, 2021 Brazil\'s southeast state of Minas Gerais and mining giant Vale on Thursday signed an agreement that commits the company to paying nearly 7 billion U.S. dollars in recompense for a dam disaster in 2019 that killed hundreds and polluted a vast region.

Abu Dhabi Criminal Court convicts former chairman, CEO in money laundering case

February 3, 2021 The Abu Dhabi Criminal Court has sentenced a former Chairman of the Board of Directors of a government-owned Abu Dhabi company, and a CEO at the same company, to 15 years in prison for money laundering.

Amazon kept drivers' tips, now will pay $61.7m

February 3, 2021 Amazon will pay $61.7 million to settle a Federal Trade Commission finding that the company withheld tips meant for Flex delivery drivers for more than two years.

Lithuania: Cartelist of radioactive scrap metal auction will have to pay imposed fine

February 2, 2021 The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania rejected the appeal by the German company Sypra which participated in the radioactive scrap metal auction conducted by Ignalina nuclear power plant and concluded a cartel.

Italian Competition Authority fines ENI, ENEL and SEN 12.5m euros in total

February 1, 2021 The Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato closed the proceedings against Enel Energia, Servizio Elettrico Nazionale (SEN) and Eni gas e luce, imposing a total fine of 12.5 million euros.

Central Bank of UAE fines 11 banks for anti-money laundering, compliance failure

February 1, 2021 The Central Bank of the UAE fined 11 banks operating in the UAE for failing to achieve appropriate levels of compliance regarding their anti-money laundering and sanctions-compliance standards.

Slovenia fines Croatian Agrokor 1 million euros after failure to notify merger

February 1, 2021 On 22nd October 2019 the Slovenian Competition Protection Agency imposed a fine of EUR 53,900,000 on legal entity Agrokor d.d. and a fine of EUR 5,000 on legal person responsible for the failure to notify the merger of Agrokor AG and Ardeya Global Ltd. to the Agency.

Dutch court rules Shell Nigeria responsible for oil spills, must compensate farmers

January 30, 2021 The Nigerian subsidiary of Anglo-Dutch oil company Shell is liable for oil spills in Nigeria and must pay Nigerian farmers compensation, an appeals court in The Hague ruled on Friday.

Canadian company Revive You Media fined $15 million for subscription trap scam

January 29, 2021 A Canadian company doing business as Revive You Media pleaded guilty in the Provincial Court of Ontario for promoting deceptive free trial offers for health and dietary supplements that trapped consumers into monthly subscriptions.

Businessman sentenced for foreign bribery, money laundering scheme Involving PetroEcuador officials

January 29, 2021 An Ecuadorian businessman living in Miami was sentenced to 35 months in prison for his role in a $4.4 million bribery and money laundering scheme that funneled bribes to then-public officials of Empresa Pública de Hidrocarburos del Ecuador (PetroEcuador), the state-owned and state-controlled oil company of Ecuador.

Moscow court seizes elite London mansion of former owner of Vneshprombank

January 29, 2021 The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow has attached one of the most luxurious real estate objects in London belonging to Georgy Bedzhamov, the former owner of Vneshprombank.

Fiat Chrysler to plead guilty, pay $30 million to resolve U.S. criminal labor probe

January 28, 2021 Fiat Chrysler reached an agreement to settle a criminal probe by U.S. prosecutors into alleged illegal payments to now former United Auto Workers (UAW) officials by former company employees.