Glencore Agrees to Joint Settlements on Foreign Bribery and also Pleads Guilty to Manipulating Price of Fuel Oil at U.S. Ports

 On May 24, 2022, Glencore International A.G. (Glencore) and Glencore Ltd., both part of a multinational commodity trading and mining company headquartered in Switzerland, each pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $1.1 billion to resolve the U.S. government’s investigations into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and a commodity (i.e., fuel oil) price manipulation scheme.  The guilty pleas in the U.S. are part of coordinated resolutions with criminal and civil authorities in the United Kingdom and Brazil.[1]