Oil trading in Ecuador: Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland opens investigation
Bern, 30.6.2021 - The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) has opened a criminal investigation based in particular on court documents issued in criminal proceedings conducted by the authorities in the USA. The latter authorities investigate the suspected bribery of Ecuadorian public officials and money laundering allegedly committed by a former employee of a group of commodity trading companies based notably in Geneva. The Swiss investigation aims to clarify whether in relation to this complex of facts any offences could have been committed on Swiss soil.