Joint statement on the Shell/ Eni verdict from Global Witness, Corner House, HEDA & Re:Common
Environmental and social justice groups have condemned Italy’s anti-corruption laws as unfit for purpose, following the acquittal of oil multinationals Shell and Eni on international corruption charges in Milan. Thirteen other defendants were also found not guilty.
“The judgment brings shame on Italy. One court has found the intermediaries of the OPL 245 deal guilty of international corruption, yet this court has found Shell and Eni not guilty. We await the full ruling of the Milan court to explain this bizarre outcome.”, comments
Lanre Suraju of HEDA, a Nigerian anti-corruption group that was among the first to expose the corruption allegations surrounding the OPL 245 deal.