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Billionaire Beny Steinmetz s lawyer went on the offensive in the first day of the Israeli businessman’s trial for bribery, demanding evidence that a prosecutor gathered from secret trips to Israel be purged from the indictment.
Marc Bonnant blasted Swiss prosecutor Claudio Mascotto for refusing to disclose who he met in Israel in 2017, who covered his costs and why the trips were never disclosed to the court before it was reported in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. It s not acceptable that we don t know who paid and we can only hypothesise, Mr Bonnant told the court in Geneva yesterday morning. These questions demand an answer.
Steinmetz’s Bribery Trial Starts New Chapter of Mining Saga
Bloomberg 1/8/2021 Hugo Miller and Thomas Biesheuvel
(Bloomberg) Beny Steinmetz goes on trial facing bribery charges in Geneva on Monday in the latest chapter of a legal saga that’s dogged the Israeli businessman’s gamble on a multi-billion-dollar mine.
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Steinmetz and two businesspeople are accused of paying the wife of Guinea’s deceased former president Lansana Conte $8.5 million to secure the concession rights to a vast mountain of iron ore in the country’s south. The trio are also accused of forgery for allegedly creating share structures to hide the bribes. The trial is taking place in Geneva as Steinmetz lived there until 2016 and had businesses there.
Steinmetzâs Bribery Trial Starts New Chapter of Mining Saga
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January 8, 2021
(Bloomberg) Beny Steinmetz goes on trial facing bribery charges in Geneva on Monday in the latest chapter of a legal saga thatâs dogged the Israeli businessmanâs gamble on a multi-billion-dollar mine.
Steinmetz and two businesspeople are accused of paying the wife of Guineaâs deceased former president Lansana Conte $8.5 million to secure the concession rights to a vast mountain of iron ore in the countryâs south. The trio are also accused of forgery for allegedly creating share structures to hide the bribes. The trial is taking place in Geneva as Steinmetz lived there until 2016 and had businesses there.