How a mining corruption trial could be a turning point for dodgy offshore companies
A Geneva court handed Franco-Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz a five-year sentence and a CHF50 million (almost $56.5 million) fine over suspected corrupt business practices in Guinea. Stefan Wermuth/AFP
More than seven years after his former Geneva home was searched, Franco-Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz was sentenced last Friday to a five-year prison term on charges of corruption and document forgery in a landmark case that will resonate far beyond Geneva’s Palais de Justice.
This content was published on January 26, 2021 - 09:00
January 26, 2021 - 09:00
Paula Dupraz-Dobias in Geneva
How a mining corruption trial could be a turning point for dodgy offshore companies
A Geneva court handed Franco-Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz a five-year sentence and a CHF50 million (almost $56.5 million) fine over suspected corrupt business practices in Guinea. Stefan Wermuth/AFP
More than seven years after his former Geneva home was searched, Franco-Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz was sentenced last Friday to a five-year prison term on charges of corruption and document forgery in a landmark case that will resonate far beyond Geneva’s Palais de Justice.
This content was published on January 26, 2021 - 09:00
January 26, 2021 - 09:00
Paula Dupraz-Dobias in Geneva