Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler pays $30 million to settle Congo bribery probe
Dan Gertler's former holding company has paid $30 million to settle a Dutch bribery probe over Congo mining deals dating back to 2010.
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Dan Gertler's former holding company has paid $30 million to settle a Dutch bribery probe over Congo mining deals dating back to 2010.
A U.S.-backed consortium's $9 billion bid for Congo's cobalt and copper mines is stuck over one unresolved sanctions question in Washington.
Vanity Fair’s new Dan Gertler feature revisits his Congo mining rise, sanctions history and role in the global scramble for cobalt.
Gertler is the founder and president of DGI Group.
The deal ends a protracted legal dispute between the Congolese government and Gertler’s Ventora Group.
The DRC Hydrocarbons Ministry made the announcement.
The licenses allow his companies to manage two oil blocks bordering Uganda to the east.
Publicly available data shows that the DRC already lost $1.95 billion between 2003 and 2021.
PwC notified Afriland First Bank in the Democratic Republic of Congo of a potential sanctions evasion.