Swiss justice announced on Monday that it had closed the criminal investigation against the commodity trading giant Glencore for corruption in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for corruption in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with a fine of 2 million Swiss francs (2.15 million euros).

Le Ministère public de la Confédération (bureau du procureur général) a annoncé qu' en plus de l' amende de 2 millions de francs suisses, glencore will pay a compensation penalty of $150 million (136.5 million euros). According to the minister's statement, the fact that Glencore has cooperated since the investigation was opened in June 2020, however, “allowed it to benefit from a reduction in sentence”. According to the statement, the group said “it does not accept the conclusions” of the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office. But to resolve the issue, he agreed “not to appeal.”