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Supported

The cited record supports the material proposition.

Glencore Energy UK Ltd was convicted in England of bribery offences and ordered to pay about GBP 281 million.

About
Glencore plc
Claim made by
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, court filing
Published
3 November 2022
Original
Sentencing Remarks Glencore
Evidence score
93 How it was scored
Last reviewed
25 October 2026

Why this label

The sentencing remarks of Mr Justice Fraser record that Glencore Energy UK pleaded guilty to all seven counts on 21 June 2022S2. Five counts are bribery under section 1 of the Bribery Act 2010 and two are failure to prevent bribery. The court imposed fines of GBP 182,935,392 and a confiscation order of GBP 93,479,338.95, plus prosecution costs of GBP 4,550,362. Together these come to about GBP 281 million. The remarks name Nigeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea and South Sudan among the countries involved, with Ghana and Malawi. The US pleas agree on the African conductS1.

Current procedural position

Guilty pleas on 21 June 2022, sentenced at Southwark Crown Court on 3 November 2022S2. No appeal found as of October 2026.

Record supporting the assessment

Glencore pleaded guilty to all seven counts on 21 June 2022
S2 Tier A Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, Southwark Crown Court, Sentencing Remarks Glencore, 3 November 2022
Fines on each of the seven counts as set out at [68] totalling £182,935,392.
S2 Tier A Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, Southwark Crown Court, Sentencing Remarks Glencore, 3 November 2022
A confiscation order of £93,479,338.95.
S2 Tier A Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, Southwark Crown Court, Sentencing Remarks Glencore, 3 November 2022

Conflicting or limiting record

No record located that conflicts with this assessment.

Evidence score: 93 of 100

The score grades how well the record establishes this assessment. It is not a score of Glencore plc. Score = source authority + directness + corroboration + procedural accuracy + currency + reproducibility.

ComponentPointsMaxReason
Source authorityIs the source competent to establish the proposition?3030The sentencing judge's own remarks are the primary court record.
DirectnessDoes the source state the proposition or only discuss adjacent facts?1920The remarks state the pleas and the orders.
CorroborationDo independent records support the same material point?1115The DOJ release describes linked conduct in the same countries.
Procedural accuracyDoes the record settle the procedural state the claim describes?1515Conviction and sentence are recorded with no appeal found.
CurrencyHas the record been checked against later developments?810We found no later record changing the sentence.
ReproducibilityCan a reader locate the passage and repeat the assessment?1010The remarks are published by the judiciary.
Total93100

Timeline

  1. Glencore Energy UK pleads guilty to seven countsS2
  2. Sentence passed at Southwark Crown CourtS2

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Revision history

  • Assessment first published with label Supported.

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Sources

  1. S2Tier A Sentencing Remarks GlencoreCourts and Tribunals Judiciary, Southwark Crown Court. Court judgment. 3 November 2022.Supports the pleas, counts, countries and financial orders. It does not address later cases against individuals.Link working, checked 25 October 2026
  2. S1Tier A Glencore Entered Guilty Pleas to Foreign Bribery and Market Manipulation SchemesUS Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs. Regulator press release. 24 May 2022.Supports the two US guilty pleas, the countries, the amount and the three-year monitors. It does not state the Brazil resolution amount or when the monitorships ended.Link working, checked 25 October 2026

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