Publisher
Global Witness
2 published claims from Global Witness appear in the database. The labels below compare each sampled claim with the record. They do not rate the publisher as a whole.
- Contradicted1
- Outdated1
Sampled claims
- Contradicted82The proposition that Eni and Shell were proven to have paid bribes to Nigerian politicians through the US$1.1 billion OPL 245 payment, as alleged by the Milan prosecutor and summarised by Global Witness in March 2021.
- Outdated64Global Witness said in March 2021 that two middlemen had already been found guilty for their role in the OPL 245 deal in a separate trial.
Reports and statements sampled
- Acquittal of Shell and Eni in corruption trial “a stain on Italy”Press report, 17 March 2021
Responses on record
- Eni, 19 July 2022, on this claim: Eni called the case unmotivated and disconcerting and cited years of costly proceedings.S1
Sources
- S1Tier B Eni: unmotivated and disconcerting Nigeria judicial case endedEni S.p.A.. Company statement. 19 July 2022.Company account that the prosecutors' appeal was dropped and the acquittals became final. It is not the court order itself.Link working, checked 25 October 2026