Glencore Paid $5 Billion To Foreign Governments by Matthew Allen, SwissInfo.ch
Commodities giant Glencore shelled out $5 billion (CHF4.9 billion) in taxes, royalties and other payments to countries where it extracted raw materials last year, the Baar-based company revealed on Wednesday.
Glencore was forced to reveal the figures by a new European Union law that addresses allegations of tax dodging by the commodities industry and of corruption within the countries that the raw materials are mined. All of Glencore’s figures are characterized as above-board payments in line with international standards.
Swiss pressure group Public Eye greeted the publication of Glencore’s...
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