Shell, Panalpina, Five Other Companies Fined $236.5 Million for Alleged Bribes - DailyFinance
Seven companies involved in the oil industry -- including Transocean (RIG), the company that owned the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that exploded and leaked oil into the Gulf of Mexico for three months earlier this year -- will pay the U.S. government a total of $236.5 million to settle charges that they bribed overseas officials to lower customs duties, extend drilling contacts and streamline permitting for oil-drilling rigs, among other things.Shell, Panalpina, Five Other Companies Fined $236.5 Million for Alleged Bribes - DailyFinance
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