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REVEALED: Two norwegians charged over multimillion bribes to congo president | Vintage Vibes

Norwegian prosecutors have charged two citizens and a Norwegian-based oil company with paying around $25 million (€21.1m) in bribes to the Republic of the Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso and his family in exchange for offshore drilling rights.

The alleged corruption centred on a 2016 oil licence application in which the defendants offered Sassou Nguesso and his relatives a quarter-share of the concession's revenues, prosecutor Marianne Djupesland said Monday.

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