Reuters: Glencore’s former head of oil has appeared in a UK court on bribery charges related to the Swiss commodity trader’s operations in Africa

Alex Beard faces two counts of conspiracy for making corrupt payments to government and state-owned oil company officials in Nigeria and Cameroon. As the most prominent commodity trader charged with alleged corruption in Britain he led Glencore’s oil division from 2007 to 2019, helping establish the company as a top oil trader. Four other former Glencore employees are also charged with related corrupt payments involving Nigeria, Cameroon…