Update: Glencore’s former head of oil pleads not guilty to bribery charges

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Billionaire Alex Beard and his former deputy appear in London court over alleged payments to African officials Glencore’s billionaire former head of oil trading has pleaded ⁠not guilty ⁠to ​two bribery charges following allegedly facilitating payments to west African officials in order to advance the Swiss commodity group’s operations ⁠in the continent. The report also notes that Alex Beard, 59, denied two counts of conspiracy to make ⁠corrupt payments at London’s Southwark crown court on Thursday, in a case brought by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).

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