Swiss corruption case involving Trafigura and former executive opens

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GENEVA : Trafigura and three other defendants including a former board member go on trial over the alleged payment of bribes to an Angolan oil official for oil deals in a landmark case that opens on Monday.

Trafigura appears in the letterhead of the document used to open the account and a signature resembling Wainwright's appears on it, the indictment alleges.

The 150-page indictment alleges that 4.3 million euros ($4.48 million) was transferred to the Angolan official as well as $604,000 in cash between April 2009 and October 2011.