Ex-Glencore Staff Plead Not Guilty to Africa Bribery Charges (2)

Four former Glencore Plc staffers charged with bribery offenses related to winning the commodity trading firm business in West Africa pleaded not guilty in London.

Martin Wakefield, David Perez, Paul Hopkirk and Ramon Labiaga appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Monday in the Serious Fraud Office prosecution. The four are all facing charges of conspiracy to give corrupt payments, while Perez and Wakefield also face one count of conspiracy to falsify invoices between 2007 and 2011.

The four men pleaded not guilty to all of the offenses. Andrew Gibson and Alexander Beard, the billionaire former head of oil at ...