The trove of leaked financial documents known as the Paradise Papers, have put Israeli businessman Dan Gertler in the spotlight, a position he usually avoids. Gertler, who at the age of 43 has a net worth estimated at $1.2 billion, made his fortune from mining diamonds and other materials in Africa. According to the leaked…
Israel released billionaire businessman Beny Steinmetz from house arrest without charge on Wednesday, his mining firm BSG Resources (BSGR) and a court spokeswoman said, following his detention over bribery allegations involving BSGR in Africa. Israeli authorities put Steinmetz, 60, under house arrest on Dec. 19. Police said he and other Israelis living abroad were alleged…
(Reuters) — Britain’s data watchdog has dismissed Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz’s claims against a campaign group which used data to link him and his BSGR mining business to corruption in Guinea, saying the group enjoyed exemptions for journalists. Steinmetz and three executives working with BSGR – which was stripped of its mining rights on the giant…
Guinea could void BSG Resources’ (BSGR) mining permits if corruption investigations in the West African nation and the United States lead to convictions, the head of a committee tasked with reviewing mining deals said. BSGR, the mining arm of Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz’s business empire, is battling Guinea over the right to mine one of…
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