A little of that FCPA action we’ve been talking about. The U.S. government’s investigation goes (involving both the SEC and DOJ) back to 2007 and concerns allegations that reps of Royal Dutch Shell paid bribes to Nigerian customs agents, possibly through Swiss freight forwarding firm Panalpina. The SEC is investigating ten other firms that used Panalpina on suspicion of similar illegal payments. Shell has been running its own internal investigation alongside the U.S. Government probe.

– MDT