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Trafigura Pte Ltd: the Trafigura group's Singapore trading company

Trafigura Pte Ltd: participants and roles

Participants and documented roles around Trafigura Pte Ltd: its parent chain to Farringford Foundation and the foundation's council, its directors and the parent's board, subsidiaries and group companies, financing counterparties, and the parties to the proceedings and press accounts in the record.

published
16 oct 2026
records as of
16 oct 2026
entities
161
sources
129
cite entities.csv
Member (Jersey nominee holder)Parent in the chain of controlLessor of the six VLCCs under long-term bareboat leasesManagerHead of the branch (member of its statutory body)Controlling shareholder (50.26% of the ordinary shares)Sole shareholder (Myra Falls is its wholly owned subsidiary) (+1)Successor by amalgamationDirectorSole shareholderSole shareholderUltimate parent and shareholder in GLEIF and Maltese register dataParent in the chain of controlUltimate parent in the GLEIF registerUltimate controlling company of the group; no person controlled it after 2015Owner (his own company)Convicted in Brazil of corrupt payments to its officials (as reported)Executive of the groupParent in the chain of controlOwner, with decisive voting power but no exposure to variable returnsUltimate controlling entity, indirectly through Trafigura Control Holdings and Trafigura BeheerGroup finance company lending the proceeds of its debt issues principally to TPTE, which performs treasury functions for the groupSpouseOwner (described by the Dubai execution court as her company)Former head (chief executive) of the company (+1)Effective controller; the company was a front for him (as found by the English court; denied by Mr Gupta)Effective controller; the company was a front for him (as found by the English court; denied by Mr Gupta)Effective controller; the company was a front for him (as found by the English court; denied by Mr Gupta)De facto or legal controller, indirect shareholder and director; sole board member from 11 March 2023De facto or legal controller (director 12 January 2017 – 28 October 2020)Ultimate beneficial owner and/or controller (as found by the English court)De facto or legal controller, indirect shareholder and director (as found by the English court)De facto or legal controller, indirect shareholder and director (as found by the English court)Declared beneficial ownerChief Executive Officer and directorDirectorMember of the statutory body of the branch's founder, Trafigura Trading (Europe) SàrlClaimant against the carrier, first defendant (HC/ADM 14/2023)Corporate person with significant controlClaimant to title to a nickel-briquette cargo against TPTE and Trafigura India (HC/ADM 14/2023)Director, secretary, legal and judicial representative and shareholderChief executive or managing director (aggregator listing)Director, secretary, legal and judicial representative and shareholderMember of the foundation council, which controls the foundationCompany secretaryDirector (aggregator listing)Director, legal and judicial representativeShareholderIndependent director (aggregator listing)Company secretaryDirector (non-executive)Declared beneficial ownerDirector (with the group since its inception)Director (aggregator listing of Trafigura Holdings Ltd.)Director, legal and judicial representative (Maltese registry data)DirectorClass A directorDirectorDirectorDirectorManager (+1)Group Chief Financial Officer and member of the executive committee (+1)DirectorMajor client of the metals businessSeller of fuel and lender of over $500 million of Trafigura's money to the firm (as reported)Main oil trader in Mongolia; suspended in 2024 (as reported)Executive director; released from the post (as reported in April 2025)Sole owner at registrationDirectorDirectorCompany secretaryParent of the operating subsidiaryDirectorDirector, legal and judicial representativeDirectorMember of the foundation council, which controls the foundationDirectorDirectorDirectorDirectorDeclared beneficial ownerDirectorDirectorAbsorbing company in a mergerDirectorDirectorJoint controlling shareholder (with Trafigura Lobito Investments)RepresentativeAuditorAuditorAuditorClaimant for restitution of about $22.6 million (claim and appeal dismissed)DirectorDirectorDirector, legal and judicial representativeDirectorManagerCollection and transaction account bankDirectorDirectorNon-executive director (aggregator listing)Chief executive and general manager (aggregator listing)DirectorVice president of mining operations (aggregator listing)General manager (aggregator listing)Non-executive director (aggregator listing)Head of mining operations (aggregator listing)DirectorArranger, back-up servicer and matching agentBuyer of a 20% stake (as reported)Buyer of Puma Energy's Angolan business (net consideration USD 647.9 million)Parent company of the state fuel distributorSeller of its Puma Energy shares to the groupExecutive directorRepresentativeChairman of the executive boardDirectorManaging DirectorDirectorDirector (+1)Managing Director and co-founderExecutive DirectorExecutive DirectorDirectorChief Financial Officer, Asia PacificDirectorDirectorDirectorChief Financial Officer and directorDirectorDirectorDirectorMember of the board of trusteesDirectorDirectorRepresentativeDirectorDirectorDirector (+1)Seller of its trade receivables to TPTE for the securitisation programmeBuyer and seller of oil products whose officials it admitted bribing (US plea of 2024)Supplier of ship-chartering and bunkering services to Sonangol EP and its subsidiaries, the group's main clients in AngolaCounterparty, through group companies, to eight ship-chartering contracts and one bunkering contractImmediate parent company and sole shareholder (+1)Parent in the chain of controlMember holding 99% of the voting rights (+1)Ultimate parent companySuccessor by amalgamationBuyer of its zinc, lead and part of its copper concentrate under offtake contractsSuccessor by amalgamationDirectorTreasurerGuarantor of notes issued under its EUR 3,000,000,000 EMTN programmeParent company (wholly owned investment subsidiary)Seller of the Lighthouse Winmore cargo, according to TrafiguraShareholder (49.5%) of the joint ventureSupplier of oil products on credit to its principal counterparty in Mongolia (as reported)Creditor under a debt agreement compensating its iron-ore investmentsControlling shareholder (96.7% at 30 September 2022)Parent company of a wholly owned subsidiary (direct parent by accounting consolidation in GLEIF)Intermediate parent company that consolidates itParent company and sole shareholderParent group of its Indian trading subsidiaryParent companyConsolidating parent (100%) in its annual report 2025Parent company; Trafigura Mongolia LLC is listed among its principal consolidated operating subsidiariesIndirect parent company; TPTE is its wholly owned indirect subsidiary (+1)Parent company; TPTE Holding is listed among its principal consolidated operating subsidiariesMaster servicer of the securitisation programmeIndirect parent company; Trafigura Trading LLC is its wholly owned indirect subsidiaryIntermediary for the group in Angola through his British Virgin Islands company (+1)Shareholder (all 7,700,000 issued shares)Controlling parent in the chain of controlled undertakingsSole shareholderIndirect parent company (TTLLC is its wholly owned indirect subsidiary)Parent company and sole shareholderDirect shareholderControlling parent in the chain of controlled undertakingsBeijing-based oil marketer of the group's Singapore entity (as reported)Joint controlling shareholder (with ME Lobito SGPS)Joint-venture partner in Lobito Atlantic HoldingsProvider of shipping and freight services to its trading teamsSole shareholderImmediate holding company (+1)ShareholderMember (Jersey nominee company)Provider of human resource services to a related companySole shareholder (Breakwater is its wholly owned subsidiary)Shareholder (Maltese registry data to 2016)Founding member of the SGTraDex data-exchange platformSeller of gasoline and claimant for the unpaid price (summary judgment, July 2025)Supplier of coal on open credit to its customerGuarantor of notes issued under its EUR 3,000,000,000 EMTN programmeApplicant, with Trafigura India, for freezing orders over her assets (England 2023; DIFC 2025–2027)Claimant, with Trafigura India, in the English nickel-fraud claim; judgment for TPTE on 30 January 2026Named non-party in the scheme-of-arrangement applications of its liquidators ([2024] SGHC 256)Party to a confidential global settlement agreementCo-owner of a metals project in south-western China (as reported)Buyer of purported LME-grade nickel under a master contract (seller found to have committed fraud)Indirect majority shareholder (from 2019, through Nyrstar and Breakwater)Holder of 99.99% of the shares (9,999 of 10,000); the remaining share is held by Trafigura Electricity B.V. (+1)Buyer of purported LME-grade nickel under a master contract (seller found to have committed fraud)Counterparty in the trade-financing deals at issue (as reported)Buyer of purported LME-grade nickel under a master contract (seller found to have committed fraud)Sole shareholder (TAT is its wholly owned subsidiary)Sole shareholderSole shareholder (TCL is its wholly owned subsidiary)Cargo owner claiming against the carrier in arbitration (point of law decided in its favour, January 2023)Parent company (top of the Volare group structure chart)Buyer of purported LME-grade nickel under a master contract (seller found to have committed fraud)Buyer of purported LME-grade nickel under a master contract (seller found to have committed fraud)Seller and originator of trade receivables in the securitisation programmeBuyer of purported LME-grade nickel under a master contract (seller found to have committed fraud)Buyer of purported LME-grade nickel under a master contract (seller found to have committed fraud)Applicant, with Trafigura India, for precautionary attachment of its Dubai propertiesBeneficial owner of 74,581,000 H shares (1.25% of all shares)Sole shareholderFounder of the branchGuarantor of notes issued under its EUR 3,000,000,000 EMTN programmeSeller of its trade receivables to TPTE for the securitisation programme (+1)Member (Jersey trustee company)Interim (DIP) lender in the CCAA proceedingsManaging memberMajority shareholder (about 56.3% before the over-allotment option)Majority shareholderMajority shareholder (a minority from January 2023)Claimant in High Court Suit No 1055 of 2019 (claims for two of three sums struck out as time-barred)Holder of 10.94% of the voting rightsDirectorMember of the foundation council, which controls the foundationDirectorDirectorDirectorDeclared beneficial ownerDirectorDesignated memberLegal representative (as listed by a corporate-data aggregator)RepresentativeLegal representative of its foreign-company registration in Panama (as listed by a corporate-data aggregator)DirectorMember of the management board and Chief Operating Officer, responsible for group compliance and for coordinating payments to intermediariesDirectorRegistered ultimate ownerMember of the foundation council, which controls the foundationChief Executive OfficerDirector and chairmanShareholderEmployeeDeclared beneficial ownerChairman of the board (non-executive from 1 January 2025) (+1)Director, chairman from 4 December 2018Member of the statutory body of the branch's founder, Trafigura Trading (Europe) SàrlExecutive directorSingapore-based head of Mongolia; contract terminated in 2024 (as reported)DirectorBLPL Singapore PteLtdBLPL Singapore Pte LtdSociété GénéraleSociété GénéraleStandard CharteredBankStandard Chartered BankTrafiguraSecuritisationFinance PLCTrafigura Securitisation Finance PLCVision InvestmentsLtdVision Investments LtdTFG Marine ApSTFG Marine ApSSoong Cent-YoungSoong Cent-YoungGinni GuptaA14Ginni GuptaA14: Respondent to freezing orders in England and the DIFC as a person believed to hold assets for Prateek Gupta; not a defendant to the fraud claimSpring Metal LtdA13Spring Metal LtdA13: Defendant found liable to TPTE in deceit and conspiracy over the 2021–2022 nickel trades (English Commercial Court, 30 January 2026)TMT Metals (UK)LtdA13TMT Metals (UK) LtdA13: Defendant found liable to TPTE in deceit and conspiracy over the 2021–2022 nickel trades (English Commercial Court, 30 January 2026)Prateek GuptaA12Prateek GuptaA12: Found by the English Commercial Court on 30 January 2026 to have devised a nickel fraud of about US$500 million against TPTE; personally liable for around US$500 millionUIL Malaysia LtdA13UIL Malaysia LtdA13: Defendant found liable to TPTE in deceit and conspiracy over the 2021–2022 nickel trades (English Commercial Court, 30 January 2026)UD Trading GroupHolding PteLimitedUD Trading Group Holding Pte LimitedDecal do BrasilDecal do BrasilCompañía MineraNuevo Monte, S.A.de C.V.Compañía Minera Nuevo Monte, S.A. de C.V.Hin Leong Trading(Pte.) Ltd.Hin Leong Trading (Pte.) Ltd.Paulo GouveiaJúniorA5Paulo Gouveia JúniorA5: Convicted at first instance by the Swiss Federal Criminal Court on 31 January 2025 (SK.2023.49) of accepting bribes as a foreign public official: 36 months, 14 to be served (identified as A. in the anonymised judgment through an NGO summary and press reports)TKK Shipping PteLtdTKK Shipping Pte LtdSonangol E.P.Sonangol E.P.Puma EnergyPuma EnergyEltranika LLCEltranika LLCLex Oil LLCLex Oil LLCNM RothschildNM RothschildNew Alloys TradingPte LtdA13New Alloys Trading Pte LtdA13: Defendant found liable to TPTE in deceit and conspiracy over the 2021–2022 nickel trades (English Commercial Court, 30 January 2026)TMT Metals AGA13TMT Metals AGA13: Defendant found liable to TPTE in deceit and conspiracy over the 2021–2022 nickel trades (English Commercial Court, 30 January 2026)UIL (Singapore)Pte LtdA13UIL (Singapore) Pte LtdA13: Defendant found liable to TPTE in deceit and conspiracy over the 2021–2022 nickel trades (English Commercial Court, 30 January 2026)Mariano MarcondesFerrazA6Mariano Marcondes FerrazA6: Reported convictions in Brazil (2018 and 2019) and Switzerland for corrupt payments to Petrobras officialsPetróleoBrasileiro S.A.Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.RB International(UK) LimitedRB International (UK) LimitedHyphen TradingLimitedHyphen Trading LimitedSonangolDistribuidora SASonangol Distribuidora SAEdmundo AbdonVidal CornelioEdmundo Abdon Vidal CornelioJinchuan Group CoLtdJinchuan Group Co LtdMikhail ZeldovichMikhail ZeldovichTrafigura MongoliaLLCTrafigura Mongolia LLCJononbayarErdenesurenA16Jononbayar ErdenesurenA16: Reported as suspended in 2024 in connection with the $1.1 billion Mongolian loss and as having lent Trafigura money to a relative’s company; no finding in the recordChristophe ThierryMarie SalmonChristophe Thierry Marie SalmonGenghis HoldingCompany LimitedGenghis Holding Company LimitedMine Craft LimitedA13Mine Craft LimitedA13: Defendant found liable to TPTE in deceit and conspiracy over the 2021–2022 nickel trades (English Commercial Court, 30 January 2026)Urion Holdings(Malta) LimitedUrion Holdings (Malta) LimitedAtalaya MiningCopper, S.A.Atalaya Mining Copper, S.A.Federal Governmentof BrazilFederal Government of BrazilDEX DigitalTechnologies Pte.Ltd.DEX Digital Technologies Pte. Ltd.Farlin Energy &Commodities FZEA15Farlin Energy & Commodities FZEA15: Found by the English courts to have forged the coal contracts and agreements behind Rasmala’s payments to TPTEThierry P.A17Thierry P.A17: Convicted at first instance by the Swiss Federal Criminal Court on 31 January 2025 (SK.2023.49) of bribing a foreign public official: 24 months suspended (identified as B. in the anonymised judgment through an NGO summary)PricewaterhouseCoopers LLPPricewaterhouseCoopers LLPTrafigura Pte LtdA8Trafigura Pte LtdA8: Reported in 2017 to have been charged in China, as Trafigura (Singapore) Pte Ltd, over trade-financing deals, with $32.9 million frozen; outcome not in the recordTPTE HoldingLimitedTPTE Holding LimitedTrafigura Nat GasLimitedTrafigura Nat Gas LimitedGalena AssetManagementGalena Asset ManagementTrafigura BulgariaEOODTrafigura Bulgaria EOODRichard JonathanHoltumRichard Jonathan HoltumVincent Eric BoyerVincent Eric BoyerTrafigura OverseasProjects Pte. Ltd.Trafigura Overseas Projects Pte. Ltd.Juan Diego CharlesHubert OlaecheaJuan Diego Charles Hubert OlaecheaKamburov &Partners Co. EOODKamburov & Partners Co. EOODTrafigura Nominees(Jersey) LimitedTrafigura Nominees (Jersey) LimitedMike WainwrightA4Mike WainwrightA4: Convicted at first instance by the Swiss Federal Criminal Court on 31 January 2025 (SK.2023.49) of bribing a foreign public official: 32 months, 12 to be served (identified as C. in the anonymised judgment through an NGO summary and press reports)Trafigura BeheerB.V.A1 · A2 · A3Trafigura Beheer B.V.A1: Convicted at first instance by the Swiss Federal Criminal Court on 31 January 2025 (SK.2023.49) for lacking the organisational measures to prevent bribery of an Angolan official: fine of CHF 3 million and compensatory claim of USD 145.6 million; reported to have appealed · A2: Pleaded guilty in the United States on 28 March 2024 to conspiracy to violate the FCPA over bribes to Petrobras officials (fine $80,488,040, forfeiture $46,510,257) · A3: Leniency agreement with Brazil’s CGU and AGU (March 2025) on improper payments of 2003–2014, as reported, with R$ 435.4 million in fines and compensationTrafigura ControlHoldings Pte. Ltd.Trafigura Control Holdings Pte. Ltd.Trafigura FundingS.A.Trafigura Funding S.A.Trafigura GroupPte. Ltd.A9Trafigura Group Pte. Ltd.A9: Named by South Korea in January 2018 as owner of a cargo suspected of a sanctions-breaching transfer to North Korea; the group denied involvementTrafigura TradingLLCA7Trafigura Trading LLCA7: CFTC order of 17 June 2024 (No. 24-08): $55 million civil penalty for misuse of confidential information, fuel-oil benchmark manipulation and whistleblower impediments; settled without admitting or denyingJeremy CharlesWeirJeremy Charles WeirTrafigura HoldingsPte. Ltd.Trafigura Holdings Pte. Ltd.Trafigura HoldingSàrlTrafigura Holding SàrlTrafigura Trading(Europe) Sàrl,odštěpný závodČeská republikaTrafigura Trading (Europe) Sàrl, odštěpný závod Česká republikaTan Chin HweeTan Chin HweeNanyangTechnologicalUniversityNanyang Technological UniversityPan-African SoleilHoldings Pte. Ltd.Pan-African Soleil Holdings Pte. Ltd.Trafigura US Inc.Trafigura US Inc.Trafigura MaritimeLogistics Pte.Ltd.Trafigura Maritime Logistics Pte. Ltd.Myra Falls MineLtd.A11Myra Falls Mine Ltd.A11: Under creditor protection (CCAA) by order of the Supreme Court of British Columbia from 18 December 2023Tian MengTian MengTrafigura AsiaTrading Pte. Ltd.Trafigura Asia Trading Pte. Ltd.Stephan ArjanJansmaStephan Arjan JansmaMark Joseph IrwinMark Joseph IrwinFarringfordFoundationFarringford FoundationTrafigura HoldingsLimitedTrafigura Holdings LimitedTrafigura LimitedTrafigura LimitedPE InvestmentsLimitedPE Investments LimitedTrafigura Trading(Europe) SàrlTrafigura Trading (Europe) SàrlCuscaden PeakInvestmentsPrivate LimitedCuscaden Peak Investments Private LimitedCommonwealthConcepts Pte. Ltd.Commonwealth Concepts Pte. Ltd.Trafigura VolareHoldings B.V.Trafigura Volare Holdings B.V.Volare ShippingLtd.Volare Shipping Ltd.BreakwaterResources LtdA10Breakwater Resources LtdA10: Pleaded guilty on 19 October 2020 to a Fisheries Act offence over a 2018 effluent spill at the Langlois mine; fined $350,000Trafigura ControlHoldings S.à r.l.Trafigura Control Holdings S.à r.l.Beheer MaltaLimitedBeheer Malta LimitedFarringford N.V.Farringford N.V.Farringford MaltaLimitedFarringford Malta LimitedDereje TedlaDereje TedlaTrafigura CanadaLimitedTrafigura Canada LimitedRobert AshbridgeKreiderRobert Ashbridge KreiderPhillip CraigRobinsonPhillip Craig RobinsonTrafigura CanadaLimited(amalgamated in2022)Trafigura Canada Limited (amalgamated in 2022)Impala TerminalsUK Ltd.Impala Terminals UK Ltd.Trafigura CalgaryLtd.Trafigura Calgary Ltd.Bank ofCommunicationsFinancial LeasingCo., Ltd.Bank of Communications Financial Leasing Co., Ltd.Trafigura Trustees(Jersey) LimitedTrafigura Trustees (Jersey) LimitedBDFH 2016 NomineeBDFH 2016 NomineeSee Wei PeiSee Wei PeiQingdao UnitedEnergyQingdao United EnergyMinistry ofFinance of AngolaMinistry of Finance of AngolaImmerse LearningLtd.Immerse Learning Ltd.TM Mining VenturesSLTM Mining Ventures SLSean JosephMcGrealSean Joseph McGrealTrafiguraCommoditiesMarketing LimitedTrafigura Commodities Marketing LimitedBryan JosephChismarBryan Joseph ChismarCortes HoldingsS.à r.l.Cortes Holdings S.à r.l.Cortes InvestmentsS.à r.l.Cortes Investments S.à r.l.Mt Sinai CapitalPte. Ltd.Mt Sinai Capital Pte. Ltd.Nyrstar CanadaResources Ltd.Nyrstar Canada Resources Ltd.Bulavista LimitedBulavista LimitedWeihai CityCommercial BankCo., Ltd.Weihai City Commercial Bank Co., Ltd.Sergio AgapitoLires RialSergio Agapito Lires RialTrafigura IndiaPvt LtdTrafigura India Pvt LtdSipko SchatSipko SchatRobert AlexanderMaasRobert Alexander MaasMinas de AguasTeñidas SAMinas de Aguas Teñidas SAPetropavlovsk PLCPetropavlovsk PLCAndrew VickermanAndrew VickermanWoodhouse PartnersLLPWoodhouse Partners LLPSingapore TradeData ExchangeServices Pte. Ltd.Singapore Trade Data Exchange Services Pte. Ltd.Pierre AndreJacques LorinetPierre Andre Jacques LorinetRookmanor LimitedRookmanor LimitedNyrstar AustraliaPty Ltd.Nyrstar Australia Pty Ltd.Sierra Gorda SCMSierra Gorda SCMMaciej SciazkoMaciej SciazkoUnited PetroleumTrading LimitedUnited Petroleum Trading LimitedGlobal CommoditiesConsultants Ltd.Global Commodities Consultants Ltd.José LaroccaJosé LaroccaTag Eco Recycling(UK) LimitedTag Eco Recycling (UK) LimitedAndrew PhilipStarkeyAndrew Philip StarkeyPierfront CapitalPierfront CapitalMacquarie GroupMacquarie GroupPT Merdeka BatteryMaterials TbkPT Merdeka Battery Materials TbkTrafigura WestAfrica Pte. Ltd.Trafigura West Africa Pte. Ltd.Chuntile HoldingsMalta LimitedChuntile Holdings Malta LimitedSir Tom CowieHoldings LimitedSir Tom Cowie Holdings LimitedRasmala TradeFinance FundRasmala Trade Finance FundEuromax ResourcesLtd.Euromax Resources Ltd.Lumina CopperCorp.Lumina Copper Corp.SAIS Ltd.SAIS Ltd.Trafigura LobitoInvestments PteLtdTrafigura Lobito Investments Pte LtdGreenergy GroupLimitedGreenergy Group LimitedPresidio CapitalPresidio CapitalPT Merdeka CopperGold TbkPT Merdeka Copper Gold TbkProvident CapitalPartnersProvident Capital PartnersPenta Group EuropeLimitedPenta Group Europe LimitedRio Tinto PensionFund TrusteesLimitedRio Tinto Pension Fund Trustees LimitedCambridge EnergyLimitedCambridge Energy LimitedPenguin MetalsLimitedPenguin Metals LimitedPuffin Properties(Durham) LimitedPuffin Properties (Durham) LimitedEl Soobat EnergyCo LtdEl Soobat Energy Co LtdSkylark MineralsLtd.Skylark Minerals Ltd.Greenergy FuelsHoldings LimitedGreenergy Fuels Holdings LimitedME Lobito SGPS,LDAME Lobito SGPS, LDALobito AtlanticHoldings SGPS, LDALobito Atlantic Holdings SGPS, LDALobito AtlanticRailway, S.A.Lobito Atlantic Railway, S.A.Galena AssetManagement LimitedGalena Asset Management Limited

Solid line: documented. Amber dashed: reported. Grey dotted: hypothesis. One arrow: the relationship as stated; two arrows: reciprocal; no arrow: symmetric. A path between two parties does not transfer an allegation from one to the other.

every party and relationship in full, as text ↓

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  • A8 · Reported in 2017 to have been charged in China, as Trafigura (Singapore) Pte Ltd, over trade-financing deals, with $32.9 million frozen; outcome not in the record — Trafigura Pte Ltd
  • A9 · Named by South Korea in January 2018 as owner of a cargo suspected of a sanctions-breaching transfer to North Korea; the group denied involvement — Trafigura Group Pte. Ltd.
  • A7 · CFTC order of 17 June 2024 (No. 24-08): $55 million civil penalty for misuse of confidential information, fuel-oil benchmark manipulation and whistleblower impediments; settled without admitting or denying — Trafigura Trading LLC
  • A1 · Convicted at first instance by the Swiss Federal Criminal Court on 31 January 2025 (SK.2023.49) for lacking the organisational measures to prevent bribery of an Angolan official: fine of CHF 3 million and compensatory claim of USD 145.6 million; reported to have appealed — Trafigura Beheer B.V.
  • A2 · Pleaded guilty in the United States on 28 March 2024 to conspiracy to violate the FCPA over bribes to Petrobras officials (fine $80,488,040, forfeiture $46,510,257) — Trafigura Beheer B.V.
  • A3 · Leniency agreement with Brazil’s CGU and AGU (March 2025) on improper payments of 2003–2014, as reported, with R$ 435.4 million in fines and compensation — Trafigura Beheer B.V.
  • A4 · Convicted at first instance by the Swiss Federal Criminal Court on 31 January 2025 (SK.2023.49) of bribing a foreign public official: 32 months, 12 to be served (identified as C. in the anonymised judgment through an NGO summary and press reports) — Mike Wainwright
  • A10 · Pleaded guilty on 19 October 2020 to a Fisheries Act offence over a 2018 effluent spill at the Langlois mine; fined $350,000 — Breakwater Resources Ltd
  • A11 · Under creditor protection (CCAA) by order of the Supreme Court of British Columbia from 18 December 2023 — Myra Falls Mine Ltd.
  • A5 · Convicted at first instance by the Swiss Federal Criminal Court on 31 January 2025 (SK.2023.49) of accepting bribes as a foreign public official: 36 months, 14 to be served (identified as A. in the anonymised judgment through an NGO summary and press reports) — Paulo Gouveia Júnior
  • A17 · Convicted at first instance by the Swiss Federal Criminal Court on 31 January 2025 (SK.2023.49) of bribing a foreign public official: 24 months suspended (identified as B. in the anonymised judgment through an NGO summary) — Thierry P.
  • A6 · Reported convictions in Brazil (2018 and 2019) and Switzerland for corrupt payments to Petrobras officials — Mariano Marcondes Ferraz
  • A12 · Found by the English Commercial Court on 30 January 2026 to have devised a nickel fraud of about US$500 million against TPTE; personally liable for around US$500 million — Prateek Gupta
  • A13 · Defendant found liable to TPTE in deceit and conspiracy over the 2021–2022 nickel trades (English Commercial Court, 30 January 2026) — New Alloys Trading Pte Ltd
  • A14 · Respondent to freezing orders in England and the DIFC as a person believed to hold assets for Prateek Gupta; not a defendant to the fraud claim — Ginni Gupta
  • A15 · Found by the English courts to have forged the coal contracts and agreements behind Rasmala’s payments to TPTE — Farlin Energy & Commodities FZE
  • A16 · Reported as suspended in 2024 in connection with the $1.1 billion Mongolian loss and as having lent Trafigura money to a relative’s company; no finding in the record — Jononbayar Erdenesuren

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Participants 161

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  • Trafigura Pte Ltd also known as TPTE · Trafigura Pte. Ltd. · Trafigura Pte Limited

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chronology

  1. Trafigura Pte Ltd is incorporated in Singapore (UEN 199601595D) c-identity
  2. The group's trade-receivables securitisation programme, with TPTE as seller, is set up c-securitisation
  3. First of the ship-chartering and bunkering contracts with Sonangol Distribuidora later found to have been obtained by bribery c-angola-indictment c-angola-judgment
  4. Trafigura Nat Gas Limited is registered in Malta c-natgas c-offshore-tpte
  5. The present Breakwater Resources Ltd is formed by amalgamation in British Columbia c-breakwater
  6. Trafigura Funding S.A., the group's bond issuer, is incorporated in Luxembourg c-emtn
  7. The group's Beijing oil marketer Tian Meng is arrested in China, as later reported c-china-2017
  8. Trafigura Holdings Pte. Ltd. is incorporated in Singapore c-holdcos
  9. Tan Chin Hwee becomes TPTE's chief executive c-tan
  10. Trafigura Trading LLC contracts to sell about 3.5 million barrels of fuel oil to TPTE for delivery in Singapore c-cftc
  11. Prosecutors in Langfang charge 'Trafigura (Singapore) Pte Ltd' and Tian Meng, according to a press report c-china-2017
  12. The tanker Lighthouse Winmore transfers oil products to a North Korean vessel at sea c-dprk-2018 c-dprk-dataset
  13. South Korea says Trafigura Group owned the Lighthouse Winmore cargo; the group denies involvement c-dprk-2018
  14. Flocculant spill at the Langlois mine discharges a lethal effluent into the Wedding River c-breakwater-fisheries
  15. Group restructuring notified to Nyrstar: Cortes Investments acquires control of Trafigura B.V. c-chain-2018
  16. TPTE becomes the indirect majority shareholder of Nyrstar, then owner of the Myra Falls mine c-breakwater
  17. The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland opens the Angola case against persons unknown c-angola-indictment
  18. Breakwater Resources pleads guilty under the Fisheries Act and is fined $350,000 c-breakwater-fisheries
  19. Singapore's Appellate Division dismisses United Petroleum Trading's appeal against TPTE c-upt
  20. The group takes control of Puma Energy, buying Sonangol's shares as Sonangol buys Puma's Angolan business c-puma-sonangol
  21. Trafigura Canada Limited is formed by amalgamation c-tcl
  22. English Commercial Court rules for TPTE on the carrier's liability limit in the Thorco Lineage arbitration c-tkk
  23. TPTE and Trafigura India sue Prateek Gupta and seven companies in London and obtain a worldwide freezing order c-gupta-england
  24. English Chabra injunction over assets of Ginni Gupta c-gupta-difc
  25. The European Commission is notified of joint control of Lobito Atlantic Holdings c-lobito
  26. TPTE becomes sole owner of Trafigura Bulgaria EOOD c-bulgaria
  27. Singapore High Court dismisses Hyphen Trading's application to sell the nickel-briquette cargo c-hyphen
  28. The OAG indicts Trafigura Beheer B.V. and three individuals over bribery in Angola c-angola-indictment
  29. English court dismisses the Gupta defendants' application to discharge the freezing order c-gupta-england
  30. Myra Falls Mine Ltd. obtains creditor protection under the CCAA c-myrafalls-ccaa
  31. Trafigura Beheer B.V. pleads guilty in the United States over bribery of Petrobras officials c-doj-brazil
  32. CFTC orders Trafigura Trading LLC to pay a $55 million penalty c-cftc
  33. The group discloses a USD 1.1 billion loss from misconduct in its Mongolian oil-products business c-mongolia-loss c-mongolia-press
  34. Singapore High Court judgment on the Hin Leong schemes lists TPTE as a named non-party c-hinleong
  35. Richard Holtum becomes group chief executive and Jeremy Weir non-executive chairman c-weir c-tgpl-board
  36. Swiss Federal Criminal Court convicts Trafigura Beheer B.V. and three individuals (SK.2023.49) c-angola-judgment
  37. A news agency reports that Lex Oil belonged to a relative of the suspended Mongolia head c-mongolia-lexoil
  38. Brazil's CGU and AGU sign a leniency agreement with Trafigura Beheer B.V. c-brazil-leniency
  39. DIFC freezing orders against Prateek and Ginni Gupta c-gupta-difc
  40. English High Court dismisses Rasmala's restitution claim against TPTE c-rasmala
  41. English Commercial Court grants TPTE summary judgment against El Soobat Energy c-elsoobat
  42. DIFC Court of Appeal allows the Trafigura companies' appeal and continues the freezing orders c-gupta-difc
  43. The Swiss court's reasoned judgment in SK.2023.49 is sent to the parties c-angola-judgment c-angola-appeal
  44. Trafigura is reported to have appealed the Swiss conviction c-angola-appeal
  45. English Commercial Court finds TPTE the victim of a nickel fraud devised by Prateek Gupta c-gupta-england
  46. Notification of major holdings in Atalaya sets out the chain up to Farringford Foundation c-tr1-2026
  47. A Dubai judge rejects the claimants' application for Ginni Gupta's arrest c-gupta-difc
  48. Trafigura says Trafigura Beheer B.V. is considering a move to Bermuda c-tbbv-bermuda
  49. DIFC order continues the freezing order against Ginni Gupta until 1 February 2027 c-gupta-difc
  50. Volare Shipping Ltd., majority-owned within TPTE's chain, is admitted to Euronext Growth Oslo c-tml-volare
  51. Court of Appeal dismisses Rasmala's appeal against TPTE c-rasmala

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