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Thursday, March 25, 2021
With regards to the investigation into some of activities of Eni in Congo, the company announced that the Giudice per le indagini preliminari (GIP, the judge in charge for preliminary investigations) has accepted today the proposal of agreed sanctions as submitted by the Public Prosecutor and which Eni adhered to.
The decision follows the dropping of the alleged offence of corruption charge by the Public Prosecutor, which was determined during the previous hearing on 17 February.
Eni reiterated that it is pleased that the Milan Court also confirmed the absence of alleged offenses of international corruption: this decision allowed the definition of the settlement that had been approved today.
Eni stated that the outcome of today does not represent an admission of inadequacy of its systems or a guilty plea by the company in relation to the alleged offense, but a settlement aimed at avoiding the continuation a judicial process that would entail significant further expenditure of unrecoverable costs and resources.
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