Oil Traders Lawyer Up as Hormuz Disruptions Trigger Billions of Dollars in Disputes April 29, 2026 By Alfred Cang, Yongchang Chin, Archie Hunter, Jack Farchy and Sherry Su Some of the biggest names in oil trading are becoming embroiled in a complex web of disputes that could be...
Oil Trader CFOs Say Hormuz Closure Driving Wave of Disputes April 22, 2026 By Archie Hunter and Alex Longley The chief financial officers of some of the world’s top commodity trading houses warned that the protracted closure of the...
Businessman Accused in Trafigura Nickel Nightmare Goes on Trial November 17, 2025 By Archie Hunter and Jonathan Browning More than two years after it emerged that Trafigura Group lost over half a billion dollars in an alleged nickel...
UK Targets Russian Oil Trading ‘Lynchpins’ With Sanctions December 18, 2024 By Upmanyu Trivedi and Archie Hunter The UK announced fresh sanctions targeting alleged “lynchpins” that enable the trade of Russian oil, along with 20 “shadow fleet”...
Vitol, SK Settle California Fuel Rigging Probe for $50 Million July 11, 2024 By Archie Hunter California’s attorney general said it reached a $50 million settlement with commodity traders Vitol and SK Energy Americas Inc. after...
Trafigura Staff Tried to Hide Nickel ‘Red Flags,’ Gupta Says in Court Document December 6, 2023 By Jack Farchy, Jonathan Browning and Archie Hunter Staff at Trafigura Group worked with alleged fraudster Prateek Gupta to ensure that their dealings would not raise the suspicion...
4 Billion Pieces of Paper Keep Global Trade Afloat but Fraud Fuels Push to Digitize October 4, 2023 By Archie Hunter They are relatively easy to fake. Frequently get lost. And can add huge amounts of time to any journey. Yet...
Another Metals Trading House Says It Has Been Hit by a Nickel Fraud August 25, 2023 By Archie Hunter, Alfred Cang and Jonathan Browning Another trading house has been stung after buying a cargo supposedly containing nickel that turned out to be full of...
Commodity Trader Trafigura Faces $577 Million Loss After Uncovering Nickel Fraud February 10, 2023 By Archie Hunter and Jack Farchy Commodity trader Trafigura Group is facing more than half a billion dollars in losses after discovering metal cargoes it bought...
‘Shadow Fleet’ of Tankers Transporting Russian Oil Swells to 600 Ships: Trafigura February 6, 2023 By Archie Hunter, Alix Steel and Grant Smith The “shadow fleet” of ships that transport Russian oil around the world has expanded to around 600 tankers, according to...