What did Glencore group entities plead guilty to in 2022?

confidence: highas of 31 Oct 2026

Confirmed fact · as of 31 Oct 2026

In May 2022 Glencore group entities pleaded guilty in the United States to FCPA bribery and commodity price-manipulation conspiracies and were convicted in the United Kingdom, under coordinated resolutions with US, UK and Brazilian authorities exceeding USD 1.5 billion in total. The full chronology and primary sources are set out in the linked issue record on IssueAndOutcome.

A U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, Glencore Entered Guilty Pleas to Foreign Bribery and Market Manipulation Schemes (24 May 2022) · retrieved 31 Oct 2026

Reasoning

Summarised from the cross-linked, separately fact-checked issue record and its primary sources.

A claim review answers one narrow factual question from the cited sources. It is not a verdict on the company.