Ex-OPEC president Diezani Alison-Madueke cleared of bribery in UK trial (opens in new tab)

"Diezani Alison-Madueke was cleared of six charges of bribery at Southwark Crown Court on 17 June 2026, after a five-month trial," defence lawyer Jonathan Laidlaw said in a press release. The trial was brought by the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA), which targets serious organised and international crime, after a years-long investigation concerning alleged offences between 2011 and 2015. Laidlaw told the jury at the London court in January that there was a "gross delay" in the charges being ...