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Sanctioned Oil Trader Sues Intelligence Firm as Spy Saga Continues

OilPrice · Charles Kennedy · last updated
A sanctioned Dutch oil trader at the center of a dispute involving allegations of CIA ties, Russian crude shipments, and multimillion-dollar fraud has sued a prominent U.S. corporate intelligence firm for libel and slander — the latest twist in a saga that has captivated the commodities world. As reported by the Financial Times, Niels Troost — the only European trader sanctioned for dealing in Russian oil — filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York against the Arkin Group, a New York-based corporate intelligence consultancy founded by…