Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:16am EDT
LONDON, March 17 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSa.L) said it was under investigation by U.S. authorities for potential breaches of overseas bribery rules.
“Shell is currently under investigation by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and the United States Department of Justice for violations of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,” the company said in its 2008 annual report.
A copy of the report is available on its website at: here
Last year Shell said a U.S. subsidiary had been “contacted” by the DoJ about potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. (Reporting by Tom Bergin, editing by Will Waterman)
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