Shares in Royal Dutch Shell are under pressure after it said it was being investigated by US authorities for possible breaches of bribery rules.
Coinciding with a strategy update, the company’s annual report reveals on page 16 that “Shell is currently under investigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the US Department of Justice for violations of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
“Shell has an ongoing internal investigation and is co-operating with the US DoJ and the SEC investigations. While these US investigations are ongoing, Shell may face fines and additional costs.”
This seems to be a development from a year ago, when the company said a US subsidiary had been contacted by the DoJ about possible violations of the Act. Shell’s A shares are currently down 37p at £16.03.
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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