TRIAL International is a non-governmental organization fighting impunity for international crimes and supporting victims in their quest for justice.
Apr 14, 2022 • 12 tweets • 8 min read
🚨🚨🚨 NOUVEAU!!!
Le Ministère public de la Confédération🇨🇭 confirme l’ouverture d’une procédure très rare concernant le #crimedeguerre de pillage.
Les autorités suisses disposent en effet de suffisamment de soupçons que des actes de #pillage... 1/ trialinternational.org/fr/latest-post…
...- qui est un crime de guerre - auraient été commis en #Libye🇱🇾 dans le cadre d’opérations commerciales entre un groupe armé libyen et une entreprise de trading basée à Zoug, Kolmar Group AG. @news_gotham révèle en effet que selon le MPC... 2/ gothamcity.ch/2022/04/13/la-….
May 26, 2020 • 7 tweets • 6 min read
Cases of #pillage by corporate actors investigated and brought to justice are rare.
Very rare.
Still, TRIAL International in recent years has submitted no less than 4 such criminal cases to the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) of #Switzerland.
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The first complaint concerned the role played by #Argor-Heraeus in refining several tonnes of gold illegally extracted from the #DRC.
The OAG decided in 2015 to close it down.
Not being a civil party, TRIAL was unable to appeal the decision. trialinternational.org/latest-post/sw… 2/