Shell admits dealing with Nigerian money launderer

Oil major acknowledges it held talks with Dan Etete during negotiations to buy OPL 245 oilfield

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Shell has admitted it dealt with a money launderer when it struck a deal with Nigeria over an oilfield it hoped to exploit.

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