Sudan war crime trial of former oil firm executives starts in Sweden
by Reuters in Stockholm from World news | The Guardian on (#6EF6G)
Prosecutors say ex-chair and CEO were complicit in atrocities by Sudanese army and militias
The former CEO and the chair of a Swedish oil firm go on trial in Sweden on Tuesday, accused of complicity in war crimes in Sudan between 1999 and 2003.
Prosecutors say the then-Lundin Oil - which has since changed name several times and in 2022 sold most of its business - asked Khartoum to secure a potential oilfield in what is now South Sudan, knowing this would mean seizing the area by force.
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