Netherlands Settles DRC Corruption Probe into Sanctioned Israeli Tycoon’s Shell Company for €25.8M

Dutch prosecutors fined Fleurette Properties €25.8 million after an eight-year probe found the company paid bribes in the Democratic Republic of Congo to secure copper and cobalt mining licences; the report notes the company settled the case without individual charges, highlights Fleurette’s relocation to the Netherlands during the investigation, and situates the penalty within the wider history of U.S. sanctions against owner Dan Gertler and the estimated $1.3 billion loss to the DRC.