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Italian Supreme Court Quashes Convictions of Prosecutors in Case against Eni and Shell

26 June 2026

The Corner House welcomes the 18 June decision by the Italian Supreme Court to overturn the conviction of Fabio de Pasquale and Sergio Spadaro, the two lead prosecutors in the Milan trial of oil multinationals Eni and Shell and others for alleged bribery in the acquisition of the OPL 245 oil field in Nigeria.

file iconStatement on Decision of Italian Supreme Court

"Frivolous" Lawsuit Filed by Italian Oil Company Allegedly to Silence Reporting on Israel Connections
The Corner House Expresses Solidarity

18 April 2026

Social movements around the world have condemned as frivolous a lawsuit brought this month by the Italian oil company ENI against a small Italian solidarity organization and one of its representatives, Eva Pastorelli.

Pastorelli's "offense" was to state last December on the Italian television programme Report several facts that ENI itself does not dispute.

Recent Actions toward a Post-Oil Civilization
On the Ground in Nigeria and Ecuador

6 December 2025

Two recent developments in Africa and Latin America reveal concrete challenges and advances in today's struggles toward a post-oil civilization. 

From Africa, the recently-released Analysis of Nigeria’s 2024 Regulations for the Upstream Petroleum Environmental Remediation Fund exposes the inadequacy of currently-contemplated measures to finance the remediation and rehabilitation of territories subject to pollution resulting from upstream oil and gas operations by transnational companies in the Niger Delta.

file iconOil Remediation Fund Analysis -- Nigeria
file icon100 Steps to Dismantling Yasuni -- Ecuador
file iconEcos del Yasuni in English -- 10.25
file iconEcos del Yasuni in English -- 07.25
file iconYasuni -- A Space of Social and Environmental Conflict -- espanol
file iconYasuni in a Feminist Key 2014 -- espanol

Italy Slammed in Alleged International Bribery Case
Court Judgment on European Oil Companies Found to be Incompatible with OECD Anti-Corruption Convention
HEDA (Nigeria), Re:Common (Italy) and The Corner House

20 October 2022

Italy's recent acquittal of oil multinationals Shell and ENI for bribery in Nigeria has been severely criticised by the body that acts as guardian of one of the main international anti-bribery conventions.  Details of this important case can be found in the attached press release.

A submission on the case co-authored by HEDA, a Nigerian human rights and anti-corruption group; Re:Common, an Italian non-governmental organization and The Corner House is also available above.

file iconOECD Hauls Italy over the Coals (press release)
file iconSubmission to the OECD by HEDA, Re:Common and The Corner House