Eni's Way
"I make Malala's words my own: 'I tell my story not because it is unique but because it is not" and I hope my story can be served as an example, motivation and inspiration to other whistleblowers who are being silenced and their careers and reputations buried around the world by companies that don’t respect their codes of ethics, by employees and executives who steal corporate coffers and the board that pretends nothing happens"
Friday, February 15, 2019
The siege is closing!!!
Bayo Ojo, Former AGF, Admits Receiving $10m 'Compensation' From Dan Etete For Malabu Deal by Sahara Reporters Media Group.
Ojo made the admission in a passage of his examination in Milan in the ongoing trial of former top officials of Eni and Shell.
Read more in this LINK.
Monday, February 11, 2019
The truth is appearing!
Milan trial: Nigeria's ex-Attorney-General & Justice Minister Bayo Ojo reportedly admits receiving "compensation" of $10 million from ex-Petroleum Minister Dan Etete for advising on the corrupt $1.1 billion deal with Eni and Shell for oil block OPL 245.
Read more in this LINK.
Saturday, February 02, 2019
Career Catapulted by Eni's CEO
A common career until she gets to the CEO's Office. In a short time she was promoted to the position of "VP"! Was it professional competence or did she use the "catapult" of the CEO?
This is #Eni's Way!
Thursday, January 31, 2019
Eni’s CEO: He is laughing at us!
Even sitting in the "bank of the defendants" for being accused of the “crime” of Internacional Corruption” involving the "Bribe of the Century" in Nigeria, the CEO of the Italian oil giant mocks the "Best Practices" of the Corporate Governance and Compliance with full support from the Board of the company that, formed by members appointed by the largest shareholder - the Italian government - pretends that nothing happens and doesn't have the attitudes of honest, proper, and Ethical companies.
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Shell and Eni on trial
This
website is a repository of publicly-available documents relating to the
historic prosecution of Royal Dutch Shell and Eni in Milan, Italy, and
other jurisdictions for alleged international corruption in the
acquisition of the OPL 245 oil field in Nigeria.
Read more at this LINK
Friday, January 11, 2019
A large salary!
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
The beginning of the end of Eni!
Today, Judge Giusy Barbara ruled
on the conviction of two middlemen in the scandal-ridden OPL 245 oil
field deal, in which she stated: "The management of oil companies Eni
(and Shell) were fully aware of the fact that part of the $1.092 billion
paid would have been used to compensate Nigerian public officials who
had a role in this matter and who were circling their prey like hungry
sharks,” - as reported by Reuters.
In response, Barnaby Pace, Oil Campaigner at Global Witness said:
"This
ruling will send shivers down the spines of the oil industry - and will
surely alarm Shell and Eni employees and shareholders who have been
repeatedly told that there was nothing amiss with the OPL 245 deal."
The
Milan judge made the comment in her written reasons for the September
conviction of Nigerian Emeka Obi and Italian Gianluca Di Nardo, both
middlemen in the OPL 245 deal, for corruption. The pair were sentenced
to four year jail terms.
Read more in this link.
Friday, December 14, 2018
Another lawsuit! And now Eni?

Nigeria has filed a $1.092bn legal claim in the UK High Court against oil giants hashtag#Eni (and Shell), over alleged fraudulent practices and cases of corruption, and subsequent divergence of billions of dollars in potential revenue from the Nigerian people.
And now Eni? What does the Board of the company have to say?
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
CEO Eni vs CEO Renault
The French government, which is the largest shareholder of Renault, dismissed Carlos Ghosn from command of the company over allegations of misconduct at Nissan in Japan. Meanwhile, in Italy, Eni's CEO, a defendant for international corruption, remains ahead of the Italian oil gaint. At the very least, a questionable and regrettable stance!
This is Eni's Way!
Saturday, November 17, 2018
The Bribery of the Century!
Learn more about the "BRIBERY OF THE CENTURY" involving the oil giants Eni and Shell.
This is Eni's Way!
Friday, November 09, 2018
New corruption of the Italian oil giant!
Eni accused by the Nigerian government of under-declaring the volume of crude oil it shipped out of the country between January 2011 and December 2014 to the tune of $55 million.
This is Eni's Way!
Read more at this LINK.
Saturday, October 27, 2018
Eni linked to dark deals in Africa
Eni’s activities and projects exploring for oil in South Africa need investigation. Its history in Africa is tainted, writes Dennis Morton.
The Italian oil company has claimed that developing offshore territory in KwaZulu-Natal and creating sustainable value was critical to the region’s success.
But Eni used similar social responsibility arguments to get a foothold in Nigeria, Algeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo — before securing exploration concessions allegedly through bribery and corruption.
This is Eni's Way!
Read more in this LINK.
Friday, October 19, 2018
OPL 245: This is Eni's Way!
Oil giants Eni (and Shell) are on trial in Milan for their part in a bribery scheme that robbed the Nigerian people of $1.1billion.
The
case brought by the Milan Public Prosecutor alleges that $520 million
from the deal was converted into cash and intended to be paid to then
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and other Nigerian government
officials. The prosecutors further allege that money was also channelled
to Eni and Shell executives, with $50 million in cash delivered to the home of Eni’s then head of African Operations Roberto Casula.
On October 17th 2018, Global Witness
co-founder, Simon Taylor, gave evidence in the trial, having triggered
the investigation which led to the trial by submitting a criminal
complaint by Global Witness, Re:Common, and The Corner House in 2013.
For the full story of Shell, Eni, the convicted money launderer, and Nigeria’s stolen assets please visit this LINK.
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Eni, say the truth!
If two journalists published my story with the Italian oil giant in the first investigative book ("Eni: The Parallel State")
and another journalist, in the quality of "Eni's Critical Shareholder",
took this same story to "Eni's Shareholders' Meeting" in 2017 and 2018,
why the Board of Eni continues to "lie" about the "truth of the facts"
in these 17 years of my fight to rescue and restore my name, my honor
and my reputation that are being denigrated by Eni to this day?
Eni, say the truth!!!
Note: Read more about my story!
Eni, say the truth!!!
Note: Read more about my story!
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Eni's Shareholders
Mr. Mauro Meggiolaro (Eni's Critical Shareholder):
Why don't the investors of #Eni do like the investors of Petrobras? Because of the internal fraud and acts of corruption discovered by the "Car Wash Operation", the investors of the Brazilian oil company filed lawsuits in Brazil, in the U.S.A and now in Argentina.
The "Bribe of the Century" paid by the Italian oil giant in the #OPL245 Case in Nigeria should motivate its investors to seek compensation for their finantial losses!!!
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Eni: New lawsuit... New retaliation!
The Italian
oil giant Eni moved a new
(frivolous) lawsuit against
me. The protocol to the petition was filed 30 days after my complaint
of crimes against honor made in the Criminal Justice of Brazil against all the directors
of the Board of Eni.
Actually,
this new (frivolous) lawsuit is one more retaliation of Eni against its
whistleblower!
Monday, August 06, 2018
Eni's AGM 2018 vs Eni's Critical Shareholder
At the AGM 2018, the journalist Mr. Mauro Meggiolaro, using his rights as a critical shareholder of Eni, used the pulpit of the Shareholders' Meeting to talk about my case.
"We have been contacted again by Douglas Linares Pinto, a former manager of the Eni group in Brazil. Since we know that there are legal problems under way with Eni – a couple of years ago we asked a number of questions at the Shareholders’ Meeting on his behalf, with a view to acting as mediators between Douglas Linares Pinto and the Company to try and settle this conflict. I suggest that we organize a meeting with you: we would like to try to solve the issue, if you agree to have a meeting (he wanted to be here but could not come). If we can meet and overcome the emotional side of the affair, which is sometimes a bit strong, and we can instead talk about concrete facts, we would be happy to do so"
When will the Italian oil giant schedule the meeting suggested by one of its shareholders? Will Eni wait for the change of command in the company that will be made by the new Italian government or not?
See more about AGM 2018
Wednesday, August 01, 2018
Eni & Me: 17 years of retaliations!
Today my
story with the Italian oil giant completes 17 years.
Know the summary of my fight to rescue and restore my name, my honor and my reputation that are being denigrated by Eni to this day. Proof of this is that, in retaliation for my criminal complaint in Brazil's courts against all members of the Board of the company for libel and slander at the AGM 2017, Eni filed another "frivolous lawsuit" against the whistleblower whi dares to confront them.
Also know the questions that the Italian oil giant needs to answer about my case and the dozens of documents that prove that everything I've said in these more than 17 years is the truth, nothing but the truth!
Know the summary of my fight to rescue and restore my name, my honor and my reputation that are being denigrated by Eni to this day. Proof of this is that, in retaliation for my criminal complaint in Brazil's courts against all members of the Board of the company for libel and slander at the AGM 2017, Eni filed another "frivolous lawsuit" against the whistleblower whi dares to confront them.
Also know the questions that the Italian oil giant needs to answer about my case and the dozens of documents that prove that everything I've said in these more than 17 years is the truth, nothing but the truth!
Friday, July 27, 2018
Eni: deviations of character and misconduct!
Dozen of questions asked to the Board of Eni. A hundred of supporting documents. Ans no answer! Not even a single answer!
The silence of the Italian oil giant only shows its deviations of character and its misconduct.
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Last question to be answered by Eni
This is the "last question" to be answered by Eni. Introduction Question 15: A Truly True Story I believe I was able to demonstrate that the story that I live with Eni in these almos 17 years is the honest truth. Indeed, Eni made some mistakes and errors regarding my case. And this is easily noted. However, if Eni still has any doubt, it would be important that the company conducted an “investigation” into my case. Thus, Eni could convince itself that my dismissal was unjust and that, in all these years, there were a series of mistakes and errors that are contradictory to the words and spirit of Eni’s Code of Ethics. Question 15: Is it possible for the Board of Eni to authorize an investigation into my case so we can put, at last, an end point in this story?
I am Eni's Whistleblower that suffers "retaliation" from this company until today.
There will be a total of "15 questions" which, in these 17 years, Eni has not yet answered.
Follow daily the new questions this Blog to see if the Italian oil giant will answer.
Question 14 is also in my LinkedIN.
Monday, July 23, 2018
Question 14 to be answered by Eni
This is "Question 14" to be answered by Eni.
Introduction
Question 14:
Eni’s Executive vs Corruption
Executives
are accused of "corruption" and the company defends them by stating
that it fully “trusts” them! This is the case of Eni’s CEO: Mr. Claudio
Descalzi (Doc. 44-I) and Eni’s Executivo: Mr. Roberto
Casula (Doc. 44-J).
Question
14: Wouldn’t it be more prudent if Eni
“sent away” these executives until the investigations of the Italian Criminal
Prosecutor’s Office or even the ongoing criminal proceedings are over?
I am Eni's
Whistleblower that suffers "retaliation" from this company until
today.
There will
be a total of "15 questions" which, in these 17 years, Eni has not
yet answered.
Follow
daily the new questions in my timeline here on Facebook to see if the Italian
oil giant will answer.
Question 14
is also in my LinkedIN.
Friday, July 20, 2018
Question 13 to be answered by Eni
This is
"Question 13" to be answered by Eni.
Introduction
Question 13:
The tree is recognized by its own fruits
In the
Gospel of Luke (6:43-44) is recorded one of the narratives of Jesus Christ:
“No good
tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. Each
tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thorn bushes,
or grapes from briers”.
After being
unfairly dismissed in 2001 by Eni Brazil, I founded the Brazilian
Business Ethics Institute that in almost 15 years has been promoting Business
Ethics both in the Brazilian business environment and, especially, among the
students because they will be the leaders of the companies of tomorrow. My tree
has been bearing good fruits!
I affirm
with sadness in the heart of someone who has works in the Brazilian subsidiary
of Eni and, doing the right thing, was wrongly dismissed: Eni is
involved in several “corruption scandals” and “disrespect for the environment”! All
are attitudes that are of “public domain”:
Brazil:
LavaJato Operation
Four years
ago, the largest anti-corruption operation in Brazil, called “LavaJato
Operation”, has begun to stripe away the promiscuity between the public and the
private.
The scheme
of frauds and corruption happened in the largest company in Brazil, the
state-owned Petrobras, where executives of the company favored other companies
in exchange for bribery. The deviations of Petrobras’ coffers are estimated in
over 20 billion dollars.
The Italian
company Saipem, controlled by Eni, was denounced to the Brazilian Criminal
Justice for being part of this corruption scheme by paying bribes to a director
from Petrobras, in order to gain advantages in Saipem’s contracts with the
Brazilian state-owned company (Doc. 44).
Algeria:
Saipem Case
In February
2018, the Public Ministry asks the Italian Criminal Court to convict the former
CEO of Eni, Mr. Paolo Scaroni, for more than six years of prison for the bribe payment
at Algeria (Doc. 44-A).
Congo:
Brazzaville Case
In April
2018, this was the headline of an Italian newspaper about a new scandal of
corruption at the Republic of Congo (Doc. 44-B):
New scandal
shakes Eni in Congo Brazzaville. Here's who is behind Marine XI giant gas field
Three
Italians and a Britishman secretly took control of it hiding behind offshore
enterprises. Now we can reveal who they are. And all their connections with the
state-owned company based in Rome.
Panama
Papers & The Bribe Factory
Eni is also
being investigating for participating in a scheme called “Panama Paper”,
involving the CEO of Eni and his wife (Doc. 44-C) and the company is also part of
one of the biggest scandals of corruption in the world, known as “The Bribe
Factory” (Doc. 44-D).
Nigeria:
Niger Delta Case
On 9
January, Eni appeared in front of the Tribunal of Milan to answer for its
record of oil pollution in Nigeria. The plaintiff is the Ikebiri community of
Bayelsa State in the Niger Delta, represented by their leader Chief Francis
Ododo, whose land was polluted by an oil spill in 2010.
If
successful, this will be the first case of an Italian corporation being held
accountable by an Italian court for environmental and human rights abuses
overseas.
The people
of Ikebiri are seeking adequate clean-up and compensation from ENI for the
pollution of the creek, ponds and trees caused by its subsidiary’s equipment.
Friends of the Earth Europe and Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the
Earth Nigeria are supporting the community in bringing the case to court (Doc. 44-E).
Nigeria: OPL 245 Case
Eni, the
former CEO and the current CEO of company are being investigated for
“international corruption” in Nigeria, Italy and London by the millionaire
payment of bribes in the OPL 245 Case (Doc. 44-F) also known as the Bribery
of the Century because the bribe of US$ 1.1 billion paid in this
oilfield is the highest illegal payment in the global corporate story.
Now,
Italy's Criminal Justice transformed them all in "defendants" for
your crimes (Doc. 44-G) in this Case.
Sicily:
Oil Monster Case
Everyone in
the Sicilian town of Gela knows someone who has been hit by the health crisis
that has gripped the town for decades.
Mortality
rates are higher than elsewhere on the island, and the town has an unusually
high rate of birth defects, including the highest rate in the world of a rare
urethra disorder.
Local
people have long blamed pollution. A 2011 study by the Italian health service
drew a similar conclusion: dozens of babies were dying in the womb or within a
week of being born every year from complications caused by environmental
contamination. Now, 10 years into a battle to assign criminal responsibility
for the town’s health problems, the Italians living in this wasteland feel like
they may be a step closer to justice.
Last week
prosecutors brought charges of environmental pollution against five managers of
Eni, Italy’s largest oil company, which has run an oil refinery in Gela for 54
years.
The
prosecutors said that Eni for years had been illegally hiding tonnes of toxic
waste in a three-mile-long undersea dump off Sicily (Doc. 44-H).
Eni: an
Unethical Company
There are
so many problems of corruption at Eni that the company could be identified by
its Stakeholders as an “Unethical Company”.
Questions
13:
13-A) The
cases of corruption and disrespect to the environment mentioned above are all
“public domain” and despite the evidence and, in some cases, Eni and its
executives, including the current CEO of the company and its predecessor, have
already been denounced by the Public Criminal Italian Ministry as well as
having a lawsuit where all of the are “defendants”, Eni still “denies” the
involviment and “states” that it “trusts” in its executives and that the
company always acts in an Ethical way. This position of Eni isn’t totally
“contradictory” to the transparency and governance required in the global
corporate world and “preached” by the company through its official documents”,
such as: “Corporate Governance and Shareholding Structure Report”, “Integrated
Annual Report” and “Eni’s Code of Ethics”?
13-B) Are
all these cases of corruption known to the SEC? Is this government institution
of the United Sates already investigating these cases? Eni has already been
fined by the SEC. Is there a risk of new fines? Or is Eni already making some
sort of agreement with the SEC?
13-C)
Wouldn’t it be more dignified and honorable if Eni “assume” its mistakes before
its Stakeholders, stating what actions will be taken to reverse its management
problems?
13-D) Isn’t
Eni afraid of being labeled by its stakeholders as an “unethical company”? Will
this not jeopardize the company’s market value damaging its shareholders in the
future?
I am Eni's
Whistleblower that suffers "retaliation" from this company until
today.
There will
be a total of "15 questions" which, in these 17 years, Eni has not
yet answered.
Follow
daily the new questions in this Blog to see if the Italian oil giant will
answer.
Question 13
is also in my LinkedIN.
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