A mining company run by Glencore PLC in the Democratic Republic of Congo made millions of dollars in undisclosed payments to a company owned by an Israeli businessman accused by U.S. authorities of paying more than $100 million in bribes to Congolese officials.
The firm of businessman Dan Gertler has received payments meant for Congo’s state-run mining company, Gecamines, according to Glencore and Mr. Gertler’s holding company Fleurette Group.
Details of the payments, which hadn’t previously been disclosed by Glencore, Fleurette or Gecamines, were first cited in a Tuesday report by Global Witness, a London-based anticorruption nonprofit that often targets mining and oil companies’ practices. Global Witness said its findings are based on documents detailing the payments, which mirror financial records from 2014 that have been reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.