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BP is to make an accelerated payment of approximately $350m to the U.S. state of Louisiana and resolve remaining coastal zone lawsuits involving the company, including remaining litigation linked to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The new agreement was signed by Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry, Attorney General Liz Murrill and BP CEO Meg O’Neill. The payment replaces remaining instalments due over the next seven years under the 2015 Deepwater Horizon Economic Damages Settlement. "We have now disposed of claims and settled with all but one of the major defendants in these coastal cases," Landry said in a statement distributed by BP.
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UK/Europe
Analysis shared with the Observer indicates that the Big Four accounting firms audit offshore companies linked to an estimated $37bn of investment in economies that the World Bank says have a "low rule of law." The report says 90% of the money is held in networks deemed to be at "high risk" of sanctions, or involved in illicit financial activity, such as corruption, organised crime, or fraud. The research, led by the University of Sussex’s Centre for the Study of Corruption in partnership with the Tax Justice Network, examined around 12,000 offshore holding companies linked to 18 major economies. Researchers say Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC play a significant role in offshore structures linked to Russian oligarchs and other wealthy individuals, although the findings do not prove wrongdoing.
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