Indonesia Detains Trafigura Employee in $17 Billion Graft Case

Indonesia has detained an employee of Trafigura Group along with seven other suspects in a case involving oil procurement by state-owned PT Pertamina, widening one of the nation’s largest corruption investigations in recent decades.

The Indonesian attorney general’s office said late Thursday that it had held eight suspects, and was pursuing another believed to be overseas. They have been accused of alleged irregularities in oil purchases between 2018 and 2023, including actions related to export and import, vessel and terminal leasing, and product compensation arrangements.