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Trial of Oil executives over Sudan war crimes

The Swedish government had to grant its consent for a foreign national to be indicted for crimes committed in another country, though the Swedish court system can in general prosecute such crimes. Two former executives at a Swedish oil firm are facing accusations of complicity in war crimes in present-day South Sudan. The case is expected to be the biggest in Sweden’s history. The alleged crimes date back to the years between 1999 and 2003, with the two men accused of asking the Sudanese government to put its military in charge of security at one of Lundin Oil’s exploration fields in 1999, in what is now South Sudan. Is Oil the main cause of war crimes in Sudan ?

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