The Supreme Court of Switzerland has ruled that the commodity trade giant Trafigura and one of its bribes of senior managers, the company's payment to the company to obtain Angola's rich oil market.

In a milestone case, the court submitted Mike Wainwright, former British chief operating officer of the company, and he also participated in the race of racing drivers-32-month imprisonment and fine 1.48 $ 100 million (£ 119 million).

This is the first time that the Supreme Court of Switzerland has been accused of the entire company, and there are few convictions on bribes of senior staff.

The lawyer of Trafigura said they intend to appeal to the verdict.

It has all the elements of financial thriller for TRAFIGURA's case: millions of dollars, dark middlemen and a series of shell companies located at the offshore airports such as Virgin Islands.

The court was informed that Trafigura's strategy was to establish a complex payment network. From 2009 to 2011, an official of Angola Petroleum received nearly $ 5 million among the officials (4.02 million £ pound; 4.81 Euros).

The documents submitted by the Swiss prosecutor showed to the court to authorize the payment of Trafigura's own headline.

The strategy seems to be effective: in the next few years, the court learned that Angola signed a contract with Trafigra, worth nearly $ 144 million (£ 115.93; 138.56 euros).

The lawyer of Trafigura rose before the verdict and denied bribes. The company said that it had independently evaluated its own compliance and anti -corruption measures and found that it was very good.

However, the huge weight of evidence-including dozens of documents, emails and memo-reveals different pictures: strict anti-corruption measures on paper, but established a complex structure to avoid these measures in reality. Its core is sitting in an anonymous Japanese Geneva office, a "unqualified middleman".

The case will be chilling through global commodity agents, especially in Geneva, TRAFIGURA and many other commodity trading companies.

The night before the verdict, in a creepy coincidence, court documents showed that a fire broke out at a five -star hotel Des Bergues. An Gala official at the expense of TRAFIGURA in 2008.

The Swiss Federal Prosecutor hopes that the case will symbolize the old business method.

They took the accusations to the Supreme Court of Switzerland, which retained the worst crimes, such as horror crimes.

Trafigura is now facing a big fine. WainWright has denied allegations in court because of his judgment. He was told that he had to serve at least 32 months in prison. However, he was not immediately detained and waited for appeal.