Eni, Shell knew of 'sharks' in Nigeria graft case - judge
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MILAN (Reuters) - An Italian judge said on Monday oil majors Eni and Royal Dutch Shell were fully aware their 2011 purchase of a Nigerian oilfield would result in corrupt payments to Nigerian politicians and officials.Italy's Eni and Shell bought the OPL 245 offshore field for about $1.3 billion (1.03 billion pounds) in a deal that spawned one of the industry's largest corruption scandals. It is alleged that about $1.1 billion of the total was siphoned to agents and middlemen.The Milan judge..