LONDON—Royal Dutch Shell PLC has referred a former senior executive to Dutch legal authorities, and a person familiar with the matter said the move was based on suspicion he may have received kickbacks from the 2011 sale of the company’s interest in an oil-producing area in Nigeria. The British-Dutch oil giant said Wednesday it has filed a criminal complaint in the Netherlands against Peter Robinson, who served as the company’s commercial vice president for sub-Saharan Africa from 2008 to 2011. Mr. Robinson left the company...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 28, 2018 17:55 UTC