Mining Billionaire Gets Help From Ex-Spies in Bitter Legal Fight
- Steinmetz court filing says new evidence contradicts Vale
- Intelligence firm Black Cube recorded former Vale executives
Source: Dag Lars Cramér on behalf of Nornverdandi
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Black Cube, the private intelligence agency run by former Israeli spies, spent months setting up companies around the world. Offices, websites and employees were painstakingly put in place -- all part of a sting targeting former executives at Brazilian mining giant Vale SA.
The Black Cube operation, made public in a court filing Thursday and described by people familiar with it, represents the latest escalation in a bitter fight between Vale and mining billionaire Beny Steinmetz.