Oil trader Trafigura has denied shipping "stolen" South Sudanese oil on an Indian tanker.

The Swiss giant booked India Steamship's 106,000-dwt Ratna Shradha (built 2008) for a mid-January loading from neighbouring Sudan, a cargo which newly independent South Sudan believes was sold illegally by the northern country.



Trafigura said in a statement that it had bought oil from South Sudan in the past, but denied it had knowingly purchased stolen oil.



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