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The energy giants Eni and Shell deny wrongdoing in a deal dogged by allegations of corruption.

A court in Milan is considering charges of corruption against the Anglo-Dutch and Italian oil companies, over a deal to acquire the rights to explore in an offshore block, OPL 245, which is thought to have nine billion barrels of crude.

The firms maintain they will be exonerated because they paid money directly to the Nigerian Government.

Campaigners claim Nigeria lost $6bn because the deal was skewed in favour of Eni and Shell.

Eva Lee from Global Witness tells the 蜜芽传媒's Russell Padmore about the controversial deal.

(Picture: An oil rig in Nigeria. Getty Images.)