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Spotlight | Iraq, UAE, United States
Sanctioned oil trader Niels Troost sues own lawyers as former 'fake spy' business partner resurfaces in Middle East

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The Superior Court of the State of California, Los Angeles County, US.
The Superior Court of the State of California, Los Angeles County, US. © Steve Cukrov/Alamy Stock Photo

Troost's decision to sue his former advisers at US firm BakerHostetler marks a side-story to a bitter dispute between the Dutch trader and his one-time business partner Gaurav Srivastava. The latter, outed as a CIA impersonator in US media, has apparently been prospecting for business in Iraq.

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