The largest private grain trader and offshore optimization through Switzerland
Nibulon is one of the largest Ukrainian grain exporters, shipping up to 5 million tons per year through its own terminal in Mykolaiv before the full-scale invasion. Founded by Oleksiy Vadaturskyi, who died along with his wife from a Russian missile attack in August 2022. Russians destroyed or occupied more than 68% of the company's assets — losses amount to $440 million. Despite being one of the richest Ukrainians, the company declared losses in Ukraine for years, while subsidiaries in Switzerland and the Netherlands accumulated profits — a classic offshore income diversion scheme.
"Panama Papers," concealed loss of $100 million and unanswered questions
Director of Nibulon's Swiss subsidiary David Clark was implicated in the Panama Papers in 2016 as director of offshore firms of Russian grain traders and was dismissed. According to a source at BNP Paribas, Vadaturskyi Jr. concealed losses of at least $100 million in the reporting — despite this, the EBRD provided the company with $330 million in loans, and BNP Paribas another $75 million. The question of why European banks continued to lend to the company amid offshore scandals has not received a public response.