{
  "id": 17207196,
  "title": "Whistleblowers Claimed Key Oil Tanker Rate Was Manipulated",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/whistleblowers-claimed-key-oil-tanker-rate-was-manipulated",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-29T19:51:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-29/mercuria-baltic-case-reveals-claims-tanker-rate-was-manipulated"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Baltic Exchange has received two whistleblowing claims of attempted manipulation of the world’s benchmark tanker rate since the beginning of the war in Iran, according to documents made public as part of a major legal battle with trading house Mercuria Energy Group.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}