Ameropa Holding AG is a Swiss agribusiness, headquartered in Binningen, Switzerland (Basel-Landschaft), that engages in the global distribution of fertilizers and grains.
In the 1950s, Ameropa entered the South American grains market and obtained the European Agency for wheat and corn sales from Association de Cooperativas Argentinas.
[9] The largest acquisition by the company was concluded in 2012, when Ameropa Holding acquired the Romanian nitrogen fertilizer factory Azomures and the Constanța Port Terminal, Chimpex.
Zivy was issued a warrant for arrest by the Basmanny District Court in Moscow (RAPSI) in December 2014 as a suspect of criminal behaviour in the fraud worth $400 million.
[19] Non-Russian courts, journalists, academics, and international organisations, have criticized the affair, describing it as "a classic example of Russian corporate siege and raiding practices"[20] and “flagrantly unfair”.