Bangladesh, March 12 -- The Dutch government has concluded a lengthy corruption investigation involving a company linked to Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler, imposing a €25.8 million ($30 million) penalty on Fleurette Properties Ltd. for bribery related to mining deals in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The settlement marks the end of an eight-year probe into alleged illicit payments made to secure access to valuable copper and cobalt mining licenses in the resource-rich African nation.

Dutch prosecutors announced on March 10 that Fleurette Properties, a Netherlands-registered company owned by Gertler, accepted a penalty order and paid the fine to settle the case. The investigation focused on payments made between 2010 and 2...