Bribery and Corruption

Airbus is yet another company that resolved its corruption out of the court. But buying a good ethical standing is becoming more complex. After all, a time when the US was the only country offering a settlement to a French company has passed. Paying massive bribes in China to sell aircraft interests many countries. Escaping prosecution is newly for sale in other countries as well. And the fact that France, the UK, and US were able to sell Airbus at a £3 billion settlement shows that this is a lucrative business.

https://www.riskcompliance.biz/news/airbus-how-the-uk-and-france-learned-to-investigate-and-sanction-international-corruption/

Scotland-based multi-energy services company John Wood Group said in a regulatory filing it has reserved $46 million in a potential settlement with authorities in the United States, Brazil, and Scotland related to a bribery investigation concerning ties to Monaco-based oil services firm Unaoil.

https://www.complianceweek.com/anti-bribery/john-wood-group-reserves-46m-to-resolve-bribery-investigations/28598.article#.Xm4FDSSKuV4.twitter

A new taskforce is to advise the UK government on whether digital platforms should face regulation on matters of data access and interoperability.

When it comes to eradicating fraud and corruption in the infrastructure industry, it’s an issue that is too important to just leave to the auditors and accountants, says Anil Iyer.

Transparency International UK and Spotlight on Corruption have written to Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Lisa Osofsky, to urge the SFO to evaluate issues arising from the use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements in the UK to ensure greater consistency and fairness in how the regime applies and to ensure that the regime does indeed provide real deterrence to corporate criminality.

Following an investigation, the CMA has found that 4 pharmaceutical companies broke competition law in relation to the supply of an antidepressant.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/over-3m-in-fines-and-1m-for-nhs-in-cma-pharma-probe

The CMA has been monitoring reports of changes to sales and pricing practices during the coronavirus outbreak.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cma-statement-on-sales-and-pricing-practices-during-coronavirus-outbreak

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has developed a lucrative model of targeting large companies in bribery and corruption cases, striking a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) to suspend criminal charges and extracting a sizeable financial penalty.

Airbus has agreed a settlement with French, British and US authorities for €3.6bn (£3bn) following investigations into allegations of bribery and corruption.

https://www.cityam.com/airbus-offers-to-settle-bribery-allegations/

LONDON (Reuters) - The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said on Thursday it had referred an individual to the police amid allegations made by mining company ENRC that an “SFO insider” had leaked confidential information about investigations to a journalist.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-enrc-sfo/uks-fraud-office-refers-employee-to-police-amid-leak-allegations-idUKKBN20E2ND