Bribery and Corruption

PARIS, July 12 (Reuters) - Airbus has halted sales of a new book that the planemaker had commissioned for its 50th anniversary to avoid hampering the manufacturer's attempts to win a settlement in a bribery probe, two people familiar with the matter said.

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/airbus-pulls-anniversary-book-over-105137211.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvL0JQYWI0NUtDbWQ&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABfiP2EecwavnJV0JobYhTaXTlmmi7EIYtxhVQtB5VKBw1N4k0kBQhSL2F7tPPxgMCuzLJ6EKj4kocn2bLbUJIm-pQMM655XnBNz-sW5UDe6nQaKuGgS60CKV3wb0aoVtJ5MnOuen-q5312fmcmT8tmOIK_3e_DCYhU1Mg5Alcmp

Carole Ann Hodson was sentenced today at Wolverhampton Crown Court over a bribery scheme she operated to secure £12m worth of contracts for ALCA Fasteners Ltd, a company she owned at the time.

https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2019/06/27/former-company-director-sentenced-for-12-million-bribery-scheme/

The woman at the centre of the UK’s first so-called McMafia order spent up to £15.5 million of embezzled cash in luxury boutiques, hotels, restaurants and grand department stores across Europe, a court has heard.

https://www.peeblesshirenews.com/news/national/17726003.mcmafia-order-woman-spent-155m-in-embezzled-cash-on-luxuries/?ref=twtrec

Inquiry into claims GPT paid multimillion pound bribes to win Saudi military contract

The director of a firm connected to a Kazakhstan-headquartered energy firm is facing charges connected to a corruption investigation in the UK.

https://www.energyvoice.com/oilandgas/201599/director-connected-to-kazakhstan-energy-firm-faces-corruption-charges-in-uk/?utm_source=twitter

A probe into a missing loan of £10.25m to a football club is a "complex financial and corruption investigation," police said.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-48635993

Nations might turn to virtual currencies if slapped with restrictions

https://www.fraud-magazine.com/article.aspx?id=4295005784&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWVdWaFpXSXdZV1ptTWpGaSIsInQiOiJWQWJLSCs4ZVR6VFlsaEZ2YWRPOERScjJCQlpORGUyVjVcL3BsaDFYUEQwM01zemw5cSt2TlBCSmhGTHl2SEhwZkhnWmZqa0tlaDJZbStHVUV4c2QyOFhpZ0o2VDl1MzJlWnFvbmNwdnhoS1lcL2FEKzNCb1ZWRFZLT09jSFRBOWhoQXNyOWI0V0pvbCtDS3B6VEVJbmNTdz09In0%3D#.XPgW25RrEGk.twitter#.XPgW25RrEGk.twitter

A shipping firm was today fined £850,000 for bribery in Angola that secured it contracts worth $20m (£15.8m).

Vp has set aside £4.5m to cover possible fines following an investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).

http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2019/06/04/groundworks-giant-sets-aside-4-5m-for-possible-cartel-fine/

Three London homes worth more than £80m have been frozen by the High Court in the second-ever use of anti-corruption orders to stop foreigners laundering cash in the UK.

The Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) were sought last week against a foreign official who was not named in court.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48438014