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India - December 1 2011
It was reported in the Guardian newspaper, yesterday, that two farmers, fed up with facing repeated demands to pay bribes, emptied three bags filled with snakes in a busy tax office in Basti, northern India.
United Kingdom - November 18 2011
A warning was sent out today as the first person to be convicted under the Bribery Act was jailed for a total of nine years.
United Kingdom - November 4 2011
This week saw the publication of the first edition of Serious Economic Crime by White Page Ltd, in association with the Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”).
United Kingdom - October 28 2011
Following the news that a former Business Unit Director of Innospec Ltd, David Turner, appeared before Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, charged with conspiring to make corrupt payments to public officials in Indonesia and Iraq, the Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) announced yesterday that two further Innospec executives have now been charged with associated corruption offences.
Bahrain, Canada - October 25 2011
It was widely reported, yesterday, that the Serious Fraud Office have arrested and charged prominent Canadian investor Victor Dahdaleh with bribing officials of a Bahrainian state-owned smelting company.
