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Tabloid bribe inquiry

Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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United Kingdom
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November 18 2011

Senior reporter from the Sun, Mr Jamie Pyatt, has been arrested by detectives investigating corrupt payments between journalists and police officers

London sport-fixing case

Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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United Kingdom
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November 18 2011

The trial took place in October of three Pakistan cricketers Mr Mohammad Asif, Mr Mohammad Amir and Mr Salman Butt, whom it was alleged had been bribed by Mr Mazhar Majeed to bowl no balls on particular balls of the match for the benefit of a betting scheme

London 2012 Olympic Games

Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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Global, United Kingdom
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October 20 2011

Historically Olympic boxing competitions have battled repeated allegations of corruption

Investigation into alleged £2 billion UK-Saudi contract may be blocked

Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom
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October 20 2011

It has been alleged that bribes were accepted by the Saudi royal family from military defence company GPT, a British subsidiary of EADS, in return for securing a £2 billion Saudi Arabian contract to provide communications and cyberwarfare capability

News Corp

Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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United Kingdom, USA
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October 20 2011

U.S. Prosecutors have reportedly sent News Corp. a letter requesting information about alleged payments its U.K. tabloid newspapers made to British police for tips

Rail executive and wife commit suicide after being caught taking bribes

Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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United Kingdom
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January 19 2012

Following the conclusion of criminal proceedings and the recent lifting of reporting restrictions, it is reported that a railway executive, Mr Anthony Burgess, and his wife, Mrs Marian Burgess, killed themselves at their home in January 2009, after Mr Burgess allegedly took bribes from two contractors

Alba case adjourned

Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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United Kingdom
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May 17 2012

Further to the November 2011 and March 2012 editions of the Corruption Digest, former Innospec executives, Dr David Turner and Mr Bruce Hall, appeared in court to face corruption charges in connection with the supply of alumina to Bahrain

Senior BP executive allegedly took bribes

Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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United Kingdom
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May 17 2012

BP’s global chartering manager, Mr Lars Dencker Nielsen, allegedly accepted cash payments in return for giving multi-million pound contracts to a shipping magnate