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  • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
    Glencore
    Glencore admits bribery after UK corruption probe

    Serious Fraud Office weighs prosecutions of individuals following guilty pleas to offences in Africa

  • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
    SFO secures two convictions in green investment fraud

    Prosecution after seven-year inquiry into Brazil forestry scam rare good news for agency

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    Glencore
    Glencore to plead guilty to bribery charges and pay $1.5bn penalty

    Prosecutors say commodities trader approved millions of dollars in corrupt payments for oil access in Africa

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    SFO largely cleared of wrongdoing after UK court battle with ENRC

    Judge rejects most of Kazakh mining group’s claims over SFO’s conduct during probe into alleged corruption

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    UK Government
    UK government authorised payments to Saudi royals to secure military contracts, court told

    Trial of top executive at Airbus subsidiary hears that British defence ministry ‘required’ alleged bribes to be made

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    UK business & economy
    SFO outsources disclosure in G4S case after high-profile case failures

    Anti-graft agency appoints legal tech group Anexsys to help handle review of evidence to be shared with defence

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    FT CollectionsGreensill Capital
    UK fraud agency intensifies probe into Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance

    SFO request documents and interview staff as part of continuing criminal investigation

  • Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
    UK fraud agency under scrutiny as probe into Unaoil fiasco nears end

    Case has put spotlight on SFO director Lisa Osofsky and raised questions about her future

  • Wednesday, 9 February, 2022
    SFO head Lisa Osofsky quizzed by MPs over her future

    Pressure grows as former high court judge is appointed to lead probe into Unaoil case

  • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
    Greensill Capital
    Nadhim Zahawi was ‘instrumental’ in securing Greensill loans approval, said Gupta

    Metals magnate thanked Tory minister for support over loans now subject to fraud investigation

  • Monday, 24 January, 2022
    Money laundering
    UK ‘overstretched’ and ‘outgunned’ in economic crime fight, says report

    Spotlight on Corruption calls for new fund to mitigate enforcement agency budget cuts

  • Friday, 10 December, 2021
    UK fraud agency faces probe after court rules it denied defendant fair trial

    Attorney-general ‘deeply concerned’ by appeal court ruling against SFO as pressure mounts on its director Lisa Osofsky

  • Thursday, 21 October, 2021
    SFO withheld ‘potentially embarrassing’ evidence in Unaoil bribery probe, court hears

    Fresh details during appeal by former executive against conviction will heap further pressure on agency

  • Thursday, 21 October, 2021
    G4S PLC
    SFO granted year-long postponement to G4S trial

    Three former executives accused of defrauding UK taxpayer on prisoner-tagging contract

  • Monday, 4 October, 2021
    Petrofac Ltd
    Petrofac ordered to pay $95m after admitting Middle East bribery

    Penalty is lower than feared and does not bar oilfield services group from bidding for public contracts

  • Friday, 1 October, 2021
    FT CollectionsGreensill Capital
    Gupta parties as GFG’s problems pile up

    Embattled metals magnate celebrates his birthday in lavish style while his business faces an uncertain future

  • Thursday, 2 September, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    UK plc should not be above the law

    Reform of corporate criminal liability is needed to hold large companies to account

  • Tuesday, 13 July, 2021
    Former SFO boss accused of having ‘special relationship’ with lawyer

    Richard Alderman allegedly also had secret meetings with companies under investigation, his successor tells High Court

  • Sunday, 4 July, 2021
    FT CollectionsGreensill Capital
    Greensill used taxpayer loans to cut exposure to Sanjeev Gupta

    Lender resorted to scheme after regulators warned about risky lending to steel group

  • Friday, 2 July, 2021
    SFO strikes £103m prosecution agreement with energy group

    Amec Foster Wheeler Energy moves to settle historic corruption allegations involving middlemen around the world

  • Thursday, 1 July, 2021
    SFO ordered to reveal potentially ‘improper’ contacts with fixer

    Court of Appeal judge says ‘very serious abuses of power’ are alleged against agency

  • Wednesday, 2 June, 2021
    FT CollectionsGreensill Capital
    Trafigura warned Credit Suisse over Gupta invoice last year

    Commodities trading house raised concern in July 2020 over a bill it apparently owed one of industrialist’s companies

  • Thursday, 27 May, 2021
    Special ReportDigital Lawyers
    The top stories read by the legal world

    This week: ENRC’s showdown with the SFO begins; plus a jaunt through Paris

  • Sunday, 23 May, 2021
    Financial fraud
    ENRC opens £70m claim against Serious Fraud Office

    Watchdog under fire as Kazakh miner sues over alleged mishandling of probe and encouraging of a lawyer’s misconduct

  • Friday, 14 May, 2021
    FT CollectionsGreensill Capital
    Serious Fraud Office probes Gupta’s GFG as rescue talks collapse

    Investigation to look at suspected fraud, fraudulent trading and money laundering and Greensill

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