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Organisation: Unaoil

Australia arrests former oil executive in Unaoil-linked probe

The Australian Federal Police has arrested a former Leighton Offshore executive and issued arrest warrants for two other individuals in connection with a wide-reaching foreign bribery investigation into Monegasque oil consultancy Unaoil.

18 November 2020

Senior trio to leave UK Serious Fraud Office

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The UK Serious Fraud Office is set to lose its former co-head of fraud, chief investigator and the lawyer leading the proceeds of crime division.

22 October 2020

Former Unaoil exec sentenced to prison over Iraq bribes

Basil Al Jarah, a former partner in Iraq for Monegasque oil consultancy Unaoil, has been sentenced to three years and four months in prison after pleading guilty to taking part in a bribery scheme to secure valuable oil contracts.

08 October 2020

Former SFO lawyer questions DOJ’s integrity in unfair dismissal claim

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US prosecutors were willing to do whatever necessary, “shady or not”, to beat the UK’s anti-fraud agency in securing a senior oil executive in a major bribery case, a former UK prosecutor has told an employment tribunal.

02 October 2020

Ex-SFO lawyer alleges US illegal evidence gathering triggered pub encounter

A former SFO prosecutor confronted an FBI agent in a London pub – an incident that led to his firing – because he believed the US official had illegally sent UK-obtained evidence to the US, an employment tribunal has heard.

01 October 2020

Former SFO case controller labelled “a pawn” in US-UK Unaoil dispute

A former senior UK prosecutor faced accusations that he exaggerated his role in a blockbuster corruption investigation during a bruising hearing in an unfair dismissal lawsuit that he has brought against the country’s anti-fraud agency.

30 September 2020

Australia seizes assets in Malaysian bribery case

Australian authorities have confiscated over a million dollars in assets from a businessman over an alleged scheme to bribe Malaysian government officials.

04 September 2020