Region: Iraq

British oil firm Petrofac said in its annual report it stands by earlier disclosures to the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) after an internal audit found no further cause for concern.

02 April 2019

A former executive of British oil firm Petrofac has pleaded guilty to bribery related to payments the company made to secure over $4 billion in contracts.

07 February 2019

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Companies should have no confidence that the principle of double jeopardy will protect them against prosecution in France when they have been sanctioned for the same misconduct outside of Europe, lawyers said in light of a recent decision.

20 April 2018

US army veterans are suing five pharmaceutical companies for allegedly bribing Iraqi officials who then passed on the money to a terrorist organisation that carried out attacks on the plaintiff soldiers.

19 October 2017

10 April 2017

Following Unaoil’s failed application for judicial review companies and individuals will find it difficult to contest SFO investigations, lawyers say.

04 April 2017

The Australian securities enforcer has appealed against a court decision absolving a former Australian Wheat Board executive of responsibility for alleged UN sanctions breaches.

21 February 2017

25 November 2016

17 March 2016

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Payments in contravention of the UN oil-for-food programme were legal in Iraq and so do not count as bribes, the defence counsel for Total and Vitol told a Paris appeals court.

13 November 2015