Friday, December 15, 2006

UK drops BAE-Saudi bribery probe


Business is business....ethics is the loser!

Onésimo Alvarez-Moro

See article:
Britain was accused on Thursday night of caving in to intense pressure from Saudi Arabia after Tony Blair’s government intervened to end a Serious Fraud Office inquiry into bribery allegations against BAE Systems.

The SFO’s decision to abandon its investigation into the Al Yamamah oil-for-arms contracts came under fierce attack from opposition peers and leading international lawyers.

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