The inference to be made from this court order is that the crime of corruption really doesn't pay, especially for board level directors, and that individuals who get involved in (or permit existing arrangements to continue unabated) international corruption are at risk of being prosecuted in one or more jurisdictions around the world and are liable to lengthy terms of imprisonment as well as very substantial penalties and orders for disgorgement of payments… Continue Reading
What the case does show, however, whatever the outcome, is that the SFO has both the willingness and the means to prosecute very wealthy and powerful defendants, and in circumstances where there are international political interests at stake.… Continue Reading
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