UK defence firm lobbied minister to drop corruption probe: report
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The British defence company at the centre of an abandoned corruption probe into a UK-Saudi Arabia weapons deals directly lobbied a key minister to drop the investigation, the Financial Times has reported.
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A British investigation into a controversial arms deal with Saudi Arabia was stopped because Riyadh threatened to withdraw all co-operation on security and intelligence, a newspaper reported.
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A judge said on Monday the reason he  had ordered charges dropped against the most senior British  officer to be tried for prisoner abuse in Iraq was because  headquarters had approved some of the abuses.
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Media & professional: Prosecutors drop one count of money-laundering against tycoon.
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Britain's Serious Fraud Office is investigating allegations that several firms based in London paid bribes to former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's regime as part of the discredited UN oil-for-food programme, The Guardian has reported.
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Two MPs have demanded an inquiry into claims that a British-based security firm operating in Iraq withheld intelligence from British troops, The Guardian newspaper reported Monday.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair's office denied Monday that it had leaked information relating to an investigation into alleged corruption in the political honors system.
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The Defense Department's inspector general has concluded that the former head of the Institute for Defense Analyses violated conflict-of-interest rules when he failed to distance himself from two reports that could have affected companies in which he had a financial interest.
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Tony Blair has hit back on "cash for honours" allegations and criticism over the dropping of a Saudi arms inquiry.
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UK Attorney General Lord Goldsmith on Friday denied media reports that he ordered investigators to conceal payments from an international anti-bribery watchdog agency.
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The British Attorney General has defended the controversial decision to end a corruption inquiry into defence manufacturer BAE Systems, saying Saudi Arabia's &quot;particular constitutional position&quot; was one of the main reasons behind the choice.
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LONDON -- British prosecutors said yesterday that they would not charge anyone in a campaign finance inquiry in which former prime minister Tony Blair became the first sitting British head of government to be questioned by police in a criminal investigation.
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The OECD is to mount a fresh probe into UK anti-bribery laws following the scrapping of an inquiry into BAE.
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The government was accused of a &quot;breach of trust&quot; by a coroner closing a probe into the death of a soldier who died after surrendering his body armour because of shortages.
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The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation of Britain's BAE Systems Plc over the defense firm's compliance with anti-corruption laws, including its dealings with Saudi Arabia.
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Prosecutors were set to confirm Friday that no one will be charged in the controversial &quot;cash-for-honours&quot; probe which clouded Tony Blair&#39;s last year as prime minister, reports said.
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British ministers are refusing to cooperate with the US criminal investigation into allegations of corruption against BAE, Britain's biggest arms company, the Guardian can disclose.