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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The prime minister dismissed a Sunni official who called for an international inquiry into the alleged rape of a Sunni woman by Iraqi forces.
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Britain has banned a cabinet minister close to President Mwai Kibaki and three others from entering because of their alleged ties to corruption, a high commission official said Friday.
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Tony Blair has hit back at criticism over a decision to drop a Saudi arms inquiry and of "cash for honours" allegations.
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OECD anti-bribery experts raised pressure on the government on Wednesday over its decision to scrap a corruption probe into dealings by defence group BAE Systems with the Saudi Arabian royal family.
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LONDON  -- The government said on Friday it was considering a request for cooperation from United States investigators who are probing alleged corruption at BAE Systems, including in its dealings with Saudi Arabia. The Home Office denied a report in the Guardian saying ministers were refusing to cooperate with the U.S. probe, launched in June, into the defense firm's compliance with anti-corruption laws. Washington sent the Home Office a formal request for legal assistance with its inquiry into BAE more than two months ago, the Guardian said. The Guardian said Home Secretary Jacqui Smith had refused to pass on the request to the Serious Fraud Office for processing, a step needed for SFO investigators to speak to U.S. authorities.
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The government is likely to bring in new anti-corruption laws in the wake of bribery allegations against the country&#39;s largest arms manufacturer, Solicitor General Vera Baird told parliament Monday.
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The attorney general said today that the Serious Fraud Office had withheld some details from the world's corruption watchdog of its inquiry into the BAE affair because of a fear of leaks.
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British government ministers are refusing to co-operate with an American corruption investigation into British defence manufacturer BAE Systems, The Guardian reported on Friday.
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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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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 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 government says MPs' criticism of the way it buys equipment for the armed forces is "unsubstantiated".
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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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Britain was powerless to respond to threats by Saudi Arabia that it would withdraw intelligence cooperation unless a corruption investigation into arms deals with BAE was halted, a lawyer for the Serious Fraud Office told the high court today
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Swedish government prosecutors are conducting an inquiry into bribery allegations to do with Saab's involvement with British defence manufacturer BAE Systems's dealings in the Czech Republic, the Financial Times has reported.
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British prosecutors announced on Friday they would not file charges after a 16-month police inquiry into alleged political corruption that overshadowed former prime minister Tony Blair's last months in office.