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 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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High court reviews SFO decision to drop investigation into allegations of bribery
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Tony Blair's role in terminating a major corruption investigation has been exposed
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Opposition politicians attack the Serious Fraud Office's decision to drop a corruption probe into defence deal with the Saudis.
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Media & professional: Prosecutors drop one count of money-laundering against tycoon.
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The British finance ministry wants to shut down the government arms sales department, the Defence Export Services Organisation (DESO), The Guardian reported on Monday.
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Britain's Ministry of Defense sought to prevent the public from knowing about the work of a unit that investigated reported sightings of unidentified flying objects, or UFOs, a published report said Monday.
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Defence company BAE Systems led the fallers on the FTSE 100 after it was hit by an anti-corruption probe in the United States, dealers said Tuesday.
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The British government on Monday took the unusual step of denying it had leaked details relating to a police corruption probe that has seen gagging orders sought or threatened against the media.
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BAE Systems says it has found out that it is being investigated by the UK's Serious Fraud Office.
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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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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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Pressure mounts on ministers to justify dropping the corruption inquiry into a BAE arms deal with Saudi Arabia.
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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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Prime Minister Tony Blair has come under fire after fraud investigators stopped a probe into a weapons deal with Saudi Arabia due to concerns it would damage Britain's national interests.
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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.