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    • Tuesday, 6 June, 2023
      Unaoil founder negotiated bribes, US prosecutors say

      DoJ alleges for first time that Ata Ahsani was involved with his sons in global corruption scandal

      The US Department of Justice building in Washington DC
    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
      Bribery and corruption
      Global fixer of corrupt energy deals sentenced to year in US prison

      Unaoil’s Saman Ahsani helped build an empire of bribery involving 27 companies

      Saman Ahsani in Monaco
    • Thursday, 21 July, 2022
      Serious Fraud Office UK
      SFO head criticised for failings that denied defendant fair trial

      Review of Unaoil case exposes ‘mistakes’ that led to UK appeal court quashing three convictions

      SFO head Lisa Osofsky
    • Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
      Serious Fraud Office UK
      UK fraud agency under scrutiny as probe into Unaoil fiasco nears end

      Case has put spotlight on SFO director Lisa Osofsky and raised questions about her future

      Lisa Osofsky
    • Thursday, 21 October, 2021
      Serious Fraud Office UK
      SFO withheld ‘potentially embarrassing’ evidence in Unaoil bribery probe, court hears

      Fresh details during appeal by former executive against conviction will heap further pressure on agency

      Ziad Akle, a former Unaoil executive,
    • Monday, 19 April, 2021
      Ephraim Wernick
      Only criminals profit from turf wars in global law enforcement

      UK’s Serious Fraud Office chief has come under ‘unfair’ attack in the Unaoil energy bribery case

    • Thursday, 18 March, 2021
      Serious Fraud Office UK
      UK fraud agency closes probe of engineering group KBR

      Decision draws line under another part of SFO’s investigation into oil and gas consultancy Unaoil

      A woman walks into the building of the Serious Fraud Office in London
    • Monday, 11 January, 2021
      Bribery and corruption
      Australian police arrest Leighton executive in Unaoil bribery case

      Detention part of investigation into allegations that agents paid millions to secure contract

      Former executive David Savage has been charged with providing misleading information to authorities
    • Tuesday, 29 September, 2020
      Serious Fraud Office UK
      Ex-SFO prosecutor alleges he was fired after US complaint

      Tom Martin claims DoJ worked with corruption suspect to ‘get me out of the way’

    • Thursday, 23 January, 2020
      Serious Fraud Office UK
      SFO accuses UK nationals of corrupt payments in Unaoil trial

      Allegations date back to reconstruction of Iraqi oil sector after regime change

      Workers adjust the valves of an oil pipe as smoke rises from burning excess gas in Zubair oilfield in Basra...Workers adjust the valves of an oil pipe as smoke rises from burning excess gas (in the background) in Zubair oilfield in Basra, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad May 23, 2011. Italy's ENI is stepping up work in Iraq's Zubair oilfield despite aging facilities there and plans to drill about 68 new oil wells through next year to increase production, officials said. Picture taken May 23, 2011. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ - Tags: ENERGY BUSINESS) - RTR2MTH5
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