Four Sentenced For Taking Corrupt Payments For Confidential Information

On 31 January 2012, four individuals were sentenced for conspiring to commit corruption offences in securing payments in exchange for disclosing confidential procurement information between 2001 and 2009 in relation to lucrative energy engineering projects in Abu Dhabi, Egypt, Iran, Russia and Singapore.  The offences were prosecuted as conspiracy to corrupt in relation to the pre-Bribery Act 2010 corruption laws, as the offences occurred before that Act came into force.

The convictions were brought on the basis of information uncovered during "Operation Navigator", which was triggered by a bidding company's report to the authorities who was approached by the defendants. The Operation was a joint SFO and City of London Police investigation which began in April 2008, looking into allegations linked to a procurement process in Singapore.  During the investigation the team discovered further corrupt activities and payments made during the procurement processes for