SFO CHARGES TWO IN UNAOIL BRIBERY INVESTIGATION
November 1st, 2017
The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has charged two individuals in relation to the global
Unaoil bribery and corruption investigation. Ziad Akle and Basil Al Jarah were both on
November 16 charged with conspiracy to make corrupt payments to secure the award of oil
contracts in Iraq to Unaoil’s Dutch client SBM Offshore. A third man, Unaoil’s commercial
director, Saman Ahsani, is also subject to an extradition request to Monaco, where the
company is based and he resides, on related charges, the SFO said. The three are accused of
corrupt conduct within oil ...
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