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SFO prosecutions round-up—August 2023

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Published on: 30 August 2023
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LNB News 30/08/2023

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Issue Date: 30 August 2023

Published Date: 30 August 2023

Jurisdiction(s): England and Wales

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The latest round-up of prosecution news from the UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) includes news of the closure of a decade long corruption investigation into Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Limited (ENRC) because of 'insufficient admissible evidence to prosecute' and the closure of its bribery investigation into Rio Tinto as it was no longer ‘in the public interest’ to proceed.

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