SFO and mining firm ENRC agree settlement over legal claims
by Julia Kollewe and Tom Burgis from World news | The Guardian on (#6RAHZ)
Agency had been investigating Kazakh company for suspected corruption and fraud over 12 years
The UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and the Kazakh mining company Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation have agreed a settlement to end one part of a years-long legal battle.
The agency had been investigating ENRC for suspected bribery and fraud in Africa and Kazakhstan, which the mining company denied. But the SFO dropped its decade-long investigation last year without bringing charges, citing insufficient admissible evidence.
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