Serious Fraud Office make three arrests after dawn raids in bribery investigation

Individuals at British firm Blu-3 alleged to have paid more than 3m to people at Mace Group construction company

UK fraud investigators have made three arrests in dawn raids targeting alleged bribery by a British company during the construction of a Dutch datacentre for Microsoft.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said on Wednesday that it was targeting the UK company Blu-3 and former associates of the global construction firm Mace Group. Individuals at Blu-3 are suspected of paying more than 3m in bribes to the people linked to Mace Group.