BRIBERY – IRAQ

Ex-AWB head Flugge finally before court

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Original article by Patrick Durkin
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 12-Oct-15

The Supreme Court of Victoria will begin hearing the case against former AWB chairman Trevor Flugge on 12 October 2015. The civil charges of breaching his duties as a director relate to the payment of $US225m in kickbacks to the regime of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein between 1999 and 2004. The Australian Securities & Investments Commission launched civil proceedings against Flugge and other AWB executives after abandoning criminal action.

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AWB LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION, AUSTRALIA. INQUIRY INTO CERTAIN AUSTRALIAN COMPANIES IN RELATION TO THE UN OIL-FOR-FOOD PROGRAMME, SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Leighton emails: ‘disgusting history of incompetence’

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Original article by Nick McKenzie, Richard Baker
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 8 : 15-Sep-14

Bribery allegations against former Leighton Holdings employees have been backed by leaked emails. The emails reveal that senior employees planned to make payments to gain work in Iraq. The payments would be disguised by inflating and backdating contracts. The Australian Federal Police will hand a brief on bribery in Iraq to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions by early 2015

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LEIGHTON HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX LEI, AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE, AUSTRALIA. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS, LEIGHTON OFFSHORE PTE LTD, UNAOIL GROUP, AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION, AL HABTOOR LEIGHTON GROUP

Fairfax defence: Leighton consultancy deal ‘corrupt’

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Original article by Leo Shanahan, Damon Kitney
The Australian – Page: 25 : 23-Jun-14

Fairfax Media is resorting to the defence of truth in the defamation law suit brought against it by ex-Leighton Holdings CEO Wal King. He objects to a series of articles published in 2013 that claimed he had knowledge of bribes paid to gain oil sector contracts in Iraq. The defence now mounted by Fairfax also alleges that corrupt and unethical conduct occurred when King sought to obtain a consultancy role worth $A5m from Leighton after he stepped down. The company maintains that no such agreement was in fact struck

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FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, LEIGHTON HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX LEI, UNAOIL GROUP, SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES